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New Summer Workshop: Master Class in Comics Narrative with Paul Karasik
Need a boost of comics inspiration? CCS’s new Master Class in Comics Narrative will turbo-charge your creative engines with an intensive week of comics boot camp.
The Master Class in Comics Narrative is taught by Eisner-winning cartoonist and experienced comics educator Paul Karasik.
You will leave this class a stronger cartoonist than when you entered.
Click here for more information on summer workshops and to register! Space is limited.
Vincent Fago “Peter Rabbit” Original Art Exhibit
| April 21, 2012 | ||
| April 28, 2012 |
On exhibit through April 28
Gallery hours on
Saturdays 10am-2pm
Vincent Fago created the 1950s character, The Checkered Pup, and drew Peter Rabbit and other funny animal comics and strips. Fago also had is own publishing imprint. The exhibit at The Center for Cartoon Studies includes original Peter Rabbit artwork, comicbook covers, and character study drawings.
Click here the gallery essay (pdf) by CCS student Dakota McFadzean.
CCS Gallery is located at 94 South Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont
Congratulations to Alison Bechdel, Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient
Click here to go to story.
The Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Ceremony, with Guest Speaker Tom De Haven
| May 12, 2012 |
Please join us in celebrating our sixth commencement ceremony, with guest speaker Tom De Haven
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Sixth Commencement Ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 12 at 11am at Northern Stage Theater (at the Briggs Opera House) in White River Junction, Vermont. This year’s Commencement speaker is novelist Tom De Haven. A special opening reception for the CCS Thesis Exhibition, featuring the graduating students’ original artwork, takes place immediately following the ceremony. All events are free and open to the public.
Tom De Haven is an American Book Award-winning author. His acclaimed Derby Dugan trilogy (Funny Papers, Depression Funnies, and Dugan Underground) and 2005 novel, It’s Superman!, explore the history and culture of American comics. De Haven is a two-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and Entertainment Weekly.
Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception immediately following in the CCS Gallery, Colodny Building. Exhibition runs Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16.
Both events are located in the village of White River Junction, Vermont.
Summer Workshop Line Up
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NEW! CHILDREN’S BOOKS
June 25-29
CREATE COMICS
July 16-20
CARTOONING STUDIO
July 23-27
NEW! CARTOONING STUDIO:
PRODUCTION & DESIGN
July 30-August 3
EXTENDED STUDIO OPTION
August 6-8
NEW! MASTER CLASS
IN COMICS NARRATIVE
with Paul Karasik
August 20-24
For more information and to register…
Graphic Eye Reviews Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
“Lambert’s line has a fragile quality to it that is perfect for capturing the precarious lives of Keller and Sullivan. ” – Graphic Eye
Click here to read the complete review.
Buy a copy today!
Center for Cartoon Studies on NHPR’s Word of Mouth
New Hampshire Public Radio Word of Mouth visits The Center for Cartoon Studies. Listen to the segment!
CCS at MoCCA Festival 2012
| April 28, 2012 | to | April 29, 2012 |
Once again, CCS will be exhibiting at MoCCA Festival 2012. Students, faculty and alumni will make the trip to New York City to take part in this 2-day (April 28 & 29)celebration of comics and cartoonists. Stop by the CCS table to see the latest comics out of White River Junction, and to learn more about our program.
CCS Industry Day 2012
Industry Day gives both the students a chance to have their portfolios looked at by the best in the business (maybe arrange an internship) while the publishers get a chance to see the future of the comics industry and know what talent to look out for. This year guests include Gary Groth (Fantagraphics/The Comics Journal), Judy Hansen (Hansen Literary Agency), Annie Koyama (Koyama Press), Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics), and Terry Nantier (NBM Publishing). Read more about our Industry Day guests on the Schulz Blog!
Summer Workshop on Production and Design
| July 30, 2012 | to | August 3, 2012 |
July 30 – August 3, 2012
Cartooning Studio: Production and Design is an all-new CCS summer workshop which will teach students the basics of digital comics production.
