The Schulz Library

Schulz Library Hours

Mon 5-8pm
Tues 5-8pm
Weds 11am-2pm
Thurs 11am-2pm
Fri Noon-5pm
Sat Noon-5pm

The Center for Cartoon Studies—Schulz Library

58 Bridge Street,
White River Junction, Vermont
Located adjacent to the Main Street Museum
Open to students, faculty, and staff of CCS.

Located in the historic Bridge Street firehouse, on the edge of the White River, is CCS's own Schulz Library. Thanks to generous donations from publishers, artists, and collectors the world over, our collection is abundant and unique. From our selection of contemporary graphic novels, to our out-of-print and rare collections of gag cartoons and classic newspaper strips, the Schulz Library is a dream come true for the cartoonist bibliophile. In addition to comic books and graphic novels, the library holds an extensive collection of books about cartooning—both academic and instructional. Our reference section is a great resource on a variety of fine arts including design, illustration, animation, and photography. Our periodical section contains a near-complete run of The Comics Journal.

Unique to the Schulz library is our zine and mini-comic library, a one-of-a-kind collection of handmade publications. Students can browse through comics' untold history, and draw on this collection when making their own publications. And of course, in honor of our namesake, the Schulz library has an admirable collection of rare Peanuts books which span Schulz's career. The Schulz library is open to CCS students and is equipped with high speed wireless internet.

Books may be checked out for two weeks at a time.

Schulz Library Handbook

Download the Schulz Library Handbook (.pdf, 280kb):
http://cartoonstudies.org/intranet/docs/schulzlibraryhandbook2009.pdf

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Schulz Library Catalog

The full Schulz Library catalog can be seen at:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/CartoonStudies

Search the catalog:


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Schulz Lending Policy

Students and Fellows may check out five items at a time with a loan period of two weeks. All overdue items must be returned before new ones may be checked out, and all items must be returned at the end of each semester.

Books may be returned to the Schulz Library during staffed hours, or at the Colodny Building drop box (located near the Faculty Office door).

If an item is lost or damaged, the borrower will be responsible for replacing the item, or charged the cost of replacement.

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Study Guides

Study guides for the Graphic Novel Discussion Group are availlable here for download in PDF form. Previous years' study guides are archived below.

Study Guide Archive

One! Hundred! Demons!
by Lynda Barry
Study guide by Colleen Frakes '07

Mome Winter 2006
Study guide by Joseph Lambert '08

Batman: Year One
by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Study guide by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Ordinary Victories
by Manu Larcenet
Study guide by Chuck Forsman '08

Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
and The Fall by Ed Brubaker and Jason Lutes
Study guide by Sean Ford '08

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Precious Little Life
by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Study guide by Matt Young '08

A Contract With God
by Will Eisner
Study guide by Bryan Stone '08

Barefoot Gen Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
by Keiji Nakazawa
Study guide by Robyn Chapman

Perfect Example
by John Porcellino
Study guide by JP Coovert '08

The Complete Crumb Comics Volume 5: Happy Hippy Comix
Study guide by Dane Martin '08

Concrete: Think like a Mountain
by Paul Chadwick
Study guide by Morgan Pielli '08

Krazy & Ignatz 1929-1930: A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night
by George Herriman
Study guide by Jeff Lok '08

Archie Americana Series: Best of the Fifties: Book Two
Study guide by Emily Wieja '07

Cruddy and One! Hundred! Demons!
by Lynda Barry
Study guide by Colleen Frakes '07
NOTE: this is different than the 2007-2008 guide for One! Hundred! Demons!

Superman/Batman: World's Finest
by Dave Gibbotns and Steve Rude
Study guide by Caitlin Plovnick '07

Deathnote Volumes 1 & 2
by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi
Study guide by Christine Williamson '07

Ordinary Victories
by Manu Larcenet
Study guide by Alexis Frederick-Frost '07
NOTE: this is different than the 2007-2008 guide Ordinary Victories.

