Master of Arts - Comics and Graphic Novels

Teesside University's MA Comics and Graphic Novels covers specialist areas relevant to comics, graphic novels and manga. Students focus on core drawing skills including regular life drawing classes and develop the cognitive and technical skills to equip them for enterprise, employment and further academic research. As a graduate, practicing creator or mid-career professional, students can engage in reflective creative practice at an advanced level.

This course is distinctive in its focus on both the visual and textual elements of the comic medium, combining the development of an authorial voice with establishing a unique visual style.

Students have access to industry standard technologies and excellent facilities including specialist drawing equipment such as Cintiq Wacom Tablets, software such as Adobe Creative Suite and ClipStudio as well as more traditional facilities such as wet-spaces, scanners, drawing tables and light boxes.