January 15, 2018

Slate and The Center for Cartoon Studies will once again name the best print and web comic 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) represented by current fellow Keren Katz, and this year’s guest judge, Gil Roth creator of The Virtual Memories Show podcast.

Gil Roth is the creator of The Virtual Memories Show podcast, a weekly conversation about books, arts, comics and culture, featuring such guests as Jules Feiffer, Roz Chast, Harold Bloom, Moby, Leslie Stein, Eddie Campbell, Clive James, Carol Tyler, Irvine Welsh, Dave McKean, Jim Woodring, Phoebe Gloeckner, Thomas Dolby, and nearly 300 others.

Keren Katz  (CCS Fellow 2018/19) is a Tel Aviv based comics artist, illustrator, and the non fictitious half of The Katz Sisters Duo. She graduated from Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. She has contributed stories to anthologies published by Fantagraphics, Retrofit/Big Planet Comics, Locust Moon Comics, Smoke Signal, The Brooklyn Rail, Ink Brick, Rough House Comics and more, as well as self published and collected comic books all year round. Keren was a 2017 Cartoonist Studio Prize winner.

The two award categories for the Cartoonist Studio Prize are Print Comic of the Year and Web Comic of the Year. To see past winners visit Slate!

For details and to submission information, visit: cartoonstudies.org/studioprize