Sequential Art

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Savannah

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  Julie Collins
  Savannah
  B.A., David Lipscomb University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  David Duncan
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., University of Arizona.
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  David Allan Duncan has been teaching sequential art, comics history and drawing since 2003. He began his teaching career at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was working on his comic strip "Gobnobble," which has since developed into an ongoing series of comic stories.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Sequential Art
  • Hand Lettering and Typography for Comics
  • Survey of Sequential Art
  • Alternative and Experimental Comics
  • Sequential Art Graduate Studio
    

  
  
  
  
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  Anthony Fisher
  Savannah
  B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  David Gildersleeve
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Ray Goto
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Western Washington University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Michael Jantze
  Savannah
  B.A., California State University, Northridge.
  
  
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  Mark Kneece
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., University of South Carolina.
  
  
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  John Larison
  Savannah
  B.A., Mary Washington College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  John Paul Lowe
  Dean of the School of Communication Arts
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Tennessee; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  A veteran of the comic book industry, John Lowe has served as chair of the sequential art department since 2003. He wrote the book "Working Methods" and has worked as an illustrator for all of the major American comic book publishers. In addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities he is the monthly inker on the "Betty" comic book for Archie Comics and works on freelance assignments for DC Comics and Devil's Due Publications. He has served as editor for three sequential art anthologies by SCAD students and alumni - "Senses," "Science" and "Discovered."
  
  Selected Publishers:
  

  • Dark Horse Comics
  • Marvel Comics
  • Image Comics
  • Cartoon Network
  • Warner Brothers Animation
    

  Grants and Awards:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2006
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Sequential Art, 2002
  • SCAD Board of Trustees Fellowship, 2000
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vt., 1997
  • Silver Medal Award for Mixed-media Drawing, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1989
    

  Courses:
  

  • Sequential Art Senior Project
  • Speed Sketching for Sequential Art
  • Advanced Inking Techniques
  • Materials and Techniques for Sequential Art
  • Penciling and Inking I and II
  • Drawing for Sequential Art
  • Graduate Studios I, II, III and IV
  • Senior Project
    

  
  
  
  
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  Tom Lyle
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Florida.
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  Self-taught as a comic book artist, Tom Lyle has been a practicing professional in that field for 21 years. With work published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics and many others, Lyle has a strong working knowledge of the comic book industry. He also did a series of articles for the Silver Bullet Comics Web site about breaking into the industry.
  
  Awards and Recognition:
  

  • Created the "Scarlet Spider" costume design for Marvel Comics
  • Co-created (with writer Chuck Dixon) the spoiler for DC Comics' Batman Universe
  • Award winning short filmmaker of "Bubbas in the Mist" (Best Comedy, 1996 Pegasys Awards) and "Dougie's Room" (Best Dramatic Short, 2002 Silver Sprocket Film Festival)

  
  
  
  
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  David McHargue
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Tulsa; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Mia Paluzzi
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Brian Ralph
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design.
  
  

Atlanta

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  June Brigman
  Atlanta
  B.A., Empire State College.
  
  
  
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  Shawn Crystal
  Atlanta
  B.S., Towson State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Pat Quinn
  Atlanta
  B.S., Towson State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Working his way from fan to professional and professor, Pat Quinn always has kept one foot in the world of education and the other in the world(s) of comics. His work has been published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Moonstone Books and Devils Due Publishing. His series of articles about perspective drawing for Sketch Magazine were collected as the book "Pat Quinn's Basic Perspective for Comics and Illustration," which is used in many classrooms. The academic director of communication arts at SCAD-Atlanta, Quinn earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson State University in art education and a Master of Fine Arts from SCAD in sequential art.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "Pat Quinn's Basic Perspective for Comics and Illustration"

  Memberships:
  

  • National Association of Cartoon Art Educators

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing for Storyboarding
  • Scriptwriting for Comics
  • Sequential Studio I (graduate)
  • Previsualization and Concept Storyboarding
  • Exploring the Narrative
  • Inking Techniques

  
  
  
  
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  Roy Richardson
  Atlanta
  B.A., Empire State College.
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  Roy Richardson brings 25 years of freelance sequential art experience to the SCAD classroom. A Georgia native, he moved to New York in 1983 to pursue a career as a comic book writer and artist. He has worked for major publishers on such titles as "Captain America," "Iron Man," "The Flash," "Star Wars" and his own co-creation for Marvel Comics, "Tomorrow Knights," which was recently adapted into a role-playing game by Z-Man Games. He now works in collaboration with his wife, June Brigman, inking, lettering and coloring the "Brenda Starr" comic strip.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Materials and Techniques for Sequential Art
  • Comic Book Scripting
  • Survey of Sequential Art
  • Exploring the Narrative

  
  
  
  
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  Nolan Woodard
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Nolan Woodard began his career in high-end advertising as a retoucher, illustrator, storyboard artist and studio artist for Wieden+Kennedy, He has a solid grasp of photo compositing, color correction, storytelling and digital pre-press, and has completed extensive work on accounts for Nike, Miller Brewing Company, Electronic Arts, Starbucks and others, and continues to do so as a freelance illustrator. In comics, he has worked for Dark Horse, Oni Press and Moonstone Books as an artist and colorist. He shares these combined experiences with SCAD students, helping them to apply professional practices in pre-press and printing to sequential art.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Drawing for Storyboarding, Advanced Storyboarding
  • Introduction to Sequential Art
  • Drawing for Sequential Art
  • Backgrounds, Props and Structures
  • Concept Design in Sequential Art