Author Archives: Jen Vaughn

Softball Sunday!

New Student Orientation at the Center for Cartoon Studies took place this past weekend and we could not be more excited for a whole new class (herd? murder? panel?) of cartoonists. Aside from learning how to not cut your hands … Continue reading

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Don Flowers and His Lovely Ladies

A Schulz library favorite and avid patron, Evan Dorkin, recently donated Alex Chun and Jacob Covey’s retrospective book of The GLAMOUR GIRLS of DON FLOWERS (published by Fantagraphics). This thick beauty of a book features work spanning several decades (1940’s-1960’s) … Continue reading

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Comics about Volunteering: Joe and Azat

Cartoonist Jesse Lonergan donated something very precious to the world and to Turkmenistan. He gave two full years of his life to the country via the Peace Corp program. Through few drawn lines Lonergan creates the most expressive characters. Here … Continue reading

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Library Volunteer Days

Summer days have rarely been hotter in White River Junction, Vermont. The rocks are sizzlin’ and a piece of bristol swells up to the size of a phone book with all the excess humidity! Luckily, the Schulz Library has air … Continue reading

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The Silver Pony by Lynd Ward

As the son of an activist, American woodcut artist Lynd Ward often addressed class and labor issues in his many early graphic novels, wordless sequences in fact. So imagine my eye-widening surprise when I found this beauty of a silver … Continue reading

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The Art of the Comic Con Sketchbook

       Given that comic convention season is upon us, I thought it most appropriate to write on the matter of convention sketchbooks! While interning in Portland, OR, last summer I spent some time with one particularly thoughtful writer,  Jamie S. … Continue reading

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Incoming: Far Arden

Published by Top Shelf Productions ISBN: 1603090363 Having enjoyed the educational graphic novel, The Stuff of Life, written by Mark Schultz and illustrated by Zander and Kevin Cannon (no relation) I looked forward to reading Far Arden exclusively made by … Continue reading

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Incoming: Monster Engine

Published by MWH Press, 2005 Dave DeVries, a renown illustrator and painter of Hulk pin-ups, donated a book to the Schulz Library at the last MoCCA festival (it’s almost that time again!). The premise for this magic book is the … Continue reading

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Milton Caniff's Male Call

Many men and women were unable to participate in World War II due to physical maladies like Little Abner’s one-legged creator Al Capp. Cartoonist Milton Caniff was also unable to defend his country and saw this as an opportunity to … Continue reading

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Incoming: Doonesbury

It appears the tradition of Trudeau altruism continues! For those who remember, last year G. B. Trudeau allowed CCS to use many of his Walt Kelly originals for a Pogo show. Recently, the Schulz Library received the largest donation of … Continue reading

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