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Seth Tobocman

TEACHING

Since 2002 Seth Tobocman has been training aspiring comic book artists at the New York School of Visual Arts department of Cartooning and Illustration.

"The encouragement and critiques Seth gave were priceless, and the class was always fun."

-Alison Strejlau, SVA student

See samples of Alison's work here.

Scroll down to read Alison's complete description of her experience in Seth's comics class.

 

 

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A Student's Testimonial

"I can't believe more people don't know about Seth, his class is like an unknown gem. I am so happy in my decision because I don't think any other teacher had kept track of their student's progress like Seth had. I never had to worry whether I'd not be able to finish my Thesis because we were on such a good schedule. When my peers were seriously stressing out over time constraints I could never understand it, because there simply was no reason to NOT finish on time and achieve your best work. The encouragement and critiques Seth gave were priceless, and the class was always fun. I knew Seth would not let me do anything less then I was able to, and I can safely say that I never took shortcuts in that class because we just weren't allowed. Some students are scared about teachers that are more strict when it comes to deadlines, but that's ridiculous. Out in the 'real world' it is much worse, and if such a thing as the projects Seth assigns are out of reach, then good luck to you. With that said, this class is no cakewalk but that is all right, because you get used to the work as if you never knew what doing less was like, and it becomes comfortable. My classmates would definitely agree that we all looked forward to Thursday nights the most, and who on earth would say that about their most 'feared' class? Certainly not people who took a different teacher, that's for sure!"

- Allison Strejlau

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