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 Governanceis 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.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like, A Graphic Guide To Governanceis 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)
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)
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.
With the release of Off Season (Drawn and Quarterly), Jason Sturm is off touring the country. On March 28–30, you can see James at the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Conference and Bookfair in Portland, Oregon. Off Season is about a couple divided by the politics of 2016—Bernie’s loss to Hillary, Hillary’s loss to Trump, and the disorienting months that followed.
James Sturm at Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville
With the Release of Off Season (Drawn and Quarterly), James Sturm is touring the country. On Saturday, March 23, you can see James at the Virginia Festival of the Book. Off Season is about a couple divided by the politics of 2016— and the disorienting months that followed the election.
Cambridge: OFF SEASON James Sturm at Harvard Book Store
Cambridge, MA
Friday, February 22, 7pm Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Harvard Book Store welcomes celebrated cartoonist and CCS co-founder James Sturm for a discussion of his new graphic novel, Off Season. He will be joined in conversation by New York Times Book Review comics and graphic novels columnist Hilary Chute—author of Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere.
Thursday, February 14, 4pm
at The Center for Cartoon Studies
Post Office building
2016 was a tumultuous year. In Off Season, James Sturm’s new book through Drawn and Quarterly (originally published online at Slate), a couple is divided by the politics of 2016—Bernie’s loss to Hillary, Hillary’s loss to Trump, and the disorienting months that followed.
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