Drink and Draw with Comic Artist

Comic Artist Come to Town and take part in Drink and Draw!

We were happy to invite David Lyttleton, Paul McCaffrey and Lissy Rainsley to our extra curriculum activity of Drink and Draw. Mainly for 3rd Year students, we did invite other cohorts to join in the fun. After a long day teaching, we introduced a little light relief for both visiting professionals and students alike. Inviting them to the Student Union bar along College Road (The Ember Lounge) 

this was a fun event held for like minded individuals to engage with the visiting professionals on a more intimate level and also allowed the students to experience an more relaxed and informal environment for them to take part in a fun activity. 

students gather in the Ember Lounge to get ready to draw 

First drawing is of me at the Doctor 

Some of the students turn up wearing a bit of a cosplay to allow students to draw something simple. The environment allowed students to drink, eat and chat as they went about their work 

 

Boxes of Books

Boxes Of Books

Big thanks to Stephen Marchant for donating his comic book collection.

What an exciting start to the academic year as we received an email from Stephen Marchant, Curator and teacher of the Cartoon Museum in London.   Steve was moving house and as a result he had to get rid of his extensive library of comic reference books. Hi comics he donated to GOSH comics in London, but where better to send such an excellent supply of literature, than the only Cartoon and Comic Arts course in the UK.

The books included those of Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Jack Kirby, Eric Stanton, Will Eisner, Posy Simmonds, Andrew Loomis, Steve Ditko and Ronald Searle to name a few.