Arnold David Clapman  

Student work  

 

This page is a display of the best comic book art sample created by the students of Arnie's Comic Book Art Classes in Santa Cruz CA from 1995 to 2010. This was the only art school of its kind for many years in California's Central Coast. As you can see below, it attracted an amazing amount of talented and motivated young artists ranging in age from 7 to 18+ years old.

Many of the characters in these pictures are war-like. This is very common in youth art today. Occasionally, a parent may express concern about their child's motivation, but they need not worry as this can be a healthy, empowering and confidence-building activity.The spirit, of this is best expressed in an article about an ice-age tribe of hunter/gatherers that appeared in a science magazine of note.

 

It was found that the artists of this tribe painted pictures of giant prehistoric rhinos on their cave walls, leaving the impression that they hunted those fearsome beasts. However, scientific analysis of those hunters' remains revealed that their diet consisted mainly of small animals and edible plants. In other words, they ate rabbits but they thought rhinos, and that is what kids liked  to do in Arnie's classes. They thought rhinos.