It’s a discussion on teaching comics this week on Comics Are Great, with special guests Rob Stenzinger and Tom Hart! What’s the big deal with comics education? Why not just pursue a traditional art degree? Does a formal education in comics make a difference in a career? We tackle these topics, as well as some thoughts on digital workflows vs more traditional workflows, before talking about Tom’s new project, the Sequential Artists Workshop, a new school for cartoonists in Florida. You can help make the school a reality by pledging to the SAW Indie Gogo fundraising drive!

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Stephanie Mannheim

* Hutch Owen

* Moe Szyslak

* Art Geek Zoo

* Dennis the Menace

* Jessica Fink

* Tijuana Bibles

* The Minneapolis Indie Expo

And here are this week’s comics picks by the guests:

* PC Weenies

* The Winchcombe

* Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics

* Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity

Here’s the video from this episode’s live stream (audio player at the bottom of this post):

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL87IAd9KsI

Tune in next Wednesday live at 12:30 pm Eastern Time on Comicsaregreat.tv!

Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing. This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.

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