The famous teacher and freelance artist brings his expertise in comics, animation, video games and advertising drawings as one of over 31 professionals holding dozens of schools workshops on June 6.

Chan will be running three workshops regarding manga, comic and cartooning as well as the history of comics and manga during the festival of written, spoken, visual and digital words.

The member of Melbourne's 'Drawing with Us' artist group said he often looks to Japanese culture and the history of manga in his workshops.

"Japanese manga drawings have always been a breeding ground for ideas," he said.

"Artists decided to first put their stories in comic books because it was cheaper than animation.

"Then when the story ideas took off in popularity they could start animating and receive money through merchandising.

"In many ways Japan was ahead of the curve on that, doing it since 1960s and creating pop culture.

"It's the biggest animation and comic book industry in the world."

Chan is recognised for his work with former Australian manga magazine, OzTaku, which was published by OzTaku Publications from 2004 to 2007.

"I've been drawing since 2003 and we actually tried to launch a manga magazine in Australia," he said.

"Manga and animation have a big influence on kids today and the older generation."

He now holds workshops around Australia to teach manga drawing to students and has also provided illustrations for school textbooks during his career.

In the Litfest workshop students will learn basic comic paneling and visual storytelling techniques before completing a sketch of a comic page.

"I'll be going through comic story telling, the history of comics in general and the development of comics," he said.

"Teaching students how to tell stories using pictures sequentially and using panels to make a story."

"Nowadays children can look on the internet for specialised 'how to draw superman, batman' tutorials but these sessions are more generalised techniques to figure out the construction behind them."

Litfest will also feature 25 creative workshops and practical sessions with students from ten schools at Newman Senior Technical College.

Other presenters include Underdog editor Tobias Madden, poet Emilie Zoey Baker, audio producer Nicole Curby and headliner, The Gathering author Isobelle Carmody.

As well as returning presenter for film making and Young Australian Citizen of the Year 2012, Michael Wilkie.

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