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CCS Alum Nominated for 2024 Ignatz Awards

The nominees are in for the prestigious Ignatz Awards presented at the annual Small Press Expo, and what a roster it is!

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is happy to announce several members of the community have been nominated. They include alumni, fellows, visiting artists, and studio prize winners such as Robyn Smith ‘16, Daryl Seitchik ‘17, Ana Two ‘24, and Julie Delporte.

Robyn Smith ’16 is nominated for Outstanding Artist for NIGHT FEVER from Gladiolus Magazine #1 published by Black Josei Press. The comic was inspired by Robyn’s first Hampshire College Halloween. Robyn won an Outstanding Story Ignatz Award last year for WASH DAY DIARIES, also published by Black Josei Press.

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Tags: Ana Two, Daryl Seitchik, Ignatz, Julie Deporte, Robyn Smith, SPX

Kori Michele Handwerker ’19 to debut Tiny Book Science at SPX

TINY BOOK SCIENCE by faculty and alum Kori Michele Handwerker ’19 will debut at this year’s Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, MD, the premier event for graphic novels, comics and cartooning. The self-published zine workbook was inspired by Kori’s years of making and teaching about zines. Kori’s passion for zines can be seen throughout the 60-page educational publication, which they designed and drew entirely. TINY BOOK SCIENCE features a library of handouts and lessons for zine-makers and other educators to teach about zines and how to make them. A digital copy is also available.

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Tags: CCS Alum, Comics, Handmade books, Kori Michele Handwerker, Self-publishing, SPX, Tiny Book Science, Zine Making Workbook, zines

CCS schedule and exhibitors at Small Press Expo 2019

Here is a line up for CCS at SPX 2019!:

The Small Press Expo (SPX) is coming up on September 14 -15, and there are plenty of ways to see The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) grads while you are there! CCS will be present at table W28 with copies of This Is What Democracy Looks Like.

As part of the tour for This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Dan Nott ′18 (Table A7) will be on the Graphic Advocacy panel with Archie Bongiovanni (A Quick & Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns), Box Brown (Cannabis), and Matt Bors (The Nib). Hallie Jay Pope will be the moderator. The group will discuss using comics as a powerful tool in sharing a particular mission and point of view.

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Tags: A Quick and Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns, Adventures in Cartooning, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Amelia, Andi Santagata, Archie Bongiovanni, Bedside Press, Beth Hetland, Box Brown, Cannabis, Carol Tyler, Chimps in Space, Conundrum Press, Czap Books, Dakota McFadzean, Dan Nott, Denis St. John, Donna Almendrala, Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics, First Second, Fütchi Perf, Half Asleep, Hallie Jay Pope, Jed the Undead, Jess Johnson, Kazimir Lee, Keren Katz, Kevin Czap, Kid Gloves, Late Bloomer, Laughter Birth, Laura Weinstein, Lucy Knisley, Marnie Galloway, Mary Shyne, Masterpiece Comics, Meghan Tubitt, Miles and Honesty in SCFSX, Mother's Walk, Mott Bots, Other Stories and the Horse You Rode In On, R. Sikoryak, Rachel Masilamani, Robyn Chapman, Robyn Smith, Slightly Plural, Soldier's Heart, SPX, The Nib, This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Tiny Report, Uncivilized Books, Wash Day, We Conceive

CCS grads up for Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards!

In just a few weeks, Small Press Expo will be opening its doors for another year in Bethesda, Maryland. One of the largest small press comic shows in North America, it is also host to one the Ignatz Awards. Though the shortlists are juried, the final votes come from attendees at SPX. We wish the best of luck to Lucy Knisley ′09, Julie Delporte (Fellow), Eleri Harris ′14, and Alec Longstreth (Instructor)! Also, this year’s SPX illustration is by Tillie Walden ′16! SPX takes place on September 14-15.

Lucy Knisley ′09 is up for Outstanding Artist on Kid Gloves (First Second). This memoir explores Lucy’s troubles with getting and staying pregnant. Kid Gloves is also up for Book of the Year at the Harvey Awards.

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Lucy Knisley ′09 Special Guest at Small Press Expo 2019

Lucy Knisley ′09 is going to be a special guest at this year’s Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 14 and 15. Earlier this year, she released Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos (First Second), an exploration of her struggles and triumphs with pregnancy.

SPX is one of the largest celebrations of independent comics. Every year, they also host the Ignatz Awards, the festival prize, for graphic novels and minicomics.

