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Seth’s 2018 Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Speech on The Comics Journal

“Cartooning is a beautiful art form and you are among the first few generations of artists allowed to explore it with the freedom and pleasure that other artists have always been granted with their mediums. Take that to heart but take advantage of it, as well. It is a remarkable opportunity…” – Seth

Read Seth’s entire speech online.

 

 

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Congratulations 2018 Graduates!

This year’s diploma drawing is by Jaime Hernandez!

 

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11th Commencement Ceremony with Speaker Paul Karasik

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT: This year’s Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement speaker is the critically acclaimed cartoonist and educator Paul Karasik. In addition to being a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Karasik is the co-creator of the graphic novel adaptation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass (with David Mazzucchelli), named by The Comics Journal as one of the “Best Comics of the 20th Century.”

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Commencement Ceremony takes place on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Barrette Center for the Arts at Northern Stage.

Paul Karasik’s book, The Ride Together, a Memoir of Autism in the Family, (written with his sister, Judy) was chosen by the Autism Society of America as the “Best Literary Work of the Year.” He has edited two books collecting the complete works of cartoonist Fletcher Hanks. The first volume, I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets, received an Eisner Award in 2008.

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This Year’s Commencement Speaker: Nate Powell

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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT: On Friday, May 6, The Center for Cartoon Studies will hold its 10th commencement ceremony. This year’s speaker is New York Times best-selling cartoonist Nate Powell, whose work includes March, a graphic novel autobiography of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis; a graphic adaptation of Rick Riordan’s novel The Lost Hero; and graphic novels You Don’t Say, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Silence Of Our Friends, and The Year of the Beasts.

Powell’s work has received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selections, a Best American Comics selection, and has been nominated for a total of eight Eisner Awards and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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Graduate Thesis Exhibition Now On View

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The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Thesis Exhibition is now on view, featuring original work by the class of 2014.

May 17-June 20

Monday – Friday, 10am to 4pm

CCS Gallery, 94 South Main Street
White River Junction

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This Year’s Commencement Speaker: Kazu Kibuishi

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The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to name Kazu Kibuishi as the 2014 Commencement Speaker! Kibuishi is a graphic novelist best known being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and the ongoing bestselling Amulet series with Scholastic. He is also the illustrator of the Harry Potter book covers. 

Click here to see photos from the Commencement Ceremony!

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This Year’s Commencement Speaker: Kazu Kibuishi

Amulet-6-Cover

The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to name Kazu Kibuishi as our 2014 Commencement Speaker! Kibuishi is a graphic novelist best known being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and the ongoing bestselling Amulet series for Scholastic. He is also the illustrator of the Harry Potter book covers.

Commencement Ceremony:
May 17th, 11am

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Congrats, Class of 2013!

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Every year CCS commissions a cartoonist to create its diploma. This year’s diploma is courtesy of R. Sikoryak!

Congratulations, class of 2013!

(Larger image on Flickr)

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2011 Thesis Exhibition

An exhibition featuring work by the graduating class of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Gallery hours, Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm. On exhibit until June 11.

Illustration above by
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CCS Gallery
94 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont

Also, be sure to check out the Senior Showcase Blog featuring thesis artwork and links.

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The 2011 Diploma by Aaron Renier

Each year The Center for Cartoon Studies commissions a cartoonist to create a one-of-a-kind diploma for our graduating class. This year, the insanely talented Aaron Renier, creator of The Unsinkable Walker Bean, created a masterpiece. Click here to see the image in all its glory.

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