Covid! Pollution! Evil people!
These were just some of the fiendish monsters that our intrepid ToonZA warriors faced at Monster Battle, ToonZA’s signature fun-tastic, ink-redible, draw-your-own-mini-comic game that was part of the programme of 2021’s Deep South Community Art exhibition.
The three hour workshop flew by! Participants started off with a series of self-portraits to loosen up those drawing muscles and hone their Cartoonist’s Eye, each portrait becoming increasingly simpler and quicker until they could capture their own essence in a mere 15 seconds.
Then we turned ourselves into superheroes with powers – and costumes! – that matched our passions and personalities.
But what is a hero without a villain? We took the fate of the world into our own ink-stained hands by identifying and cartoonifying the biggest problems in the world today. Confronted with such hideous villains, there was only one thing for our heroes to do – fight them, ofcourse! Participants teamed up to create mini-comics in the age-old tradition of the fight scene, a battle of brains and brawn, words and weaponry, teeth and tentacles.
Are you a comic-obsessed, out-of-the-box-thinking, can’t-stop-drawing, future ToonZAnian interested in joining the Cartoon Struggle? ToonZA is about to launch a 12-week course at Amava Oluntu in Muizenberg, which will introduce young cartoonists to the theory and practice of making comics. Get in touch with us to find out more!
