Stories tagged Alec Longstreth

Online Winter Workshops

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers workshops for both beginners to cartooning and advanced, with topics from tools and techniques to writing and drawing for both comics and graphic novels. Our winter 2021 session workshops include Digital Coloring with Ngozi Ukazu, Graphic Memoir with Melanie Gillman, and Introduction to Hand-Drawn Animation with Alec Longstreth. Workshops will run January 11-15, 2021. Click here for more information and to register.

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Seattle: Short Run Comix + Arts Festival

Short Run 2019

Short Run is coming on November 9 in Seattle, WA, and despite being on the opposite coast from The Center for Cartoon Studies, you can find some CCS grads with their comics. With a focus on comics, Short Run includes all sorts of self-publishers and small press. Free to the public!

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CCS grads up for Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards!

In just a few weeks, Small Press Expo will be opening its doors for another year in Bethesda, Maryland. One of the largest small press comic shows in North America, it is also host to one the Ignatz Awards. Though the shortlists are juried, the final votes come from attendees at SPX. We wish the best of luck to Lucy Knisley ′09, Julie Delporte (Fellow), Eleri Harris ′14, and Alec Longstreth (Instructor)! Also, this year’s SPX illustration is by Tillie Walden ′16! SPX takes place on September 14-15.

Cover of Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley

Lucy Knisley ′09 is up for Outstanding Artist on Kid Gloves (First Second). This memoir explores Lucy’s troubles with getting and staying pregnant. Kid Gloves is also up for Book of the Year at the Harvey Awards.

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CCS grads and faculty in the Ringo Awards

Nominees for the Ringo Awards have been announced. Both fans and professionals can vote until September 18. Winners will be announced at Baltimore Comic-Con on October 19.

The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow ′16 is up for Best Webcomic. Sophie’s fictional autobiography follows her year abroad in France.

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CCS in the Eisners

Image result for A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3 cover

The short lists for the Eisners are here! And CCS is well represented. From humor to reality, adult to children, we’ve got it covered. The Eisners are comic industry awards presented at San Diego Comi-Con International every year. You can view the complete list of nominees and all comic professionals, including students, can vote.

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Alec Longstreth’s Isle of Elsi on Kickstarter

Alec Longstreth, currently the outreach director at The Center for Cartoon Studies, is a comics workhorse. A stay at home father, he continues working on his Phase 7 series of mini-comics. He runs Phase 8, his new publishing house. And he has an ongoing webcomic, Isle of Elsi, which is currently on Kickstarter for the print book. The book collects the first three Isle of Elsi stories:  The Dragon’s Librarian, A Menagerie of Messengers, and The Search for Spinoza. This kid’s comic is full of wordplay, from alliteration to puns to rhymes.

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Summer 2019 Workshop Line Up!

  • Drawing and Writing Single Panel Comics
 with Hilary Price: June 3-6
  • Cartooning Studio: June 17-21
  • Graphic Memoirs with Melanie Gillman: June 24-28
  • Introduction to Hand-Drawn Animation with Alec Longstreth: July 8-12
  • Create Comics: July 15-19
  • Queer Comics with Tillie Walden: July 29-August 2
  • Creating Graphic Novels for the Young Adult Market
with Jo Knowles and Tillie Walden: August 5-9
  • Graphic Novel Workshop with Paul Karasik:
 July 29-August 2 or August 5-9

Eventbrite - The Center for Cartoon Studies 2019 Summer Workshops

 

NEW!  Children’s Book Workshop: Exploring Jewish Themes and Content

 

PLUS! Cartoon Club Summer Session

Kids + Comics = YOWZA! Cartooning Club: Summer Edition! All the fun of our Saturday Cartoon Club, plus summer, multiplied by five! If you’re at least 9 years old and want to spend a week or two drawing comics, register now for our Summer Cartoon Club.

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Nott Just Another Drawing of White River Junction

Map of White River Junction by Dan Nott

“I really loved the process and learned a lot about where I live. I think that capturing a sense of place is often about capturing the details that are easy to overlook, which together depict the history of the town. And by pulling back and seeing the town situated in its unique geography, it reveals what WRJ really is and what makes it special—a small community at the junction of rivers, railways, highways, and state lines. When you add CCS into the mix—a group of cartoonists converging on the town from all across the country and the world—it’s clear what a junction this place really is.” –Dan Nott ′17

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CCS at Short Run

 

Short Run 2018 poster

If you are going to be in the Seattle area, Short Run is coming up on November 3, and CCS has a table with Alec Longstreth, creator of Phase 7. From 1–3, he will be doing portfolio reviews. And all day someone will be there to answer questions you might have about attending the school. No need to RSVP, just swing by with your stuff.

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CCS East Coast/West Coast Portfolio Day & Information Session

 

Saturday, November 18

Learn about CCS programs:
MFA and CERTIFICATES
with a LOW RESIDENCY 2nd Year Option

Ideal for prospective students.

Bring your sketchbook!

Portfolio Day
and Open House
at the CCS Campus in VT!

Click here to R.S.V.P.!

Information Session
Portfolio Day in
Los Angeles!

Location:

Secret Headquarters, 3817 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Click here to R.S.V.P.!

 

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Are you considering applying to The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA or Certificate program? Join us for our virtual campus open house and portfolio day. Learn about the campus and the renowned collection of the Schulz Library, hear from current students and graduates, and meet faculty and staff for a portfolio review*!

BIPOC Cartoonist Fund Accepting Donations

CCS wants your old comics! These comics and many more were donated to support CCS's BIPOC Cartoonist Fund. If you're interested in making a comic book or cash donation drop us a line. 

FREE COMICS

CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Cartooning In An Anxious Age (pdf) is a free comic by Cara Bean on the act of drawing, which focuses your attention and intimately connects you with the generative act of creation. It’s an inspiring read.

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

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

Created for middle and high school students, Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health is a lively and educational comic book that destigmatizes the conversation around mental health.

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 APPLIED CARTOONING MANIFESTO

Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.

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