This year’s annual appeal comic is by Cara Bean and is on the act of drawing, which focuses your attention and intimately connects you with the generative act of creation. It’s an inspiring read. Download a free copy!
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MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, is coming up on October 19 and 20 in Cambridge, MA. A perennial favorite, MICE is showcase space for artists and writers in the greater-Boston area working in the field of comics. The show is free and open to the public of all ages. And you can find lots of CCS grads and instructors tabling and in various workshops throughout the weekend.
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Tags: Allie Kleber, Amelia Onorato, Anna Sellheim, Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring, As the Crow Flies, Astal Forest, Beth Barnett, Can Mazur, Cara Bean, Catalina Rufin, Cathy G. Johnson, Charlotte Bronte before Jane Eyre, Convention, Dave Ortega, Dias de Consuelo, Everything's Fine, Four Years Collected, Glynnis Fawkes, Graveyard Shakes, How To Read Nancy, Jess Johnson, Joel Christian Gill, Jon Chad, Kate Castelli, Keren Katz, Kevin Czap, Ladybroad Ledger, Laura Terry, Mark Newgarden, Melanie Gillman, MICE, Michael Gianfrancesco, Nick Thorkelson, Paul Karasik, Queer Thrills, Reilly Hadden, Science Comics, Shirley, Solar System, Stephanie Zuppo, Strange Fruit, The Academic Hour, The Breakaways, The Eternal Rocks, The Jernegan Solution, The Odds Are Good
A Will Eisner Week lecture
Thursday March 7, 3pm
CCS Post Office building, 46 South Main Street
This lecture is open to the public.
Cara Bean is the author of Draw 500 Funny Faces and Features and has been teaching art in the United States for thirteen years. Her work has been featured in Pen America Illustrated, The Women’s Review of Books, and Teaching Arts Magazine. She provides public drawing and creativity workshops that explore how the beginning of complex ideas emerge from the simple act of doodling on paper. Cara has taken a leave from her teaching position to focus on creating comics that speak directly to kids about mental health. She is The Center for Cartoon Studies Cornish Residency Fellow.
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The list for Best American Comics 2018 is out, and CCS alum are well represented in the Notable Comics. Though the Notable Comics are not included as excerpts in the book, they are listed in a section from the series editor, Bill Kartalopoulos, to showcase the variety and quality of the comics field for the time period. This edition’s guest editor is Phoebe Gloeckner, creator of The Diary of a Teenage Girl (North Atlantic Books, 2015).
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Tags: Almanac, Best American Comics, Bill Kartalopoulos, Cara Bean, cartoonstudies, Fetch, Iona Fox, Mariner Books, Melissa Mendes, Nicole Georges, Pen America, Phoebe Gloeckner, Retrofit, Sophie Yanow, The Art Class Is a Sanctuary, The Diary of a Teenage Giel, The Weights, What Is a Glacier?
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Tags: 500 Funny Faces and Features, Cara Bean, Comics, Cornish, Cornish CCS Residency, Harry Bliss, Pen America Illustrated, Teaching Arts Magazine, Teaching Comics, The Women’s Review of Books
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CCS wants your old comics! These comics and many more were donated to support CCS's BIPOC Cartoonist Fund. If you're interested in making a comic book or cash donation drop us a line.
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.
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.
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.
Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.
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