Jerzy Drozd

Current

• Teaching Artist at Explorers Home School Association
• Co-organizer and Programming Developer at Kids Read Comics
• Contractual Teaching Artist at Ann Arbor District Library

• Contributing Editor at Sugary Serials (01 Comics)
• Freelance Illustrator at Moses Anshell

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Past

• Teaching Artist at Kids' Comic Con
• Contractual Teaching Artist at ArtServe Michigan
• Contractual Teaching Artist at Chelsea District Library

• Freelance Comics Artist at Antarctic Press

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Education

• Central Michigan University

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Industry

Media Production

Jerzy Drozd’s Summary

Jerzy Drozd began his comics illustration career at 19, self-publishing his own comic books. He has also worked for Antarctic Press on their flagship title Ninja High School. While at Antarctic Press, he and writer Tom Root (of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken) co-created the mini-series PPV: Pay-Per-View. He is one of the artists behind Make Like A Tree Comics, a self-publishing comics company that specializes in all-ages comics serialized online and collected in print. This venture caught the attention of Glencoe McGraw-Hill, who contracted Drozd to co-create and illustrate a series of pro-social and educational comics stories for their “Backpack Reader” series of books. In 2006 he completed his 197-page online graphic novel, “The Front,” a retelling of the first comics story he self-published.

Though he continues to work as a freelance illustrator, Drozd’s main passion has always been comics, and he enjoys sharing that passion with others. In 2005 he began performing workshops at schools such as Central Michigan University and Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. He served as the Lead Teaching Artist with ArtServe Michigan’s Literacy Arts Comic Book Project, teaching the comics art form to over 700 Detroit 3rd and 4th graders as well as leading professional development sessions with teachers. In 2008 he worked with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to create a participatory workshop for teachers. In June 2009 he led a variety of comics workshops at the first annual Kids Read Comics convention (www.kidsreadcomics.org), an event he co-organized with teen librarian Edith Burney, DC Comics writer Dan Mishkin, and Green Brain comics store owner Dan Merritt. He is currently developing content for the 2010 Kids Read Comics convention which will be held in Dearborn, Michigan.

Jerzy Drozd’s Specialties:

Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Teaching

Jerzy Drozd’s Experience

• Teaching Artist

  Explorers Home School Association

  (Education Management industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Teaching "Graphic Novel Academy" to grades 7-12, with an emphasis on visual storytelling and cartooning techniques.

• Co-organizer and Programming Developer

  Kids Read Comics

  (Education Management industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Leading cartooning workshops for children, Professional Development workshops for teachers, development and organization of educational programming, website design and maintenance.

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  Ann Arbor District Library

  (Non-Profit; Libraries industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Leading the annual "Comic Book Academy"--a six-week course in cartooning and visual storytelling.

• Contributing Editor

  Sugary Serials (01 Comics)

  (Entertainment industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

• Freelance Illustrator

  Moses Anshell

  (Media Production industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Advertising illustration, character design, and storyboarding for television commercials.

• Teaching Artist

  Kids' Comic Con

  (Education Management industry)

  November 2009 — November 2009 (1 month)

  Led various cartooning workshops for the Kids' Comic Con at the Miami Book Fair on November 13-15, 2009

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  ArtServe Michigan

  (Education Management industry)

  January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Teaching comics content to Detroit Public Schools 3-5 grades, concurrent with Professional Development workshops for teachers. Using comics to foster deeper reading comprehension skills with students and to teach curriculum-based content.

• Contractual Teaching Artist

  Chelsea District Library

  (Media Production industry)

  June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)

• Freelance Comics Artist

  Antarctic Press

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 1997 — July 2002 (4 years 11 months)

  Co-Created and illustrated PPV: Pay-Per-View Mini-series, illustrated issues of Ninja High School

Jerzy Drozd’s Education

• Central Michigan University

  Graphic Design

Additional Information

Jerzy Drozd’s Interests:

Comics, Teaching, Animation

Jerzy Drozd’s Groups:

ArtServe Michigan, 01 Comics

Jerzy Drozd’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch