Best American Comics 2016 CCS Notables
TILLIE WALDEN ′16, The End of Summer
MELISSA MENDES ′10, The Weight #1-3
DW ′12, Mountebank, Pages 1-26, Irene 5
BLAISE LARMEE, (CCS Fellow ′11-′12) 3 Books
Tags: Best American Comics, Bill Kartalopoulos, Blaise Larmee, Comic, DW, Graphic Novel, Melissa Mendes, The End of Summer, The Weight, Tillie Walden
Art by Connor Willumsen
On exhibit until April 30
The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY
The Center for Cartoon Studies Fellows will also be attending the MoCCA Arts Festival, held on April 2 – 3 at Metropolitan West in NYC.
Over the last ten years, CCS Fellows have produced some of the most moving, provocative, and groundbreaking work in comics. CCS Fellows include Robyn Chapman, Gabby Schulz, T. Edward Bak, Chris Wright, Alec Longstreth, Max de Radigues, David Libens, Blaise Larmee, Julie Delporte, Connor Willumsen, Nicole Georges, Sophie Yanow, and Noah Van Sciver.
Tags: Alec Longstreth, Blaise Larmee, cartoonist, Chris Wright, Connor Willumsen, David Libens, Fellowship, Gabby Schulz, Julie Delporte, Max de Radigues, MoCCA, Nicole Georges, Noah Sciver, Noah Van Sciver, Robyn Chapman, Society of Illustrators, Sophie Yanow, T. Edward Bak
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is proud to announce its 2015-16 fellow, Noah Van Sciver. Noah is an accomplished cartoonist whose work has appeared in Mad magazine, The Best American Comics, The Believer, Wired, Vice and The Stranger, as well as countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver has four graphic novels: The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, Youth Is Wasted, Saint Cole and Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer.
Currently living in Denver, Van Sciver is “…looking forward to coming to White River Junction this fall, meeting and working with this year’s students and finishing my book on Johnny Appleseed.”
This is the tenth year of CCS’s fellowship program. To support their work, fellows are provided studio space, a full access pass to CCS’s programing, production lab, and Schulz Library as well as afforded teaching opportunities.
CCS’s current fellow is Sophie Yanow; past fellows include Nicole Georges, Connor Willumsen, Julie Delporte, Blaise Larmee, David Libens, Max de Radigues, Alec Longstreth, Chris Wright, T. Edward Bak, Gabby Schulz, and Robyn Chapman.
Tags: Alec Longstreth, Blaise Larmee, Cartoon Studies, CCS Fellow, Chris Wright, Comic Art, Connor Willumsen, David Libens, Fantagraphics, Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer, Gabby Schulz, Julie Delporte, Max de Radigues, Nicole Georges, Noah Sciver, Robyn Chapman, Saint Cole, Schulz Library, Study Comics, T. Edward Bak, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, Vermont, White River Junction, Youth Is Wasted
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE]
June 16 & 17
CAKE Special Guest, CCS alum Lucy Knisley! Visit Lucy’s site to read her webcomic, Stop Paying Attention, and to buy comics: LucyKnisley.com
Also, debuting at CAKE: Island Brat 2, by CCS Alum Colleen Frakes. Island Brat is about living on McNeil Island, home to America’s last island prison, accessible only by air or sea. Visit Colleen’s site: tragicrelief.com
CCS students and alum exhibiting, include: Sophie Goldstein, Sasha Steinberg, Sean Ford, Chuck Forsman, Colleen Frakes, Penina Gal, Beth Hetland, Lucy Knisley, Josh Kramer, Melissa Mendes, Annie Murphy, Betsey Swardlick.
CCS fellows Blaise Larmee and Gabby Schulz will also be exhibiting!
Tags: Annie Murphy, Beth Hetland, Betsey Swardlick, Blaise Larmee, CAKE, Cartoon Studies, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Chuck Forsman, Colleen Frakes, Gabby Schulz, Island Brats, Josh Kramer, Lucy Knisley, Melissa Mendes, Penina Gal, Sasha Steinberg, Sean Ford, Sophie Goldstein
The Center for Cartoon Studies
2012 Thesis Exhibition
An exhibition featuring work by the graduating class of The Center for Cartoon Studies.
Exhibition runs Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16.
Location: CCS Gallery, Colodny Building, White River Junction, Vermont.
Click here to see photos of the exhibit online!
Tags: Adrienne Núñez, Amelia Onorato, Andrew Geer Warner, Ariel Bordeaux, Bill Bedard, Blaise Larmee, Cartoon Studies, CCS Alumni, ccs commencement, Dakota McFadzean, Dave Weinar, Donna Almendrala, Jai Granofsky, Julie Delporte, Katie Moody, Melanie Gillman, Molly Howard, Nate Wootters, Rio Aubry Taylor, Sean Knickerbocker, Wade Simpson
Donna Almendrala
Bill Bedard
Ariel Bordeaux
Melanie Gillman
Jai Granofsky
Molly Howard
Sean Knickerbocker
Dakota McFadzean
Katie Moody
Adrienne Núñez
Amelia Onorato
Wade Simpson
Rio Aubry Taylor
Andrew Geer Warner
Dave Weinar
Nate Wootters
Michael Scott King Stanley
And this year’s fellows:
Julie Delporte
Blaise Larmee
See work by the graduates on display now at The Center for Cartoon Studies Thesis Exhibition. Gallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16.
Tags: Adrienne Núñez, Amelia Onorato, Andrew Geer Warner, Ariel Bordeaux, Bill Bedard, Blaise Larmee, Cartoon Studies, Dakota McFadzean, Dave Weinar, Donna Almendrala, Jai Granofsky, Julie Delporte, Katie Moody, Melanie Gillman, Molly Howard, Nate Wootters Michael Scott King Stanley, Sean Knickerbocker, Thesis Exhibition, Wade Simpson Rio Aubry Taylor
CCS Fellow Blaise Larmee was born in New York, raised in Chicago, and was first published in the Colorado Springs Independent in 2006 while he was attending Colorado College. Larmee won a Xeric grant in 2009 for his debut album, Young Lions, and was subsequently nominated for a “Promising New Talent” Ignatz Award.
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Tags: Blaise Larmee, CCS Fellow, Eisner Award, Fantagraphics, Ignatz Award, Young Lions
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