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Local Spotlight: Transit treasure connecting students & community

For the many The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) students who don’t have their own cars, Advance Transit can be a lifeline to the shopping plazas, the Dartmouth libraries, restaurants, appointments, and more.

FREE to all riders and operating on weekdays, Advance Transit (AT) buses serve the downtown areas of White River Junction, Wilder, Norwich, Hanover, Lebanon, and West Lebanon – with a few daily runs to Canaan and Enfield too.

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Tags: Advance Transit, Local Transportation, New Hampshire, Upper Valley, Vermont, Vital Communities

Comics and Medicine Preliminary Schedule

The 9th International Comics and Medicine Conference comes to Vermont and New Hampshire!

Academic conference to be hosted by The Center for Cartoon Studies with support by Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College August 16-18, 2018.

Tags: Cartoon Studies, Comics and Medicine, Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Graphic Medicine, Upper Valley, Vermont

Saturday Cartoon Club: December 6

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Kids + Comics = YOWZA!
Are you at least nine years old? Do you like drawing comics? Do you have a few Saturdays free this spring? If your answers are yes, yes, and yes then come join The Center for Cartoon Studies’ Saturday Morning Cartooning Club! We’ll design characters, create stories, and learn a ton about cartooning!

Next Saturday Morning Cartoon Club:

December 6

Time: 10-11:30am

For more information and to register online:

Tags: Cartoon Club, CCS, Kids comics, Saturday Cartoon Club, Upper Valley, White River Junction

Cartoon Club Summer Session

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Attention Upper Valley Parents!

Cartooning Club: Summer Edition

All the fun of our Saturday Cartoon Club, plus summer, multiplied by five! If you’re at least 9 years old and want to spend a week drawing comics, register now for our Summer Cartoon Club. Sessions run from 9am-12noon.

Sessions:
July 14-18
July 21-25

Click here for more information and to register!

Tags: Cartoon Club, Cartoon Studies, CCS, Comics, Kid comics, Schulz Library, Upper Valley

Saturday Cartoon Club at CCS

Kids + Comics = YOWZA!

Are you at least 9 years old? Do you like to draw comics? Have a few Saturdays free this spring? If your answers are yes, yes, and yes then come join the Saturday Morning Cartooning Club!

Next session:

February 1
March 1
April 5
May 3

10-11:30am at The Center for Cartoon Studies Post Office building. Stick around after the session to visit The Schulz Library Reading Room.

The cost is $25 per session, or sign up for all four for only $80.

Click here for more information and to register!

Tags: Cartoon Club, Children Lit, Comics, Comics Camp, Upper Valley, Vermont, White River Junction

Alumni Alert: Laura Terry

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Let’s add another item to the list of Upper Valley Must-Sees: the work of Laura Terry (CCS ′10). In addition to local highlights like Dartmouth College campus murals, cartoons for King Arthur Flour’s magazine The Baking Sheet, and illustrations for Lou’s Restaurant in Hanover, Terry’s lush and expressive style has been featured on websites like Slate.com. A recipient of one of the last-awarded Xeric grants for her 2012 comic Overboard, Terry keeps her online portfolio updated at www.bravesailor.com.

Tags: CCS Alumni, Dartmouth College, King Arthur Flour, Laura Terry, Lou's Restaurant, Upper Valley

Alum Jen Vaughn’s Creates Dartmouth Hopkins Center for the Arts Hands On Piano Animation

The Center for Cartoon Studies alum Jen Vaughn collaborated with Dartmouth College Hopkins Center for the Arts (HOP) to produce this playful stop motion promotion animation

Hands on Pianos is a HOP community project, colorfully decorated pianos are all over the Upper Valley for the month of July. For a complete list of HOP programming, visit: hop.dartmouth.edu/

Tags: Animation, Cartoon Studies, Dartmouth, HOP, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Jen Vaughn, New Hampshire, Upper Valley, Vermont, White River Junction

A 32-page comic on how our government works

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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.

The Center for Cartoon Studies

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