Info About Our Single-Year Intensive Program in Gainesville
Comics Bootcamp for serious students of comic book and sequential art. Apply now for 2019-2020. This course of free materials tells you what you need to know! Click below.
Do you NEED to devote yourself for a year to your art, but haven't had the chance?
You’re not alone.
Going at it alone is hard.
Going at it with the wrong tools, in the wrong place is hard.
Justine Mara Andersen, our star drawing teacher, had her mentors tell her she wasn't good enough, and she should go back to college. Determined to show them otherwise, she studied and studied and became a master, eventually working with DC Comics, Lucasfilm, Wizards of the Coast and much much more.
Our founder Tom Hart quit college to forge his own path with a cohort of like-minded artists in the early 90s. He has since become a New York Times #1 bestselling author. He says "SAW is the school I wished I went to."
Everyone at SAW has at one time or another had to struggle with the same questions and dilemmas, and we’ve all found answers.
Our faculty can share them with you through our unique blend of mentorship and comics-specific curriculum.
At SAW, We Change Lives.
Welcome from Tom Hart and Emma Jensen
What is SAW? An alum made this comic.
What is SAW? - Video
Why an art school alternative?
What do I tell my loved ones (When I tell them I want to go to a community run arts school)?
About the SAW Teaching Residency
September 6 to October 15: Andi Santagata
October 25 to December 10: Casey Nowak
January 3 to April 1: Melanie Gillman
Tuesday Studio Day
Pagan Rituals - Video
Who is Emma Jensen?
Group Critique
Online Resources and Community
Who is Tom Hart?
Tom Hart on Comics as Personal Expression --1 Min. Video
Interview with Tom Hart, 2009 - Video
Tom Hart and Carol Tyler at the Society of Illustrators, 2016 - Video
Learn more for free inside!
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