Update: CreatorCØDE "LIVE" + A New Studio for Creators

Hello Dare2Draw Friends and Creators – Here is the latest!

We have put together a studio that can be used by creators to work in and promote themselves and their work. It is located at 540 President Street in Gowanus, and we are opening it with a project now in its first week on Kickstarter.

In honor of Will Eisner Week 2026—and due to our unbelievable fortune in finding a landlord who actually wants to help creators and wants this project to succeed as much as we do—we are proud to launch CreatorCØDE "LIVE" the Zero Pixel.

CreatorCØDE "LIVE" invites you to witness a unique collaboration among seven of New York’s most intrepid sequential narrative creators, as they come together for a month of creativity that will be live-streamed and V-logged from our studio. This dynamic experience will culminate in a special mini-doc in honor of Will Eisner Week 2026, taking place from March 1-7. Eisner Week commemorates the legacy of Brooklyn-born Will Eisner and promotes graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the sequential arts.

Our mission is to showcase these artists and provide fans and creators everywhere with unparalleled access to their creative processes, inspirations, and techniques.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Nancy and Carl Gropper for their unwavering support in bringing this vision to life.

We are thrilled to announce the narrative sequential artists for the inaugural CreatorCØDE "LIVE".

PLEASE MEET OUR FIRST-ROUND OF CREATORS:

    Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

    Emily Flake

    Allison Conway

    Alexandra "Alex" Bowman

    Led Bradshaw

    Joaquín Esteban J.

    Michael Greear

Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future

CreatorCØDE "LIVE" presents - Zero PIXEL: The Eisner Ethos in Action—a direct challenge to automated art, grounded in the timeless principles of a master. For one intense month, our Gowanus studio transforms into a command center for human ingenuity, showcasing the work of seven intrepid cartoonists. Our live-streamed sessions embody our core belief in the Zero PIXEL project, a living commitment to the Eisner

Ethos:

Commitment to Storytelling: Upholding Eisner's vision of comics as a serious art form, we will highlight the birth of stories from raw human experiences.

Innovation in Graphic Narrative: We pay tribute to his pioneering spirit by presenting real-time experimentation with layout, pacing, and the fusion of text and image—the techniques that define our medium.

Elevation of the Medium: This project serves as an active argument for the legitimacy of comics, showcasing the rigorous skill and thought involved in creating meaningful art.

Personal and Cultural Reflection: Our artists' diverse voices echo Eisner's focus on authentic identity and community, revealing the personal stories that fuel powerful art.

Legacy and Influence: Guided by Eisner's example, we aim to share our open studio and its documentation to inspire the next generation and contribute to the enduring legacy of the Eisner visual narrative Ethos.

Championing Free Expression through Comics: Eisner's work embodies the principle of free speech, using the comic medium as a powerful tool for authentic dialogue, social critique, and giving voice to the personal and marginalized, thereby affirming comics as a vital space for uncensored storytelling and truth-telling.

Our goal is to empower fans and artists alike with real inspiration, providing unparalleled access to the human process that truly matters. This documented journey is our artifact for Will Eisner Week 2026, celebrating the future he envisioned while championing graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the supreme art of the sequential narrative.

Join us on this exciting journey. We invite you to support our Kickstarter campaign and be part of the front line in championing the Eisner Ethos. Together, we can honor the past while embracing the future of sequential art.

For more information or to support the project on Kickstarter, please visit: https://bit.ly/zero-pixel

Dare2Draw by Artists for Artists | Don’t wait. Create.

Charles Sincero & Lisa Miller and the Dare2Draw / CreatorCØDE team