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Peggy Burns to speak at The Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Ceremony

The Center for Cartoon Studies commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday May 4, 11am, 2019 at The Barrette Center for The Arts, with speaker PEGGY BURNS.

Peggy Burns is the publisher of Drawn & Quarterly Press in Montreal. SInce its founding in 1989, Drawn & Quarterly has grown into an internationally renowned publisher of the world’s top cartoonists. It has published luminaries including Lynda Barry, Chris Ware, Seth, and Kate Beaton, as well as international authors including Guy Delisle, Tom Gauld and Yoshihiro Tatsumi. The publishing house is celebrated for its high production values, design, editorial integrity, and artistic autonomy.

The event is free and open to the public.

Please join us for the Thesis Exhibition Opening immediately following the ceremony. The exhibit features original work by the graduating class!

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Student Spotlight: Whiteley Foster’s Vervain University

Vervain University by Whiteley Foster

Whiteley Foster ’18 has released her graphic novel Vervain University. The book follows Alfie, a vampire, as he prepares to finally graduate after attending college for 100 years. But, as Whiteley puts it, “He’s been intentionally failing college courses for the past 100 years, but a new teacher trying to help him graduate doesn’t exactly match up with his 5-year plan…” Vervain University is a 120-page, full color graphic novel, at 6.6×9.4 inches.  Whiteley did the following interview with Angela Boyle ′16. 

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Student Spotlight:
Dan Nott

Thesis poster by Dan Nott

Dan Nott ′18 is currently a student at The Center for Cartoon Studies, finishing his second year. Dan’s comics and illustrations have appeared in dozens of publications including NJ Advance Media, Fusion’s Graphic Culture, Medium’s Editor’s PicksSeven DaysThe Watch on Washington Post.com, CoindeskThe Illustrated, and The Boston Compass. He did the following interview with Angela Boyle ′16.

Dan Nott

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Luke Healy ′14 to present at Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival

Thesis to Print: Exploring the journey of creating the graphic novel How To Survive In The North

Recent MFA graduate Luke Healy’s ’14 How To Survive In The North started as a thesis project while he was attending The Center for Cartoon Studies. Based on two related Artic expeditions, both of which were well documented at the time, it adds a contemporary fictional third strand. The expeditions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson were an attempt to prove his theory of ‘the friendly Arctic’, his notion that as long as you knew how to get food and fuel from under the ice, it would be unproblematic to explore the area.

Luke Healy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Luke has an MFA in Cartooning from The Center for Cartoon Studies. His comics work has been published in anthologies and has received several awards. His book How to Survive in the North was named one of the best books of 2016 by Publishers Weekly. He once walked from Mexico to Canada!

Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival, September 24, 2:30pm

 

 

 

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Alum Spotlight:
Sasha Velour

Stonewall by Sasha Velour

Sasha Velour (’13) is the most recent winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 9!  And we all send her the biggest congratulations! Her thesis project back in 2013, Stonewall, is a graphic novel about the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

Stonewall by Sasha Velour, 2013 thesis project

On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in New York, and the patrons and other sympathizer rioted in a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations. Considered a turning in the history of LGBT rights, Sasha uses multiple protagonists in a variety of historical styles to navigate the complicated and elusive story.

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Midterm Senior Thesis Posters Exhibit

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Midterm Thesis Project Posters are on exhibit at The Center for Cartoon Studies in the Colodny Building Gallery, at 94 South Main Street in downtown White River Junction. The posters provide a Midterm synopsis of student projects, featuring artwork and details on the intended final project.

On display during White River Junction’s First Friday, December 5, 5-7pm.

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Thesis Synopsis by Dakota McFadzean

See the Senior Midterm Thesis Project Synopsis.

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Nomi Kane Makes Her Mark

Nomi Kane (CCS ′2011) left White River Junction shortly after graduation, and she is now in California teaching kids how to make comics.  She shared her thoughts on teaching and the CCS community on the Schulz Library Blog.  She also went into detail about her thesis project, Sugar Baby, a memior about growing up with type 1 diabetes.

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Sugar Baby Reviewed on Comic Book Resource

Sugar Baby by  Nomi Kane (CCS ′11) was recently reviewed by Augie De Blieck Jr. for Comic Book Resource.  Sugar Baby is a collection of memoir comics about Nomi’s diagnosis as a type one diabetic, about being a kid and about the powerful and sometimes hilarious ways her family rallied to support her and adjust to life with a chronic illness.  Sugar Baby was created for Nomi’s senior thesis project.
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Thesis Exhibition May 15-June 12

An exhibition featuring work by the graduating class of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Gallery hours, Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm.  Illustration above by Keny Widjaja ′10.

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