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Summer Workshops and Intern Sweat
The summer is coming to a close but not without help of some very talented (sometimes sweaty) interns. While most of the workshops are a smorgasbord of students peppered in from all around the globe of varying ages, interests and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching
Tagged Audrey Grieve, cartoonists, Jason Dake, Stephanie Mannheim, Summer workshops, teaching comics, Wade Simpson
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Animation for Cartoonists Workshop in Vermont
Finally! Putting words together with pictures is an odd mix. When you tell someone you are cartoonist, they start talking about animation. If you tell them you make comics, they think you make funny-ha-ha jokes in a smoky, dim nightclub. … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Education, Teaching
Tagged animation, Jennifer Shiman, Scott Dikkers
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Cartooning Studio Workshop: Day 2
The second day of Cartoon Studio started with a lecture I call “Page Building”. I believe that page composition is one of the most valuable, yet under utilized tools in the cartoonist’s metaphorical toolbox. No amount of impressive draftsmanship can hide poor … Continue reading
Posted in Education, How To
Tagged composition, James Sturm, Jamie Hernandez, pacing, Rich Tommaso, Scott McCloud
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Cartooning Studio Workshop: Day 1
Cartoon Studio is an annual summer workshop offered at The Center for Cartoon Studies. This workshop replicates the CCS thesis year in five short days. Students have full access to the production lab, studio space, and Schulz Library. They work on … Continue reading
Posted in Education, How To, Self-publishing, Teaching
Tagged deisgn, Jon Chad, Leo Geo, minicomics
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Create Comics: N. Cognito and the Duplication Dilemma
The first week of August White River Junction was flooded by cartoonists, much like this current week. Wait, don’t close the browser window! The town is already overrun with cartoonists but these kids came into town with starry-eyes and non-arthritic … Continue reading
ABC-Book Library Rumble: Let’s Blow These Alphabets into Alpha-Bits
By Katie Moody – A smattering of alphabet books live among the various children’s books here at the Schulz Library. Good alphabet books are deceptively simple, and—just like good comics—read so effortlessly that you suspect that making the thing must’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Children Literature, Education
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Virunga, a collaborative graphic novel
Born from the hands of many comes a tale of art, struggle and the right to live. Stanford University created a class back in 2007 that combines the talents of undergraduate and graduate writers and artists. From outlines and sketches … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Education, New Book
Tagged collaboration, Dan Archer, Graphic Novels, historical fiction, Stanford
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Standardization, Experience, Community: E-publishing (From a Comics Perspective)
By: Adrienne Nunez Adrienne is a multi-media artist and current MFA student at The Center for Cartoon Studies. With support from the Center for Cartoon Studies, I was recently able to attend the 2011 IDPF Digital Book Conference. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Ebooks, Education
Tagged Adrienne Nunez, BEA, digital publishing, ebooks
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Bootdeep in Texas
Austin Books and Comics’ Brandon Zuern What a whirlwind! In case you have wondered where the Schulz Library Blog as been, the answer is EVERYWHERE. Truthfully, I was in Austin, TX covering the SXSW Interactive Conference for comics news blog, … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Book Stores, Education, Teaching, Uncategorized
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Tom Gammill: a Doozie of a Teacher
Tom Gammill, a known writer and funny man attempted to wow us with his street smarts this past month. While his particular brand of sass might fly when writing for such obviously sophomoric shows like Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live and the Simpsons; the Center for Cartoon Studies was having NONE of it. First, he tried to convince us that the Doozies is a good comic strip and then he attempted to give constructive criticism on current student work. Feel free to witness that horror that his destructive criticism wrought, some students still shake when they hear his name: Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Education, How To
Tagged Center for Cartoon Studies, drawing, fun, shame, students, Tom Gammill, Visiting Artist
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