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“Best of the New: Idea” The Boston Globe
CCS Graphic Novel Series make Booklist Top 10!
“Creative Economy exemplified” – The Rutland Herald
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[ February 2, 2013; March 2, 2013; April 6, 2013; May 4, 2013; ]
Kids + Comics = YOWZA!
Are you at least 9 years old? Do you like to draw comics? Have a few Saturdays free? If your answers are yes, yes, and yes then come join the Saturday Morning Cartooning Club!
Next session:
May 4, 10-11:30am
Click here for more information and to register!
[ April 4, 2013; ]
This April, as part of the Will Eisner Spring Lecture series, The Center for Cartoon Studies will host an interactive discussion at Dartmouth College with Scott McCloud, Aden Evans, and James Sturm. Details here!
The final book in CCS/Hyperion book series continues to excite readers and critics alike. Annie Sullivan has been nominated for Eisner Awards in the categories of Best Publication for Teens, and Best Reality-Based Work. Congratulations CCS alumni Joe Lambert!
See the full list of nominees here.
[ May 18, 2013; ]
The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to name Annie Koyama as our 2013 Commencement Speaker! Founder of the “small but mighty” Toronto-based Koyama Press, Annie left the film world to find a place amongst an exciting roster of emerging and established artists. Since 2007, Koyama Press has supported and promoted some of the most [...]
TWO CCS SENIORS NOMINATED FOR THE EXPOZINE ALTERNATIVE PRESS AWARD FOR BEST BOOK!
* All Rumours are True, Laurel Lynn Leake
* Betsy, Sophie Goldstein
TWO CCS FACULTY NOMINATED FOR BEST ZINE!
Drop Target #4, Jon Chad and Alec Longstreth
Congrats, CCSers, and to all the nominees!
Complete list here: http://expozine.ca/en/awards/
Bordeaux fans, rejoice! All five issues of CCS class of ’12 alumna Ariel Bordeaux’s unflinchingly autobiographical minicomic, “Deep Girl” will be republished this March in a limited edition collection by Paper Rocket Minicomics. Long out of print, Bordeaux’s “Deep Girl” addresses sex, self-esteem, and body issues with the kind of raw, fiercely funny introspection the [...]
We are proud to announce CCS President Michelle Ollie’s appointment as President of the Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC) for 2013. VHEC is an organization of all the Vermont public, proprietary, and independent colleges with a mission to implement cooperative activity to strengthen higher education across the state. With Ollie at the helm, we know [...]
As part of their coursework this fall, CCS students created a one-page comic about some aspect of nature, using Charley Harper’s basic visual technique of incorporating geometric shapes and patterns. A number of these works will be on display at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont this winter, alongside Beguiled by the Wild: The [...]
The Cartoonist Studio prize will award two categories, one for Graphic Novel of the Year and the other for Web Comic of the Year. Click here to read the complete story!
Adventures in Cartooning, meet Adventures in Parenting: The New York Times parenting blog Motherlode gives our Holiday Challenge a shout-out! In their latest book, Adventures in Cartooning, Christmas Special, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) director James Sturm and alumni Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost asked kids to send a comic to Santa. Check out the amazing [...]
[ February 1, 2013; March 1, 2013; ]
The Cartoonist prize will award two categories, one for Graphic Novel of the Year and the other for Web Comic of the Year. Click here for more information.
The wait is– almost– over! The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the first Cartoonist Studio Prizes. Ten graphic novels and ten webcomics have been selected by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois, the faculty and students at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and this [...]
Last spring, Jeff Kinney visited The Center for Cartoon Studies and inspired this year’s annual appeal. Click here to read the brochure (2mb pdf) online now.
Make a donation to CCS online today!
[ December 1, 2012 to February 3, 2013. ]
As part of their coursework this fall, CCS students created a one-page comic about some aspect of nature, using Charley Harper’s basic visual technique of incorporating geometric shapes and patterns. A number of these works will be on display at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont this winter, alongside Beguiled by the Wild: The [...]
On the Radar: Top Picks from the Editors at Junior Library Guild: Graphic Novels and the Common Core
The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller by Joseph Lambert
“If you’re looking for official justification for the purchase of graphic novels, look no further than the Common Core State Standards. In [...]
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