Cartoon Studies

I'm feeling personally attacked by the newest episode of Crowd Control Anyway, buy my book about how my parents had good state jobs in a beautiful place 😅 lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19...

Fall Travel: Seattle! Portland! Los Angeles! www.alec-longstreth.com/news/fall-tr... I'll be at Short Run Comix Fest 11/7 and then hosting Info Sessions for @cartoonstudies.bsky.social on 11/13 in Portland, OR and 12/5 in Los Angeles, CA All events are free and open to the public!

McSweeney’s fans: A 16-page, sci-fi, coming-of-age, water-color comic by Kevin Reilly ’18 is featured in the 83rd volume of its literary journal, Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcs...

Happening tonight! Webinar: Humor Comics with Luke Healy ’14 – 10/22/26 at 6:30 pm ET, $5. Sign up! www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/we...

Join us in Portland, OR, at IRPC this November! www.cartoonstudies.org/join-us-for-...

Cincinnati's Zinecinnati is this Saturday, 10/17 at ARCO, 12pm-5pm! Free admission! www.zinecinnati.com

The Pittsburgh Zine Fair (PZF) is this Sunday, 10/18, from 11am-5pm at the Kingsley Association at 6435 Frankstown Ave. Free admission! www.pghzinefair.com

The New York Public Library just released its Best New Comics of 2026, with 50 titles selected by their comics committee, three are by CCS alumni! www.nypl.org/books-more/r... @nypl.bsky.social

How I’ve missed this place: the Center for @cartoonstudies.bsky.social in White River Junction, Vermont

Join us at TWIST 2026: TWIn STate Comics & Zine Fair this Friday, October 2nd, from 4-8pm at Junction Arts Media in White River Junction, Vermont!!

This Thursday - 10/1! Webinar on Nonfiction Comics - $5 with Eleri Harris ’14- 10/1/26 at 6:30 pm ET Sign up! www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/we...

This fall, The Center for Cartoon Studies will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars. All proceeds will help sponsor zine fests around the USA that CCS supports. The webinars will feature CCS alums @elerimai.bsky.social @lukehealy.bsky.social Sign up!: cartoonstudies.org/workshops

Fall Appearances! Winging my way through clouds and sea to events full of comics and TTRPGs! 9.12 @okcomicarts.bsky.social at Table 7! 10.1 @cartoonstudies.bsky.social Visiting Artist Talk 10.24-25 @geekgirlcon.bsky.social as a panelist 11.28 Dragonmeet with @tumblethrupod.bsky.social!

Check out recent graduate Meg Richardson '26 zine on Five Reasons to Choose The Center for Cartoon Studies! We'll have print copies at conventions and fairs this fall, including SPX and Shortrun ✏️

The Nightingales by Emil Wilson ’21 is out! The tender, surprising, and full of hope, The Nightingales is an unforgettable story about compassion, family, and the unexpected ways one person’s life can alter another’s. www.cartoonstudies.org/new-starred-...

Get ready for TWIST 2026: TWIn STate Comics & Zine Fair! October 2 @ 4-8pm White River Junction, Vermont at Junction Arts Media uvjam.org/event/twist-...

DRAGON TOWN AND THE DARKNESS BELOW by JP Coovert ’08 is a silver 2026 ENNIE AWARD winner in the Best Family Game/Product category! Congratulations JP! The annual ENNIE Awards celebrate the very best in tabletop roleplaying gaming. www.cartoonstudies.org/jp-coovert-0...

I’ll be tabling at Flame Con next weekend, then MILK in September! See ya!

Kit Anderson '22 is the 2026-2027 The Center for Cartoon Studies Fellow! Kit Anderson ’22 is an Ignatz and Nebula-nominated cartoonist from Boulder, Colorado. She has published two books with Avery Hill, Safer Places (2024) and Second Shift (2025). Read more: www.cartoonstudies.org/ccs-2026-27-...

A new edition of I Love This Part, to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Has it really been ten years?! Two girls in small town USA kill time as they try to get through their days at school, and an unexpected relationship develops. "Moving, emotional and sublime" - Graphic Policy tinyurl.com/4kwjm69d

Someone just bought a bunch of zines from me at @seattlezinefest.org because their kid goes to @cartoonstudies.bsky.social 😆 Current CCS students, you have a cool dad!

SEAT AVAILABLE IN GRAPHIC NOVEL: SESSION 1 We've just had a space open up in the first session of Paul Karasik's Graphic Novel Workshop, for anyone interested in joining us next week! You can register via our workshops page at cartoonstudies.org or directly at www.regpacks.com/register/ccs...

