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The Fathers of Modern Science Fiction

If you want to take a closer look at the history of science fiction in America, then a good place to start is with the dynamic duo of Hugo Gernsback and Frank R. Paul. Hugo Gernsback was born in Luxembourg … Continue reading

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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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New Donation: Jack Kirby's Losers

Happy beladed, Jack. -Chuck Forsman

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Welcome, Class of 2011!

For more picture of CCS, visit our Flickr site. -Robyn Chapman

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Congrats, Matt Baker!

This year, cartoonist Matt Baker was inducted into to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. I can’t help but feel a small bit of pride, since our students nominated Baker. For the past two years, CCS students have submitted Hall … Continue reading

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Pont

-chuck

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Without These Two Books Who Knows?

— James Sturm

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Incoming: Mélisande

Mélisande by Margery Sharp and Roy McKie is a light-hearted rags-to-riches story about a canine opera singer. Like Don Freeman’s It Shouldn’t Happen (1945), Mélisande (1960) is a pantomime story featuring a dog. And like Freeman, McKie is best known … Continue reading

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Return To MacDoodle Street

It is easy to exaggerate the importance of work that was formative to your own, and for that reason I have resisted calling Mark Alan Stamaty’s MacDoodle Street a “forgotten masterpiece.” Revisiting the work, 25 years after my first encounter … Continue reading

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