New Hampshire Artist Roster

Stephen Marek Bennett

Illustrator
AIE

Marek's discovery-based Comics Workshops give artists of all ages a

chance to explore their own unique style of graphic storytelling in a
supportive, industrious workshop environment. Participants combine
original characters, actions, texts, and settings, then fashion them into
comic strips, comic books, and other multi-panel graphic narratives.
Marek's approach emphasizes creativity, clarity, graphic design, and
personal discovery in the production process. Workshops typically
culminate with publication and sharing, usually in the form of an
anthology or a "boxed set" of comics, sometimes with a Mini-Comics
Convention for the community. By directing their own projects in a
supportive environment and assuming production responsibilities for the
culminating event, students develop their unique talents and exercise
their skills of literacy, visual arts, drama, creative writing, print
production, and more. Marek's 2013 graphic novel Slovakia: Fall in the
Heart of Europe details one rabbit's adventures in the hidden past and
surprising present of Eastern Europe. He currently draws the webcomic,
Live Free and Draw, detailing local history stories found during his
travels around NH. He also plays mid-19th century banjo with the historical band The Hardtacks. Marek holds a M.Ed. in
Curriculum and Instruction (K-8), and has taught as a classroom teacher at all elementary and middle-school levels.