For more information and to register…
Graphic Eye Reviews Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
“Lambert’s line has a fragile quality to it that is perfect for capturing the precarious lives of Keller and Sullivan. ” – Graphic Eye
Click here to read the complete review.
Buy a copy today!
Center for Cartoon Studies on NHPR’s Word of Mouth
New Hampshire Public Radio Word of Mouth visits The Center for Cartoon Studies. Listen to the segment!
CCS at MoCCA Festival 2012
| April 28, 2012 | to | April 29, 2012 |
Once again, CCS will be exhibiting at MoCCA Festival 2012. Students, faculty and alumni will make the trip to New York City to take part in this 2-day (April 28 & 29)celebration of comics and cartoonists. Stop by the CCS table to see the latest comics out of White River Junction, and to learn more about our program.
CCS Industry Day 2012
Industry Day gives both the students a chance to have their portfolios looked at by the best in the business (maybe arrange an internship) while the publishers get a chance to see the future of the comics industry and know what talent to look out for. This year guests include Gary Groth (Fantagraphics/The Comics Journal), Judy Hansen (Hansen Literary Agency), Annie Koyama (Koyama Press), Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics), and Terry Nantier (NBM Publishing). Read more about our Industry Day guests on the Schulz Blog!
Summer Workshop on Production and Design
| July 30, 2012 | to | August 3, 2012 |
July 30 – August 3, 2012
Cartooning Studio: Production and Design is an all-new CCS summer workshop which will teach students the basics of digital comics production.
For more information and to register…
CCS Alum Book is Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Book Prize
The 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Book Prizes ceremony honors the best books of 2011. This year, The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Joe Lambert’s I Will Bite You! is a Graphic Novel Finalist! Buy a copy today!
CCS Spring Will Eisner Lecture: Lewis Hyde
Thursday, April 12, 4:30pm
Free and open to the public
Lewis Hyde is a poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic. Known for books such as The Gift, Trickster Makes This World and Common as Air, as well as his poetry and essays, Hyde has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lannan Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1991 he was made a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. Click here for more information about Lewis Hyde,
Dartmouth College, Kemeny Hall, Room 008, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Presented by The Center for Cartoon Studies and The Leslie Center for Humanities at Dartmouth College. Sponsored by the Will and Ann Eisner Foundation.
Starred Booklist Review! CCS Presents Annie Sullivan and The Trials of Helen Keller by Alum Joe Lambert
The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, the latest graphic-format book to come out of the Center for Cartoon Studies (which has created books on Satchel Paige, Harry Houdini, Amelia Earhart, and Henry David Thoreau) opens yet another captivating page into history. Created by the incredibly talented CCS alum, Joe Lambert.
“In a brilliantly conceived and executed maneuver, Lambert uses a dynamic interplay between words and images to convey how someone could learn to communicate without access to either….rarely is presented in such a breathtaking, original, and empathetic fashion.” –Booklist [Starred Review!]
Releases March 27. Buy a copy today!
New Summer Workshop: Master Class in Comics Narrative with Paul Karasik
| August 20, 2012 | to | August 24, 2012 |
Need a boost of comics inspiration? CCS’s new Master Class in Comics Narrative will turbo-charge your creative engines with an intensive week of comics boot camp.
The Master Class in Comics Narrative is taught by Eisner-winning cartoonist and experienced comics educator Paul Karasik.
You will leave this class a stronger cartoonist than when you entered.
Click here for more information on summer workshops and to register! Space is limited.
CCS Faculty Jon Chad’s New Book Releases: Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth
“Chad’s inventive vertical artwork acts as a spoonful of sugar to the medicine of geology lessons.” – Publishers Weekly
CCS Alum Book is Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Book Prize
The 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Book Prizes ceremony honors the best books of 2011. This year, The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Joe Lambert’s I Will Bite You! is a Graphic Novel Finalist! Buy a copy today!
