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A Christian comics ministry based on EXodus 35:30-35, COMIX35 has been offering international consultation, coaching, and classes on the production and effective use of comics-style literature since 1996.

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Seminars




Student drawing at COMIX35 seminar in Mexico, 2010
Student sharing class homework assignment at COMIX35 seminar in Hong Kong, 1999
Students at COMIX35 seminar in Australia, 1998

Seminar Details

COMIX35 offers classess for all Christian communicators who want to learn the specifics of producing and using comics-style literature for evangelism and discipleship. Past seminars have been attended by missionaries, publishers, editors, writers, artists, evangelists, students, journalists, video producers, marketing directors, and many others - both men and women, young and old, professional and amateur.

Our standard COMIX35 seminar is 3 full days. (In some circumstances, one day introductory seminars can also be arranged.)

The 3-day seminars are very "hands-on" for the students, with opportunities to create comic strips and tracts during class which can go into print immediately after the training has ended.

Sessions cover Identifying Your Audience, Plotting & Scripting, Storyboarding & Visual Storytelling, Editing/Art Directing, and Cultural, Communication, and Evangelism Strategy Considerations. (It is not an introductory "how to draw" class, although some art instruction may be provided, as needed.)

A number of printed handouts are made available to the attendees on a variety of subjects including Art Supplies, Comics Terminology, Story Structure, Lettering, and Figure Drawing.

If the training is residential, evenings can be used for additional personalized consultations and one-on-one tutorials, as well as prayer and fellowship. The faculty will be there, first and foremost, for the education & edification of the participants.

In addition, COMIX35 is available to coach and consult on Christian comics projects, either before or after our seminars.

Comics such as Jungle Village, PowerMark, Dorie the Girl Nobody Loved, Pulp Crucificition, JCCC Comic, and numerous tracts have been developed, inspired, and/or refined through COMIX35 seminars.

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COMIX35 seminars are for communicators!
[Artwork: Bill Webb, pencils | Danny Bulanadi, inks | Alonso Espinoza, colors]


COMIX35 Faculty

Our primary instructor is Nate Butler, who made his living for 20+ years as a cartoonist, graphic artist, and writer/illustrator of comics. He worked on over a dozen internationally known characters, including Archie, Muppets, Popeye, Barbie, and many more. He also packaged or published Christian comics including Aida-Zee, Behold 3-D, The Dave Roever Story and The Truth for Youth.

Nate has taught at more than 30 Christian comics trainings for over 760 attendees representing 45 countries across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Other Christian comics professionals and "teacher trainees" from England, Russia, Venezuela, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, India, Canada, Australia, and the USA have participated in past trainings. We welcome (enthusiastically!) the participation of qualified Christian comics producers living in countries where we teach.

Teaching team at COMIX35 seminar in Quebec, 2011
Instructor Lau Wai Sang at COMIX35 seminar in Hong Kong, 1999
Teachers Carlos Garzon and Kerry Gammill at 1st International Christian Comics Training Conference in the Philippines, 1996


Emiko Uchimura comments on student work at COMIX35 seminar in Tokyo, 1998
Student at COMIX35 seminar in Delaware USA, 2005
COMIX35 seminar in Mexico, 2003

Basic Schedule for a 3-Day Course

First Day
- Morning Devotions
- Orientation/Overview of the Comics Process
- Identifying Your Audience
- Writing (Plotting & Scripting)
- Workshop: Writing Comics Dialogue

Second Day
- Morning Devotions
- Cultural, Communication, Evangelism Strategy Issues
- Illustration & Visual Storytelling
- Workshop: Storyboarding Comics

Third Day
- Morning Devotions
- Editing/Art Directing
- Workshop: Illustrating Pages from the Storyboards


Sample Schedules from Past Events

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