Category Archives: Cartoonist

Visiting Artist: Liniers

There was little way we could have expected the talk we got from Liniers back in October. Liniers is a cartoonist from Argentina who likes self-depricating humor. A very charismatic speaker, we were somehow lucky enough to get Dylan Horrocks … Continue reading

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Visiting Artist: Dylan Horrocks

In September, CCS was fortunate to have Dylan Horrocks come all the way from New Zealand to lecture. Dylan was equally excited to see CCS. If anywhere in the world is Hicksville, the fictional city his breakout graphic novel is … Continue reading

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Visiting Artist: Noelle Stevenson

Noelle Stevenson is a rising star in the comics world; a success that started with Nimona, that was followed by Lumberjanes. In art school, Noelle struggled with what she thought of as illustration. One day a teacher saw her doodles … Continue reading

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Ignatz Winner Sophie Goldstein

SPX 2015 has breezed by us. The CCS tribe had four people up for Ignatz nominations: Audry, Colleen Frakes, Dakota McFadzean, Noah Van Sciver, Rebecca Miller, and Sophie Goldstein! Sophie Goldstein nearly stole the night with two wins for The Oven: … Continue reading

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Fable Comics by Chris Duffy

Fable Comics is an anthology of twenty-eight stories that are twists on traditional fables, such as those from Aesop. Chris Duffy is in charge of editing this book, which is intended for 7 to 10 year olds. Chris has been … Continue reading

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Visiting Artist: David Sipress

For our first visiting artist of the 2015/2016 school year, we had the very kind and soft-spoken David Sipress. He has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 1998, but it took him 20 years of rejections to get in. One of … Continue reading

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New CCS Fellow: Noah Van Sciver

Noah Van Sciver is the 2015-2016 fellow for The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). He applied to The Center for Cartoon Studies fellowship to work more on his art skills and plans to create many comics during the year he is here. … Continue reading

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Mitra Farmand in The New Yorker

Great news from alum Mitra Farmand, she had a comic in the June 22, 2015 issue of The New Yorker! You can find Mitra’s comic on page 63. Publishing a comic in The New Yorker was a dream of hers … Continue reading

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Visiting Artist: Danielle Corsetto

Danielle Corsetto is the creator of Girls with Slingshots, a recently completed web comic that ran for over a decade. She visited The Center for Cartoon Studies as the last speaker for the 2014/15 year. It was her first time … Continue reading

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Industry Day 2015 with Jen Vaughn

Industry day brings professionals to The Center for Cartoon Studies to talk to and review art by the current students. This year, CCS welcomed Jen Vaughn ’10, Tom Kaczynski, Chris Pitzer, Allison Baker, and Bill Kartalopoulos to campus. Jen Vaughn … Continue reading

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