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Visiting Artists at CCS Spring 2020

A wide variety of creators are coming to talk comics with the students at The Center for Cartoon Studies:

Connor Willumsen, creator of Anti-Gone (Koyama Press) and Bradley of Him (Koyama Press)
Whit Taylor, creator of Ghost Stories (Rosarium Publishing)
Aatmaja Pandya, creator of the webcomic Travelogue and Phantom (One Percent Press), and she is currently working on a graphic novel for Random House Graphic
Alison Wilgus, writer of Science Comics: Flying Machines (First Second) with artist Molly Brooks, writer of The Mars Challenger with artist Wyeth Yates, and creator of Chronin (Tor Books), and co-host of Graphic Novel TK with Gina Gagliano
Rick Veitch, creator of The Spotted Stone
Nora Krug, creator of Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home in conversation with Jason Lutes (Berlin) for the Eisner Lecture Series
Keith Knight, creator of The Knight Light (Grand Central Publishing) and the webcomics (th)ink and K Chronicles

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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

Kickstarter: This Is What Democracy Looks Like tour

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). CCS is running a Kickstarter campaign the month of July to raise funds to visit schools. The first leg of the tour will include schools in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, with the tour branching out into other regions of the USA added as additional funds are raised! Find out more information about the Kickstarter campaign and all the great organizations that helped support This Is What Democracy Looks Like over on the CCS website.

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Tags: Berlin, book tour, Dan Nott, Drawn and Quarterly, Hallie Jay Pope, Hidden Systems, James Sturm, Jason Lutes, Kevin Czap, Kickstarter, Market Day, Nomi Kane, Off Season, Summer Pierre, This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Uncivilized Books

Using Comics to Teach Teens about Government

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). It is the result of a collaboration of educators and world-class cartoonists and is designed to help teachers who are working hard to prepare students to be empowered, informed, and civic-minded.

It is hard to imagine a more important book to get in the hands of students young and old. Civics, democracy, and cartoons all in a non-partisan approach to raise people’s awareness of the real power that they and their communities hold. Definitely a funding opportunity that will pay dividends for years.
Max Silverman, executive director, Center for Educational Leadership

Starting on the 4th of July 2019, CCS will be running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to visit schools. CCS instructors will give away comics and work with teachers to help students gain a deeper understanding of how their government works and how they can make a difference in their community and beyond. The first leg of the tour will include schools in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, with future legs of the tour branching out into other regions of the USA added as additional funds are raised.

A variety of rewards are being offered to help fund the tour, including:

physical and digital copies of the comic book
a teaching resource guide
two-color risograph posters
“Democracy Rules” bumper stickers and tote bags
signed graphic novels by CCS faculty members Jason Lutes (Berlin, Drawn and Quarterly, 2018) and James Sturm (Off Season, Drawn and Quarterly, 2019
limited edition prints by New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren
an original cartoon drawing by master cartoonist Denys Wortman (currently featured in Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms exhibition)

Hidden Systems by Dan Nott — Cover of *Hidden Systems* by Dan Nott

Lead cartoonist, CCS alumni Dan Nott ‘18, is currently writing and drawing a book about infrastructure called Hidden Systems for Random House Graphic. Contributing cartoonists include:

Summer Pierre (Eisner-nominee and New Yorker contributor)
Hallie Jay Pope (founder of The Graphic Advocacy Project)
Nomi Kane (The Nib contributor)
Kevin Czap (publisher of Czap Books, and Futchi Perf, Uncivilized Books, 2016)
James Sturm (Off Season and Market Day)

Find out more information about the Kickstarter campaign and all the great organizations that helped support This Is What Democracy Looks Like over on the CCS website.

Alum Spotlight: Cooper Whittlesey

Cooper Whittlesey ′16 comic Omens of Normal Living was release by Uncivilized Books in 2017. He did the following interview with Angela Boyle ′16.

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Tags: Cartoon Studies, Cooper Whittlesey, interview, Minicomic, Omens of Normal Living, Tom Kaczynski, Uncivilized Books

Comics and Medicine conference: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn exhibit, curated by Ellen Forney on display at CCS and Dartmouth Library

The 9^th annual Comics and Medicine conference will be exhibiting Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn, curated by Ellen Forney. The conference runs August 16-18th. The exhibit will be on display at The Center for Cartoon Studies prior to the conference and at Dartmouth College Baker-Berry Library during the Comics and Medicine conference from August 8th-24th.