Tags: First Second, Kid Gloves, Lucy Knisley, Small Press Expo, SPX

SPX Poster by Tillie Walden ′16

SPOX 2019 poster by graduate Tillie Walden

Every year, SPX commissions a top cartoonist to draw their poster. And this year Tillie Walden ′16 has provided her usual luscious work. Tillie is best known for her Eisner-award winning memoir Spinning, about coming of age in an all-girl high school while on the figure skating team. Her most recent book, On a Sun Beam, originally published as a webcomic, was released through First Second. Her next comic, Are You Listening, is coming this fall, also from First Second.

Tags: Are You Listening, cartoonstudies, First Second, On a Sun Beam, Spinning, SPX, Tillie Walden

CCS Special Guests at SPX

SPX 2018 banner by Molly Ostertag

At SPX this year, faculty Jason Lutes (Berlin) and Max de Radigues (CCS fellow) (Weegee) are both special guests. Jason will be there with the final volume of his trilogy, Berlin. Max de Radigues has also released a new book in French, Stig & Tilde 1 : L’île Du Disparu (The Island of the Disappeared).

Jason will be part of the panel “The Epic, Serialized,” with Anders Nilsen (Big Questions, Tongues), Ngozi Ukazu (Check, Please), and Matthew Thurber (Art Comics). Moderator Isaac Cates (Cartozia Tales) will get them to discuss how long comics change over time, serialization, and how outside influences affect long projects.

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Tags: Anders Nilsen, Art Comics, Audobon, Berlin, Big Questions, cartoonstudies, Cartozia Tales, centerforcartoonstudies, Check Plase, Isaac Cates, Jason Lutes, Jeremie Royer, Marc Sobel, Matthew Thurber, Max de Radigues, Ngozi Ukazu, Ron Wimberly, Sentences, SPX, Stig and Tilde, The Love and Rockets Companion, Tongues, Weegee

Alum Debut: Killbuck by Sean Knickerbocker

Sean Knickerbocker’s (′12) debut graphic novel, Killbuck, is now out through One Percent Press, which is run by JP Coovert. This coming-of-age story is set in impoverished rural America. It is 96 black-and-white pages at 8.5×5.5 inches.

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Tags: Cartoon Studies, Charles Forsman, Craig Fischer, debut, Graphic Novel, JP Coovert, Killbuck, Mardou, Melissa Mendes, Nate Powell, One Percent Press, Sean Knickerbocker, SPX

Visiting Artist: Sophia Foster-Dimino

Sophia Foster-Dimino is an Ignatz-winning cartoonist and illustrator living and working in San Francisco, CA. Foster-Dimino has produced illustrations for a variety of outlets and worked as a Google Doodler. She has self-published a number of zines and contributed to several anthologies. Her ongoing series, Sex Fantasy, has received critical acclaim, earning her Ignatz Awards for both Outstanding Series and Outstanding mini-comic, as well as a third for Promising New Talent. Koyama Press released a compilation of Sex Fantasy at the Small Press Expo 2017.

Tags: Comics, Google Doodler, Ignatz, Koyama, Koyama Press, Sex Fantasy, Sophia Foster-Dimino, SPX

Tillie Walden ′16 is a Special Guest at Small Press Expo 2017

An incredible line up of SPX special guests is slated for 2017! Including recent The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) recent graduate Tillie Walden ′16. SPX takes place September 16 & 17, in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, and to buy tickets, visit: smallpressexpo.com

Tillie Walden won two Ignatz Awards at SPX in 2016, a few months after graduating from CCS.

Winning in both categories Tillie was nominated for: Outstanding Artist & Promising New Talent! The Outstanding Artist category reflects, in the Jurors’ opinion, the best execution of graphic skill by an individual within the comic medium. Click here to read all about it.

Spinning is anticipated to be a bestseller in 2017! BookExpo named its finalists for its Editors’ Buzz program, which highlights titles in three categories expected to resonate with readers in 2017. In the past, selected nine books that proved to be bestsellers, according to BookExpo. The program has, in the past, selected nine books that proved to be bestsellers, according to BookExpo.

Spinning will release this September with First Second Books. Preorder a copy.

Spinning by Tillie Walden

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like comic cover

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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Stories tagged SPX

CCS Alum Nominated for 2024 Ignatz Awards

Kori Michele Handwerker ’19 to debut Tiny Book Science at SPX

CCS schedule and exhibitors at Small Press Expo 2019

CCS grads up for Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards!

Lucy Knisley ′09 Special Guest at Small Press Expo 2019

SPX Poster by Tillie Walden ′16

CCS Special Guests at SPX

Alum Debut: Killbuck by Sean Knickerbocker

Visiting Artist: Sophia Foster-Dimino

Tillie Walden ′16 is a Special Guest at Small Press Expo 2017

Tillie Walden won two Ignatz Awards at SPX in 2016, a few months after graduating from CCS.

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