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The Schulz Library is packed with zines, graphic novels, cartoon collections, and related ephemera— an amazing and inspirational resource for The Center for Cartoon Studies students and faculty.
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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.
New Book features CCS Sketchbooks
In the introduction to his new book, Comics Sketchbooks: The Private Worlds of Today’s Most Creative Talents, Steven Heller writes that “looking through artists’ sketchbooks is like viewing those artist naked through a picture window.” Although the statement is certainly … Continue reading
Posted in CCS Alumni, Comics Reference, Library, New Book
Tagged CCS, CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, Center for Cartoon Studies, Comics Sketchbooks, David Libens, James Sturm, Joe Lambert, Julie Delporte, Lilli Carre, Max de Radiguès, new books, Robert Sikoryak, Sasha Steinberg, Schulz Library, Sketchbooks, Steven Heller
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CCS and the CBLDF Join Forces for the First Amendment!
CCS and the CBLDF, new First Amendment superfriends, announce addition of a permanent “Banned Comics” section to the Schulz Library during the 30th annual Banned Books Week. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Library
Tagged American Library Association, banned books, Banned Books Week, Banned Comics, CBLDF, CCS, censorship, Center for Cartoon Studies, Comics, Comics Code Authority, comics history, First Amendment, Graphic Novels, Katie Moody, Law, Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, superfriends, teaching comics
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Remembering Joe Kubert (1926-2012)
Sunday was a day of sorrow: Joe Kubert passed away at age 85. Like most comicbook readers of my generation, I “met” Joe as a lad, long distance, through Joe’s energetic, distinctive comics creations and co-creations: collaborative work with diverse … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Uncategorized
Tagged CCS, Joe Kubert, Kubert School, Stephen R. Bissette, Steve Bissette
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Remembering Ernest
Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) starred in one of my all-time favorite movies, Marty. Everything about that movie is perfect. Perfect screenplay. Perfect acting. Borgnine plays a sad-sack butcher whose family walks all over him and calls it love. They practically conspire … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Historic, Uncategorized
Tagged CCS, Center for Cartoon Studies, Comics, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Scarpelli, James Sturm, Marty, McHale's Navy, movies, Paddy Chayefsky
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Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller is OUT!
Joseph Lambert‘s book Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller is out in the world this week and already receiving high praise from book reviewers and literary sources. The fifth book in the collaboration of The Center for Cartoon … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, CCS Alumni
Tagged Annie Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, biography, CCS, CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, Center for Cartoon Studies, comic books, gn, Graphic Novels, Helen Keller, historical comics, history, Hyperion, Joseph Lambert, kid friendly comics, new releases
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MoCCA Comic Debuts!
The Schulz Graphic Novel Library is proud to announce the mini-comic and comic book MoCCA debuts of students, alumni and faculty of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Look for these amazing comics and more along the back wall of MoCCA … Continue reading
Posted in CCS Alumni, New Book
Tagged Alex Kim, Andy Warner, Bill Volk, Caitlin McGurk, Caitlin Plovnick, Casey Bohn, CCS, CCS student work, Charles Foresman, CJ Joughlin, Colleen Frakes, Dakota McFadzean, Dane Martin, Jen Vaughn, Joe Lambert, Jose-L, Katie Moody, Laura Terry, Lena Chandhok, Max de Radiguès, Melissa Mendes, Mia Onorato, MoCCA, Nomi Kane, Robyn Chapman, Sean Knckerbocker
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2009 Year-End Report
The Schulz Library at The Center for Cartoon Studies is now in its fifth year of operation, and our collection has grown to 8000 books. These include 1,358 graphic novels, 713 books of comic strips, 618 books of manga, 457 … Continue reading