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New Release: To Know You’re Alive by Dakota McFadzean ’12

To Know Your Alive by Dakota McFadzean ’12 is out now from Conundrum Press. This book is another collection of the horrific, humorous, and absurd comics we’ve come to love from Dakota. To celebrate the release while social distancing, you can join Dakota, along with CCS alum Beth Hetland ’11 (artist of Half Asleep), and The Beguiling Books and Art on Instagram for a drawing demo and Q&A on November 12!

Book Release Event:
To Know You’re Alive by Dakota McFadzean ’12
Thursday, November 12, 7pm
Instagrm Live: The Beguiling

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Luke Healy’s ′14 Americana One of the Best Books of 2019 on Book Depository

Americana (And the Act of Getting Over It) (NoBrow, 2019) by Luke Healy ′14 is one of the best graphic novels of 2019 on Book Depository. Book Depository is a leading international book retailer that ships thousands of books every day from fulfillment centers in Gloucester, United Kingdom, and Melbourne, Australia, to more than 130 countries across the world.

In Americana, Luke Healy tells the tale of his personal challenge to walk the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs 2660 miles, from California’s border with Mexico to Washington’s border with Canada. In a hybrid book combining text and comics, he shares his experiences on the trail, with his view after growing up in Ireland and idolizing America.

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Best American Comics Notable: A Thousand Times by Kevin Reilly ′18

A Thousand Times by Kevin Reilly ′18 (Secret Acres) was selected as a Best American Comics notable. As Rob Clough describes it on High-Low: “It’s the story of a horse that keeps running and running, trying to find its girdle. It’s another example of Reilly creating a world with its own dream logic that inexorably leads to a horrific end.”

Kevin Reilly is the creator of Mothball 88, which was nominated for Outstanding Minicomic at the 2018 Ignatz Award. Available Now at Secret Acres!

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Best American Comics Notable: Montebank by D.W. ′12

Montebank by D.W. ′12 (Fantagraphics) was included in Best American Comics notables. Mountebank is a systematized sketchbook that tracks the inner workings of an obsessive brain, a book that could only be described as “psychedoolic.” Both meditative and hypnotic, D.W. invites you to get lost alongside anthropomorphic creatures crawling through grid paper labyrinths and in his own brand of whirling dervish mark-making.

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In Stores Now: The Brood by Stephen R. Bissette

The Brood [hardcover] by Stephen R. Bissette

Stephen R. Bissette, beloved CCS faculty, has recently released a new book, Midnight Movie Monograph on The Brood, where he dives into Cronenberg’s movie The Brood. Similar to Bissette’s previous work, Teen Angels and New Mutants, which deconstructs Rick Veitch‘s graphic novel Brat Pack, Bissette takes a forensic and holistic approach to examining the many facets of this dark jewel of horror that he calls Cronenberg’s first masterpiece.

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In Stores Now: Charlotte Bronte before Jane Eyre by CCS Faculty Glynnis Fawkes

The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre. A graphic novel by CCS faculty Glynnis Fawkes

The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by CCS faculty Glynnis Fawkes came out from Hyperion Books on September 24. Jane Eyre was born out of a magnificent, vivid imagination, a deep cultivation of skill, and immense personal hardship and tragedy. Charlotte cast an empathetic lens on characters often ignored by popular literature of the time, questioning societal assumptions with a sharp intellect and changing forever the landscape of western literature. With an introduction by Alison Bechdel, Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre presents a stunning examination of a woman who battled against the odds to make her voice heard.

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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.

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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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