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Lee Lai to be The Center for Cartoon Studies Class of 2023 Commencement Speaker

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April 27, 2023

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT–The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will hold its 17th commencement ceremony on Saturday May 6, 2023. This year’s commencement speaker is Lee Lai, an Asian-Australian award-winning cartoonist living in Montreal.

Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (known as Montreal, Quebec). She has made comics for The New Yorker, McSweeneys and The New York Times. Her graphic novel Stone Fruit was released in 2021 with Fantagraphics, Sarbacane, Coconino and other publishers.  

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This Year’s Commencement Speaker: Annie Koyama

The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to name Annie Koyama as our 2013 Commencement Speaker!  Founder of the “small but mighty” Toronto-based Koyama Press, Annie left the film world to find a place amongst an exciting roster of emerging and established artists. Since 2007, Koyama Press has supported and promoted some of the most innovative indie comics and artbooks available today. We are honored to have Annie Koyama speak at this year’s Commencement ceremony. Thanks, Annie!

Koyama Press’ “Kickass Annie” logo as interpreted by Melissa Mendes. See the entire Kickass Annie Project gallery here.

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CCS Commencement Address Featured On The Comics Journal

Click here to read Tom DeHaven’s Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Address on The Comics Journal.

 

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Commencement Speaker: Evan Dorkin

“I adore what Evan Dorkin does.
I think he is the funniest guy in comics.”
— Frank Miller, author of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 15, at 11am at Northern Stage Theatre at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, Vermont.

Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception immediately following.
Exhibition runs Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 12.

Evan Dorkin is the Harvey, Eisner and Ignatz-award winning creator of Milk and Cheese, Dork, and Hectic Planet, released sporadically, if at all, through SLG Publishing. He’s also put time in at Marvel (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Comic, Agent X, The Thing: Night Falls on Yancy Street), Dark Horse (Hellboy: Weird Tales, Predator, The Mask) and DC (Superman and Batman: World’s Funnest, Bizarro Comics, Superman Adventures), among other comic book publishers, most of whom are out of business. His comics and illustration work has appeared in Esquire, Spin, The Onion and Nickelodeon Magazine (R.I.P), as well as two books, Generation Ecch and the acclaimed novel, I Love You, Beth Cooper.

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