Author Archives: Jen Vaughn

Stumptown Comic Memories

Stumptown 2011 in Portland, OR is going to be a convention I will never forget. While the usual army of CCS students were missing, due to its proximity to MoCCA the week before as well as a few weeks before … Continue reading

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Stumptown Debuts!

As if you had a chance to catch your breath from MoCCA in New York City, shift gears and get ready for some WEST COAST comics madness. Stumptown Comics Fest will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the Oregon … Continue reading

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MoCCA Comic Debuts!

The Schulz Graphic Novel Library is proud to announce the mini-comic and comic book MoCCA debuts of students, alumni and faculty of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Look for these amazing comics and more along the back wall of MoCCA … Continue reading

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Bootdeep in Texas

Austin Books and Comics’ Brandon Zuern What a whirlwind! In case you have wondered where the Schulz Library Blog as been, the answer is EVERYWHERE. Truthfully, I was in Austin, TX covering the SXSW Interactive Conference for comics news blog, … Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning

The snow on the ground is beginning the long-awaited melt-freeze-melt-freeze cycle that lets the bleary-eyed townspeople of White River Junction know that there is indeed an end to spring. In honor of this possible early spring (just as the local … Continue reading

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Tom Gammill: a Doozie of a Teacher

Tom Gammill, a known writer and funny man attempted to wow us with his street smarts this past month. While his particular brand of sass might fly when writing for such obviously sophomoric shows like Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live and the Simpsons; the Center for Cartoon Studies was having NONE of it. First, he tried to convince us that the Doozies is a good comic strip and then he attempted to give constructive criticism on current student work. Feel free to witness that horror that his destructive criticism wrought, some students still shake when they hear his name: Continue reading

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Barcode Bonanza Update!

The Schulz Graphic Novel Library has soared past the 3,000 books barcoded mark! Graphic updated! Can you guess where that hand is from?

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Libraries are for Book Lovers: Tracking Progress of the Barcode Bonanza

The first installment of the Barcode Bonanza was fantastic! We got through 2,000 books and are just hovering under 3,000. As you can see from the team of library volunteers (ranging from professional singers to baristas to biologists) we had … Continue reading

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Barcode Bonanza at the Schulz Library

Have you ever wondered what the inside of the Schulz Graphic Novel Library smells like? Have you ever wanted to be a librarian for a day? It’s a little bit easier than being a volunteer firefighter, we don’t make you … Continue reading

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2010 Year End Report

Portland, OR based cartoonist, Zack Soto, swings by to check out our library. The Schulz Library at The Center for Cartoon Studies is now in its fifth year of operation, and our collection has grown to 9,500 books.  These include … Continue reading

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