The Center for
Cartoon Studies (CCS)
Students travel from across the U.S. and around the world to study comics at CCS in a diverse and vibrant community in Vermont.
Click here learn more about our programs.
Tags: Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, cartoonist, CCS, MFA, Sequential Art, Study Comics, Vermont, White River Junction
Summer is a great time for cartooning adventures! Brush up on some skills, learn new ones, or discover the world of cartooning for the first time ever. Summer workshops are led by award-winning artists. This year we’re excited to welcome new instructors and workshops, in addition to our established summer favorites: Create Comics, Cartooning Studio, and Graphic Novel Workshop. Click here for details and to register!
Tags: Cartooning, Summer Workshop, workshop
Saturday, March 4, 1pm
Bring your portfolio or sketchbook for an admissions review.
Learn more about the program and courses offered at CCS while touring the campus and meeting with faculty and students!
This event is ideal for prospective students!
Learn about CCS programs:
MFA and CERTIFICATES
with a LOW RESIDENCY 2nd Year Option
Tags: Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, MFA, Open House, Portfolio Day, Study Comics
Master of Fine Arts, One- and Two-Year Certificates, Applied Cartooning track option. Click here for more information and to apply online!
Tags: Cartooning, Comics, MFA, Sequenti
Here’s a new comic about the journey of moving to Vermont to make and teach comics, by The Center for Cartoon Studies faculty and 2008-09 fellow Alec Longstreth. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION debuted at The Society of Illustrators Ten Years of Fellowship at The Center for Cartoon Studies exhibit opening and was a feature comic at MoCCA Fest 2016. Read The Center for Cartoon Studies presents LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION comic online, here!
Tags: Alec Longstreth, Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, cartoonist, CCS, Comics, Fellowship, Location, MoCCA, Self-publishing, Society of Illustrators, Vermont
Saturday, March 19th, 1pm
Bring your portfolio or sketchbook for an admissions review. Learn more about the program and courses offered at The Center for Cartoon Studies while touring the campus and meeting with faculty and students!
This event is for prospective students for the MFA and Certificate program.
Portfolio reviews by CCS faculty, CCS Students will be offering tours of the campus, browse The Center for Cartoon Studies Schulz Library, see current student projects, recent alumni publications, and faculty work.
Tags: Admissions, Cartooning, Comics, Degree Program, Illustration, Master of Fine Arts, MFA, Portfolio Day, Sequential Art, Vermont
To commemorate The Center for Cartoon Studies’ 10 year anniversary, we want to share our comics’ knowledge and passion with your college. Throughout the 2015-16 academic year, a CCS faculty member will beam into 10 classrooms for a free 30-minute presentation.
Whether it’s a tools and technique demo, professional practice lecture, or artists talk, presentations can be tailored to your classroom’s needs. Find out why The Center for Cartoon Studies is the premier cartooning school in the country.
First come, first serve.
Sign up today:
comicworkshop@
If thirty minutes isn’t enough and you’d like a faculty member for a one, two, or three day cartooning workshop let us know. From Swarthmore College to the Ringling College of Art and Design, CCS’s workshops have brought our dynamic curriculum to schools throughout the country.
Tags: Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, Cartooning Class, CCS, Comic Class, Comic Workshop, Comics Class, Graphic Novel Workshop, History of Comics, MFA
Session I:
July 6-10, 9AM-Noon
Session II:
July 13-17, 9AM-Noon
Are you at least nine years old? Do you like drawing comics? Do you have a few Saturdays free this spring? If your answers are yes, yes, and yes then come join The Center for Cartoon Studies Cartooning Club! We’ll design characters, create stories, and learn a ton about cartooning!
Tags: Cartoon Club, Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, CCS, Comics, Summer Camp, Vermont
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers a course of study designed for a small group of dedicated students with a passion and appreciation for graphic novels, storytelling, writing, drawing, comics, and design. CCS offers the Master of Fine Arts degree and certificates. Experienced and internationally recognized cartoonists, writers, and designers teach classes. Learn how to apply…
Tags: Cartooning, Center for Cartoon Studies, Certificates, Comic Art, MFA, Sequential Art, Study Comics, Workshops
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is approved by U.S. Student and Exchange Visitor Program to enroll international students in our Master of Fine Arts program. CCS has conducted workshops and participated in events around the globe, including Portugal, Italy, Canada, and Bahrain to name a few, and has hosted cartoonists-in-training from Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Indonesia. This year students are attending CCS from Columbia, Malaysia, India, Canada!
To learn more about the MFA program and to apply to CCS, click here.
Tags: Cartooning, International Student, Master of Fine Arts, MFA
A free self-directed eCourse to improve your cartooning skills. Online, Start Anytime!
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*!
Click here to learn more and make an online donation now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.
© The Center for Cartoon Studies
PO BOX 125, White River Junction, Vermont 05001
info@cartoonstudies.org
802.295.3319
View map