The Bug Boy by Hino Hideshi
and My Friend Dahmer by Derf
Study guide by Caitlin Plovnick '07

City of Glass
by Paul Auster, Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli
Study guide by Adam Staffaroni '07


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Dartmouth College Libraries

Hanover, New Hampshire

The CCS Dartmouth College institutional library card is available to all CCS students, staff, and faculty. Please see the operations manager for the card. Search for books and journals, both print and electronic, videos, maps, manuscripts, scores, sound recordings, online: Dartmouth College Library Catalog

The Baker Library and Cafe

Open 24 hours. For a map of all Dartmouth Libraries, visit: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/home/about/visitors/info/librarymap.html

Getting there

Advance Transit's Orange Route offers free bus transportation from White River Junction to Hanover, New Hampshire, Monday thru Friday. The ride is about 15 minutes. The bus station is at the bridge across the street from the firehouse (home of the Main Street Museum and Schulz Library).

Dartmouth College Library Catalog

http://libcat.dartmouth.edu
Everything owned or licensed by Dartmouth College library is online. Search for books and journals, both print and electronic, videos, maps, manuscripts, scores, sound recordings, and more. Use the CCS Institutional Dartmouth Library card to check out books.

Dartmouth Web Resources

http://library.dartmouth.edu/eResources/home.php
All of the web-based resources owned or licensed by the library, available from your computer 24 hours a day. Browse by subject or search for online encyclopedias, electronic journals and books, indexes to journal articles, databases, and more.

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Local Libraries

Quechee Library

Main Street, Quechee, Vermont
www.quecheelibrary.org

Hartland Public Library

Hartland, Vermont
www.hartlandlibraryvt.org

West Hartford Library

133 Route 14; PO Box 26
West Hartford, VT 05084-0026
Phone: 802-295-7992

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Research Consultation

CCS librarians are available to help students and fellows with their research projects. Our librarians can help you locate material within the Schulz Library and suggest resources within the region and online.

Librarians are also available for one-on-one consultation sessions. To schedule a session, email chapman@cartoonstudies.org.

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Writing Resources

MLA Formatting and Style Guide

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01
A comprehensive guide to paper formatting, detailing the correct procedures for headings, quotations, citations, bibliographies and more.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus

www.merriam-webster.com

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Comics Research Links

WorldCat

www.worldcat.org

WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information. Search for a book and it will list the nearest libraries inside and outside the state!

Library of Congress

Library of Congress - Cartoon Cornucopia

Among the recent acquisitions of the Library of Congress is the world's largest and most spectacular private collection of original cartoon art. Assembled over the course of sixty years by J. Arthur Wood, Jr., the Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon more than doubles the Library's existing holdings in this area.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/artwood

Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Reading Room

The Swann Foundation Home Page for Caricature and Cartoon disseminates information about eligibility, requirements, and application procedures for the Swann Foundation Fellowship. The Home Page features links to Swann Gallery exhibitions, bulletins about newly processed or recently acquired collections of caricature and cartoon, a calendar of events listing related lectures, symposia, and upcoming exhibitions at the Library of Congress. It also furnishes information about other caricature and cartoon collections and resources.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann

University Libraries

Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library
Searchable database
library.osu.edu/sites/cgaweb/db

Indiana University Library
Michael E. Uslan Collection searchable database
www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/comics

Michigan State University Library Comics Research Links
www.lib.msu.edu/comics/director/comres.htm
List of comics research libraries and museums, with contact information.

University at Buffalo Comics Research Links
ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/comics.html
Numerous links to comics news and history sites, librarian and retailer resources, reviews and recommendations.

New York Public Library Comic Books Research Guide
www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/comic

More Cartoon Resources Online

ComicsResearch.Org
www.comicsresearch.org
Information and links to annotated bibliographies of comics and comics-based scholarly works.

Cartoon Stock
www.cartoonstock.com
Online searchable database of over 90,000 gag cartoons, political cartoons, and illustrations from a plethora of printed publications. Features a large collection of pre-19th century cartoons.

Cartoon Bank
www.cartoonbank.com
Searchable database of New Yorker cartoons and cover illustrations.

