Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories

Overview

“HI! I'm Takoua Ben Mohamed and I'm an author and illustrator of graphic journalism comics. I started doing graphic journalism from the age of 10, sketching stories I heard while doing humanitarian and cultural volunteering following in my family's footsteps a little, until it became my main job and source of income.”

In this video lesson Takoua Ben Mohamed addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories. Use the drawing to represent a true story, news, or event giving voice and face to its protagonists. .

Partial transcription of the video

“Presentation Hi, I'm Takoua Ben Mohamed and I'm an Italian-Tunisian graphic journalist and producer. I was born in Douz, a city bordering the Sahara desert, in southern Tunisia. I spent the first years of my childhood in Tunisia under the dictatorship of Ben Ali with two activist parents. In '99 we were exiled and moved to Italy. Since the age of 10, I entered the humanitarian volunteer service in Rome and I became interested in human rights activism, following in my parents' footsteps. I started making comics on social issues right away, but at the beginning I made them just for me. Those ...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories

• Level: Beginner
• 90% positive reviews (10)
• 539 students
• 4 units
• 10 lessons (1h 30m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Areas

  Comic, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration