Cartoonist Frank Santoro (Cold Heat, Storeyville, Kramers Ergot) has long taken his knowledge about comics and cartooning straight to the masses. From his curated longboxes, whose hand-selected '80s genre-comic treasures bring a touch of the back-issue bin to the alternative comics conventions he attends, to his popular columns on page and layout for The Comics Journal, he's brought idiosyncratic intensity to the study of making comics. Now, from his Tattooinesque wind-and-solar-powered redoubt in New Mexico, Santoro's offering an eight-week correspondence course for more in-depth study.

Conducted over email, snail mail, and phone, the class will begin on Oct. 28 and cost $500 per student. Each student's instruction will vary, designed with Santoro to be tailored to their specific needs and the kinds of comics they want to make. In the announcement, Santoro sets up his course as an alternative to schools like CCS, SVA, and SCAD: "You don’t have to move to a different city to attend one of the few schools that exist for making comic books. Put your money directly towards training – not living expenses." But act fast: The course is only open to ten students.

Find more details, including the application requirements, at The Comics Journal.