Congratulations Colleen Frakes ’07 and Emma Hunsigner ’20! Knots and How It All Ends are featured in the School Library Journal’s (SLJ) Best Books of 2024 list. The SLJ list of 25 books showcases comics that push storytelling to new heights.
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Tags: CCS Alum, Colleen Frakes, Emma Hunsinger, Graphic Novel, Greenwillow, Harper Alley, School Library Journal
Starred reviews, awards, and accolades for As the Crow Flies
The first print volume of As the Crow Flies, by Melanie Gillman ’12, was released by Iron Circus Comics in November 2017. Since it’s release, it has received three starred reviews and numerous awards and reviews! The comic, originally published online where it is still updating, is about Charlie Lamonte, a thirtee-year-old, queer, black girl spending a week of summer vacation at an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp where she learns to question the rhetoric. This volume is 250 pages and $30. They started posting the web comic in January, 2012.
Stonewall Honor named “As the Crow Flies,” written and illustrated by The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Melanie Gillman ′12 and published by Iron Circus Comics. Congratulations to Melanie and Iron Circus!
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Tags: ALA, ATCF, AV Club, Booklist, CCS Alumni, Iron Circus, Iron Spike, Melanie Gillman, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Stonewall Award, Stonewall Award Honor Book
An original comic by James Sturm, Frederick-Frost (′07) , and Andrew Arnold (′07) about what two kids do when the lights go out. Click here to read the entire comic on School Library Journal.
Tags: Adventures in Cartooning, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Andrew Arnold, James Sturm, School Library Journal
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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.
Download a free copy of The World is Made of Cheese, The Applied Cartooning Manifesto.
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