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Seattle: Short Run Comix + Arts Festival

Short Run 2019

Short Run is coming on November 9 in Seattle, WA, and despite being on the opposite coast from The Center for Cartoon Studies, you can find some CCS grads with their comics. With a focus on comics, Short Run includes all sorts of self-publishers and small press. Free to the public!

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CCS at Short Run

 

Short Run 2018 poster

If you are going to be in the Seattle area, Short Run is coming up on November 3, and CCS has a table with Alec Longstreth, creator of Phase 7. From 1–3, he will be doing portfolio reviews. And all day someone will be there to answer questions you might have about attending the school. No need to RSVP, just swing by with your stuff.

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Alum in Inktober

Official Inktober Image

It’s that time of year when the ink and sweaters come out. Inktober! When artists take the month of October to create an ink drawing every day. There is an official prompt list from the instigator of this hallowed tradition, Jake Parker (Little Bot and Sparrow), but plenty of people make it their own. It is one of the best months for finding new artists to follow on Instagram.

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The Center for Cartoon Studies in the DINKy award

The DINKys are the awards at the Denver Independent Comics and Art Expo and are in their second year. This weekend is DINK, and the awards are announced Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Center for Cartoon Studies family has some wonderful representatives! Good luck to you all!

Librarian Santiago Naranjo (′09) reading Something New by Lucy Knisley

Best-Work Self Published

Scraps by John Carvajal (’15)

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At the Junction of Words and Pictures: The Tenth Anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies

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Guest curator and Professor of English, Craig Fischer as assembled an impressive The Center for Cartoon Studies ten year exhibit currently on exhibit at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. 

Presentation by James Sturm
January 27, 2016, 7pm

At the Junction of Words & Pictures: The Tenth Anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) exhibit will feature work by CCS faculty and co-founder James Sturm, Stephen R. Bissette and Jason Lutes as well as by CCS Fellows Chris Wright (2008-09), Julie Delporte (2011-12), Connor Willumsen (2012-13) and Sophie Yanow (2014-15). Also included are examples of art by CCS graduates Dan Archer ′08, Charles Forsman ’08, Colleen Frakes ’07, Sophie Goldstein ’13, Luke Howard ’13, Joseph Lambert ’08, Melissa Mendes ’10 and cartoonists who have collaborated with the school on various book projects. 

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Alum Releases Graphic Memoir About Growing Up On A Prison Island

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The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Colleen Frakes ′07 Prison Island released September 1. Frakes graphic memoir Prison Island, tells her story of growing up on the McNeil Island, living in a company town near the prison, and the remote island life challenges to Colleen and her sister.

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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 Goldstein, Sasha Steinberg, Sean Ford, Chuck Forsman, Colleen Frakes, Penina Gal, Beth Hetland, Lucy Knisley, Josh Kramer, Melissa Mendes, Annie Murphy, Betsey Swardlick.

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


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Retrofit to Publish “Floppy” Comics by CCS Alumni

Retrofit is a new publisher with an old idea: to bring single issue “floppy” comics to the world of alternative comics.  Retrofit will publish one issue per month.  Their catalog includes indy favorites and newcomers alike.  It also includes two CCS alumni, Colleen Frakes (CCS ′07) and Chuck Forsman (CCS ′08).  Chuck also designed Retrofit’s logo.  Do you want to help fund this ambitious project?  Visit the Retrofit Kickstarter page.

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Minis Monday: Colleen Frakes

The Comics Journal
by Rick Kreiner

Alumni Colleen Frakes’ Xeric-winning Tragic Relief stages a four-act fusion of mythic characters and psychological case study. As foreshadowed by the title’s twist of cliché, three parallel sections set up the predicament with an epilogue driving home the message to full effect.

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Congratulations Ignatz Winner Colleen Frakes

CCS alum Colleen Frakes receives the Ignatz Promising New Talent Award for Woman King. The Award is a Small Press Expo prize that recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. Buy a copy today!

Another White River Junction cartoonist, Cat Garza (Year of the Rat), received and Ignatz for Outstanding Online Comic. Congratulations Cat!

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Using the power of comics to teach teens about the way our government works This Is What Democracy Looks Like, A Graphic Guide To Governance is a 32-page comic book created by The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). This short comic guide helps to bring democracy back to the hands of the people by explaining what democracy actually means and how the whole thing works. This guide will be a great jumping-off point to learn about our government.

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