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Comics history book by Sam Carbaugh ’09
Sam Carbaugh (’09) published Comics: Investigating the History and Technology of American Cartooning Yourself in 2014 through Nomad Press. Geared towards kids, this book gets the reader working with comics to understand how comics got to where they are in America and how … Continue reading
Posted in Education, How To, Library
Tagged Cartoonstudies, CCS Alum, Education, history, Nomad Press, published, Sam Carbaugh
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Visiting Artist: Jim Woodring
Jim Woodring is an epic cartoonist. He is best known for his wordless comics, Frank, named after the main character. Most recently, he published Fran (Fantagraphics, 2013), a Frank story, the sequel (and prequel?) to Congress of the Animals. All … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Education, Visiting Artist
Tagged cartoonist, Cartoonstudies, Dip Pen, Fantagraphics, Frank, Jim Woodring, Liniers
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Visiting Artist: Box Brown
Brian “Box” Brown is the creator of Retrofit Comics, a small-press publisher, and a cartoonist himself. He has self-published, been published through other publishers, and works often with MAD Magazine. While making Everything Dies, Box studied religion to enlighten himself. … Continue reading
David Berona
On May 25, 2015, David Berona died. David was a beloved friend, advisor, and teacher, and The Center for Cartoon Studies was lucky to have him so involved with the school. David helped get the Schulz Library up and running and continued … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Comics Reference, Education, Historic
Tagged David Berona, graphic novles, in memorium, silent, wordless
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Vet Portraits with George Pratt
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), started engaging with the VA Hospital in White River Junction, VT over a year ago. This winter the two organizations hosted a number of events connecting veterans with cartoonists. Recently … Continue reading
Local Spotlight: Dartmouth Book Arts
Sarah Smith, Book Arts Workshop Special Instructor, introduced students from The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) to the Book Arts department at Dartmouth where they do letterpress, binding, and books as a form. The department started in the 1930s with … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Events
Tagged Book Arts, Cartoon Studies, Cartooning, Dartmouth, Education, learning, letterpress, Publication Workshop, Upper Valley
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“Come for the Comics, Stay for the Doughnuts”: Paul Karasik and students at the Center for Cartoon Studies’ Graphic Novel Workshop
Paul Karasik has good things to say about the doughnut situation here in White River Junction. “The Polka Dot Diner doughnut is a superior product,” Karasik said when interviewed in The Center for Cartoon Studies’ Schulz Library. “It’s not overly … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Cartoonist, Education, Teaching, Visiting Artist
Tagged Graphic Novels, Paul Karasik, Summer Workshop
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Able Alec Longstreth and Jumpin’ Jon Chad on the CCS Summer Workshops
Hey there true believers! This reporter recently sat down with those terrible titans of comics coaching, those inscrutable instructors of sequential storytelling, those profound professors of paneled pomposity, Alec Longstreth and Jon Chad! These erudite educators had just finished up … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, How To, Interview, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Cartoon Studio, Cartooning, Create Comics, Summer Workshop
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New Arrivals: Week of July 8th
Little by little the Schulz Library is always expanding its collection. Thanks to generous donations from publishers, artists, and collectors the world over, our collection is abundant and unique. From our selection of contemporary graphic novels, to our out-of-print and … Continue reading
Beronä Explores the Roots of the Graphic Novel
Last week David A. Beronä, leading scholar of wordless comics (and a Schulz Library advisor!), published a post on Comics Forum, which is run by the folks behind the academic conference of the same name. In this piece he outlines … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conventions, Education, Historic
Tagged CCS faculty, Comics, David Berona, Graphic Novels, Jason Lutes, woodcut, wordless books
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