Stories tagged Annie Murphy

CCS Alum and Fellows Nominated for SPX Ignatz Awards

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The Center for Cartoon Studies Alum (Sophie Goldstein, Luke Howard, Dane Martin) and incoming Fellow Sophie Yanow are nominees for this year’s Ignatz Awards!  Alums Annie Murphy, Jose-Luis Olivares, Sasha Steinberg & recent Fellow Nicole Georges contributed to the nominated QU33R anthology!

Click here to see the complete list of 2014 Small Press Expo Ignatz Nominees.

Small Press Expo will take place September 13-14, 2014, at the North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Washington. Attendees vote for the award during the convention on September 13; the Ignatz ceremony, which is open to the public, is held that evening. For more information about SPX, visit: spxpo.com

Image above is from Outstanding Artist Ignatz Nominee Sophie Goldstein’s House of Women.

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CAKE Chicago: Special Guest Alum Lucy Knisley

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE]
June 16 & 17

CAKE Special Guest, CCS alum Lucy Knisley! Visit Lucy’s site to read her webcomic, Stop Paying Attention, and to buy comics:  LucyKnisley.com


Also, debuting at CAKE: Island Brat 2, by CCS Alum Colleen Frakes. Island Brat is about living on McNeil Island, home to America’s last island prison, accessible only by air or sea. Visit Colleen’s site: tragicrelief.com

CCS students and alum exhibiting, include: Sophie GoldsteinSasha SteinbergSean FordChuck ForsmanColleen FrakesPenina GalBeth HetlandLucy KnisleyJosh KramerMelissa MendesAnnie MurphyBetsey Swardlick.

CCS fellows Blaise Larmee and Gabby Schulz will also be exhibiting!


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Three Cartoon Studies Alumni Nominated for the Ignatz Awards

Three alumni of The Center for Cartoon Studies have been nominated for the Ignatz Awards, an annual award of excellence in the field of comics given out at the Small Press Expo in Maryland. Come see the comics of Laura Terry (CCS ′10), Joe Lambert (CCS ′08) and Annie Murphy (CCS ‘ 08) on the Schulz Library Blog and vote for them this September!

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Gay Genius Anthology Debuts

Gay Genius, a 144-page full color anthology celebrating the history and mystery of the queer experience, was just released from Sparkplug Comics.  This project  was spearheaded by editor and co-publisher Annie Murphy (CCS ′08).  Annie also contributed to the anthology, as  did fellow classmate Kubb E. Bear (CCS ′09).  Order your copy today!

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CCS alum Annie Murphy’s I Still Live: Biography of a Spiritualist wins Xeric Self-Publishing Award

I Still Live is biography of a nineteenth-century Vermont spiritualist, Achsa Sprague.The novella is Murphy’s tribute to Achsa Sprague, and includes the backstory on how she discovered, and assembled the story. Congratulations Annie!

Visit Annie’s site to learn more…

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