Reach Your Peak Camp - Comic Book Creation

This camp will cover fundamental skills and techniques required to design and complete a hand-drawn comic book. Western, Japanese and alternative styles will be explored as students learn the process of transforming a script into storyboards and a final inked product. Technical elements include framing and panel layout, shading techniques, inking with micron and dip pens, and digital lettering. Reach Your Peak is a partnership between colleges in northwestern Colorado with the goal of creating excitement about learning that motivates students toward a bright future and further education. Reach Your Peak starts with summer camps for middle and high school students, continues through concurrent enrollment options for high school students, and finally propels students into college and other postsecondary education. The target populations for this program are students in northwestern Colorado who might not consider going to college as an option - low socioeconomic status, first generation to college, ethnic minorities, children in single-parent households, children living in foster care, learning or physically challenged, or other documented financial need, etc. - but any and all interested students are welcomed and encouraged to participate. The partners include Colorado Mesa University, Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, and Western Colorado Community College. The program is also supported by the Northwest Council of El Pomar Foundation.