CAPE Con: Draw Yourself as a Superhero

Art is a powerful tool that can change how people see themselves. In this hands-on workshop, artist Gene Ha invites you to identify problems and create unique heroes who can fix them! Grades 3+.

This program will begin with participants identifying a single problem and suggesting to Gene how to draw a superhero who can solve that problem. Next, each participant will be invited to write down a new problem and draw themselves as the hero who can fix it!

Artist Biography

Gene Ha is the artist on Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Vol 2 with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, from DC Comics. He has won four Eisner awards for his art including Alan Moore’s Top 10 and sundry Marvel & DC superhero comics. Gene also writes and draws Mae from Oni Press. The story of Mae Fortell, a girl who follows her long missing sister Abbie to a world of mad science and mystery. Gene lives outside Chicago in Berwyn, IL with his lovely wife Lisa.

Check out Gene’s recent profile in Chicago Magazine, and check out the full CAPE Con schedule here!

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