Introduction to Autobiographical Comics
Why make comics about our life?
A course by Mariano Diaz Prieto , Cartoonist and Illustrator
Joined September 2018
Joined September 2018
About the video: Why make comics about our life?
Overview
“Here I tell you how I came to make comics about my life and why I like to use four pictures at the time of telling.”
In this video lesson Mariano Diaz Prieto addresses the topic: Why make comics about our life?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Autobiographical Comics. Learn to turn your own experiences into short comics.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, now that we saw the particularities that it has this comic format, in this lesson we will see Why do comics of our lives. In this lesson I will tell you a little why I choose The format of the autobiographical cartoon. There are several reasons, but it was a gradual process and I would like to tell you a little about what it is. For a long period of my life I always dedicated myself to drawing and more than anything I dedicated myself to illustrate books. And in parallel I always had plenty of time and I went back to the comic strip, that I always liked and didn't have the time, I did...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Autobiographical Comics
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Mariano Diaz Prieto
A course by Mariano Diaz Prieto
Mariano Díaz, also known as Marianoenelmundo, has a long career as an illustrator for publishers in Spain and Latin America. In more recent history, he has focused his efforts on producing autobiographical vignettes in four panels that he creates on paper with watercolor and shares on his social media and his blog.
In addition to the series of short cartoons he posts online, he has published two silent books, Mondo babosa and Doña Elba, that tell fantasy stories.
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