Jerel Dye
Jerel Dye has illustrated wo graphic novels; Pigs Might Fly in 2017, and Einstein in 2022, listed as one of the top 10 graphic novels of the year by ALA Booklist. He has been creating art and comics since 2005, producing dozens of self-published mini comics and creating comics stories for anthologies such as Inbound, Minimum Paige, Hellbound, and the award winning Little Nemo/Winsor McCay tribute Dream Another Dream. In 2012, he received the MICE comics grant for his mini-comic From the Clouds.
Much of his art stems from a deep interest in science and technology, though it frequently contains a healthy dose of wonder. Jerel Dye received his BFA from UMass Dartmouth in Painting, and his MFA at MassArt in the Studio for Interrelated Media. Jerel has been teaching courses in comics, drawing, and cartooning for 14 years at The Eliot School, RISD, Leslie University, Hasbro, and others.
Jerel Dye is teaching the following courses:
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Color and Form: Color, Letters, Comic Systems
March 19–April 30, 2024 -
Color and Form: Color, Letters, Comic Systems
March 25–May 6, 2025 -
Comics and Speculative Fiction: Sci-Fi and Imaginative Graphic Storytelling
January 23–March 5, 2024 -
Comics and Speculative Fiction: Sci-Fi and Imaginative Graphic Storytelling
January 28–March 11, 2025 -
Short Story Comics
October 29–December 10, 2024