Greg Anderson Elysee recently taught at Detroit School of Arts (DSA) for the MECCAcon Artist Residency Program. This program was graciously funded thru Knight Foundation and University of Michigan, and presented by Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts – MECCAcon and Amonyet Enterprises.<\/p>\n
Students of Greg were taught the basics of comic book writing and character development for comic books.<\/p>\n
Greg Anderson-Elysee is a Brooklyn, NY born Haitian-American writer, educator, filmmaker, and model. He has been teaching various forms of filmmaking, including narrative and documentary, from elementary level to adults since 2012. A journalist on The Outhouse since 2008, he also runs his own column, (Heard It Thru) The Griotvine, where he showcases independent creators of color and LGBTQ creators. He is known thru the community for doing this on a broader scale, all while presenting his thoughts on diversity.<\/p>\n
Is’nana The Were-Spider was his first comic series, and is a multi award winner, including 2018 Fan Award, Rising Star, and Best Male Character (The Glyph Awards). Is\u2019Nana is based on Anansi the trickster god of the Akan people of Ghana, whose stories have spread for centuries throughout Africa as well as the Caribbean. The Gentleman: Darkness of the Void and Marassa, both published by Evoluzione Publishing, debuted in 2018. Elys\u00e9e has also published work with Lion Forge via the nationally recognized project, Puerto Rico Strong. Greg Anderson Elysee recently taught at Detroit School of Arts (DSA) for the MECCAcon Artist Residency Program. This program was graciously funded thru Knight Foundation and University of Michigan, and presented by Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts – MECCAcon and Amonyet Enterprises. Students of Greg were taught the basics of comic book writing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[69375,6927,74948,30409,74950,74949,74951,71862,74946,74947,74945,287,211],"class_list":["post-26443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caribbean","tag-anderson","tag-artist","tag-comic-book-writing","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-school-of-arts","tag-dsa","tag-elysee","tag-greg","tag-isnana","tag-isnana-the-were-spider","tag-meccacon","tag-program","tag-residency","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigranttravels.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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