CCS in the News
“Best of the New: Idea” The Boston Globe
CCS Graphic Novel Series make Booklist Top 10!
“Creative Economy exemplified” – The Rutland Herald
The Center For Cartoon Studies is America’s premiere cartooning school and studio, located in the historic village of White River Junction, Vermont. Faculty and visiting artists include many of today’s most celebrated cartoonists. CCS has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, LA Times, and The Washington Post. CCS is a driving force behind the recent revitalization of White River Junction, bringing jobs, students, and art to the village.
Telling [True] Stories Session
Woodstock Digital Media Festival 2012
Saturday, June 23, 11am
The ʺTelling [TRUE] stories strand of Festival programming brings some of the most innovative leaders of non-fiction narrative forms and platforms to Woodstock where they will share their work and explore the emerging possibilities of the form. For more information, visit: woodstockdigital.com
Visit Dan Archer’s site: archcomix.com
| May 14, 2012 | to | June 16, 2012 |
The Center for Cartoon Studies
2012 Thesis Exhibition
An exhibition featuring work by the graduating class of The Center for Cartoon Studies.
Exhibition runs Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16.
Location: CCS Gallery, Colodny Building, White River Junction, Vermont.
Click here to see photos of the exhibit online!
Donna Almendrala
Bill Bedard
Ariel Bordeaux
Melanie Gillman
Jai Granofsky
Molly Howard
Sean Knickerbocker
Dakota McFadzean
Katie Moody
Adrienne Núñez
Amelia Onorato
Wade Simpson
Rio Aubry Taylor
Andrew Geer Warner
Dave Weinar
Nate Wootters
Michael Scott King Stanley
And this year’s fellows:
Julie Delporte
Blaise Larmee
See work by the graduates on display now at The Center for Cartoon Studies Thesis Exhibition. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16.
The Center for Cartoon Studies Stumptown Comic Arts Awards 2012 Winners
Best Small Press
Fugue #1 by alum Beth Hetland
Buy a copy of the award winning FUGUE today!
Best Anthology
Lies Grownups Told Me edited by CCS alum Nomi Kane and Jen Vaughn, along with comics librarian Caitlin M.
Click on the image or here to read The Cartoon Crier!
The word “comic” has always been a bit of a misnomer and The Cartoon Crier hopes to set the record straight. Sorrow and woe is the focus of this free 36-page newspaper tabloid that highlights the work of The National Cartoonists Society members and of The Center for Cartoon Studies’ community.
The Cartoon Crier features the saddest strips from iconic comics like Family Circus, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, B.C., and For Better and For Worse. The Cartoon Crier also includes comics by Ivan Brunetti, Mell Lazarus, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, Tom Gammill, Hilary Price, Laura Park, Richard Thompson, and Mo Willems, as well as new work from the paper’s editors, Cole Closser, R. Sikoryak, and James Sturm.
The Cartoon Crier premiered at the 2012 The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA) in New York City and will be available as a free download on May 1 from cartoonstudies.org.
Image above: MONSTER by CCS student Dan Rinylo
Workshop the children’s book you’ve always wanted to create with CCS instructors and renowned authors and illustrators.
Children’s Book Workshop
June 25-29
Exploring aspects of writing and illustrating books for children
This new, goal-oriented workshop will explore several aspects of writing and illustrating books for children through hands on exercises and activities. Faculty include celebrated children’s book authors, illustrators, and cartoonists: Scott C. (East Dragon, West Dragon), Jon Chad (Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth), DB Johnson (Creator of Henry Picture Books/image above), James Sturm (Adventures in Cartooning) and Alec Longstreth (Phase 7).
Click here for more information and to register. Space is limited.
| 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
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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.
The word “comic” has always been a bit of a misnomer and The Cartoon Crier hopes to set the record straight. Sorrow and woe is the focus of this free 36-page newspaper tabloid that highlights the work of The National Cartoonists Society members and of The Center for Cartoon Studies’ community.
The Cartoon Crier features the saddest strips from iconic comics like Family Circus, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, B.C., and For Better and For Worse. The Cartoon Crier also includes comics by Ivan Brunetti, Mell Lazarus, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, Tom Gammill, Hilary Price, Laura Park, Richard Thompson, and Mo Willems, as well as new work from the paper’s editors, Cole Closser, R. Sikoryak, and James Sturm.
The Cartoon Crier premiered at the 2012 The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA) in New York City and will be available as a free download on May 1 from cartoonstudies.org.
Image above: MONSTER by CCS student Dan Rinylo
Workshop the children’s book you’ve always wanted to create with CCS instructors and renowned authors and illustrators.
Children’s Book Workshop
June 25-29
Exploring aspects of writing and illustrating books for children
This new, goal-oriented workshop will explore several aspects of writing and illustrating books for children through hands on exercises and activities. Faculty include celebrated children’s book authors, illustrators, and cartoonists: Scott C. (East Dragon, West Dragon), Jon Chad (Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth), DB Johnson (Creator of Henry Picture Books/image above), James Sturm (Adventures in Cartooning) and Alec Longstreth (Phase 7).
Click here for more information and to register. Space is limited.
| 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
Click here to go to story.
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.
| 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.
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!
Check out the 1953 Commons Mural for Darmouth College campus created by The Center for Cartoon Studies Alum Laura Terry and Jen Vaughn! Learn about the project concept and plans on Laura Terry’s blog.
Photos of the murals are also posted on Dartmouth’s Flickr.
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!
| June 25, 2012 | to | June 29, 2012 |
Children’s Book Workshop
June 25-29
Exploring aspects of writing and illustrating books for children
This new, goal-oriented workshop will explore several aspects of writing and illustrating books for children through hands on exercises and activities. Faculty include celebrated children’s book authors, illustrators, and cartoonists: Scott C. (East Dragon, West Dragon), Jon Chad (Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth), DB Johnson (Creator of Henry Picture Books / image above), James Sturm (Adventures in Cartooning) and Alec Longstreth (Phase 7).
For more information and to register…
| 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.
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!
Check out the 1953 Commons Mural for Darmouth College campus created by The Center for Cartoon Studies Alum Laura Terry and Jen Vaughn! Learn about the project concept and plans on Laura Terry’s blog.
Photos of the murals are also posted on Dartmouth’s Flickr.
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!
| June 25, 2012 | to | June 29, 2012 |
Children’s Book Workshop
June 25-29
Exploring aspects of writing and illustrating books for children
This new, goal-oriented workshop will explore several aspects of writing and illustrating books for children through hands on exercises and activities. Faculty include celebrated children’s book authors, illustrators, and cartoonists: Scott C. (East Dragon, West Dragon), Jon Chad (Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth), DB Johnson (Creator of Henry Picture Books / image above), James Sturm (Adventures in Cartooning) and Alec Longstreth (Phase 7).
For more information and to register…
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. For more information about Lewis Hyde, visit: http://www.lewishyde.com/
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.
“…presented in such a breathtaking, original, and empathetic fashion.”
–Booklist [Starred Review!]
Releases March 27. Reserve a copy today!
This month, The Center for Cartoon Studies sent some goodies out to our BFFs (Bookstore Friends Forever). Be sure to check out your own local bookstores and comic shops to get a peek at what CCS is up to, and the chance to score a special application fee waiver for Fall 2012. These packets were made possible by the generosity of our friends at Diamond!
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!
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