Workshops
Cartoon Your Stutter!
Bring storytelling, humour, and creativity into stuttering support with my fun and empowering cartooning workshops.
Whether you’re drawing your stutter as a cartoon character or turning everyday speaking moments into comics, you’ll explore your stuttering in a fresh, visual way.
Perfect for people who stutter and the speech-language pathologists who support them.
No artistic skills needed!
Cartoon Your Stutter!
Bring storytelling, humour, and creativity into stuttering support with my fun and empowering cartooning workshops.
Whether you’re drawing your stutter as a cartoon character or turning everyday speaking moments into comics, you’ll explore your stuttering in a fresh, visual way.
Perfect for people who stutter and the speech-language pathologists who support them.
No artistic skills needed!
Workshops for people who stutter
Grab a pencil and some paper and see your stutter from a fresh, fun perspective that can be equally profound and life-changing! My workshops are available as one-on-one (adults only) or in group settings.
No previous drawing skills necessary. Both workshops are suitable for ages 8 to adult both in person and virtually.
Create a cartoon character of your stutter
Transform your stutter into a one-of-a-kind cartoon character! And then see your stutter from a new, positive perspective. You may even begin to see it as a sidekick.
Learn:
- Simple doodling fundamentals.
- How to draw a simple, yet engaging cartoon character.
- Using your new cartoon to explain what it’s like to live with a stutter.
Duration: 1 hour
Create comic strip of speaking situations
Turn your speaking situations into your own comic strip! And maybe even change the ending!
Learn:
- Comic strip drawing fundamentals.
- How to design panels and compose your comic.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Create a cartoon character of your stutter
Transform your stutter into a one-of-a-kind cartoon character! And then see your stutter from a new, positive perspective. You may even begin to see it as a sidekick.
Learn:
- Simple doodling fundamentals.
- How to draw a simple, yet engaging cartoon character.
- Using your new cartoon to explain what it’s like to live with a stutter.
Duration: 1 hour
Create comic strip of speaking situations
Turn your speaking situations into your own comic strip! And maybe even change the ending!
Learn:
- Comic strip drawing fundamentals.
- How to design panels and compose your comic.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Workshops for speech-language pathologists
Learn how to use art and storytelling as powerful tools in therapy to foster self-acceptance, help both child and adult clients process emotions, build confidence, and explore their stutter through storytelling and cartooning.
No previous drawing skills necessary. My workshops are available as one-on-one or in group settings both in person and virtually.
Workshops for speech-language pathologists
Learn how to use art and storytelling as powerful tools in therapy to foster self-acceptance, help both child and adult clients process emotions, build confidence, and explore their stutter through storytelling and cartooning.
No previous drawing skills necessary. My workshops are available as one-on-one or in group settings both in person and virtually.
Turn stutters into sidekicks
Help clients explore their stutter through storytelling and cartoon creation, encouraging a new perspective in seeing it as a sidekick, not an adversary.
What’s included:
- Step-by-step guidance in creating simple cartoon characters.
- Strategies to help clients explore feelings and emotions.
- Tips for encouraging clients to share their creation with loved ones.
Duration: 1 hour
Turn speaking situations into comics
Help clients explore real-life speaking moments by drawing them as comic strips. Maybe even changing the ending!
Workshop includes:
- Comic strip basics.
- Strategies to help clients reflect on speaking situations from a new perspective.
- Tips for encouraging clients to share their comic with loved ones.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Turn stutters into sidekicks
Help clients explore their stutter through storytelling and cartoon creation, encouraging a new perspective in seeing it as a sidekick, not an adversary.
What’s included:
- Step-by-step guidance in creating simple cartoon characters.
- Strategies to help clients explore feelings and emotions.
- Tips for encouraging clients to share their creation with loved ones.
Duration: 1 hour
Turn speaking situations into comics
Help clients explore real-life speaking moments by drawing them as comic strips. Maybe even changing the ending!
Workshop includes:
- Comic strip basics.
- Strategies to help clients reflect on speaking situations from a new perspective.
- Tips for encouraging clients to share their comic with loved ones.
Duration: 1.5 hours
“Using the ideas in therapy has been truly revelatory, especially when words or feelings are difficult. I love that art can help to explore stammering and provide a mode of expression and healing.”
– Nic Maddy, Speech and Language Therapist
About me, the instructor
About me, the instructor
I am a cartoonist living in Toronto, Canada. Stuttering and drawing comics since I was four years old, I grew up to eventually produce… this website and comics offering a positive view about stuttering.
I’ve led cartooning workshops for young and old, PWS and SLPs alike at the Canadian Stuttering Association, Irish Stammering Association, National Stuttering Association, Camp Shout Out, Shared Voices, Indian Stammering Association, the Australian Speak Easy Association and International Stuttering Association World Congress to name a few.
I am a cartoonist living in Toronto, Canada. Stuttering and drawing comics since I was four years old, I grew up to eventually produce… this website and comics offering a positive view about stuttering.
I’ve led cartooning workshops for young and old, PWS and SLPs alike at the Canadian Stuttering Association, Irish Stammering Association, National Stuttering Association, Camp Shout Out, Shared Voices, Indian Stammering Association, the Australian Speak Easy Association and International Stuttering Association World Congress to name a few.
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Stuttering is Cool: A Guide to Stuttering in a Fast-Taking World
Tips and comics about reducing fears about stuttering in everyday situations, job interviews, dating, and more!
Tales of Mischief, Mayhem and Mirth
Franky Banky in his first graphic novel offering encouragement to kids (and grown ups) who stutter and awareness to fluent readers as he encounters speaking situations across 15 zany stories.
Draw Your Stutter
Join me on a creative journey to design your own cartoon character based on your stutter, explore your feelings about speech, and learn to draw comics. No drawing skills required!
Fill-in-the-panels comic book
Help me draw this Franky Banky comic book by filling in the panels with your characters as they accompany Franky Banky and Ti-Ger on a visit to your school – and Ti-Ger immediately gets into mischief. The book can be coloured, too!
Stuttering awareness pins!
Spread stuttering awareness with style and humour! Five designs and phrases along with a mini-comic book.