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Visiting Artists, Fall 2020

The Center of Cartoon Studies impressive lineup of Visiting Artists the first few weeks of the fall semester includes Bianca Xunise, Joe Sacco, Shing Yin Khor, R. Sikoryak, and Jeremy Sorese.

Joe Sacco (Footnotes in Gaza, Palestine, Safe Area Goražde) is best known for his journalism comics. His most recent book, Paying the Land, came out earlier this year from Metropolitan Books.

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CCS grads at Comic Arts Brooklyn

Comics Art Brooklyn is on November 2 at the Pratt Activities Resource Center in Brooklyn. Not only can you go to talks by greats like Gary Panter (Songy of Paradise, Fantagraphics, 2017) and Charles Burns (Last Look, Pantheon Graphics, 2016), who will be talking about drawing as a way of thinking; or Chris Ware (Building Stories, Pantheon Graphics, 2012) in conversation with Francoise Mouly (publisher of Toon Books) and Art Spiegelman (Maus, Pantheon Graphics, 1986). You can these CCS students and grads exhibiting!:

Dan Nott ′18 (This Is What Democracy Looks Like, 2019)
Daryl Seitchik ′18 (Exits, Koyama Press, 2016)
Natalie Wardlaw
R. Sikoryak (Thesis Advisor) (Masterpiece Comics, Drawn and Quarterly, 2009)
Sage Persing (editor/publisher, How to Wait: An Anthology of Transition)
Tommi Parrish (Cornish CCS Fellow) (The Lie and How We Told It, Fantagraphics, 2018)

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CCS schedule and exhibitors at Small Press Expo 2019

Here is a line up for CCS at SPX 2019!:

The Small Press Expo (SPX) is coming up on September 14 -15, and there are plenty of ways to see The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) grads while you are there! CCS will be present at table W28 with copies of This Is What Democracy Looks Like.

As part of the tour for This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Dan Nott ′18 (Table A7) will be on the Graphic Advocacy panel with Archie Bongiovanni (A Quick & Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns), Box Brown (Cannabis), and Matt Bors (The Nib). Hallie Jay Pope will be the moderator. The group will discuss using comics as a powerful tool in sharing a particular mission and point of view.

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Visiting Artist: R. Sikoryak

R. Sikoryak’s books include Masterpiece Comics, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump (Drawn and Quarterly). He has drawn for The New Yorker, The Onion, SpongeBob Comics, MAD, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and more. He’s hosted his Carousel comics performance series around North America since 1997.

Tags: MAD, Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak, SpongeBob comics, Terms and Conditions, The New Yorker

Next Up: R. Sikoryak and Kriota Willberg

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R. Sikoryak is best known for his collection Masterpiece Comics. He was formerly an associate editor and contributor to RAW, the groundbreaking 1980s comic
anthology. He’s drawn for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Onion, Nickelodeon, The New Yorker, and other media titans. Sikoryak is also known for his “Carousel” series of multimedia comics slideshows, featuring cartoonists like Lauren Weinstein, Michael Kupperman, Jason Little, and himself, which have been presented in various venues in the United States and Canada.

Kriota Willberg writes, draws, needlepoints, and performs about body-oriented sciences. She teaches anatomy, pathology, drawing, and massage in a variety of colleges and studios around the country. Her blog, The Cinematologist examines medical themes through the lens of Hollywood films. Willberg/Dura Mater dance and film projects include the feature film, The Bentfootes and the short Sunscreen Serenade. Kriota has studied stage combat and worked as a researcher for a Hollywood screenwriter.

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Visiting Artist: Bob Sikoryak

R. Sikoryak is best known for his collection Masterpiece Comics. He was formerly an associate editor and contributor to RAW, the groundbreaking 1980s comic
anthology. He’s drawn for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Onion, Nickelodeon,The New Yorker, and other media titans. Sikoryak is also known for his “Carousel” series of multimedia comics slideshows, featuring cartoonists like Lauren Weinstein, Michael Kupperman, Jason Little, and himself, which have been presented in various venues in the United States and Canada since 1997. Sikoryak relocated to White River Junction for the 2011-12 academic year to teach at The Center for Cartoon Studies.

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R. Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics

March 5 – March 27

Gallery Hours
Saturdays, 10am-2pm

Masterpiece Comics adapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of 20th-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak’s parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics from Batman to Garfield.

“[Sikoryak] goes far beyond mere imitation to eerily inhabit the artistic sensibilities of a dozen cartoonists; the result is as funny as it is impressive. These retellings linger on the philosophical underpinnings of such tales; coupled with the allusions and baggage of these familiar cartoon characters, the crossovers take on a life of their own to become legitimate adaptations.”
-Starred Review from Publishers Weekly

Location
The CCS Gallery is located at 94 South Main Street in White River Junction, Vermont. For more information: (802) 295-3319.

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A 32-page comic on how our government works

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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 Masterpiece Comics

Visiting Artists, Fall 2020

CCS grads at Comic Arts Brooklyn

CCS schedule and exhibitors at Small Press Expo 2019

Visiting Artist: R. Sikoryak

Next Up: R. Sikoryak and Kriota Willberg

Visiting Artist: Bob Sikoryak

R. Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics

MFA and Certificate Program

Make a Gift to CCS

Online and In-person Workshops

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The Schulz Library

A Free One-Week Cartooning Workout

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THE ED KOREN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

BIPOC Cartoonist Fund Accepting Donations

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CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

A 32-page comic on how our government works

THE APPLIED CARTOONING MANIFESTO