Description

The Professional Writer Series six lectures, scheduled between Jan. 28 and April 14, will focus on a variety of genres, from graphic novels to film criticism, mysteries, memoirs, essays and poetry. The writers will speak about the trajectory of their careers, their successes and challenges. Graphic artists and filmmakers, Jacob and Arnold Pander helped launch the independent comics revolution while still in their teens. To date they have produced 65 works with such major publishers as Marvel, DC Comics and Dark Horse. They have been nominated for the Eisner and Manning awards for groundbreaking artwork in the comics medium. In 2015 they launched their own digital comics imprint, FUSE Comics. Future lectures: Feb. 11: Steven Rea, ?What Makes Hollywood Hip?? Feb. 25: Phillip Margolin, ?The Legal Thriller? March 10: Judith Barrington, ?The Art of the Memoir? March 24: Sallie Tisdale, ?Hello World: The Personal Essay? April 14: Zarah Moeggenberg, ?Poetry and the Spoken Word? Free and open to all. Located in the Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 6 on the WSU Vancouver campus.