Poetry-Comics: Confluence of Craft

A workshop by poet and cartoonist Trinidad Escobar. Comics, in most cases, depends on the dynamic relationship between text and image. In this workshop, we will explore how poetics, or the craft of poetry, intersects with comics theory. With a short lesson on poetics, cartoonists may fortify and expand their understanding of the multitude of ways that text can interact with image.

Participants must register and a Zoom link to join the program will be emailed in advance. You will not need to log in to Zoom or have a Zoom account.

Trinidad Escobar is a storyteller in Oakland, California. She is an alumna of San Francisco State's poetry program and a Fellow of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics MFA Poetry program. Trinidad is a Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Fellow. Additionally, she trained in the MFA in Comics graduate program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Her writing and visual art have been featured in various publications such as The Brooklyn Review, The Nib, Mythium, as well as the anthologies Drawing Power (Abrams), Walang Hiya (Carayan Press), Over the Line (Sidekick Books), and more. Trinidad has been a guest artist and speaker at the San Jose Museum of Art, Pilipino Komix Expo, SFMoMa, LitQuake, Kearny Street Workshop, APAture, SF Zine Fest, The Society of Illustrators, The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, and more. She spends her days wandering the mountains and playing in the sea with her son and partner.

This event is part of the ongoing series, Cool Work x Interesting People.