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Advice To A Young Cartoonist
Chuck Forsman and Melissa Mendes were kind enough to return to WRJ last week as visiting artists. They talked about their comics, Oily Comics, and life after CCS. During the Q&A a student asked what advice they wish they had … Continue reading
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Tagged cartooning advice, CCS, Chuck Forseman, Melissa Mendes, The Center for Cartoon Studies
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OPEN HOUSE!
Cartooning, presentations, book signings. Check out the Post Office building and see CCS at its vital best. We love being in this building.
As Sean Howe writes in his entertaining new book, Marvel Comics, The Untold Story, “Shortly before Christmas in 1949, a speaker system was installed in the artists’ rooms. The artists called it the ‘bitch box.’ Every so often you’d hear … Continue reading
ALUMNI ALERT: LAURA TERRY
Laura just did a slew of lovely illustrations for the most Slate Book Review. This on the heels of her Xeric Award-winning book Overboard. The scary thing about Laura—she is only now putting it all together. Can’t wait to see what the next … Continue reading
Alumni Alert: Dane Martin
“I get most excited when making things that are vague and sparse, which I guess is just a matter of preference. Some people hate that, but I love that it’s perfectly doable in comics. I still haven’t really figured out … Continue reading
Recent Acquisitions Part 2: DONATING, TRADING, E-BAYING
A small school like CCS doesn’t have a huge budget for building an original art collection, yet as I mentioned in an earlier post, it’s vital to the school’s curriculum. So how does CCS grow its collection? Three ways. The … Continue reading
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Bagels, Lox, Beans in a Can
So today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. According to Wikipedia, general observance of Yom Kippur calls for fasting, no wearing of leather shoes, no bathing and washing, and no marital relations. “A parallel has been … Continue reading
HE’S RUNNING AGAINST PRUNEFACE
It only makes sense that a state that has a Cartoonist Laureate has a cartoon character running for Senate.
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EARLY DRAFTS: NAUGHTY SANTA
So yesterday the new Adventures in Cartooning book dropped. This is the third book in the series (and another is wrapped up already). I am fortunate to have two great collaborators— Alexis Frederick-Frost and Andrew Arnold— and the question … Continue reading
Recent Acquisitions, Part 1
My interest in building up an archive of original artwork for CCS was primarily pedagogical. By looking at originals a cartoonist can better understand how an artist drew a page. What tools were used? Did they rule out guidelines for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Bechdel, Charles Burns, David Lasky, Ernie Bushmiller, H.T. Webster, Harry Lucey, Hilary B. Price, Jim Mooney, Jim Woodring, John Rose, Laura Park, original cartoon art, Ray Gotto, Richard Thompson, Roy Doty, Russ Johnson, Sam Glanzman, Stephen R. Bissette, Walter Berndt, Will Eisner
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