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CCS Alum and Faculty in The New Yorker

Congratulations to Lillie Harris ’21 and Daryl Seitchik ’18 with cartoons in recent issues of The New Yorker! The New Yorker is one of those pinnacles of achievement for a lot of cartoonists, so a lot of hard work goes into getting a comic accepted. Many CCS alum and faculty cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker! The November 20th The New Yorker “Daily Shouts” featured faculty Glynnis Fawkes cartoon “2020 As A Newborn” which reflects on parenting during a pandemic.

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Tags: Americana, Emma Hunsinger, Glynnis Fawkes, How To Draw A Horse, How To Survive In The North, Lillie Harris, Luke Healy, Luke Howard, Mitra Farmand, Nomi Kane, Our Mother, Permanent Press, Talk Dirty to Me, The New Yorker

Luke Healy ′14 Draws the Pacific Crest Trail

Luke Healy’s ′14 spent the last half of 2016 walking the Pacific Crest Trail alone. And since then he has been working on his comic about the experience. His third book—Americana (and the Act of Getting Over It)—is coming out from NoBrow in fall 2019.

Growing up in Dublin, this memoir is about growing up obsessed with the US and how walking the PCT was a big life goal. For a brief snippet, Luke has a comic up at The Nib about learning that his paternal grandfather was dying while on the lonely hike.

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Tags: Americana, Avery Hill, cartoonstudies, CCS Alumni, Graphic Novel, How To Survive In The North, Luke Healy, Nobrow, Permanent Press

Alum Spotlight: Luke Healy’s “The Peeping Tom”

Luke Healy ’15 (Permanent Press, How to Survive in the North) is posting a new web comic on Twitter: The Peeping Tom. It is updating once a twice a week. It is a slow-burn comic about Luke’s experience as a privileged participant in the gentrification of East London, exploring topics of classism and racism. He started posting on April 8 and is already through page 4.

Tags: Avery Hill Publishing, Cartoon Studies, CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, How To Survive In The North, Luke Healy, Minicomic, Nobrow, Permanent Press, The Peeping Tom

Alum Luke Healy’s new graphic novel, Permanent Press, explores themes of art and existence through worlds of worlds and numbers

NEW RELEASE! Luke Healy’s ′14 new graphic novel, Permanent Press, includes the Ignatz and Slate/CCS Cartoonist Studio Prize nominated story, ‘The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion.’

Luke is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies where he earned an MFA in Cartooning.

Pre-orders with Avery Hill Publishing come with a signed bookplate. Ships late April.

Tags: Avery Hill, cartoonist studio prize, CCS Alum, Graphic Novel, Luke Healy, Permanent Press, Slate

Alum Luke Healy to debut Permanent Press at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival

Luke Healy ’14 (How to Survive in the North, Nobrow, 2016) is debuting his second graphic novel, Permanent Press, through Avery Hill at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) this April. Permanent Press is a graphic novel adaptation and combination of his stories The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion and The Big and Small. Through it, he explores themes of art and existence through worlds of words and numbers. The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion was nominated for both and Ignatz and the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize.

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Tags: Avery Hill, Cartoon Studies, CCS Alum, DCAF, Dublin Comic Arts Festival, Graphic Novel, How To Survive In The North, Luke Healy, Permanent Press

New alum books with Avery Hill

As part of Avery Hill Publishing’s six books in 2018, they will release their fourth book with Tillie Walden ′16 (Spinning) and their first book with Luke Healy ’14 (How to Survive in the North).

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Tags: A City Inside, Avery Hill Publishing, Cartoon Studies, First Second, I love this part, Luke Healy, Permanent Press, Spinning, The End of Summer, Tillie Walden, upcoming release

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 Center for Cartoon Studies

Stories tagged Permanent Press

CCS Alum and Faculty in The New Yorker

Luke Healy ′14 Draws the Pacific Crest Trail

Alum Spotlight: Luke Healy’s “The Peeping Tom”

Alum Luke Healy’s new graphic novel, Permanent Press, explores themes of art and existence through worlds of worlds and numbers

Alum Luke Healy to debut Permanent Press at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival

New alum books with Avery Hill

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A 32-page comic on how our government works

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