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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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Announcing the winners of the 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award

The Beat and The Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to reveal the winners of the tenth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize Award in both the Print Comics and Webcomics categories:

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Announcing the 10th Cartoonist Studio Prize

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is thrilled to announce that the Cartoonist Studio Prize is back for its 10th year running! This year we are teaming up again with The Beat to recognize the year’s most exceptional graphic novels and webcomics. The winning creators in both categories- print and webcomics – will each receive $1000 and a Wacom One Creative Pen Display. Details can be found here: cartoonstudies.org/studioprize

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The Comics Beat’s Best of The Decade Features 5 CCS Alum

The End of The ****ing World graphic novel also a Netflix Original series (Fantagraphics) by Charles Forman ′08, The Oven (AdHouse Books) by Sophie Goldstein ′13, On A Sunbeam (First Second Books) by Tillie Walden ′16, and Eleri Harris ′14 (Deputy Editor at The Nib) and Andy Warner ′12 (Contributing Editor for The Nib) join this impressive list by The Comics Beat.

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NEWS! Kevin Czap is The Center for Cartoon Studies 2017-18 Fellow

Kevin Czap (pronounced “chap”) lives and works in Providence, RI. They run the micro-press Czap Books, publishing comics celebrating the poetic, personal, and weird. Endearingly referred to as “Comics Mom,” Czap received the CXC Emerging Talent Award in 2016 for their work and involvement in the comics community. Recent comics include Fütchi Perf and “The Letting Go” for the Ley Lines series.

Here’s a recent interview with Kevin on The BEAT:
“Emerging Talent and Publisher Kevin Czap on the Comics to Watch in 2017”

 

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CCS Industry Day 2012

Industry Day gives both the students a chance to have their portfolios looked at by the best in the business (maybe arrange an internship) while the publishers get a chance to see the future of the comics industry and know what talent to look out for. This year guests include Gary Groth (Fantagraphics/The Comics Journal), Judy Hansen (Hansen Literary Agency), Annie Koyama (Koyama Press), Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics), and Terry Nantier (NBM Publishing). Read more about our Industry Day guests on the Schulz Blog!

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CCS Alum Joins The Beat as a Staff Writer

Jen Vaughn (CCS ′10) recently joined the writing staff of The Beat, one of internet’s most popular sources of late-breaking comics news.  Jen’s first writing assignment was the New England Webcomics Weekend.  Get the scoop on her new job by visiting this interview on The Schulz Library blog.

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