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Slate and The Center for Cartoon Studies will once again name the best print and webcomic of the year

Each year the Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics will be awarded $1000 each. Winners will be selected by Slate’s Dan Kois, the faculty and students of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), and this year’s guest judge, Candida Rifkind President of the Comics Studies Society and co-editor of the new Wilfrid Laurier UP book series Crossing Lines: Transcultural/Transnational Comics Studies. The deadline to enter is January 31.

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Tags: Candida Rifkind, cartoonist studio prize, Dan Kois, Graphic Novels, Schulz Library, Slate, Web Comic of the Year, Web comics

Past Cartoonist Studio Prize winners of Best Web Comic

A panel from “On Beauty” by Christina Tran

The Cartoonist Studio Prize is back for it’s sixth year. Two creators, one each for print and online, are selected each year and receive $1,000. Every year, the judges are Slate’s Jacob Brogan, a CCS representative (this year, Kevin Czap), and a guest judge (this year, Andrew Farago from San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum). Submissions are currently open an any English comic published in 2017 is eligible, so submit before the deadline, January 31, 2018.

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Tags: Andrew Farago, Bikram Adidict, Boulet, Bouletcorp, Cartoon Art Museum, Cartoon Studies, cartoonist studio prize, Christina Tran, Dakota McFadzean, Diana Nock, Drew Weing, Emily Carroll, Erika Moen, Eroyn Franklin, Gabrielle Bell, Glynnis Fawkes, Greek Diary, Gunshow, Hollow, I Want to Believe, Jacob Brogan, KC Green, Kevin Czap, Lucky, Matthew Nolan, Nicholas Gurewitch, Nimona, Noelle Stevenson, Oh Joy, On A Sunbeam, On Beauty, Out of Skin, Randall Munroe, Ryan Andrews, Sam Alden, Sarah and the Seed, Sex Toy, The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo, The Dailies, The Hole the Fox Did Make, The Nib, The Perry Bible Fellowship, Tillie Walden, Watching, Web comics, Winston Rowntree, Wonderlust, xkcd

Visiting Artist: Evan Dahm

Evan Dahm lives in Brooklyn and has been creating and self-publishing fantasy graphic novels since 2006, including Rice Boy and Vattu. He’s also illustrated and published editions of The Wizard of Oz and Moby-Dick, and he’s currently working on a book for First Second Books, called Island Book. On his Patreon, you can follow along as he continues working on projects.

Tags: Cartoon Studies, Evan Dahm, First Second, Moby-Dick, Patreon, Rice Boy, Self-published, Vattu, Visiting Artist, Web comics, Wizard of Oz

Alum Spotlight:
Sarah “Chu” Wilson

Chu self-portrait

Sarah “Chu” Wilson (′15) is a web comic maniac. She has two series going, Slightly Damned and The Junk Hyenas Diner, and continues to make various minicomics.

First page of Slightly Damned

Slightly Damned started in 2004 and continued through her time at The Center to Cartoon Studies to now. Chu posts one color page per week. The fantasy story follows Rhea through Hell after she was murdered in an action-adventure romantic comedy.

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Tags: Alum, Chu, Patreon, Sarah Wilson, Slightly Damned, spotlight, The Junk Hyenas Diner, Web comics

Visiting Artist: Danielle Corsetto

DanielleCorsetto_GWS

Danielle Corsetto is the artist and creator of Girls With Slingshots. She created her first comic strip when she was 8, starting with a blatant rip-off of Garfield called Fat Cat. She started writing Hazelnutsin high school, and ran a semi-autobio comic about super-senior college kids called Ramblers in the student paper at Shepherd College (as well as Pop Image and World Famous Comics). She also briefly ran a comic called Larry and Caroline in the Hagerstown Herald-Mail newspaper.

Tags: Cartoon Studies, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots, GWS, Larry and Caroline, Teaching Comics, Visiting Artist, Web comics

The Cartoonist Studio Prize: The Shortlist

The 10 graphic novels and 10 Web comics up for Slate’s second annual comics prize. Click here to see the nominees for best graphic novel and web comic of the year! The list includes ambitious work by lifetime masters of the medium and first comics by talented young artists.

Tags: Cartoon Studies, CCS, Graphic Novel, Slate Book Review, studio prize, Web comics

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 Web comics

Slate and The Center for Cartoon Studies will once again name the best print and webcomic of the year