Melissa Mendes ′10 is making more comics with Violet, Private Eye, a weekly comic strip for the Chicago Reader. It’s about a crime-fighting kid, who you can read about in print and online. Now is the time to get in on this comic as it just started on January 15. Cats, kids, and cops? Sounds like fun.
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Tags: Alternative Weekly, Chicago Reader, Comic Strip, John Porcellino, Melissa Mendes, Micke Centeno, Patreon, Prairie Pothole, Tech, The Weight, Violet Private Eye
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Fall Visiting Artist lineup is here! Cartoonists and artists due to visit the school this semester include David Sipress, Noelle Stevenson, Dylan Horrocks, R. Sikoryak, Kriota Wilberg, Box Brown, Gregory Benton, John Porcellino, Liniers, Julie Delporte, Katie Skelly, Glynnis Fawkes, and Noah Van Sciver.
Tags: Bob Sikoryak, Box Brown, Cartoon Studies, CCS Visiting Artist, David Sipress, Dylan Horrocks, Glynnis Fawkes, Gregory Benton, John Porcellino, Julie Delporte, Katie Skelly, Kriota Wilberg, Liniers, Noah Van Sciver, Noelle Stevenson
John Porcellino has been writing, drawing, and publishing comics and graphic novels for over thirty years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, first published in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example, first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. Porcellino’s work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, and Korean. His latest creation, The Hospital Suite, will be debuting at SPX this fall.
Tags: Cartoon Studies, CCS, Drawn and Quarterly, Graphic Novel, Ignatz, John Porcellino, King-Cat Comics, minicomics, Self-publishing, The Hospital Suite
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Fall Visiting Artist lineup is here! Cartoonists and artists due to visit the school this semester include Warren Bernard, Harry Bliss, Farel Dalrymple, Tom Gammill, Kevin Huizenga, Peter Kuper, Mell Lazarus, Tara McGowan, Ilan Manouach, John Porcellino, Karl Stevens, and Dana Walrath.
Kicking off the fall Visiting Artist session:
Farel Dalrymple is an American artist and alternative comics creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series Pop Gun War. Pop Gun War was a Xeric Grant recipient and won a gold medal from The Society of Illustrators. He is currently working on a Pop Gun War follow up (Pop Gun War : Chain Letter), drawing his Eisner nominated web comic, It Will All Hurt for studygroupcomics, and illustrating The Earfarmer, a science fiction love story for Dark Horse Presents with writer Chris Stevens. Farel Dalrymple‘s brand new book is an original 304-page water-colored comic book/graphic novel, The Wrenchies, from First Second Books.
Tags: Bernard, Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, CCS, Comics, Dana Walrath, Farel Dalrymple, Graphic Novel, Harry Bliss, Ilan Manouach, John Porcellino, Karl Stevens, Kevin Huizenga, Mell Lazarus, MFA, Peter Kuper, Tara McGowan, Tom Gammill, Vermont, Warren
See the roster of recent and upcoming visitors to The Center for Cartoon Studies on the Visiting Artists blog.
Tags: Aaron Renier, Anders Nilsen, Cartoon Studies, CCS, Garry Trudeau, Joe Sacco, John Porcellino, Jules Feiffer, Mo Willems, Visiting Artists
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CCS wants your old comics! These comics and many more were donated to support CCS's BIPOC Cartoonist Fund. If you're interested in making a comic book or cash donation drop us a line.
Cartooning In An Anxious Age (pdf) is a free comic by Cara Bean on the act of drawing, which focuses your attention and intimately connects you with the generative act of creation. It’s an inspiring read.
Created for middle and high school students, Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health is a lively and educational comic book that destigmatizes the conversation around mental health.
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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