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CCS Alum Laura Terry Wins Xeric Self-publishing Grant Award for Overboard!
Overboard, begins when the protagonist Di-Di wakes up from a dream of shipwreck to find herself in bed with her girlfriend and cat Chester. Little does she know that tiny people hide in her apartment and are out to destroy … Continue reading
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Tagged CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, Laura Terry, Overboard, self publishing, SPX, Xeric Grant
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Catching Up With Adam Staffaroni
Adam Staffaroni is a member of the class of 2007, CCS’s inaugural class. Like all his classmates, Adam took a gamble by enrolling in a college that hadn’t existed yet. I venture to say the gamble paid off. Since graduating … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Staffaroni, Alaska, Boom! Studios, CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, DC comics, I Know Joe Kimpel, self publishing
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Making Make
I recently worked with seven cartoonists (three of them CCS alumni) to create a new comics anthology titled Make: Comics About an Intimate Act. The intimate act is, well, pooping. That one detail aside, this is one classy book. Look … Continue reading
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Tagged book design, Jason Martin, José-Luis Olivares, Joseph Lambert, Make, Maris Wicks, Melissa Mendes, minicomics, screenprinting, self publishing
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CCS at SPX: The One Sheet Workshop
Since we opened our doors in 2005, CCS has made the annual trek to Bethesda for one of our favorite conventions: The Small Press Expo. This year we offered a 1-hour session on self-publishing called the One Sheet Workshop. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Longstreth, Beth Hetland, hidden book, Jon Chad, self publishing, SPX
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Nippon Fanifesto! A Tribute to DIY Manga
Note: Steve Bissette and I are teaching a course in contemporary comics history (Survey of the Drawn Story II, as it’s properly known). Our students are required to submit an essay, in blog form, on an aspect of contemporary comics … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsey Swarlick, Doujinshi, fan comics, fandom, manga, mini comics, self publishing
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Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise
Note: Steve Bissette and I are teaching a course in contemporary comics history (Survey of the Drawn Story II, as it’s properly known). Our students are required to submit an essay, in blog form, on an aspect of contemporary comics history. … Continue reading
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Tagged self publishing, Strangers in Paradise, Terry Moore, Tom Casteel
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