Meet our fall 2025 MFA grads
We’re proud to announce our most recent cohort of MFA graduates. To celebrate this significant accomplishment, we’ve compiled a special showcase to highlight the exceptional creative work produced by our graduates.
Read our latest collection of comics from Creative Writing students
We are pleased to share a collection of comics from students in our 2025 comics classes. We have examples of comics from across our school — the minor program, BFA and MFA.
Read our latest collection of comics from Creative Writing students
Please enjoy this collection of excellent comics from students in our 2024/25 comics classes.
Monthly comics support group open to new members
Are you working on a large comics project – a book, series, webcomic, etc? You’re welcome to join our new group open to students, alumni, faculty and staff for comics support.
Education through comics: Exploring the pedagogical value of comic art with Sarah Leavitt
Comics are an effective medium that presents complex ideas in an easily understandable way. Assistant Professor Sarah Leavitt discusses her experience teaching comics with the Faculty of Arts.
UBC Creative Writing hires first tenure-track faculty member in graphic forms
The School of Creative Writing welcomes cartoonist and educator Sarah Leavitt to its faculty as an assistant professor specializing in graphic forms. Leavitt is the School’s first tenure-track faculty member in this genre.
Agness, Murderess, Awards Winner!
Congratulations to Lecturer Sarah Leavitt, whose most recent graphic novel Agness, Murderess, has been scooping up nominations and awards this season. Winner of the Speculative Fiction Award from the Alberta Book Publishing Awards and shortlisted in the Best Cartoonist Category of the Joe Shuster Awards from the Canadian Comic Book Awards Association.
Sarah Leavitt shares value of graphic medicine genre with Faculty of Medicine
Cartoonist and lecturer Sarah Leavitt recently collaborated with the Centre for Health and Education Scholarship (CHES) in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine as a Mini-Sabbaticant. During her visit to CHES, Leavitt met with faculty and others to learn more about medical education innovation, and to explore ways in which comics might be useful to enhance students’ […]