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Help CCS Wring Out The New Year

This past Thursday afternoon CCS had to evacuate The Colodny Building due to water damage caused by the sprinkler system. CCS’s production lab got hit especially hard and the damage is significant: furniture, computer equipment, publications, and more. We will know more about the extent of the damage in the coming weeks as well as when the building will again be operational.

The good news? The CCS community is amazing. Students, alumni, and staff, and neighbors were on the scene immediately. They saved what could be saved, hauled away what couldn’t, and helped reconfigure our other spaces so we won’t miss a beat when classes start on January 13. We will have a production lab somewhere. Comics will keep getting made.

Thanks to everyone who has expressed concern and offers of assistance. The best way to support the school at this time is to give to CCS’s annual campaign; this will give us the most flexibility as we recover. We’re going to be okay and appreciate your thoughts and support to ease the strain during the tough weeks ahead.

Tags: Annual Campaign, cartoonstudies, Give to CCS

Draw a Comic! by JP Coovert ′08 Releasing this fall

J. P. Coovert ′08 has a new comic coming in October 2019 from First Second: Maker Comics: Draw a Comic! As part of the new Maker Comics series from First Second, this graphic novel includes seven comic projects. To keep the stakes high, the graphic novel is centered on Maggie, who needs to come up with $500,000 in a week to save the International Comics Library from being bulldozed by Dr. Carl. As her new assistant, you’ll help Maggie as she uses all her comic drawing skills. You’ll learn to create and print your own comics books, following simple steps to sketch out your story ideas, ink a comic page, and publish a finished minicomic.

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Tags: cartoonstudies, Draw a Comic, First Second, JP Coovert, Maker Comics

SPX Poster by Tillie Walden ′16

SPOX 2019 poster by graduate Tillie Walden

Every year, SPX commissions a top cartoonist to draw their poster. And this year Tillie Walden ′16 has provided her usual luscious work. Tillie is best known for her Eisner-award winning memoir Spinning, about coming of age in an all-girl high school while on the figure skating team. Her most recent book, On a Sun Beam, originally published as a webcomic, was released through First Second. Her next comic, Are You Listening, is coming this fall, also from First Second.

Tags: Are You Listening, cartoonstudies, First Second, On a Sun Beam, Spinning, SPX, Tillie Walden

Astral Forest by Reilly Hadden ′15

Reilly Hadden ′15 created Astral Birth Canal for around 5 years. Though the canal has been closed and Reilly is now working on a new Astral Forest, an ongoing fantasy comic about nature, survival, true love, and pacifism.

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Tags: Astral Birth Canal, Astral Forest, cartoonstudies, Finch Island, Mini-comic, Reilly Hadden

Sketched Out, with Hannah Kaplan ′15

On May 19, Sunday, Hannah Kaplan ′15 is hosting cartoonists reading their comics and in general being funny at Good Good Comedy in Philadelphia, PA. Hannah, creator of A Quick and Easy Guide to Finding a Husband, is hosting

Anna McGlynn: posting journal comics on her Patreon
Ben Miller: creator of Kaneesha
Meghan Turbitt: creator of How to Eat Chips, a pocket guide to keep on hand when buying chips
Beth Heinly: creator of The 3:00 Book—a collection of mundane, dark-humored social commentary comics, and working on a memoir entitled I Want To Write A Memoir Too.

Tickets are $5 and the show starts at 9:30 PM. So grab a ticket now and get ready to take Monday the 20th off so you can recuperate from having your sides split with laughter.

Tags: Anna McGlynn, Ben Miller, cartoonstudies, event, Hannah Kaplan, Meghan Turbitt

Katherine Roy ′10 is exploring space with her newest children’s book

Katherine Roy ′10 has dived the depths with Neighborhood Sharks and explored the savannah with How to Be an Elephant. Now she is exploring space with her newest children’s book, Red Rover. Written by Richard Ho, the new book is coming from Roaring Brook Press in October 2019. Katherine uses her skills in watercolor to bring life to the red planet, exploring Mars with the Curiosity rover.

