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Visiting Artists at CCS Spring 2020

A wide variety of creators are coming to talk comics with the students at The Center for Cartoon Studies:

Connor Willumsen, creator of Anti-Gone (Koyama Press) and Bradley of Him (Koyama Press)
Whit Taylor, creator of Ghost Stories (Rosarium Publishing)
Aatmaja Pandya, creator of the webcomic Travelogue and Phantom (One Percent Press), and she is currently working on a graphic novel for Random House Graphic
Alison Wilgus, writer of Science Comics: Flying Machines (First Second) with artist Molly Brooks, writer of The Mars Challenger with artist Wyeth Yates, and creator of Chronin (Tor Books), and co-host of Graphic Novel TK with Gina Gagliano
Rick Veitch, creator of The Spotted Stone
Nora Krug, creator of Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home in conversation with Jason Lutes (Berlin) for the Eisner Lecture Series
Keith Knight, creator of The Knight Light (Grand Central Publishing) and the webcomics (th)ink and K Chronicles

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The Center for Cartoon Studies Faculty Jason Lutes wins Vermont Book Award 2019 for BERLIN

The Center for Cartoon Studies faculty Jason Lutes wins the Vermont Book Award 2019 for his twenty years in the making graphic novel BERLIN.

BERLIN is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens—Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters’ lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart.

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CCS faculty and grads in the Harvey Awards

Nominees for the 2019 Harvey Awards have been announced and there are a lot of great books from CCS grads on the list. Anyone working in the comics industry can vote until September 10 (though you must apply first). The winners will be announced at New York Comic-Con on October 4.

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Tags: Avery Hill Publishing, awards, Berlin, Drawn and Quarterly, Eleri Harris, First Second, Graphic Novel, Harvey Awards, Jason Lutes, Kid Gloves, Lucy Knisley, Matt Bors, New York Comic-Con, nominees, On A Sunbeam, Sophie Yanow, The Contradictions, The Nib, Tillie Walden

CCS grads and faculty in the Ringo Awards

Nominees for the Ringo Awards have been announced. Both fans and professionals can vote until September 18. Winners will be announced at Baltimore Comic-Con on October 19.

The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow ′16 is up for Best Webcomic. Sophie’s fictional autobiography follows her year abroad in France.

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Tags: Alec Longstreth, awards, Baltimore Comic-Con, Be Prepared, Berlin, CCS Alumni, Drawn and Quarterly, First Second, Jason Lutes, nominees, Ringo Awards, Sophie Yanow, The Contradictions, Vera Brogsol, webcomic

State of the Union: Comics

COMICS HAVE ARRIVED: (l. to r.) Jaime Hernandez, Amie Wright (moderator), CCS faculty Jason Lutes, Raina Telgemeier *Photo by Annalisa Pešek*

The Center for Cartoon Studies instructor Jason Lutes (Berlin) was part of a panel discussing the state of comics at the American Library Association (ALA) conference in June. Along with Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets) and Raina Telgemeier (The Baby-Sitters Club), the panel was moderated by Amie Wright. They discussed their relationships to their characters, the rise of graphic memoir and biography, using comics to promote literacy, and shelving graphic novels separately or with the rest of the collection. Though there was disagreement among the panel, Jason sees shelving graphic novels in the general collection as a step in the right direction.

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Tags: Aime Wright, ALA, Baby-sitters Club, Berlin, CCS Faculty, Graphic Novel Roundtable, Jaime Hernandez, Jason Lutes, Love and Rockets, Raina Telgemeier

Kickstarter: This Is What Democracy Looks Like tour

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). CCS is running a Kickstarter campaign the month of July to raise funds to visit schools. The first leg of the tour will include schools in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, with the tour branching out into other regions of the USA added as additional funds are raised! Find out more information about the Kickstarter campaign and all the great organizations that helped support This Is What Democracy Looks Like over on the CCS website.

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Tags: Berlin, book tour, Dan Nott, Drawn and Quarterly, Hallie Jay Pope, Hidden Systems, James Sturm, Jason Lutes, Kevin Czap, Kickstarter, Market Day, Nomi Kane, Off Season, Summer Pierre, This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Uncivilized Books

Using Comics to Teach Teens about Government

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). It is the result of a collaboration of educators and world-class cartoonists and is designed to help teachers who are working hard to prepare students to be empowered, informed, and civic-minded.

