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Cartoonist: Andrés Vera Martínez

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We were so lucky to have an author to come visit. His name was Andrés Vera Martínez and he came to talk to us about comics and a little about his life.

For the first part he talked to us about some of his old comics, some drafts and how he grew up. He lived in Texas and part of his culture comes from Spain and another part comes from an indigenous tribe. Then he talked to us about his newest book coming out in October called Monster Locker.

For the second half Andrés showed us how to draw a character. We created one together who was a tired baker named Benny. Andrés taught us that all comics need a spark or a problem so he drew Benny with a 100 foot lizard. The comic strip came to life on the board about how Benny fed his lizard plant food and it got extra big. Lastly, we learned different features and characteristics of comic arts and drew our own character.

Teagan and Ruby

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On Thursday, March 7th, author Andrés Vera Martínez visited 4-5 to share his history and his drawings and to celebrate the end of our comic unit. He gave us some information on his backstory, such as his birthplace and a little bit of his family’s history. He shared with us his techniques on how to draw people and other things and how to bring life to them. He even let us make our own characters. It was great that he gave us a sneak peek on his new book series called Monster Locker which is coming out in October. We had so much fun. 

Ava and Luke








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