#kubert school

I’ve told this before, but I keep thinking today about Ben Ruiz, my life drawing teacher at @thekubertschool. Ben was watching me do a figure drawing in charcoal. Lots of ambiguity, smearing the charcoal around with the side of my hand. Bathing the drawing in murk, getting artsy.

He asked why I was drawing like that. He’d asked for a simple, diagramatic depiction of anatomy. I said I was trying to be expressive. Ben took a beat, then said “Steve you're here to accumulate knowledge. You're a first year art student; You have nothing to express but your own ignorance."

Philip "Tex" Blaisdell: born March 30, 1920. Assisted Will Eisner, Hal Foster, Stan Drake, Leonard Starr,and Al Capp. Drew Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, & more. Taught for a long time -20 years?- at The Joe Kubert School.

Tex was bright and funny and larger than life, with an endless supply of great anecdotes and cautionary tales. I only knew him during my time at school, 87-90. He died in 1999.

I wish I could just walk into the kitchen at the Clinton House in Dover, NJ right now. See him there hunched over his lapboard, smoking an unfiltered Camel. Say hey, and throw him a question, and just listen to him spin out a story.

Taught by industry professionals, the Joe Kubert School’s Online Studies Program presents the student with a six-week intensive designed for them to learn by instruction and critique. The Online Studies program is a great way to hone your skills and knowledge as a cartoonist.

THESE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE FULL-TIME PROGRAM.

Evenings from 6:00 pm-7:30 pm ET (unless otherwise noted), once a week.

Each class takes place over six weeks for a total of 6 sessions.

Classes taught through Google Meet and Google Classroom.

Price of $220.