It is hard to imagine a more important book to get in the hands of students young and old. Civics, democracy, and cartoons all in a non-partisan approach to raise people’s awareness of the real power that they and their communities hold. Definitely a funding opportunity that will pay dividends for years.
Max Silverman, executive director, Center for Educational Leadership

Starting on the 4th of July 2019, CCS will be running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to visit schools. CCS instructors will give away comics and work with teachers to help students gain a deeper understanding of how their government works and how they can make a difference in their community and beyond. The first leg of the tour will include schools in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, with future legs of the tour branching out into other regions of the USA added as additional funds are raised.

A variety of rewards are being offered to help fund the tour, including:

physical and digital copies of the comic book
a teaching resource guide
two-color risograph posters
“Democracy Rules” bumper stickers and tote bags
signed graphic novels by CCS faculty members Jason Lutes (Berlin, Drawn and Quarterly, 2018) and James Sturm (Off Season, Drawn and Quarterly, 2019
limited edition prints by New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren
an original cartoon drawing by master cartoonist Denys Wortman (currently featured in Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms exhibition)

Hidden Systems by Dan Nott — Cover of *Hidden Systems* by Dan Nott

Lead cartoonist, CCS alumni Dan Nott ‘18, is currently writing and drawing a book about infrastructure called Hidden Systems for Random House Graphic. Contributing cartoonists include:

Summer Pierre (Eisner-nominee and New Yorker contributor)
Hallie Jay Pope (founder of The Graphic Advocacy Project)
Nomi Kane (The Nib contributor)
Kevin Czap (publisher of Czap Books, and Futchi Perf, Uncivilized Books, 2016)
James Sturm (Off Season and Market Day)

Find out more information about the Kickstarter campaign and all the great organizations that helped support This Is What Democracy Looks Like over on the CCS website.

Jason Faculty Lutes at ALA’s Presidential Roundtable

Jason Lutes (The Center for Cartoon Studies faculty)

Jason Lutes (Berlin) will be at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., talking about the state of comics. He is joining a panel with Raina Telgemeier (Smile) and Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets), moderated by Amie Wright from the New York Public Library, as part of the newly established Graphic Novels & Comics Roundtable in their first President’s program. The three long-working cartoonists will discuss how they have seen comics change in the last twenty years.

The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition is from June 20 to 25 and includes a wide variety of programming, including discussion panels, awards, and author events. Jason’s event is Sunday, June 23, from 1pm–2:30pm.

Tags: ALA, Amie Wright, Berlin, Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics, First Second, Graphic Novel, Jaime Hernandez, Jason Lutes, Love and Rockets, Smile

Jason Lutes at the Portland Book Festival and NY Comics Symposium

With the release of the Berlin: City of Light (Drawn and Quarterly), Jason Lutes is out and about this fall. On November 10, Jason will be at the Portland Book Festival. Then he back to the east coast to appear at the NY Comics Symposium on November 13. Jason’s trilogy Berlin, now compiled in a single volume, is a historical fiction graphic novel about the decline of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism in Germany.

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Tags: Berlin, cartoonstudies, Drawn and Quarterly, Elliot Bay Book Compan, Graphic Novel, Greenlight Bookstore, Jason Lutes, NY Comics Symposium, Portland Book Festival

CCS at Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival

The Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival and Symposium is coming up at the end of October. CCS faculty Jason Lutes (Berlin, Drawn and Quarterly, 2018) presented the pre-conference keynote address on September 27. And another CCS faculty, Stephen R. Bissette, provided the excellent Sasquatch illustration for their poster.

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Tags: Allison Bannister, Belchville VT, Berlin, cartoonstudies, Daryl Seitchik, Drawn and Quarterly, Exits, First Second, Jamila Roswer, Jason Lutes, Jon Chad, Koyama Press, Leo Geo, Marek Bennett, Pulp Culture Comics Arts Festival and Symposium, Roaring Brook Press, Robyn-Brooke Smith, rosemary mosco, Solar System, Stephanie Zuppo, Stephen R. Bissette, Tom O'Brien, Vermont Folklife Center, Volcanoes, Wash Day, Who Is the Silohuette, Wit's End

A 32-page comic on how our government works

This Is What Democracy Looks Like comic cover

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.

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Stories tagged Jason Lutes

Visiting Artists at CCS Spring 2020

The Center for Cartoon Studies Faculty Jason Lutes wins Vermont Book Award 2019 for BERLIN

CCS faculty and grads in the Harvey Awards

CCS grads and faculty in the Ringo Awards

State of the Union: Comics

Kickstarter: This Is What Democracy Looks Like tour

Using the power of comics to teach teens about the way our government works

Using Comics to Teach Teens about Government

Jason Faculty Lutes at ALA’s Presidential Roundtable

Jason Lutes at the Portland Book Festival and NY Comics Symposium

CCS at Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival

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