Today: Create Your Own Comic Adventure for Kids: A Guided Comic Making Game (Virtual)
Get ready for the Graphic Novel Making Contest by trying out your on-the-fly comic making skills with this in-person, guided, solo game.
Based on the “fast and furious” drawing game, Mangaka, you will follow three basic rules, pick a theme set, and draw the start of a comic with two panels. Then in each new drawing phase, continue the story with more themes and even more panels. Each drawing phase is only five minutes so each new phase means you’ll have to draw even quicker than before.
All participants will score their own comics at the end of each phase and will have the opportunity to share.
Supplies needed:
Mangaka Solo Game Pages or 4 pages of blank paper
Pencil & Eraser or Pen
This program can be between 1 to 1.5 hours long. To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 or email Accessibility@sjlibrary.org at least three business days prior to the event.
Audience: Kids, ages 5-10,Pre-Teens, ages 10-12 Source
♦ This event is online. Review the event description and requirements in advance.
♦ For those under 18 years of age who may be joining, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting. |
Today: Comic Book Workshop with Oliver Chin (Virtual)
Join us and Oliver Chin, children’s author, as he teaches attendees how to make a comic book. He will talk about the history of comic books, how to create one, and then help you get your own comic book started.
Recommended for ages 11 to 18 years old.
Supplies needed:
Printed 12 page worksheet that will be emailed to you before the program is highly recommended. If unable to, blank paper is fine.
Pencil with eraser (separate or together)
Registration is required to receive a link and password. Deadline to sign-up will be 1 hour before the program begins.
To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 at least three business days prior to the event.
Audience: Pre-Teens, ages 10-12,Teens, ages 12-18 Source
♦ This event is online. Review the event description and requirements in advance.
♦ For those under 18 years of age who may be joining, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting. |
January 28, 2022
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Today: Author’s Corner (Virtual)
For teens hoping to hone their creative writing skills, stop by Author’s Corner!
Author’s Corner is a monthly, informal creative writing club to help support Short Edition Authors, teens considering a career as an author looking to get practice and feedback on their work, teens looking to create works to help build portfolios and samples for creative writing programs, or any teen that is working on a piece of creative writing/wanting to practice their creative writing skill. It will also provide an opportunity for teens to practice 21st century skills of creativity, communication, collaboration, initiative, productivity, and social skills.
Each session will feature new writing prompts (that we hope will inspire bigger stories or cure writer’s block!), time to practice writing, an opportunity to share and discuss our writing with peers, open forum to swap writing tips and tricks, as well as short lesson each session focusing on a different facet of creative writing. This virtual writing club is hosted by teen volunteers with the support of a librarian and is open to any teen aged 12-18 that is interested in creating a supportive space that encourages creative writing development.
Registration is required. Participants will need access to WIFI and a laptop/computer and the club meetings will be held through Zoom.
To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 or email Accessibility@sjlibrary.org at least three business days prior to the event.
Audience: Teens, ages 12-18 Source
- This event is online. Review the event description and requirements in advance.
- For those under 18 years of age who may be joining, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting.
- To find the link for Online/Virtual events, visit the SJPL website. Enter the date of the event in the Calendar or Author’s Corner (Virtual) in the Search Box.
September 30, 2022
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Today: Author’s Corner (Virtual)
For teens hoping to hone their creative writing skills, stop by Author’s Corner!
Author’s Corner is a monthly, informal creative writing club to help support Short Edition Authors, teens considering a career as an author looking to get practice and feedback on their work, teens looking to create works to help build portfolios and samples for creative writing programs, or any teen that is working on a piece of creative writing/wanting to practice their creative writing skill. It will also provide an opportunity for teens to practice 21st century skills of creativity, communication, collaboration, initiative, productivity, and social skills.
Each session will feature new writing prompts (that we hope will inspire bigger stories or cure writer’s block!), time to practice writing, an opportunity to share and discuss our writing with peers, open forum to swap writing tips and tricks, as well as short lesson each session focusing on a different facet of creative writing. This virtual writing club is hosted by teen volunteers with the support of a librarian and is open to any teen aged 12-18 that is interested in creating a supportive space that encourages creative writing development.
Registration is required. Participants will need access to WIFI and a laptop/computer and the club meetings will be held through Zoom.
To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 or email Accessibility@sjlibrary.org at least three business days prior to the event.
Audience: Teens, ages 12-18 Source
- This event is online. Review the event description and requirements in advance.
- For those under 18 years of age who may be joining, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting.
- To find the link for Online/Virtual events, visit the SJPL website. Enter the date of the event in the Calendar or Author’s Corner (Virtual) in the Search Box.
October 28, 2022
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Today: Author’s Corner (Virtual)
For teens hoping to hone their creative writing skills, stop by Author’s Corner!
Author’s Corner is a monthly, informal creative writing club to help support Short Edition Authors, teens considering a career as an author looking to get practice and feedback on their work, teens looking to create works to help build portfolios and samples for creative writing programs, or any teen that is working on a piece of creative writing/wanting to practice their creative writing skill. It will also provide an opportunity for teens to practice 21st century skills of creativity, communication, collaboration, initiative, productivity, and social skills.
Each session will feature new writing prompts (that we hope will inspire bigger stories or cure writer’s block!), time to practice writing, an opportunity to share and discuss our writing with peers, open forum to swap writing tips and tricks, as well as short lesson each session focusing on a different facet of creative writing. This virtual writing club is hosted by teen volunteers with the support of a librarian and is open to any teen aged 12-18 that is interested in creating a supportive space that encourages creative writing development.
Registration is required. Participants will need access to WIFI and a laptop/computer and the club meetings will be held through Zoom.
To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 or email Accessibility@sjlibrary.org at least three business days prior to the event.
Audience: Teens, ages 12-18 Source
- This event is online. Review the event description and requirements in advance.
- For those under 18 years of age who may be joining, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting.
- To find the link for Online/Virtual events, visit the SJPL website. Enter the date of the event in the Calendar or Author’s Corner (Virtual) in the Search Box.
