Announcing the 2025 Cornish CCS Residency Fellowship

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


CCS Alumni Make ALA’s 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children’s List

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.

More on books by alumni: 

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Applying to CCS? Have Questions? Register to Meet 1-on-1:

Do you have burning questions about CCS’s MFA and certificate programs but aren’t able to make it to one of our admissions events? Drop us a line at outreach@cartoonstudies.org and we can set up a 1-on-1 video chat session to answer any of your questions about the curriculum, the application process, student housing, financial aid, living in Vermont, or anything else you need to know about applying to CCS!


The Center for Cartoon Studies 13th Cartoonist Studio Prize

Each year the Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics for this year will be awarded $1,000 each.

The two award categories for the 13th Cartoonist Studio Prize are Long-form Comic of the Year and Short-form Comic of the Year

Submissions in both categories must be received by February 28, 2025.

For submissions and more information, visit: cartoonstudies.org/studioprize


Summer Workshop Registration is Open!

The Center for Cartoon Studies Summer Workshop Line-Up for 2024!

Join us this Summer to brush up on your cartooning skills or learn new ones! Click here to check out the complete line-up and register today! In-person and online workshops, from beginner to advanced.



Educating the world’s best and brightest comics talent


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.


BOOK 2 OF ANDY WARNER’S ‘12 ODDBALL HISTORIES CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES IS OUT NOW: SPICES AND SPUDS

The second installment of the hilarious and informative children’s graphic novel series ODDBALL HISTORIES by Andy Warner ‘12 is out now! This time, Andy explores SPICES AND SPUDS and our long complicated history with plants.

“A concise overview of a complex and fascinating history presented in a digestible visual medium.”—Kirkus Reviews

“An introduction to plants as crops that entertains as well as it educates. A helpful purchase for covering changes over time and the interdependence of trade and agriculture.”—School Library Journal

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