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Get the latest newsTag Archives: Graphic Novels
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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Mark Siegel Visits CCS
Siegel’s wares, on display in the library Our students, faculty, and staff are looking forward to tomorrow evening when author/illustrator/editor Mark Siegel will visit the school to discuss his just-released graphic novel, Sailor Twain— a “supernatural romance” set in late … Continue reading
CCS and the CBLDF Join Forces for the First Amendment!
CCS and the CBLDF, new First Amendment superfriends, announce addition of a permanent “Banned Comics” section to the Schulz Library during the 30th annual Banned Books Week. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Library
Tagged American Library Association, banned books, Banned Books Week, Banned Comics, CBLDF, CCS, censorship, Center for Cartoon Studies, Comics, Comics Code Authority, comics history, First Amendment, Graphic Novels, Katie Moody, Law, Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, superfriends, teaching comics
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Teen Boat!: transforming into a reading habit near you!
Dave Roman and John Green’s YA book, TeenBoat! from Clarion Books, has exactly what it promises: the angst of being a teen paired with the thrill of being a boat. The main character, Teenboat!, (that is literally his name) can … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, New Book
Tagged boat, Clarion Books, Dave Roman, Graphic Novels, growing up, John Green, mysteries, problems, Raina Telgemeier, teen problems, TeenBoat!, teens, transformers, transforming characters, voltron, YA, YA books
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Chills from Graphic Novel “My Friend Dahmer”
Cartoonist and journalist Derf Backderf (aka John Backderf) worked his way through the creative process to publish a disturbing account of one of the darker people to ever walk this earth in My Friend Dahmer. Derf attended high school with … Continue reading
Posted in New Book
Tagged Abrams, Comics, Derf Backderf, Fantagraphics, Graphic Novels, historical comics, Jeffery Dahmer, journalistm, serial killer, underground art
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Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller is OUT!
Joseph Lambert‘s book Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller is out in the world this week and already receiving high praise from book reviewers and literary sources. The fifth book in the collaboration of The Center for Cartoon … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, CCS Alumni
Tagged Annie Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, biography, CCS, CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, Center for Cartoon Studies, comic books, gn, Graphic Novels, Helen Keller, historical comics, history, Hyperion, Joseph Lambert, kid friendly comics, new releases
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Recommended Reading: Paul Pope Edition
Every so often our distinguished guests will have both the time and interest to check out the Schulz Library collection, and we are happy to oblige! Last week visiting artists Paul Pope and Sam Hiti were keen to peruse the … Continue reading
Visiting Artist Jamboree!
This Spring semester at The Center for Cartoon Studies is chock full of amazing cartoonists, spellbinding story-tellers and groundbreaking designers. In a town where you know everyone on the street, it is quite a blast to turn around one afternoon … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoonist, Children Literature
Tagged Albert Ohams, Amy Lockhart, animated films, Astronaut Academy, Battling Boy, cartoonists, Children's Books, Common as Air, Dave Roman, DB Johnson, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, First Second, Graphic Novels, Hooliganship, Jeff Kinney, Joe Lambert, John Stadler, Josh Neufeld, Lewis Hyde, Marc Bell, Nigerian newspaper, Paul Pope, performance art, Peter Burr, Raina Telgemeier, Sam Hiti, Smile, The Cats of Mrs. Calamari, The Gift, The Influencing Machine, The Sun
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Joe Lambert’s Big Year
2011 was a great year for cartoonist and CCS ’08 alum Joseph Lambert. His new book I Will Bite You from Secret Acres won the sacred brick Ignatz award at the Small Press Expo last September (two to be exact, … Continue reading
Posted in CCS Alumni, Interview, New Book
Tagged CCS Alum, CCS Alumni, Center for Cartoon Studies, Graphic Novels, Helen Keller, Hyperion, I Will Bite You, Ignatz Award, Joe Lambert, John Martz, Jon Chad, Joseph Lambert, new books, Roaring Brook Press, Secret Acres, Small Press Expo, SPX
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