THE WEIGHT by Melissa Mendes '10 has been nominated for BOOK OF THE YEAR in the @harveyawards! The voting is now open to industry professionals at harveyawards.com

We just wrapped up a fantastic month of cartooning workshops! More to come in July and August: cartoonstudies.org/workshops

Follow this transformational Campus Renewal Project updates here cartoonstudies.org/telegraph

The Thesis Exhibition by the Class of 2026 is on exhibit until June 5th, from noon to 4 p.m, Monday through Friday, at The Center for Cartoon Studies Gallery in the Colodny Building at 94 South Main Street in downtown White River Junction, Vermont. Free and open to the public.

We are excited to announce the kick-off celebration for this year’s VT Reads selection—CHARITY AND SYLVIA by faculty member Tillie Walden ‘16! Join us for a comics panel discussion at CCS from 2–3 PM this Saturday (5/30)! The event is free, register now! www.eventbrite.com/e/vermont-re...

Black Arms to Hold You Up is up for the Eisner for Best Reality-Based Work.

VT Humanities VT Reads Kick-Off event 5/30 @cartoonstudies.bsky.social Tillie Walden '16 will be joined by fellow non-fiction cartoonists Joel Christian Gill and Marek Bennett to discuss creating comics and how they have used historical materials. www.vermonthumanities.org/event/vermon...

It's some old diary comics! But at least they're free- www.patreon.com/posts/unempl...

LICZ! '26 is sponsored in part by @cartoonstudies.bsky.social, sending us support all the way from Vermont! It feels really special to have a name like CCS attached to this fest. Thank you so much for helping to keep this fest running, and let's get more comics made!

Congratulations to The Center for Cartoon Studies Class of 2026! 🎉 This year's stunning diploma was drawn by Jeremy Sorese ❤️

Congratulations to the class of 2026! The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will hold its 20th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 12noon, at Northern Stage. This year’s commencement speaker is renowned cartoonist and comics theorist @scottmccloud.bsky.social

Team Unihorn and Woolly #4: Creatures from the Skull Cave by Alexis Frederick-Frost '07 is now out! @harpercollins.bsky.social www.harpercollins.com/products/tea...

Congratulations to Leise Hook ‘20 for the release of her new graphic novel, NAMES AND FACES, a collection of graphic autobiographical essays! @henryholtbooks.bsky.social www.cartoonstudies.org/leise-hook-2...

I designed this tote bag for www.indiebound.org. It will be available in participating US stores* on #IndieBookstoreDay, this Saturday, April 25!

Announcing the 14th Annual Cartoonist Studio Prize Winners! www.cartoonstudies.org/announcing-t...

Announcing the Short List for the 2026 Cartoonist Studio Prize www.cartoonstudies.org/announcing-t...

A great proud day for the world of comics! At the Vermont State House today Steve Bissette was named our 6th Cartoonist Laureate. Also recognized were outgoing laureate Tillie Walden who was laureate #5 and myself who was #1. @cartoonstudies.bsky.social @stephenrbissette.bsky.social

Stephen R. Bissette was recognized at the Vermont State House today as Vermont’s sixth Cartoonist Laureate! Congratulations!!!

"Charity and Sylvia" by Tillie Walden '16 is Vermont Humanities Vermont Reads 2026 choice! “Charity and Sylvia” is a groundbreaking biography that is also the story of 19th century America. www.vermonthumanities.org/programs/boo...

CCS is renovating the Historic Telegraph Building in downtown White River Junction! Learn more, support the project: www.cartoonstudies.org/telegraph/ Drawing by Mitra Farmand ’13, animation by Alec Longstreth.

The Beat's own @zackquaintance.bsky.social with the annual @publisherswkly.bsky.social look at comics retailing. What a great piece talking about using short and long form video to connect with customers! /1 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Internationally recognized cartoonist Stephen R. Bissette will be appointed Vermont’s sixth Cartoonist Laureate www.cartoonstudies.org/vermonts-six...

Comic Arts Maine Portland is thrilled to announce the return of the S’mores Awards mini grant program for emerging cartoonists in 2026, thanks to our generous sponsor Back Cove Books! To submit your comic pitch, visit this link: www.comicartsmaineportland.com/smores-award

I wrote about how the 2000 indie bookstores known as comics shops have won over the book publishing industry and more thoughts on #comicspro26

Something fun: I am honored to be joining the Boston Comic Arts Foundation team as the new Accessibility Coordinator! I'll be working on ways to ensure BCAF events continue with the accessibility efforts already in place, while seeking ways to improve and to build greater connections in the area!

Critical Histories Booklist | Teaching America at 250 www.slj.com/story/critic...

Applications are open for the 2026 Cornish CCS Residency Fellowship, which will take place October 16- November 16, 2026. The Deadline to apply is April 3, 2026. www.cartoonstudies.org/applications...

Summer Workshop Merit-Based Scholarship Deadline is March 26! For details, and to apply, visit: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops-in...