March 24, 2019
Our favorite time of year is coming upon us again: Industry Day at CCS. Each year, a group of comic industry professionals gathers on a panel to discuss the ins and outs of working in the field. The group includes a wide variety of skills and experiences. Students gets a one-on-one consultation with these founts of knowledge, an invaluable experience. Industry Day is in addition to our weekly Visiting Artist Seminar and the Professional Practices course.
Industry Day 2019, includes:
- Eric Reynolds, associate publisher at Fantagraphics
- Chris Duffy, senior editor of graphic novels and sequential arts at Workman Publishing
- Matt Lubchansky, associate editor at The Nib
- Gina Gagliano, publishing director at Random House Graphic and co-host of the podcast Graphic Novel TK
- Molly O’Neill, literary agent at Root Literary
Molly O’Neill is a literary agent with Root Literary and is joining the panel at Industry Day 2019. She has worked a wide variety of publishing jobs, including an editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books; the head of Editorial at Storybird, a publishing/tech start-up; a member of the School & Library Marketing departments at both HarperCollins and Clarion Books; and an agent at Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.
Gina Gagliano is publishing director at the new Random House Graphic imprint and the co-host of the ever-informative Graphic Novel TK with Alison Wilgus. And she will also be at Industry Day 2019 at CCS. Gagliano previously spent thirteen years on the First Second team as the lead on marketing and PR, managing campaigns for bestselling and award-winning creators, including CCS alums Lucy Knisley ′09 and Tillie Walden ′16. And in her new post, she is getting ready to publish Dan Nott’s ′18 thesis project.
(Photo by Frank Famularo)
Chris Duffy is a writer and comics editor, and he is bringing these skills to Industry Day 2019 at CCS. He worked as senior comics editor at the award-winning Nickelodeon Magazine for 13 years. He edited, through First Second, the children’s story comic anthologies, Nursery Rhyme Comics (2011), Fairy Tale Comics (2013), and Fable Comics (2015). And now he is at Workman Publishing as senior editor of graphic novels and sequential arts.
Matt Lubchansky is the associate editor of The Nib and is coming to Industry Day 2019 at CCS. They are also a cartoonist and illustrator with work in VICE, Mad Magazine, and more, and they have a long-running webcomic Please Listen to Me. They are the co-author of Dad Magazine (Quirk, 2016).
The Nib has worked with many alum. Eleri Harris ′14 is deputy editor at The Nib, on which her comic serial Reported Missing won Gold at the 2018 Ledger Awards in Australia. The Nib has also published:
- Andi Santagata ′18: We’re Doomed
- Andy Warner ′12: most recently, America’s Most Famous Family Feuds
- Anna Sellheim ′16: Adventures of a Clintern
- Carlisle Robinson ′16: A Few Facts About the 2016 Paralympics in Rio
- Catalina Rufin ′19: How I Learned to Love Eating, and Myself
- Dan Archer ′09: most recently, Colombia’s Uncertain Road to Peace
- Dan Nott ′18: Why is U.S. Public Transit Crumbling?
- James Sturm (CCS co-founder): The Sponsor
- John Carvajal ′16: most recently, The First Time I Saw a Dead Body
- Jon Chad (CCS instructor): most recently, The Very American History of Harley Davidson
- Kane Lynch ′16: most recently, Who Gets to Be a Country?
- Kazimir Lee ′16: Closing Rikers Island
- Luke Healy ′14: most recently, For Gus: How Far Would You Travel to Say Goodbye?
- Luke Howard ′13: most recently, Returning to the March for Life
- Mary Shyne ′18: most recently, Where College Is Free
- Melanie Gillman ′12: Witch Camp
- Rebecca Roher′15: most recently, Mom Body
- Sean Knickerbocker ′12: Why I’m Voting for Jill Stein
- Sophie Goldstein ′13: most recently, Downsize Your Problems Away!
- Sophie Yanow ′16: most recently, Stayin’ Alive: A Heroin Story
- Stephanie Zuppo ′15: Keep Calm and Catch Them All: Augmented Reality Gaming Before Pokémon Go
Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics
Eric Reynolds has worked at Fantagraphics since 1993, and will be on the panel at the 2019 Industry Day for CCS students and alum. He is currently the associate publisher. Starting as an intern, he has also been a news editor for The Comics Journal and director of marketing and public relations. Reynolds also runs Now, a showcase of all-new short comics fiction with a lineup of established and up-and-coming talent from around the globe. Published three times a year, Reynolds is an expert at running anthologies. He previously edited 22 volumes of the fondly remembered anthology Mome.
Fantagraphics has published many CCS alum over the years.
- Charles “Chuck” Forsman ′08
- Celebrated Summer (ranked #1 on The A.V. Club’s Best Graphic Novels and Art Comics of 2013)
- The End of the F***ing World (now on Netflix as a British TV show!)
- I’m Not Okay with This (multiple editions!)
- Max de Radigues (CCS Fellow): Bastard
- Charles Forsman and Max de Radigues: Hobo Mom
- Lucy Knisley ′09
- Sophie Goldstein ′13: House of Women (appeared on many 2017 year-end “Best of” lists, including Publisher’s Weekly and Slate)
- Noah Van Sciver (CCS Fellow):
- The Fante Bukowski Trilogy
- Constant Companion (covers Noah’s time in Denver, White River Junction (when he was our Fellow), and in Columbus, Ohio)
- Dis-Quiet
- The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln
- Saint Cole
- Johnny Appleseed
Tags: cartoonstudies, CCS Industry Day, Chris Duffy, Curriculum, Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics, Gina Gagliano, Graphic Novel TK, Industry Day, Matt Lubchansky, Molly O'Neill, Professional Practices, Random Graphic House, The Nib, Visiting Artist, Workman
