{"id":3238,"date":"2012-04-24T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:40:36","slug":"camosun-launches-new-comics-and-graphic-novels-certificate-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/04\/24\/camosun-launches-new-comics-and-graphic-novels-certificate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun launches new comics and graphic novels certificate program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun College recently announced the suspension of the Applied Communication Program (ACP)<\/a>, but media-savvy students have at least one new option for now: a comics and graphic novels certificate program.<\/p>\n

The college just announced the program, which will have as its leader Ken Steacy, who has on his resume work with Marvel Comics and collaborations with high-profile authors Isaac Asimov and Douglas Coupland. The eight-month program focuses on drawing, creative writing, and publishing in the comics medium. Students enrolled in the program will make and publish a 16-page graphic novel.<\/p>\n

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Camosun instructor Ken Steacy and his wacky chair (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laurie Elmquist, a creative writing instructor at Camosun who will be teaching some of the classes, is excited about the program, as it will enable students to work with instructors who are actively working in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cKari Jones, who is teaching the marketing and publishing course, has recently published two novels,\u201d says Elmquist. \u201cShe\u2019ll be walking the students through the steps involved in breaking into the market. Writers, these days, have to be savvy in terms of promoting themselves and this program is a good place to learn the skills involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while it\u2019s no substitute for ACP, the new program at least ensures there\u2019s one aspect of media in September\u2019s first-year classes. Elmquist says that the program will bring writers and artists together in the classroom because they all have one thing in common: the desire to tell a good story.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome students will use words to tell their story and other students will use images and words, but we’ll all be talking about what makes good dialogue or how to structure a story so that it has tension,\u201d she says. \u201cWhy should these students sit in two separate departments in the college, or in two separate programs? That’s why we’re combining creative writing and\u00a0visual arts students together.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as for working with Steacy and his wife Joan (who co-developed the program with Ken), Elmquist says that it should be thrilling for students, as it\u2019s thrilling for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll you have to do is have one conversation with Ken and Joan and\u00a0a whole world of comics and graphic novels\u00a0opens up,\u201d she says. \u201cI know everyone has different experiences with this form, but for me, it brought back all the Giles<\/em> books I used to pour over as a kid. These were\u00a0British\u00a0comics\u00a0written for adults, but I remember\u00a0going over and over the drawings\u00a0looking for all the visual humour in them. It didn’t matter that I didn’t understand the political references, I understood\u00a0the teasing at the heart of the cartoons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Applications for this program are now being accepted for September. Head to camosun.ca\/comics<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camosun College recently announced the suspension of the Applied Communication Program (ACP), but media-savvy students have at least one new option for now: a comics and graphic novels certificate program. The college just announced the program, which will have as its leader Ken Steacy, who has on his resume work with Marvel Comics and collaborations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-campus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3238"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions\/3242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}