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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.

New Children’s Book Workshop at CCS this Summer!

[ 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 [...]

Starred Booklist Review! CCS Presents Annie Sullivan and The Trials of Helen Keller by Alumni Joe Lambert

[ March 27, 2012; ]

“…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 [...]

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 Students, Alumni and Fellows take 11 spots in Rob Clough’s “Top 30 Minicomics of 2011″ in The Comics Journal

The Comics Journal list includes minis by Aaron Cockle, Max de Radigues, Sean Ford, Chuck Forsman, Nomi Kane, Alex Kim, Joe Lambert, Jeff Lok, Melissa Mendes, Dakota McFadzean (image above), Max Mose, Jose-Luis Olivares and Laura Terry. Read the full list here: http://www.tcj.com/the-top-30-minicomics-of-2011.

Click here to
register online
for a Summer Workshop today!
Summer 2012 Workshop Line Up:
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…

Cartoon Studies Expands Campus

White River Junction, Vermont—Just in time for holidays, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) received what it’s always wanted: the old post office building in downtown White River Junction.
“It’s CCS’s dream building and we’ve had our eye on it since before the school opened, but unfortunately it wasn’t possible financially,” said Michelle Ollie, CCS president [...]

CCS Student Andy Warner’s Illustrated Article On Slate.com

Scholastic Art Comic Contest Winners Announced!

Click here to see and download the winning entries.

Read our 2011 appeal comic by Gabby Schulz (CCS Fellow ’06).
Make a donation to CCS online today!

Santa Delivers Post Office to Cartoon School

White River Junction, Vermont—Just in time for holidays, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) received what it’s always wanted: the old post office building in downtown White River Junction.
“It’s CCS’s dream building and we’ve had our eye on it since before the school opened, but unfortunately it wasn’t possible financially,” said Michelle Ollie, CCS president [...]

CCS Fellow, Max de Radiguès, is on the OFFICIAL SELECTIONS list for Angoulême!

[ January 26, 2012 to January 29, 2012. ]

Meanwhile in White River Junction by CCS Fellow Max deRadigues, makes the short list of OFFICIAL SELECTIONS list for Angoulême.

Read all about it on the Schulz Blog!

The Comics Journal Features Cartoon Essay by CCS Student Cole Closser

The Center for Cartoon Studies student and archivist Cole Closser (CCS ’13): A comic strip essay on Charles Forbell’s Naughty Pete. See the entire strip on The Comics Journal.

Visiting Artist: Lisa Hanawalt

Illustrator and award-winning cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt was born and raised in Palo Alto, California and graduated from UCLA with an art degree in 2006. Though originally headed into the fine art world, the comics-form collaboration Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out led to Hanawalt self-publishing the minicomics It’s Sexy When People Know Your Nameand the 2009 Ignatz [...]

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Upcoming CCS Events

• May 14, 2012:
  • Thesis Exhibition (all day)
• June 23, 2012:
  • Cartoon Studies Alumni to Speak at Woodstock Digital Media Festival (all day)
• June 25, 2012:
  • New Children's Book Workshop at CCS this Summer! (all day)
• July 16, 2012:
  • Create Comics Summer Workshop for Ages 16+ (all day)
• July 30, 2012:
  • Summer Workshop on Production and Design (all day)
• August 20, 2012:
  • New Summer Workshop: Master Class in Comics Narrative with Paul Karasik (all day)

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