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Comics Publications

Comic Art Magazine
www.comicartmagazine.com

Comic Foundry
www.comicfoundry.com

The Comics Journal
tcj.com

International Journal of Comic Art
www.ijoca.com

Mechademia
www.mechademia.org

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Comic Conventions

MoCCA Art Fest
Stumptown
Comic Con International - San Diego
APE
SPX
New York Comic Con
SPLAT

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Organizations

AIGA

The American Institute of Graphic Arts, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
www.aiga.org

AIGA NH/VT, the local chapter of AIGA, brings together designers of New Hampshire and Vermont committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline; a strategic tool for business; and a cultural force.
aiganhvt.org

AAEC

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States. The AAEC sponsors a Cartoons for the Classroom program designed to aid educators at all levels in teaching history, economics, social studies and current events.
www.editorialcartoonists.com

The Boston Comics Roundtable

The Boston Comics Roundtable is regional cartoonist network dedicated to building community, sharing and discussing creative work, exploring development in the comics medium, and facilitate professional advancement among its members.
www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com

CAA

The College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. The CAA fosters career development and identifies and develops sources of funding for the practice of art and for scholarship in the arts and humanities.
www.collegeart.org

Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon

New York advertising executive Erwin Swann established the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon in 1967. Mr. Swann's original purpose was to compile a collection of original drawings by significant humorous and satiric artists, and to encourage the study of original cartoon and caricature drawings as works of art.

The Foundation's support of research and academic publication is carried out in part through a program of fellowships.
www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann

CBLDF

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.
www.cbldf.org

Graphic Artists Guild

The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
www.graphicartistsguild.org

Friends of Lulu

Friends of Lulu is a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry.
www.friends-lulu.org

ICAF

The International Comic Arts Forum, the longest-lived refereed conference in comics studies, is the only academic conference explicitly committed to the international study of comic art.
www.internationalcomicartsforum.org

NACAE

The National Association of Comic Art Educators is an organization committed promoting the acceptance of comics as an art form within educational institutions and to facilitate the teaching and use of comics in educational settings.
www.teachingcomics.org

NAEA

The National Art Education Association (NAEA), founded in 1947, is the leading professional organization for art educators. Their missions is to promote art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership. NAEA is a non-profit, educational organization.
www.naea-reston.org

National Cartoonists Society

The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest and most prestigious organization of professional cartoonists. The primary purposes of the NCS are to advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning in its many forms; to promote and foster a social, cultural, and intellectual interchange among professional cartoonists of all types; and to stimulate and encourage interest in and acceptance of the art of cartooning by aspiring cartoonists, students, and the general public.
www.reuben.org

Prism Comics

Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) comics, creators, and readers.
www.prismcomics.org

Society of Illustrators

The mission of the Society of Illustrators is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration, as well as its history and evolving nature, and to encourage high ideals through exhibitions, lectures, education, and by fostering a sense of community and open discussion.
www.societyillustrators.org

Trees and Hills Comics Group

The Trees & Hills Comic Group formed in 2005 with the goal of uniting cartoonists and other comic creators in New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. Creators of all ages, ambitions and styles are welcome.
www.treesandhills.org

The Xeric Foundation

The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation established by Peter A. Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Planet Racers. The Foundation offers financial assistance to committed, self-publishing comic book creators and qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations.
www.xericfoundation.org

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Grants

College Art Association

Targets Higher Education Professionals
Employment, Projects, Workshops, Conventions, Grants
Offers Professional Development Grants & Publication Grants & Fellowships
www.collegeart.org

National Art Educators Association

Targets K-12 Education Professionals
Employment, Projects, Workshops, Conventions, Grants
Offers Professional Development Grants & Publication Grants
www.naea-reston.org

Vermont Arts Council

Targets Vermont Artists to support professional development, travel grants, creation
www.vermontartscouncil.com

Xeric Grant

Self-publishing grants for cartoonists
Deadlines: March 31 & September 30
xericfoundation.org

As we learn of additional grant opportunities, they are posted on the Employment Opportunities forum of the CCS Message Board

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