Alum Alexis Frederick-Frost presenter at 2010 Boston Book Festival

Alexis Frederick-Frost is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont.  His book, Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics, written with James Sturm and CCS graduate Andrew Arnold, was the recipient of numerous awards, including Booklist’s Top Ten Art Books for Kids, School Library Journal’s Best Book of the Year, and theLibrary Media Connection’s “Best of the Best.”

The Boston Book Festival (BBF) will take place October 16.
For more information visit: bostonbookfest.org

Glory Days Festival

Saturday, September 11, 9am-5pm
Historic Downtown White River Junction, Vermont

Join us for the CCS Book Sale & Open House at the 18th Annual Glory Days Festival!

Also, on exibit in the CCS Gallery will be Mentors and Monsters: Selections from the Stephen R. Bissette Collection. With artwork from Bissette’s formative influences and contemporaries, this show features some of the 20th century’s greatest comic book artists including Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, and Alex Toth.

For more information about the festival, visit: glorydaysoftherailroad.org

Mentors and Monsters: Selections from the Stephen R. Bissette Collection

White River Junction, Vermont – Stephen R. Bissette left his mark on comics, drawing swamp things, dinosaurs, and other terrifying creatures. Mentors and Monsters: Selections from the Stephen R. Bissette Collection, the latest exhibition at The Center for Cartoon Studies, features the comics that left their mark on Bissette.

First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, September 3, 5-8pm

Gallery Talk with Steve Bissette at 6pm

On exhibit Saturdays, 10am-2pm, through October 16

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CCS at SPX

Visit CCS at Small Press Expo (SPX)!
September 11 & 12
Bethesda, Maryland

For more info: spxpo.com

Campaign for governor comic dispatch on Slate

Honk and Wave
What it’s like campaigning for governor in Vermont: a dispatch in comics. By CCS director James Sturm and recent alumni Katherine Roy.

Read the comic dispatch on Slate.com!

CCS Workshop at SPX

Join us for a special CCS workshop at SPX!
September 11 & 12

Robyn Chapman, Jon Chad, and Alec Longstreth from The Center for Cartoon Studies will give a special self-publishing talk and workshop at the SPX 2010 convention. Alec will offer a short presentation chock full of self-publishing tips.  Afterwards, each participant will draw, fold and bind a comic using the Hidden Book format.  This simple process allows you to create an 8-page comic with a single piece of paper.  No matter what your experience level, you’ll leave this workshop with your own handmade minicomic!  Join us for this one-sheet workshop! spxpo.com

Congratulations to Ken Dahl (2006 CCS Fellow) for his “Outstanding Story” Ignatz Award Nomination for his graphic novel Monsters.

Buy a copy of Monsters today!

Alum JP Coovert makes graphics for Target

CCS alum JP Coovert (MFA ‘09) is creating t-shirt graphics for Target. See a few on Flickr, buy them all at Target!

Scholarship winner on The Daily Cross Hatch

The Daily Cross Hatch features CCS scholarship recipient Dakota McFadzean’s comic.