Name: From Script to Panel: Writing Your Graphic Novel: 3-Hour Workshop
Start: 2025-09-20T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Bookstore1Sarasota

From Script to Panel: Writing Your Graphic Novel: 3-Hour Workshop

All-Levels Workshop with Animator & Cartoonist, Austin McKinley
About this Event

Ever dreamed of writing your own graphic novel? Whether you're a writer, artist, or avid reader curious about how comics are made, this hands-on workshop will walk you through the process from story idea to finished script.
About the workshop:

Led by the award-winning cartoonist and creator Austin McKinley (RIOT FORCE: TOOLS OF THE RICH and TALES OF MR. RHEE), you'll learn the unique tools of graphic novel storytelling: how to structure a story visually, write for panels and pages, and collaborate with artists - or become one yourself. You'll get to develop story ideas, practice scripting pages, and explore how words and images work together to tell powerful stories.

No drawing skills required! Just bring your imagination, a notebook, and a lot of curiosity.

Registration is required. The workshop cost is $40 and includes the three-hour session on Saturday, September 20 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Registration closes on Sunday, September 12.

About the Facilitator:

Austin McKinley is an award-winning freelance cartoonist, author, visual artist, and filmmaker who's worked in newspapers, magazines, television, graphic novels, film production and video game development.His newest creator-owned graphic novel “RIOT Force: Tools of the Rich" storms into bookstores February, 2025 from publisher Source Point Press.He recently illustrated the full-length graphic novel, "Tales of Mr. Rhee Vol. 5: Rockstar Paranoia" written by Dirk Manning and the one-shot comic "Blaze Ya Dead Homie" written by Rob Humphrey and published by Source Point Press.He produced, shot and appeared in the award-winning feature documentary “The New 8-Bit Heroes" alongside director Joe Granato, and created "By the Numbers," a feature-length abstract animation representing cinematic structure.He was the 2011 grand prize winner of the national TVMe television treatment contest, and the Florida Film Network’s 2012 Operation: Logline contest, which facilitated the production of his third short film, “Quicklime.” His short film "Life in a Glass House” took home an honorable mention from the 2013 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.He is the author of several works and collections through his company, Flying Car. His comic illustrations have also been published by Image Shadowline, Devil's Due / 1st Comics, Alias / Blue Water Press, Avatar, Boom!, Blue King Studios, FC9, and Source Point Press.He wrote and illustrated "Squareasota," a weekly cartoon in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for seven years.

He lives and works in Sarasota, Florida.

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All signed up and unable to go? Please let us know! Seating is limited and there may be people on our waitlist who would like to to take your place. Please send an email to [email protected] ASAP and hopefully we'll see you next time.