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CCS at Denver Independent Comics and Art Expo

 

DiNK, the Denver Independent Comics and Art Expo, coming around again, on April 13–14. This year, you will find summer faculty Alec Longstreth (DINK Guest!) along with Anna Sellheim ’16, Melanie Gillman ′12, and   Bridget Comeau ′15 (2-19 Dink Fellowship). Stop by table 307 to meet Alec and learn more about our MFA and Certificate program.

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ALUM MELANIE GILLMAN’S “AS THE CROW FLIES” RECEIVES ALA STONEWALL HONOR

Starred reviews, awards, and accolades for As the Crow Flies

The first print volume of As the Crow Flies, by Melanie Gillman ’12, was released by Iron Circus Comics in November 2017. Since it’s release, it has received three starred reviews and numerous awards and reviews! The comic, originally published online where it is still updating, is about Charlie Lamonte, a thirtee-year-old, queer, black girl spending a week of summer vacation at an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp where she learns to question the rhetoric. This volume is 250 pages and $30. They started posting the web comic in January, 2012.

Stonewall Honor named “As the Crow Flies,” written and illustrated by The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Melanie Gillman ′12 and published by Iron Circus Comics. Congratulations to Melanie and Iron Circus!

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Alumni Melanie Gillman wins Excellence in Graphic Literature Award!

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