How to Write a Joke with Cartoonist Akeem S. Roberts
Park Slope Library is pleased to welcome Akeem S. Roberts to discuss his career as a cartoonist, the process behind selling cartoons to the New Yorker, and how you can start making your very own cartoons, too.
After a brief presentation, Akeem will lead participants through a joke brainstorm, writing and drawing workshop. Come and learn how to design your very own joke and cartoon in the style of the New Yorker. All experience levels welcome!
Please RSVP in advance as space is limited. Akeem is the author and illustrator of the Class Pet Ghost Detective Series. Place your copy on hold here!
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Akeem S. Roberts is an illustrator, animator, and cartoonist based in Brooklyn, New York. Versed in many styles, Akeem is passionate about breathing life into stories through art.
His comic debut was in the Regular show special with BOOM Studios, and, more recently, he worked with Hasbro on issue 98 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Akeem sold his first New Yorker cartoon in 2019. In 2021, Akeem participated in Cartooning While Black, a Chelsea art gallery show that discussed race relations in a playful and charming way, along with other Black New Yorker cartoonists. Also in 2021, Akeem illustrated three middle-grade books with author John Dillard and the Kokila team. The JD book series has won multiple awards, including the School Library Journal Best Books of 2021, the New York Public Library Best Books of 2021, the Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2021, a 2022 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book, was shortlisted for the Iris Award 2022 and was a recipient of the Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist 2022-2023.
When he's not working with clients, Akeem draws weekly comics about his life with his wife and two cats on Instagram.
