These drawings often have big eyes, expressive faces, and smooth lines ... cartoons that hand-drawn feel from old comic ...

Creating and drawing a character is one of the most important parts of comic book creation. This can feel a bit daunting at first, especially if you don't have much experience in drawing already.

By day — once every six days, to be exact — Beachel, 27, of Mifflinburg, shows fourth-grade students at Linntown Intermediate School how to draw comic book and cartoon characters as a special ...