What can words tell us about drawings? What can drawings tell us about words? In this online course, we will use letters and pictures to tell stories, fictional and autobiographical. By observing the world around us (and within ourselves!) with a “cartoonist’s eye,” we will develop an authorial voice that feels uniquely personal. Participants will gain skills in character design, world-building, narrative design, and poetics, and finish the class with a robust set of tools for use in future creative pursuits.