You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~Clay P. Bedford

Draw on Your Creativity with Jay Piscopo

In this interactive drawing workshop, comic book artist Jay Piscopo uses simple geometric shapes to teach kids how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. Check out Jay in the CLASSROOM. Go behind the scenes in JAY'S STUDIO where he creates The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli graphic novel series.

Appearance Schedule

Click HERE for Jay Piscopo's Appearance Schedule.

Jay Piscopo is now booking school and library visits. Contact Tami Burke at tami@maine.rr.com to book.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

July 2009: Jay Piscopo Appearance Schedule

Jay Piscopo is the author/illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli graphic novel series. In his interactive drawing workshop - Draw on Your Creativity -- Jay invites students to try their hand at cartoon art and demonstrates how anyone can learn to draw and create comics. Using simple geometric shapes, Jay teaches kids how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. Stand by for adventure with this interactive workshop!

JAY PISCOPO - JULY 2009 - APPEARANCE SCHEDULE

July 1
10:00
William Fogg Public Library -- Eliot, ME
2:00
Springvale Public Library -- Springvale, ME

July 6-10
Tour of Pennsylvania Library System
Collingdale Public Library -- Collingdale, PA
Henrietta Hankin Library -- Chester Springs, PA
Easttown Library -- Berwyn, PA
Atglen Public Library -- Atglen, PA
West Chester Public Library -- West Chester, PA
Tredyffrin Public Library -- Strafford, PA
Joseph E. Coleman Library -- Philadeliphia, PA
Radnor Township Memorial Library -- Wayne, PA
Malvern Public Library -- Malvern, PA

July 13-17
Weeklong Workshop
Create Your own Comic
Fiddlehead Center for the Arts -- Gray, ME

July 18
1:00 - 3:00
Yarmouth Clam Festival -- Yarmouth, ME

July 23
1:00 - 3:00
Wenham Museuem -- Wenham, MA
Author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli, Jay Piscopo, offers a step-by-step comic strip drawing course for aspiring artists. Ages. 7+. Pre-registration required. FMI contact the Wenham Musuem.


July 29

10:30
Thompson Free Library -- Dover Foxcroft, ME

July 30
7:00pm
George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library -- Hudson, NH

Friday, June 26, 2009

July 1: Jay Piscopo Library Visits

Wednesday, July 1
2:00
Springvale Public Library
Springvale, Maine


Comic book artist Jay Piscopo invites students to try their hand at cartoon art and demonstrates how anyone can learn to draw and create comics. Using simple geometric shapes, Jay teaches kids how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. Stand by for adventure with this interactive workshop! Watch a short video clip HERE.

At 10:00am that same day, Jay will be at the William Fogg Public Library in Eliot, Maine.

Stand by for adventure with The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli all ages graphic novel and Jay Piscopo in the library!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 27: Superhero Saturday at the Wenham Museum

Don't miss Jay Piscopo at Superhero Saturday THIS Saturday, June 27 at the Wenham Museum in Wenham, Massachusetts.

Superhero Saturday
Saturday, June 27
4:00 - 7:00 pm

Wenham Museum
132 Main St., Wenham, MA 01984
TEL: 978-468-2377

Free with museum admission.

Dress as your favorite superhero, chat with local comic book artists, fly in the bouncy house, watch Jay Piscopo – author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli – draw your favorite superhero, and top the day off with SUPER ice cream sundaes and Capt'n Eli's Soda!

Click HERE for directions.

This event is the official kick off for the Colorful Characters: Storytelling Through Comics exhibit. Read more about this superpowered exhibit at this link.

June 9 – September 13
It’s a bird. It’s a plane...It’s Superman! The Man of Steel will be one of the many characters in this action-packed exhibit with over 125 comic books, original artwork, graphic novels, and collectibles. Little superheroes can have adventures with family-friendly interactives like Superman’s phone booth and Batman’s Batmobile! Artwork and action figures by Jay Piscopo will be on display.

On July 23 from 1:00 - 3:00 Jay will present a step-by-step comic strip drawing course for aspiring artists. Ages. 7+. Pre-registration required. FMI contact the Wenham Musuem at 978-468-2377.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Comic Book Artist Jay Piscopo Will Draw on Your Creativity at Pennsylvania Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Comic Book Artist Jay Piscopo Will Draw on Your Creativity at Pennsylvania Libraries

PHILADELPHIA, PA – (June 16, 2009) – As part of this year’s summer reading program theme “Be Creative @ Your Library,” Maine comic book artist Jay Piscopo will present his “Draw on Your Creativity” drawing workshop at select Pennsylvania libraries the week of July 6(see schedule below). Attendees interested in any of Piscopo’s nine workshops should contact participating libraries for full details, recommended ages, and registration information.

Piscopo is the author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli all-ages graphic novel series. In this interactive workshop, he invites kids to try their hand at cartoon art and demonstrates how anyone can learn to draw and create comics. Using simple geometric shapes, he teaches how to build anatomy and perspective to create art that tells a story. For a behind the scenes look at this workshop, visit this link.

More about The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli:
With his companions Jolly Roger, a 200-year-old parrot, and the faithful seadog Barney, Capt’n Eli takes readers into a mesmerizing world of time travel, high-tech ships, flying mini-subs, robots, lost civilizations, and undersea empires in conflict. This all-ages graphic novel series is perfect for children ages 6-13. This series also has strong retro appeal for adults who enjoy classic adventure comics or TV cartoons like Jonny Quest and Space Ghost.

Capt'n Eli's origins are quite unique. He’s the namesake of real-life World War II veteran Eli Forsley who was also the inspiration for a line of hand-crafted sodas from Portland, Maine. Read the story behind the story at this link.

Volumes 1 and 2 of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli are available now and Volume 3 is scheduled for release in late 2009. This series is published by Nemo Publishing and distributed nationally by Diamond Comics Distributors.
Read more about the series at this link.

More about Jay Piscopo:
Jay Piscopo is the author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli all-ages graphic novel series and has been making state-of-the-art children's entertainment for nearly 20 years. He served as an art director at Tom Snyder Productions, where he led the creative team in the production of educational CD-ROMs, including the award-winning Fizz and Martina Math Adventures and was as an animator on the ABC Saturday morning show Squigglevision. He was also the co-creator of the internationally distributed comic book series featuring the world’s first disabled superheroes, The Scrap City Pack Rats, which he created in partnership with Goodwill Industries. They published a six issue series which received national media attention for its groundbreaking approach and subject matter. He has conducted hundreds of comics workshops and classroom events teaching drawing and storytelling techniques. He resides in his home town of Portland, Maine.

Workshop Schedule:
July 6

10:00am -- Collingdale Public Library, Collingdale
2:00pm -- Henrietta Hankin Library, Chester Springs
7:00pm -- Easttown Library, Berwyn

July 7
10:00am -- Atglen Public Library, Atglen
2:00pm – West Chester Public Library, West Chester
7:30pm – Tredyffrin Public Library, Strafford

July 8

2:00pm – Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library, Philadelphia

July 9
11:00am – Radnor Township Memorial Library, Wayne
7:00pm – Malvern Public Library, Malvern

Website: www.captneli.com
Blog: www.captneli.blogspot.com
Appearance Schedule: www.captnelievents.blogspot.com

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Today! Summer Reading Program Kick Off at Prince Memorial Library

Today!
June 16, 2009
4:30-5:30pm

Jay Piscopo, author / illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli all ages graphic novel series will take part in the Summer Reading Program Kick-off at Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland, Maine.

Jay will offer free sketches and the Capt'n Eli crew will hand out free comic books, collectible card games and Capt'n Eli's Soda.