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Summer Workshops Announced!

Workshops are a great time for cartooning adventures! Brush up on some skills, learn new ones, or discover the world of cartooning for the first time ever. This summer we’re offering an exciting line-up, including Create Comics, the return of college-level Cartooning Studio, Graphic Memoir, and the Graphic Novel Workshop. 

For more information and to register for a workshop, visit: cartoonstudies.org/workshops

Drawing by Moss Bastille ’17.

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Summer Workshop Spotlight: Create Comics

Cover of Volcanoes by Jon Chad

Create Comics
July 15-19
Ages 16+

Get started making comics with Luke Howard (Our Mother) and Jon Chad (Leo Geo and Science Comics: Volcanoes), both are instructors at The Center for Cartoon Studies.  This summer from July 15–19, you can work with other new comic creators to produce an anthology in 5 days.

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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

 

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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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Summer Workshop Scholarships

Summer Workshop Registration is Open!

Did you know about the scholarships for CCS Summer Workshops? The workshops are coming up and if you are looking to get some help to attend, it’s possible! You can get a needs-based scholarship to help cover the cost of the class tuition through The Center for Cartoon Studies.

There are currently two scholarships. One is a general scholarship (up to 40%), which is dependent on annual household income. This is one a first-come-first-served basis; funds are allocated per class. Second is an Upper Valley–specific scholarship for those located in the vicinity of the school.

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2017 Summer Workshop Line Up!

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NEXT UP SUMMER WORKSHOPS!:

GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP
with Paul Karasik
July 31-August 4
or August 7-11
Optional Online Extension 

GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP
with Jo Knowles
and Tillie Walden
The Young Adult Genre
July 31-August 4 

GRAPHIC MEMOIR WORKSHOP
with Melanie Gillman
August 7-11

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2017 Workshops

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CREATE COMICS Workshop

Create Comics Workshop at CCS

Create Comics Workshop next session: July 24-28!

Create Comics Summer Workshop is a ‘boot camp’ for cartoonists. The 5-day workshop packs in the essentials for producing your own comics. For ages 16+

In Create Comics Workshop you will learn about story structure, page composition, pacing, materials and techniques, character design, environmental drawing, and comic production! Collaborate on a comic anthology that you will self-publish during the workshop. Create Comics summer workshop is for both beginner and advanced students age 16 and over! Come learn about comics!

Instructors: Beth Hetland and Luke Howard!

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2017 Workshops

This workshop didn’t just teach me how to create comics or how to cartoon, it got me inspired!! I learned tons of valuable information that makes my comics desirable and interesting. AND I made great friends with the students and teachers. Not only is this program stuffed with crucial skills and the key to getting your own cartoons exactly how you want them, its completely fun and never a dull moment!
– Rose, Montclair, NJ

Best crash course in comics making – bar none!
-Philip, Montpelier, Vermont

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Summer Workshop Registration is Open!

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CREATE COMICS

  • Session I: June 20-24
  • Session II: July 11-15

CARTOONING STUDIO

  • June 27-July 1

GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP

  • Session I: August 1-5
  • Session II: August 8-12
  • Optional Online Extension:
    August 15 – October 7

Space is limited.

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2016 Summer Workshops

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Vermont Teens: Win A Scholarship Create Comics Workshop!

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For the eighth year in a row, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) has donated a full scholarship to the Vermont Department of Libraries so a Vermont teen can attend the Create Comics summer workshop camp.

Create Comics is a ‘boot camp’ for cartoonists. The 5-day workshop packs in the essentials for producing your own comics. Through lectures, exercises, and group projects, students learn about story structure, page composition, pacing, materials and techniques, character design, drawing, environmental drawing, and production. Students collaborate on a comic anthology that they self-publish during the workshop. Create Comics is for both beginner and advanced students age 16 and over.

Any Vermont student age 16 or older is eligible. This year the workshop will take place in White River Junction, Vermont, June 20-24 or July 11-15, 2016.

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Summer Workshops Announced!

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Announcing the 2016
Summer Workshop Line Up:

CREATE COMICS

  • Session I: June 20-24
  • Session II: July 11-15

CARTOONING STUDIO

  • June 27-July 1

GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP

  • Session I: August 1-5
  • Session II: August 8-12
  • Optional Online Extension:
    August 15 – October 7

Register online now! Space is limited.

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Summer Workshop:
Create Comics

Summer Workshops at Cartoon Studies

Session II: July 20-24

This 5-day workshop packs in the essentials for producing your own comics. Through lectures, exercises, and group projects, students learn about story structure, page composition, pacing, materials and techniques, character design, environmental drawing, and production. Students collaborate on a comic anthology that they self-publish during the workshop. Create Comics is for both beginner and advanced students age 16 and over.

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2015 Summer Workshops

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BIPOC Cartoonist Fund Accepting Donations

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. 

FREE COMICS

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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