The Center for
Cartoon Studies (CCS)
Students travel from across the U.S. and around the world to study comics at CCS in a diverse and vibrant community in Vermont.
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April 2, 2025
This year’s annual WILL EISNER SPRING LECTURE features award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis, whose work explores personal and political themes with striking visual storytelling. The talk is co-sponsored by The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) and The Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College with the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation.
When: Thursday, April 17, 4:30 pm
Where: Moore B03 at Dartmouth College
Free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Eleanor Davis is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. In 2009, Davis won the Eisner’s Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and was named one of Print magazine’s New Visual Artists. Her books include How To Be Happy (2014), You and a Bike and a Road (2017), Why Art? (2018), and The Hard Tomorrow (2019), which won the LA Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels and Comics and the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story. The New York Review of Books calls Eleanor Davis “one of the very best cartoonists working today.”
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“Self-Esteem and the End of the World (such an excellent title) may be described as autofiction. But the word “cartoon” is key here, because while regular autofiction is rarely funny – more often, it’s the polar opposite – Healy’s book is hilarious.” –The Guardian
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT – Each year, The Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics will be awarded $1,000 each. This year, there are twelve nominees in each the “long-form” category and the “short-form” category. The winners for each category will be announced in April 2025.
The nominees for Best Long-Form Comic are:
Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang (First Second)
Boy Island by Leo Fox (Silver Sprocket)
Evil Eyes Sea by Özge Samancı (Uncivilized Books)
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls (MCD)
Golem Pit 224 by Julia Gootzeit (Fieldmouse Press)
The Gulf by Adam de Souza (Tundra Book)
K is in Trouble by Gary Clement (Little, Brown Ink)
Petar & Liza by Miroslav Sekulic-Struja, translated by Jenna Allen (Fantagraphics Books)
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Cornish CCS Residency Fellowship, which will take place October 21- November 21, 2025. The Deadline to apply is April 1, 2025. This month-long residency provides housing, a studio space, access to all The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) facilities, and a living stipend.
Located in Cornish and at the country’s premier cartooning college, The Cornish CCS Residency is designed to create a focused and inspiring environment for cartoonists in order to create exceptional work. Cornish is located 16 miles from The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) in rural New Hampshire. For a complete description of the fellowship, application requirements, and eligibility, visit: cartoonstudies.org/cornishfellowship
Congratulations to CCS alumni who made the American Library Association ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading list!
Coco Fox ‘19 for LET’S GO, COCO!; HarperAlley.
Colleen Frakes ‘07 for KNOTS; HarperAlley.
Emma Hunsinger ‘20 for HOW IT ALL ENDS; Green Willow Books.
TillieWalden ‘16 for art for TEGAN AND SARA: CRUSH; Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Luke Healy ‘14 for color for CURLFRIENDS: NEW IN TOWN by Sharee Miller; Little, Brown Ink.
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A print copy of our new graphic guide, Art & Courage: A Guide to Sustaining a Creative Path, has been sent to all those on our mailing list as a part of this year’s annual appeal! Look for it arriving at your doorstep very soon!
Please consider donating to CCS today as we embark on celebrating 20 years of educating the world’s best and brightest comics talent.
All of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) comics are available as a free digital download! Read Art & Courage online now or order the print edition.
Congratulations Colleen Frakes ’07 and Emma Hunsigner ’20! Knots and How It All Ends are featured in the School Library Journal’s (SLJ) Best Books of 2024 list. The SLJ list of 25 books showcases comics that push storytelling to new heights.
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A free self-directed eCourse to improve your cartooning skills. Online, Start Anytime!
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We hope Art & Courage, will help readers feel a little more prepared for whatever creative journey they embark upon. Click here to read a free digital edition or to order print copies. This 32-page comic is filled with
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.
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.
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.
Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.
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