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The Schulz Library is packed with zines, graphic novels, cartoon collections, and related ephemera— an amazing and inspirational resource for The Center for Cartoon Studies students and faculty.
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Beano for the Heart and Soul
Beano began its weekly comic printing in 1938 and has featured Minnie the Minx, the Bash Street Kids, Biffo the Bear, Dennis the Menace and many others. Recently, Jon Gilbert Fox donated a copy of the Beano Book Annual to … Continue reading
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Doggone Drawings
Ralph Steadman defines a cartooning constant in my life. One of the few cartoonists my father spoke of was Steadman and as I mature, albeit at a slower rate than most, I definitely can see why my father enjoyed Steadman’s … Continue reading
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New Books!
In September of 2009, the Center for Cartoon Studies participated in Glory Days, the local railroad festival. The entire town came out to celebrate, be it with bagels, chowder, discount tires, or comics. The Schulz Library held a book sale … Continue reading
All Across the Ocean
Recently CCS second year student, Kevin Kilgore, embarked on two journeys. First, he and his wife (Nahee) brought a new life into the world. Affectionately called Baby X by his dad’s peers, our new friend accompanied Dad even to the library. … Continue reading
My Every Single Thought…plus a few more
First off, the last name is said “Mu” as in music and ‘-cha’ as in cha cha cha! Now that we are settled, let’s discuss some quality comics made by Xeric Award winner, Corinne Mucha (My Alaskan Summer). Having emailed … Continue reading
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Public transport and our newest donation: The Bus
Many cartoonists choose to do one of two things: make the strange seem familiar or make the familiar seem alien. In Paul Kirchner’s strip, The Bus, he maintains the latter. While some of us remember Kirchner for his work on … Continue reading
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A Nancy Up My Sleeve
Recently, James Sturm donated his own homemade Nancy deck to the Schulz Library . A hundred or so of Nancy panels by Ernie Bushmiller that may be used for Five-Card Nancy. You hand out a pile of say, five, cards … Continue reading
Caught Up in Capes
I would feel quite remiss in my librarian duties if I did not talk about a superhero comic book within the first few months of this blog! While checking in new books one day, I flipped open the Secret History … Continue reading
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A Troublesome Orange Cat
What’s Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi Yet another orange tabby captures the hearts of comic readers in Makoto Kobayashi’s manga, What’s Michael? Translated into English in the 90s, the Schulz Library is the proud owner of no less than six books … Continue reading
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Inventions
W. Heath Robinson W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) created humor where there was often none in the dusty clouds of the two World Wars. Seen as the British contemporary of Rube Goldberg, his ‘inventions’ are often complicated works to perform a … Continue reading