April 6-7, 2019
MOCCA Arts Festival
at Metropolitan West, 639 W 46th Street, New York
Visit The Center for Cartoon Studies table F214! Meet students, buy comics, and learn more about The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA and Certificate program, and summer workshops.
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Tags: cartoonist, Comic Convention, Comics, Graphic Novels, MoCCA, New York, Society of Illustrators
Liniers, well-known Argentine cartoonist, The Center for Cartoon Studies 2016-17 Fellow, will be a Guest of Honor at MOCCA (April 7-8, 2018) alongside Roz Chast, Mike Mignola, Nate Powell, and Andrew Aydin. Liniers’s most recent book is Good Night, Planet (2017) from TOON Books, available in Spanish and English. This Level 2 book (for grades 1 and 2) watches what happens when you are asleep and your toys go out to play.
The 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 7-8th, 2018 at Metropolitan West in New York City with programming mere steps away at Ink48 (653 11th Ave).
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Tags: Andrew Aydin, Cartoon Studies, CCS Fellow, Good Night Planet, Guest of Honor, Liniers, Macanudo, Mike Mignola, MoCCA, Nate Powell, Roz Chast, Society of Illustrators, The Big Wet Balloon, TOON Books, Written and Drawn by Henrietta
“The Hidden Radicalism of Southern Food” for The New York Times by Richie Pope
Richie Pope is an illustrator and cartoonist currently living in Dallas, Texas. Pope has worked with publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Google, Scientific American, TIME, Nautlius, Tor Books/Tor.com, and The Washington Post. Pope has been recognized by both the Society of Illustrators and Spectrum.
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Tags: Cartoon Studies, Frontier, illustrations, New Yorker, Richie Pope, Society of Illustrators, Spectrum, Visiting Artist, Youth in Decline
Here’s a new comic about the journey of moving to Vermont to make and teach comics, by The Center for Cartoon Studies faculty and 2008-09 fellow Alec Longstreth. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION debuted at The Society of Illustrators Ten Years of Fellowship at The Center for Cartoon Studies exhibit opening and was a feature comic at MoCCA Fest 2016. Read The Center for Cartoon Studies presents LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION comic online, here!
Tags: Alec Longstreth, Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, cartoonist, CCS, Comics, Fellowship, Location, MoCCA, Self-publishing, Society of Illustrators, Vermont
Art by Connor Willumsen
On exhibit until April 30
The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY
The Center for Cartoon Studies Fellows will also be attending the MoCCA Arts Festival, held on April 2 – 3 at Metropolitan West in NYC.
Over the last ten years, CCS Fellows have produced some of the most moving, provocative, and groundbreaking work in comics. CCS Fellows include Robyn Chapman, Gabby Schulz, T. Edward Bak, Chris Wright, Alec Longstreth, Max de Radigues, David Libens, Blaise Larmee, Julie Delporte, Connor Willumsen, Nicole Georges, Sophie Yanow, and Noah Van Sciver.
Tags: Alec Longstreth, Blaise Larmee, cartoonist, Chris Wright, Connor Willumsen, David Libens, Fellowship, Gabby Schulz, Julie Delporte, Max de Radigues, MoCCA, Nicole Georges, Noah Sciver, Noah Van Sciver, Robyn Chapman, Society of Illustrators, Sophie Yanow, T. Edward Bak
The 2012 Center for Cartoon Studies diploma, drawn by Eleanor Davis, will be on display at the Museum of American Illustration as part of the Illustrators 55 exhibit from January 4th to January 26th.
For more information about the exhibit, visit: http://societyillustrators.org/
Tags: Center for Cartoon Studies, Eleanor Davis, Museum of American Illustration, Society of Illustrators
The Museum of the City of New York and The Center for Cartoon Studies present
Denys Wortman Rediscovered:
Drawings for the World-Telegram and Sun, 1930-1953
Nov 19 through Mar 20
The life, art, and times of Denys Wortman, who made daily cartoons for the World-Telegram and Sun for three decades, will be discussed by some of America’s most distinguished cartoonists and historians, including Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize- and Academy Award-winning cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter; James Sturm, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and Director of The Center for Cartoon Studies; Joshua Brown, Executive Director of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and 2010 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow; and Denys Wortman VIII, son of the artist. The panel will be moderated by Sean Corcoran, the Museum’s Curator of Prints and Photographs. Exhibition opening reception to follow.
Co-sponsored by The Center for Cartoon Studies and the Society of Illustrators, the event is presented in conjunction with the opening of Denys Wortman Rediscovered: Drawings for the World-Telegram and Sun, 1930-1953. For more information visit: mcny.org
Tags: cartoonist, CCS Gallery, Comics, Denys Wortman, James Sturm, Joshua Brown, Jules Feiffer, mcny, Museum, Museum of the City of New York, New York, Society of Illustrators, The Center for Cartoon Studies, Vermont, White River Junction
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Are you considering applying to The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA or Certificate program? Join us for our virtual campus open house and portfolio day. Learn about the campus and the renowned collection of the Schulz Library, hear from current students and graduates, and meet faculty and staff for a portfolio review*!
CCS wants your old comics! These comics and many more were donated to support CCS's BIPOC Cartoonist Fund. If you're interested in making a comic book or cash donation drop us a line.
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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