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Thanks to all the veterans who collaborated with us. Your stories are amazing.
A Cartoonist Veteran Project: A Whole Lifetime of Firsts anthology
Every woman who has served in the military has a whole lifetime of firsts to share. This anthology spans half a century, beginning with the Cold War and ending with the War on Terror. It contains love at first sight, witnessing death for the first time, realizing you may be losing a loved one, and finding community.
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Tags: A Whole Lifetime of Firsts, Cartoonist Veteran Project, Catherine Garbarino, Dan Nott, Daryl Seitchik, J. D. Lunt, Jenny Blair, Kelly L. Swann, Kurt Shaffert, Rachel Ford, Sarah Yahm, Tillie Walden, VA Medical Center
CARTOONIST VETERAN PROJECT: RELEASE OF WHEN I RETURNED
Download a digital copy of the When I Returned, a comic book featuring stories by local veterans drawn by The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) students and alumni. Edited and designed by James Lunt ’16 and Kelly Swann ’16 with a cover by Noah Van Sciver (CCS Fellow, 2015-16 ).
When I Returned is a Cartoonist and Veteran Project made in collaboration with The Center for Cartoon Studies and The VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont.
The Cartoonist Veteran Project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
You can download When I Returned here.
Vermont weekly Seven Days article about the book release here
A New Hampshire Public Radio piece about the project can be heard here.
Tags: Applied Cartooning, Cartoon Studies, Cartoonist Veteran Project, James Lunt, Kelly Swan, Noah Van Sciver
Cartoonist Seeking Stories
Join us for two get togethers between cartoonists and women who serve and have served in the military in order to talk and sketch. These are the first few steps towards a new comics anthology.
March 21 at 6 p.m. at the VA Medical Center, Building 44, room 103, and on April 3 at 6 p.m. at The Center for Cartoon Studies, at the 46 S. Main Street building. The gatherings will allow for the veterans and cartoonists to meet one another, make connections, and start sharing their stories and drawing.
For more information, visit: va.gov
Tags: Cartoonist Veteran Project, Graphic Medicine, Vets
New Hampshire Public Radio on NHPR on The Cartoonists Veteran Project
CCS student Kelly Swann’s
field sketch of Kevin Willey
NHPR on The Cartoonists Veteran Project: A Powerful Account of a Veteran
Listen to New Hampshire Public Radio on The Center for Cartoon Studies collaboration with the VA Medical Center. This past year students and faculty from The Center for Cartooning Studies (CCS) invited veterans and their families to learn about cartooning and share their stories with the intention of turning those stories into comics.
The cartoonist veteran project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Tags: Applied Cartooning, Cartoon Studies, Cartoonist Veteran Project, NAEA, New Hampshire Public Radio, NHPR, PTSD, VA Medical Center, White River Junction
Cartoonist Veteran Project: Release of When I Returned
Please join cartoonists and veterans for the release of When I Returned, a comic book featuring stories by local veterans drawn by The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) students and alumni. Edited and designed by James Lunt ′16 and Kelly Swann ′16 with a cover by Noah Van Sciver (CCS Fellow, 2015-16 ).
Thursday April 21, noon-1:30
Free and open to the public.
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Room 103, Building 44
The Cartoonist Veteran Project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
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War Stories, Illustrated: Cartoonists and Veterans Collaborate on New Anthology
CCS student Kelly Swann’s
field sketch of Kevin Willey
NHPR on The Cartoonists Veteran Project: A Powerful Account of a Veteran
Listen to New Hampshire Public Radio on The Center for Cartoon Studies collaboration with the VA Medical Center. This past year students and faculty from The Center for Cartooning Studies (CCS) invited veterans and their families to learn about cartooning and share their stories with the intention of turning those stories into comics.
The cartoonist veteran project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Tags: Applied Cartooning, Cartoon Studies, Cartoonist Veteran Project, CCS, Comics, Graphic Medicine, illustrated stories, Kelly Swann, NEA, NHPR, PTSD, VA Medical Center
Farm life, War Experience, Back Home, Trauma, 30 Lost Years, Massage
CCS student Kelly Swann’s
field sketch of Kevin Willey
NHPR on The Cartoonists Veteran Project: A Powerful Account of a Veteran
Listen to New Hampshire Public Radio on The Center for Cartoon Studies collaboration with the VA Medical Center. This past year students and faculty from The Center for Cartooning Studies (CCS) invited veterans and their families to learn about cartooning and share their stories with the intention of turning those stories into comics.
The cartoonist veteran project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Tags: Applied Cartooning, Cartoon Studies, Cartoonist Veteran Project, CCS, Center for Cartoon Studies, Comics, Kelly Swann, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, NHPR, PTSD, VA Medical Center
The Cartoonist Veteran Project: George Pratt
Master artist and cartoonist George Pratt will be on hand at the White River Junction VA Medical Center to lead a team of cartoonists to do live portrait drawing. George Pratt will be joined by The Center for Cartoon Studies faculty member Steve Bissette who is a fellow contributor to the new book, Above the Dreamless Dead, World War I in Poetry and Comics. The first 20 veterans in attendance will receive a free signed copy.
Wednesday, April 1
6-8pm
White River Junction VA Medical Center
Room 103, Building 44
The Cartoonist Veteran Project is funded in part with support from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Tags: Cartoonist Veteran Project, George Pratt, NEA, PTSD, VA Medical Center
Visiting Artist: Jess Ruliffson
Jess Ruliffson is an illustrator and cartoonist residing in New York. She is currently working on a comic book based on interviews with veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. To see more work by Jess, visit: jessruliffson.com
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