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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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Romance Comics, Two Great Blogs
I just stumbled onto these two blogs. They are both excellent resources, with lots of scans. Just when I think I know a thing or two about romance comics, the internet reminds me that I’m just a dabbler! Sequential Crush, … Continue reading
Little Magazines of the Beat Generation
As I wrote before, little magazines were precursors for the modern zine and mini comic. And what are little magazines? They are non-commercial, small-press publications. Topics of interest include literature, art and social theory. Little magazines are usually avant-garde works … Continue reading
New Kids Meets Teen Humor
Straight out of 1991! I’m always on the look out for romance and teen humor comics, so my My buddy Mark Bilokur lent me this. Perhaps it’s not a particularly note-worthy piece of comics literature, but it’s a fun example … Continue reading
Bears and Blitsers
On Friday CCS held the closing reception for Bears and Blisters: An Exhibition of Colleen Frakes and Ken Dahl. For more photos, visit our flickr site. This exhibit showcased original art from Frakes’ Woman King and Dahl’s Monsters. Be sure to … Continue reading
Posted in CCS Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged Bears, Bears and Blisters, Blisters, CCS Alum, CCS student work, Colleen Frakes, Exhibition, Ken Dahl
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First Friday at CCS: Bears and Bears and Bears, Oh My!
Get ready for a bear attack! Colleen Frakes Jon Chad Nick Patten Join us at The Center For Cartoon Studies for a First Friday reception of Bears and Blisters: An Exhibition of Colleen Frakes and Ken Dahl. An author talk and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bears, Bears and Blisters, Blisters, CCS student work, Colleen Frakes, Exhibition, Ignatz Award, Jon Chad, Ken Dahl, Monsters, Nick Patten, Woman King
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Jen Vaughn Made the Bitch List!
Jen Vaughn, powerhouse cartoonist and staff librarian here at the Schulz Library, has just made the prestigious “Bitch List”. That is, she came in at number 11 in Bitch issue 45. Bitch (The Feminist Response to Pop Culture) regularly publishes a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitch, CCS student work, Jen Vaughn, menstruation, mini comics
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Introducing The Bissette Art Instructionals
Want to learn how to turn this… into this? Visit the Bissette Art Instructionals, where you can learn tricks of the trade and watch drawing demos by this CCS faculty extraordinaire. – Robyn Chapman
Posted in Education
Tagged CCS faculty, inking, instructional, Methods and Techniques, sketching, Steve Bissette, Swamp Thing
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A Course in Cartooning, Across the Sea
This report just in from CCS student Kevin Kilgore. Kevin is spending his senior year in Seoul, South Korea (learn more here). As part of his low-residency program, Kevin is researching cartooning in his region. Below he describes the cartooning … Continue reading
Big and Little
John Stadler recently visited CCS and walked us through one of his most popular books, Big and Little. This book, and several others, are available in the Schulz Library’s Children’s Books section. I originally wrote about Big and Little on … Continue reading
Romance Comics (The Basic Formula)
Romance comics appeared on the scene during the last years of comic’s Golden Age (invented Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, no less!) From 1948-1950 their popularity grew at an unprecedented rate. The first six months of 1950 was the high … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Dana Dutch, Matt Baker, Romance Comics, Simon & Kirby, Young Romance
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