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New alum books with Avery Hill

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden and Permanent Press by Luke Healy

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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Spinning by alum Tillie Walden releases September 12

Tillie Walden and her newest book, Spinning

Spinning by Tillie Walden (′16) is coming out in just about a week on September 12, 2017. Her fourth graphic novel, this is her first with First Second. She has also published I Love This Part, A City Inside, and The End of Summer with Avery Hill Publishing, released through Retrofit Comics in the United States. It will be coming out to marvelous reviews.

Page from Spinning by Tillie Walden

  • Booklist Online: “She uses negative space to great effect, elegantly depicting her loneliness and isolation while simultaneously emphasizing how deeply she feels unable to speak up for herself.”
  • Cathy Camper, Lambda Literary: ” At school, another student, Grace, bullies her, so skating becomes a kind of after-school refuge. Not a refuge from everything, however: Tillie develops a secret crush on another girl. . . .”

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Three The Center for Cartoon Studies alumni and past fellow have made the Best American Comics of 2016: Notable Comics list!

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Best American Comics 2016 CCS Notables

TILLIE WALDEN ′16The End of Summer 

MELISSA MENDES ′10The Weight #1-3 

 DW ′12, Mountebank, Pages 1-26Irene 5 

 BLAISE LARMEE, (CCS Fellow ′11-′12) 3 Books

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