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Luke Healy ′14 Draws the Pacific Crest Trail

Luke Healy’s ′14 spent the last half of 2016 walking the Pacific Crest Trail alone. And since then he has been working on his comic about the experience. His third book—Americana (and the Act of Getting Over It)—is coming out from NoBrow in fall 2019.

Growing up in Dublin, this memoir is about growing up obsessed with the US and how walking the PCT was a big life goal. For a brief snippet, Luke has a comic up at The Nib about learning that his paternal grandfather was dying while on the lonely hike.

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Tags: Americana, Avery Hill, cartoonstudies, CCS Alumni, Graphic Novel, How To Survive In The North, Luke Healy, Nobrow, Permanent Press

Alum Spotlight: Tillie Walden’s “On a Sunbeam”

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (UK cover)

In 2016/2017, Tillie Walden ′16 posted On a Sunbeam as a web comic, which was nominated for an Eisner in 2017. And this fall, it is coming out in print form, through First Second in the US and through Avery Hill Publishing in the UK. In addition, Tillie will be a special guest at International Comic-Con in San Diego.

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Tags: Avery Hill, Cartoon Studies, Eisner, First Second, On A Sunbeam, reviews, San Diego Comic-Con, Tillie Walden

Alumni Tillie Walden on comics panel the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Sunday, April 22, 12:30pm

The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Tillie Walden is at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on a special graphic novel panel moderated by Tracy Brown (entertainment deputy news editor Los Angeles Times) along with cartoonists Mari Naomi and Pamela Ribon.

Tillie Walden is a two-time Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist from Austin, Texas. She is a recent graduate from the Center for Cartoon Studies, her comics include Spinning, The End of Summer, and I Love This Part, an Eisner Award nominee.

Tags: Avery Hill, First Second, Graphic Novel, LA Times Festival of Books, Mari Naomi, Spinning, Tracy Brown

Alum Luke Healy’s new graphic novel, Permanent Press, explores themes of art and existence through worlds of worlds and numbers

NEW RELEASE! Luke Healy’s ′14 new graphic novel, Permanent Press, includes the Ignatz and Slate/CCS Cartoonist Studio Prize nominated story, ‘The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion.’

Luke is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies where he earned an MFA in Cartooning.

Pre-orders with Avery Hill Publishing come with a signed bookplate. Ships late April.

Tags: Avery Hill, cartoonist studio prize, CCS Alum, Graphic Novel, Luke Healy, Permanent Press, Slate

Alum Tillie Walden’s On A Sunbeam to release at UK’s Thoughtbubble Festival

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Tags: Avery Hill, CCS Alum, Graphic Novel, Thoughtbubble, Tillie Walden, Web Comic

Alum Luke Healy to debut Permanent Press at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival

Luke Healy ’14 (How to Survive in the North, Nobrow, 2016) is debuting his second graphic novel, Permanent Press, through Avery Hill at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) this April. Permanent Press is a graphic novel adaptation and combination of his stories The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion and The Big and Small. Through it, he explores themes of art and existence through worlds of words and numbers. The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion was nominated for both and Ignatz and the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize.

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Tags: Avery Hill, Cartoon Studies, CCS Alum, DCAF, Dublin Comic Arts Festival, Graphic Novel, How To Survive In The North, Luke Healy, Permanent Press

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A 32-page comic on how our government works

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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.

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Stories tagged Avery Hill

Luke Healy ′14 Draws the Pacific Crest Trail

Alum Spotlight: Tillie Walden’s “On a Sunbeam”

Alumni Tillie Walden on comics panel the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Alum Luke Healy’s new graphic novel, Permanent Press, explores themes of art and existence through worlds of worlds and numbers

Alum Tillie Walden’s On A Sunbeam to release at UK’s Thoughtbubble Festival

Alum Luke Healy to debut Permanent Press at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival

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