“How Seniors Are Living with COVID” by Rebecca Roher ’15 is out now on The Nib as a continuation of her 100 Year–Old Wisdom project, for which she is interviewing senior citizens aged 90 and up.
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Rebecca Roher ’15 won the Doug Wright Award in Canada for her CCS thesis project comic Bird in a Cage, the touching tale of her grandmother after she had an accident that left her with a brain injury, leading to early-onset dementia. Rebecca’s most recent project is 100 Year–Old Wisdom, for which she is interviewing senior citizens aged 90 and up. She gave the following interview with Angela Boyle ’16.
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Rebecca Roher ’15 won the Doug Wright Award in Canada for her comic Bird in a Cage (Conundrum Press, 2016), the touching tale of her grandmother after she had an accident that left her with a brain injury, leading to early onset dementia. Rebecca’s most recent project is Birth Control Tales. She collaborated with Dr. Aparna Sridhar, an OBGYN at UCLA, who wanted to create educational apps to explain birth control options visually.
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Tags: Angoulême, Bird in a cage, Birth Control Tales, Canada, Conundrum Press, Doug Wright Award, La Maison des Auteurs, Mom Body, non-fiction, Rebecca Roher
For the Doug Wright Awards this year, Rebecca Roher (’15) has been nominated for the Best Book Award for Bird in a Cage, published by Conundrum Press. Originally published in The Nib, the minicomic won the Expozine Award. Conundrum Press gave Rebecca the opportunity to expand on the original comic into a graphic novel.
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The best in Canadian comics and graphic novels were recognized May 14 at the 2016 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning in Toronto, including The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Dakota McFadzean for Don’t Get Eaten By Anything, Patrick Kyle, and Michael Deforge.
Congratulations also to alum Rebecca Roher ′15 who was nominated for Mom Body!
The Doug Wright Awards is a feature event of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF), the 12th annual Wright Awards were held in downtown Toronto. The evening featured special appearances by R. Sikoryak (Raw, Masterpiece Comics), special guest presenters Seth, Chester Brown, Jeet Heer, Heidi McDonald, Chris Kuzma, Maurice Vellekoop, Nathalie Atkinson, and Betty Liang.
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Alum Rebecca Roher was nominated for the 2016 Doug Wright Spotlight Award (a.k.a. “The Nipper”) for Mom Body (The Nib). She debuted her first graphic novel Bird in a Cage with Conundrum Press, which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary this year! You can check out more of Rebecca’s work at rebeccaroher.com
Tags: Bird in a cage, CCS Alum, Conundrum Press, Doug Wright Award, Graphic Memoir, Mom Body, Rebecca Roher, TCAF
The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2015 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 9:30 P.M. For more information on SPX: spxpo.com
Outstanding Graphic Novel
Saint Cole by CCS Fellow Noah Van Sciver
Promising New Talent
CCS alum Dakota McFadzean (′12) – Don’t Get Eaten by Anything
Outstanding Comic
The Oven by CCS alum Sophie Goldstein (′13)
Outstanding Minicomic
Whalen: A Reckoning by CCS alum Audry (′15)
Outstanding Online Comic
Mom Body by CCS alum Rebecca Roher (′15)
Click here for a complete list of Ignatz nominees!
Tags: Audry, Cartoon Studies, Cartoons, CCS, Comics, Dakota McFadzean, Dash Shaw, Doctors, Don't Get Eaten by Anything, Ignatz, Mom Body, Noah Van Sciver, Rebecca Roher, Saint Cole, Self-publishing, Small Press Expo, Sophie Goldstein, SPX, The Oven, Vermont, Whalen
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