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Kids Make Comics #1: Simple Shapes Make Super Characters!

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Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Simple Shapes Make Super Characters."

Join cartoonist Dave McDonald as he shares a fun way to create characters for comics. He starts by drawing simple shapes. Part of the "Kids Make Comics" series.

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Runtime: 4 minutes 3 seconds

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Simple Shapes Make Super Characters."
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Episode 1
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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