MA Comics and Graphic Novels (with Advanced Practice) at Teesside University

A master's degree for graduates, creators and professionals who want to advance in comics and graphic novels. It develops personal style, pitching and presentation skills, digital capability, understanding of comics audiences and markets, and embedded research. Students work on live briefs for organisations such as Streetwise Opera and the NHS and take collaborative modules with students from other MA subject areas. The Advanced Practice route adds an Advanced Practice module to the standard MA structure and runs over two years.

Department: Art & Design  |  Duration: 2 years full-time  |  Intake: January or September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Adaption and Interpretation for Comics, Developing a Personal Voice in Comics, Engaging with the Comics Industry, The Connected Practitioner and Masters Project. Teaching is mainly through keynote lectures and tutorials using case studies, with guest speakers from industry, and assessment is mainly project-based, through portfolios of work. The route adds an Advanced Practice module.

Career pathways

Graduates may work as comic book artists, scriptwriters for film, television, comics or games, concept artists, book illustrators, graphic novelists, storyboard artists, character designers, cover artists or teachers and lecturers, or as interdisciplinary collaborators in fields where visual communication is essential.

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