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Tags: Alternative Comics, Cartoon Studies, Comics and Medicine, Comics for Choice, David acaulay, Draw Stronger, Ellen Forney, Fantagraphics, Graphic Medicine, Jennifer Hayden, Kriota Willberg, Marbles, Rock Steady, Susan Squier, The Story of My Tits, Top Shelf, Uncivilized Books, Whit Taylor

Visiting Artist: Kevin Czap

Kevin Czap is a cartoonist and publisher who’s recently found a home in Providence, RI. Known to some as “Comics Mom,” Czap has been active in the scene since 2010, teaching, blogging, cheerleading, and co-organizing a convention in the meantime. They currently are focused on celebrating comics through the micro-press Czap Books, and continuing to put out personal projects.

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Tags: CCS Fellow, CXC, Czap Books, Fütchi Perf, Graphic Novel, Kevin Czap, micro-press, Uncivilized Books

Visiting Artist: MariNaomi

MariNaomi is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), and the upcoming Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020). Her work has appeared in over sixty print publications and has been featured on numerous websites, such as The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast, and BuzzFeed. MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured by such institutions as the Smithsonian, the De Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum. In 2011, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit, and she will be joining them again in March 2018. She is the creator and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database and the Queer Cartoonists Database. She was a guest editor for Illustrated PEN. She is the cohost of the comedy advice podcast Ask Bi Grlz with Myriam Gurba.

Tags: 2d Cloud, Asian Art Museum, Ask Bi Grlz, BuzzFeed, Cartoon Art Museum, Cartoon Studies, Cartoonists of Color Database, De Young Museum, Dragon's Breath, Graphic Universe, Harper Perennial, I Though YOU Hated ME, Illustrated PEN, Japanese American Museum, Kiss and Tell, LA Review of Books, Life on Earth, Losing the Girl, MariNaomi, Midnight Breakfast, Queer Cartoonists Database, Retrofit Comics, Sister Spit, Smithsonian, The Tumpus, Turning Japanese, Uncivilized Books

Cooper Whittlesey’s “Omens of Normal Living”

Cooper Whittlesey (′16) is a multi-talented creator. In addition to creating comics, he is also a singer in a band and an actor. His most debut comic from Uncivilized Books is out now, Omens of Normal Living.

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Tags: Alumni, Cartoon Studies, CCS Alumni, Cooper Whittlesey, Minicomic, Omens of Normal Living, Uncivilized Books

Alum at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017

In a few weeks on November 11, 2017, is Comic Arts Brooklyn. The event is at a new location this year, the Pratt Institute. You can see a few alum there this year.

Sophie Goldstein will be there for the release of her graphic novel House of Women with Fantagraphics. House of Women is a sci-fi story about four women trying to “civilize” the natives of a distant planet. Get it early: They go fast.

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Tags: cab, Cartoon Studies, Comic Arts Brooklyn, Cooper Whittlesey, House of Women, Luke Howard, Omens of Normal Living, Our Mother, Retrofit, Robyn Chapman, Sophie Goldstein, The Age of Elves, The Micro-Press Yearbook 2016, Uncivilized Books

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A 32-page comic on how our government works

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 Uncivilized Books

Visiting Artists at CCS Spring 2020

CCS schedule and exhibitors at Small Press Expo 2019

Kickstarter: This Is What Democracy Looks Like tour

Using the power of comics to teach teens about the way our government works

Using Comics to Teach Teens about Government

Alum Spotlight: Cooper Whittlesey

Comics and Medicine conference: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn exhibit, curated by Ellen Forney on display at CCS and Dartmouth Library

Visiting Artist: Kevin Czap

Visiting Artist: MariNaomi

Cooper Whittlesey’s “Omens of Normal Living”

Alum at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017

MFA and Certificate Program

Make a Gift to CCS

Online and In-person Workshops

Join CCS ENews

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The Schulz Library

A Free One-Week Cartooning Workout

CCS VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE

THE ED KOREN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

BIPOC Cartoonist Fund Accepting Donations

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CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

A 32-page comic on how our government works

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