The Center for Cartoon Studies in the DINKy award

April 6, 2017

The DINKys are the awards at the Denver Independent Comics and Art Expo and are in their second year. This weekend is DINK, and the awards are announced Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Center for Cartoon Studies family has some wonderful representatives! Good luck to you all!

Librarian Santiago Naranjo (′09) reading Something New by Lucy Knisley

Best-Work Self Published

Scraps by John Carvajal (’15)

Best Work from a Small Press – how are we to choose?!

Blammo #9 by Noah van Sciver (fellow 15-16)
Talk Dirty to Me by Luke Howard (’13)
A City Inside by Tillie Walden (’16)

Outstanding Anthology

Something New by Lucy Knisley (’09)

Best Mini

Iron scars, volumes 1 and 2, by Colleen Frakes (′07)

Diversity

A City Inside by Tillie Walden (′16)

Check out the incredible list of nominees on Denver Independent Comics and Art Expo site!

Photos courtesy Abe Olson.

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