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Cartoonist Dispatches: Roz Chast and Chuck Forsman ’08

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The New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast has 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) and I 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

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Chuck Forsman ′08 Gets Second TV Show

I Am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman ′08

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.

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Alum Spotlight: Chuck Forsman

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Chuck Forsman ’08 is the force behind Oily Comics. He has a new comic, Automa, that he is serializing on Patreon. His comic The End of the XXXXing World (now out through Fantagraphics) has been adapted as a Netflix Original Series. Season 1 was nominated for the 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series.

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Alum Chuck Forsman: Guest at Lucca Comics and Games Festival in Italy

International traveler Chuck Forsman ′08 will be a guest at Lucca Comics & Games. The show is in Italy from October 31 to November 4. Chuck will be there with the Italian edition of The End of the ****ing World, on which the TV show of the same name is based. It is a big show with other cartoonists such as Faith Erin Hicks (The Nameless City trilogy, First Second), Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Image Comics), and Dave McKean (Arkham Asylum, DC).

001 Edizioni is the Italian publisher of The End of the ****ing World. They have published translations of such cartoonists as Peter Kuper (Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle) and Eddie Campbell (Alec), so Chuck is in good company.

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TEOTFW Renewed for Season 2

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On the heels of the British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Drama Series, The End of the XXXing World, based on the comic by Chuck Forsman ′08, has been renewed for a second season on Netflix. Chuck is excited to see where the show continues.

If you have a hard time waiting, Neelah Debanth talks about Chuck’s response on Express before the announcement was made. After the announcement was official on August 22, Dusty Baxter-Wright wrote about the excitement of the director and actors on Cosmopolitan.

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CCS Alum at the Harvey Awards

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.

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Spring Visiting Artist Line Up!

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Hal Mayforth, Meags Fitzgerald, Chuck Forsman ’08, Melissa Mendes ’10, Susie Cagle, Leslie Stein, John Martz, Bill Griffith, Jen Vaughn ’10, Rutu Modan.

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Alum Charles Forsman’s TEOTFW Featured on Wired’s Best Comics of 2013

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Wired’s best comics of 2013 covers the span of superhero stories to intensely personal autobiography, including work by Dean Trippe (Something Terrible), Michael DeForge (Ant Comic), Gene Luen Yang (Boxers and Saints), and Simon Hanselmann (Life Zone/Girl Mountain) to name a few.  Click here to see the complete list!

Click here to buy a copy of TEOTFW today!

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Two CCS Alum Make The A.V. Club 10 Best Graphic Novel of 2013

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The A.V. Club‘s picks 10 top art comics and graphic novels of the year, includes 2 CCS alum books: Cole Closser’s Little Tommy Lost and Chuck Forsman’s Celebrated Summer:

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Chuck & Joe: The Comics Journal’s Best of 2012

Out of the 19 Best Comics chosen by The Comics Journal for 2012, two CCS alumni have claimed a spot on the list! Congratulations to Joe Lambert (Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller) and Chuck Forsman (The End of the F***ing World) for their remarkable achievements.

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