Comic & Zine Workshop - Hosted by Nicholas Friesen

WHAT: Join us for comic and zine making fun hosted by Nicholas Friesen and presented by Fantasy Club Books! 

About Nicholas Friesen 

Nicholas Friesen is a cartoonist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His work is predominantly hand drawn and digitally coloured, but he also works with watercolour, gouache, pencil crayon, textiles, and marker. 

His comic work includes the multimedia Olivia Sea project (consisting of music, animation, collector cards, comics, graphic novels, and more), the painted comic …with silver sunshine stares, editing and contributing to multiple anthologies, the Ineccentric mini comic series, and more. Friesen’s comics are published by Lesser Known Comics (US) and Inservice (Canada).

His visuals have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Uptown, The Uniter, Stylus, and on such blogs as Screaming in All Caps, WordPress Discover, and Jaded and Elated. They have also been projected onto the sides of buildings during the Juno Awards and on IMAX screens. He’s also made children’s books with Ace Burpee.

He has created hand drawn animated music videos for Polaris Music Prize nominee Greg Macpherson, The Sorels, Sierra Noble, Sprig, Mise en Scene, Ace Burpee, Olivia Sea, and more. His animated projects include the short series Calls From My Cat (Andrews McMeel Universal) and multiple corporate pieces. 

To learn more about Nick visit these links! 

- https://www.instagram.com/nicholastronaut/

- https://nicholastronaut.wordpress.com/

Fantasy Club Books is a curator and seller of independent comic books and art treasures. For more of their events and new comics follow their newsletter https://fantasyclubbooks.substack.com/

We will have an assortment of supplies to use but encourage you to bring your own supplies as well! 

WHEN: Saturday October 12th  @3pm - 6:30pm 

WHERE: The Workshop + Studio room at Riley Grae (701 Corydon Avenue) 

See you there ~