Developing Autobiographical Graphic Novels

Cartoonist and illustrator Mandy Ord shares her passion for autobiographical comics as well as her practical and creative approach to writing engaging personal stories.

Methods for representing the self as a character and the writing through lived experience will be at the core of the workshop. Focusing on the powerful combination of words and pictures central to the dual language of comics, Mandy demonstrates how a technical approach can balance the playful spontaneity that is essential to comics creation.

Mandy Ord is a Naarm/Melbourne based cartoonist and illustrator with a long history of self-publishing autobiographical comics.