CCS Spring Will Eisner Lecture: Lewis Hyde
Thursday, April 12, 4:30pm
Free and open to the public
Lewis Hyde is a poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic. Known for books such as The Gift, Trickster Makes This World and Common as Air, as well as his poetry and essays, Hyde has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lannan Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1991 he was made a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. Click here for more information about Lewis Hyde,
Dartmouth College, Kemeny Hall, Room 008, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Presented by The Center for Cartoon Studies and The Leslie Center for Humanities at Dartmouth College. Sponsored by the Will and Ann Eisner Foundation.
Starred Booklist Review! CCS Presents Annie Sullivan and The Trials of Helen Keller by Alum Joe Lambert
The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, the latest graphic-format book to come out of the Center for Cartoon Studies (which has created books on Satchel Paige, Harry Houdini, Amelia Earhart, and Henry David Thoreau) opens yet another captivating page into history. Created by the incredibly talented CCS alum, Joe Lambert.
“In a brilliantly conceived and executed maneuver, Lambert uses a dynamic interplay between words and images to convey how someone could learn to communicate without access to either….rarely is presented in such a breathtaking, original, and empathetic fashion.” –Booklist [Starred Review!]
Releases March 27. Buy a copy today!
New Summer Workshop: Master Class in Comics Narrative with Paul Karasik
| August 20, 2012 | to | August 24, 2012 |
Need a boost of comics inspiration? CCS’s new Master Class in Comics Narrative will turbo-charge your creative engines with an intensive week of comics boot camp.
The Master Class in Comics Narrative is taught by Eisner-winning cartoonist and experienced comics educator Paul Karasik.
You will leave this class a stronger cartoonist than when you entered.
Click here for more information on summer workshops and to register! Space is limited.
CCS Faculty Jon Chad’s New Book Releases: Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth
“Chad’s inventive vertical artwork acts as a spoonful of sugar to the medicine of geology lessons.” – Publishers Weekly
Next Up Visiting Artist: Raina Telgemeier
Babysitter’s Club cartoonist Raina Telgemeier visits CCS this month!
One of the many wonders of The Center for Cartoon Studies Schulz Library is having several of Raina’s self-published mini-comics in the zine collection. Raina’s most recent book, Smile, is about her battle within her own mouth.
Next Up Visiting Artist: Dave Roman
Dave Roman Astronaut Academy is a series of short stories about school in space. Dave is the co-author of two New York Times bestselling graphic novels, X-Men: Misfits and The Last Airbender: Zuko’s Story.
Our local Norwich Bookstore is now selling The Center for Cartoon Studies Schulz Library totes! Pick one up in the store or buy them online!
Nursery Rhyme Comics Features Five Cartoon Studies Alumni
Edited by CCS thesis advisor Chris Duffy, this destined-to-be-a-classic collection of 50 nursery rhymes features the work of CCS alumni Andrew Arnold, J.P. Coovert, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Lucy Knisley, and Mo Oh. Buy a copy today!
Buy a copy today!
First Friday at The Center for Cartoon Studies
| April 6, 2012 |
Friday, April 6
CCS is celebrating the First Friday in April with a bevy of activities for comics lovers!
3pm: Prospective student tour of campus.
Applicants can schedule an admissions portfolio reviews with CCS faculty. Anyone scheduling a review will receive an application fee waiver coupon for Fall 2012.
Contact us to make an appointment.
5-6:30pm: Book sale and signing!
Alum Joe Lambert will be on hand to sign copies of Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, the latest graphic novel series by CCS featuring the lives of remarkable Americans. Faculty member Jon Chad will be signing copies of Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth.
6:30pm
Carousel:
Cartoon Slide Show
featuring work by CCS students and hosted by cartoonist and visiting CCS faculty R. Sikoryak.
The Center for Cartoon Studies
94 South Main Street
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