The nominees have been announced for the 2020 Harvey Awards and a hearty congratulations goes out to Tillie Walden ’16, Charles Foresman ’08, and Eleri Harris ’14. All professionals from across the comic book industry are invited to vote; you just need to put in an application.
The New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chasthas published several cartoon collections and has written and illustrated several children’s books. Her graphic memoir chronicling her parents’ final years, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the inaugural Kirkus Prize, and was short-listed for a National Book Award in 2014. Her most recent book, Going into Town, an illustrated guide to New York City, won the New York City Book Award in 2017. The editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick, has called her “the magazine’s only certifiable genius.”
Chuck Forsman ’08 is best known for his graphic novels The End of the Fxxxing World (TEOTFW) andI Am Not Okay With This (IANOWT), which were both adapted into Netflix shows to wide acclaim. Chuck is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies class of 2008. “Forsman is one of the strongest and most vital young cartoonists currently putting pen to paper — not to mention one of the most fully, uniquely realized.” — The A.V. Club
Second Netflix Original inspired by CCS alumni Charles Forsman ’08 graphic novel
The creator of the critically heralded graphic novel The End of the FXXXing World, Charles Forsman ’08 once again expertly channels teenage ethos in a style that evokes classic comics strips while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control. I Am Not Okay With This tackles familial strain, sexual confusion, and PTSD in Forsman’s signature straight-faced-but-humorous style and firmly stakes his place among the world’s best cartoonists. This marks Netflix’s second adaptation of Forsman’s work, following last year’s The End of the F***ing World. Both TV series are led by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall.
Hobo Mom, by Charles Forsman ′08 and Max de Radiguès (Fellow 2009-10)
Hobo Mom, by Charles Forsman ′08 and Max de Radiguès (CCS Fellow 2009-10), is barely out and already on a best of list for January 2019, at Barnes and Noble! Published by Fantagraphics, this collaboration was drawn simultaneously across the Atlantic. Charles—author of The End of the Fxxxing World (now a hit Netflix series), is based in the United States. And Max de Radiguès—winner of a prestigious prize at the Angoulême International Festival of Comics for his 2018 graphic novel Bastard—is based in France.
Chuck Forsman ′08 is still making comics despite finding fame with his stories through TV series. His comic The End of the F***ing World was adapted by Jonathan Entwistle for British television and has since been nominated for numerous awards and was a winner of the the British Screenwriters’ Award. Now Entwistle is adapting Chuck’s mini comic I Am Not Okay with This for Netflix.
The Harvey Awards are coming up and The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) alum Tillie Walden ′16 and Chuck Forsman ′08 both make appearances. The nominees were selected by comics professionals, and winners will be voted on by all industry professionals.
Tillie’s Spinning(First Second) is up for not only Best Children’s or Young Adult Book but also for Book of the Year. Spinning already won an Eisner for Best Reailty-Based Work. And The End of the XXXXing World TV series, adapted as a Netflix Original Series from Chuck’s comic of the same name (now out from Fantagraphics), is up for Best Adaptation from a Comic Book/Graphic Novel.
Alum Charles Forsman’s The End of The ****ing World graphic novel to release in UK
Faber and Faber to release UK edition of The End of the F***ing World graphic novel by The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Charles Forsman, in March 2018. #TEOTFW is a Netflix Original Series based on the comic by Charles, was published in the US by Fantagraphics Books.
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL: The End of the ***ing World to release January 5th!
In 2013, Charles Forsman (’08) completed The End of the ***ing World, a look into the bleak lives of teenagers James and Alyssa. In 2013, then–film student Jonathan Entwistle create a short film of the comic. In 2014, he directed a pilot episode for a TV show. And now the show is coming to Netflix! Channel 4 launched the series in the UK on October 24.
Sean Knickerbocker’s (′12) debut graphic novel, Killbuck, is now out through One Percent Press, which is run by JP Coovert. This coming-of-age story is set in impoverished rural America. It is 96 black-and-white pages at 8.5×5.5 inches.
If you are in need of more comics by Charles Forsman (’08), the man who brought us The End of the Fucking World (Fantagraphics), then you are in luck. He is currently releasing Slasher (Floating World Comics), a psychosexual thriller, as a five-issue miniseries, with a few issues out already.
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