Tags: cartoonstudies, Children's Book, How to Be an Elephant, Katherine Roy, Neighborhood sharks, Red Rover, Richard Ho, Roaring Brook Press

Graduate Spotlight: Chief Creative Officer Adam Staffaroni ′07

Adam Staffaroni ′07 can proudly draw a unicorn in 5 seconds flat. Leading up to this illustrious skill, he started his career in the licensing department at DC Comics, then helped launch the Kaboom! imprint at Boom! Studios. After a stint at Lion Forge (who is now publishing Jarad Greene’s ’17 Scullion), where he launched the Roar Comics imprint, he is now the co-founder & Chief Creative Officer of Einhorn’s Epic Productions, a multi-platform content studio.

Adam is co-creator and executive producer of Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery and The Curie Society. Lethal Lit is a scripted podcast series about Tig Torres, a teen detective investigating the infamous “Lit Killer” murders in her hometown, Hollow Falls. The Curie Society is an original graphic novel about a team of young, female scientists who join a secret organization originally founded by Marie Curie.

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Tags: Adam Staffaroni, Angela Boyle, Batman, Birds of Prey, Blue Delliquanti, Boom! Studios, cartoonstudies, DC Comics, Einhorn's Epic Productions, interview, Jarad Greene, Jen Hickman, Joan Hilty, Kaboom, Lethal Lit, Lion Forge, MIT, Mother and Whisper, O Human Star, Roar Comics, Scullion, The Curie Society

Visiting Artist: Ngozi Ukazu

Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of Check, Please!, an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded webcomics Kickstarter ever. She graduated from Yale University in 2013 with a degree in Computing and The Arts.

Tags: cartoonstudies, Check Please, Kickstarter, Ngozi Ukazu, Visiting Artist, Yale University

Graduate Spotlight: Donna Almendrala ′12 Art Director at PEANUTS Studio

Donna Almendrala ′12 is the art director at the Peanuts Studio in Santa Rosa. She spends most of her free time playing and obsessing over board games and RPGs. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr as @madmacaques. She did the following interview with Angela Boyle ′16.

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Tags: art director, cartoonstudies, Chimps in Space, Donna Almendrala, Peanuts Studio

Visiting Artist: Mark Alan Stamaty

Mark Alan Stamaty is the author-illustrator of ten books. His children’s books include Who Needs Donuts? (1973, 2003), Alia’s Mission (2005), Too Many Time Machines (1999), Small in the Saddle (1975), Minnie Maloney & Macaroni (1976), and Where’s My Hippopotamus? (1977). He is also the creator of several comic strips including MacDoodle St. for The Village Voice, Washingtoon for The Washington Post, and Boox for the New York Times Book Review. Mark has worked for countless publications throughout his career, including The New Yorker, the New Republic, the Washington Post Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Slate Magazine, Esquire, New York Magazine, Harper’s, Newsweek, Playboy, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2007, Mark received the Augustus Saint Gaudens Award for Career Achievement in Art from Cooper Union. .

Tags: Alia's Mission, cartoonstudies, MacDoodle St, Mark Alan Stamaty, Minnie Maloney and Macaroni, Small in the Saddle, Too Many Time Machines, Visiting Artist, Where's My Hippopotamus, Who Needs Donuts

A 32-page comic on how our government works

This Is What Democracy Looks Like comic cover

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.

The Center for Cartoon Studies

Stories tagged cartoonstudies

Help CCS Wring Out The New Year

Draw a Comic! by JP Coovert ′08 Releasing this fall

SPX Poster by Tillie Walden ′16

Astral Forest by Reilly Hadden ′15

Sketched Out, with Hannah Kaplan ′15

Katherine Roy ′10 is exploring space with her newest children’s book

Graduate Spotlight: Chief Creative Officer Adam Staffaroni ′07

Visiting Artist: Ngozi Ukazu

Graduate Spotlight: Donna Almendrala ′12 Art Director at PEANUTS Studio

Visiting Artist: Mark Alan Stamaty

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CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

A 32-page comic on how our government works

THE APPLIED CARTOONING MANIFESTO