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TTU STEAM Camp 2025

Welcome to the TTU STEAM Camp 2025 Guide!

Activities of the Day

Today's Schedule:

Time 

Activity 

8:30-9 

Check-in 

9-12 

Card making/AI Comics 

12-1 

Lunch 

1-3 

Petting zoo w/music 

3-3:30 

Pick-up 

 

How to make a comic book: 

Process Step by Step

Video: 

 

 

Learn more about the Strings Project HERE

 

Contact

String Project classes are held in the Texas Tech University School of Music, located at 2624 18th Street, at the intersection of 18th Street and Boston Avenue.

Project Directors:
Rachel Mazzucco
rachel.mazzucco@ttu.edu

Elizabeth Chappell
elizabeth.chappell@ttu.edu

Visit the TTU String Project web site at
https://musicstringproject.wixsite.com/texastech

Library Resources

Superheroes!

"Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers: down from the heavens Superman and the Mighty Thor or swinging over rooftops the Batman and Spider-Man; star-spangled, like Captain America and Wonder Woman, or clad in darkness, like the Shadow and Spawn; facing down super-villains on their own, like the Flash and the Punisher or gathered together in a team of champions, like the Avengers and the X-Men! ased on the three-part PBS documentary series Superheroes, this companion volume chronicles the never-ending battle of the comic book industry, its greatest creators, and its greatest creations.Ju

Comics and Pop Culture

It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and "Felix the Cat" were animated for the silver screen. 

The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators

Focal Press' Pocket Lawyer series serves as a legal toolkit for independent producers and artists in the creative industries. The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators is designed to help emerging artists and veteran professionals in the comic book industry build a solid foundation of business and communication practices that they need to thrive in today's ever-changing, uncertain world of indie comics. Readers will learn to protect their copyrights, negotiate publishing deals, hire artists so everyone wins, and learn the ins and outs of key contracts with this helpful resource.

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics

Take Control of Your Comics-Making Destiny Creating your own comic is easier than ever before. With advances in technology, the increased connectivity of social media, and the ever-increasing popularity of the comics medium, successful DIY comics publishing is within your reach. With The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics, creators/instructors Comfort Love and Adam Withers provide a step-by-step breakdown of the comics-making process, perfect for any aspiring comics creator. 

The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics

At last–the first guide to drawing comics digitally! Artists! Gain incredible superpowers...with the help of your computer! The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics shows how to give up pencil, pen, and paper and start drawing dynamic, exciting comics art entirely with computer tools. 

Creating Comics!

Comics are a unique form of storytelling created by talented and visionary artists. Creating Comics! is the first book to truly explore the backstories of the most talented visual artists currently practicing. Two of the most successful comic artists, Paul Gulacy and Michael Cavallaro, pen the foreword and introduction of the book, setting the tone for a truly remarkable collection of interviews from artists.