Sarah McIntyre’s writing workshop: Making a Comics Jam

Writer and illustrator Sarah McIntyre shows you how to draw a sea monkey and takes you through running a fun comics jam in the classroom, step by step. Don’t miss the sea monkey sea shanty at the end!

Introduction

Sarah shows us how to draw a sea monkey, as seen in the picture book she created with her friend Philip Reeve, Oliver and the Seawigs.

Top Tips

Hear Sarah’s advice on how to draw art for comics.

Make your own Comic Jam

Learn how to make a Comic Jam’, and hear Sarah’s tips on how best to get started.

Comic Jam Shanty

Sarah is joined 

Tupton Primary School’s Comic Jam

The Year 3 students Tupton Primary School in Chesterfield made these brilliant cartoons. 

We adored making sea monkey stories!

Year 3 group