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Announcing the shortlist for the 2024 CARTOONIST STUDIO PRIZE AWARD

Each year, the Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics for this year will be awarded $1,000 each. The winners will be selected by The Beat and The Schulz Library staff at The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS).

This year, there are thirteen nominees in each the “long-form” category and the “short-form” category.

The nominees for Best Long-Form Comic are:

  • Anais Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff
  • The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.
  • The Cliff by Manon Debaye
  • Cuckoo by Joe Sparrow
  • Eden II by K. Wroten
  • Eric’s Sister by Kaitlin Chan
  • The Great Beyond by Léa Murawiec

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The Center for Cartoon Studies Has Big Showing in LA Times Book Prize Finalists

Three Cartoon Studies fellows have been nominated for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the year! They include:

Robyn Smith ’17 for WASH DAY DIARIES (Robyn Smith/Jamila Rowser). Robyn got her MFA at CCS, was a fellow from 2021-22, and is a member of our faculty.

Tommi Parrish for MEN I TRUST. Tommi was a CCS fellow from 2020-21.

Noah Van Sciver for JOSEPH SMITH AND THE MORMONS. Noah was a CCS fellow from 2015-16.

Shoutout to Jamila Rowser, who wrote WASH DAY DIARIES, she was recently a CCS visiting artist.

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It’s LIT PBS talks Graphic Novels

A recent It’s LIT PBS episode discussed how graphic novels are in fact . . . novels. In the myriad examples of the fantastic literature available in graphic form, the video features grad and faculty Tillie Walden ’16 and Vermont Cartoonist Laureate with Spinning and advisor Alison Bechdel with Fun Home. It’s LIT is a video essay series hosted by Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes where they explore figures, genres, and books that shaped the literary world.

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Slate and The Center for Cartoon Studies will once again name the best print and webcomic of the year

Each year the Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics will be awarded $1000 each. Winners will be selected by Slate’s Dan Kois, the faculty and students of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), and this year’s guest judge, Candida Rifkind President of the Comics Studies Society and co-editor of the new Wilfrid Laurier UP book series Crossing Lines: Transcultural/Transnational Comics Studies. The deadline to enter is January 31.

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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 Exhibiting at New York MoCCA Festival 2019

April 6-7, 2019

MOCCA Arts Festival
at Metropolitan West, 639 W 46th Street, New York

Visit The Center for Cartoon Studies table F214! Meet students, buy comics, and learn more about The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA and Certificate program, and summer workshops.

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Summer 2019 Workshop Line Up!

  • Drawing and Writing Single Panel Comics
 with Hilary Price: June 3-6
  • Cartooning Studio: June 17-21
  • Graphic Memoirs with Melanie Gillman: June 24-28
  • Introduction to Hand-Drawn Animation with Alec Longstreth: July 8-12
  • Create Comics: July 15-19
  • Queer Comics with Tillie Walden: July 29-August 2
  • Creating Graphic Novels for the Young Adult Market
with Jo Knowles and Tillie Walden: August 5-9
  • Graphic Novel Workshop with Paul Karasik:
 July 29-August 2 or August 5-9

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2019 Summer Workshops

 

NEW!  Children’s Book Workshop: Exploring Jewish Themes and Content

 

PLUS! Cartoon Club Summer Session

Kids + Comics = YOWZA! Cartooning Club: Summer Edition! All the fun of our Saturday Cartoon Club, plus summer, multiplied by five! If you’re at least 9 years old and want to spend a week or two drawing comics, register now for our Summer Cartoon Club.

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Buy Comics, Prints, Books, Graphic Novels at the Comics and Medicine Marketplace

The 9th International Comics and Medicine Conference begins this Thursday!

Buy Comics, Prints, Books, Graphic Novels at the conference Marketplace!

  • Thursday, August 16th, 4-6pm
  • Friday, August 17th, 12noon-1:30pm

Location: Newberry Market, downtown White River Junction

 

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Top Two at the Schulz Library

2017 top two books checked out from the Schulz LibraryIn the last 12 months, two books are sitting at the top of the heap at the Schulz Library as the most checked out: Kevin Czap’s Futchi Perf (Czap Books, 2017) and  Sophia Foster-Dimino’s Sex Fantasy (Koyama Press, 2017). To help push them into first place, Czap is the current fellow at CCS (2017–2018).

Futchi Perf is about optimism and community. Perf’s (the title character) idealized future is full of tight and romantic friends, music, and a little bit of urban magic. The book collections a series of short comics set in the same background into a larger, deeper story.

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Next Up Visiting Artist: Gabby Schulz

Art by Gabby Schulz, aka Ken Dahl

Gabby Schulz, aka Ken Dahl, was born and raised in Hawaii. He has authored five graphic novels and a long trail of minicomics, editorial comics, and web comics over the years, earning him two Ignatz Awards, an Eisner nomination, and an Expozine Grand Prix.

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CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Cartooning In An Anxious Age (pdf) is a free comic by Cara Bean on the act of drawing, which focuses your attention and intimately connects you with the generative act of creation. It’s an inspiring read.

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

Created for middle and high school students, Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health is a lively and educational comic book that destigmatizes the conversation around mental health.

A 32-page comic on how our government works

This Is What Democracy Looks Like comic cover

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.

The Applied Cartooning Manifesto

Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.

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