Got a story to tell? Ready to spend your next summer in San Francisco, taking classes taught by comics industry pros, and honing your skills alongside a passionate group of peers from all over the world? Applications are officially open for the MFA in Comics Program! portal.cca.edu/learning/aca...

Want to learn more about comics? CCA's Fall extension courses are perfect for you! Classes range from between $150-495, with world class instructors! Sign up soon!

Interested in CCA's MFA Comics program? Join the chair of the program, Mel Gillman, today at 5:30 PM PST for a virtual info session! www.eventbrite.com/e/mfa-comics...

Register for CCA's fantastic fall Extension classes from the MFA Comics program! - "Food & Comics", with Susannah Hainley - "Making Comics: The Art of Storytelling", with Sarah Maloney - "Illustration Techniques: Children's Books", with Gus D'Angelo - "Risograph Workshop", with Yasmeen Abedifard

"Thrilled to share this new mural by MFA Comics alumni Kayan Cheung-Miaw! This piece, titled "This Asian American Life", was commissioned by the Asian Art Museum for the Lawrence and Gorretti Lui Hyde Street Art Wall, and will be on display through September 28th."

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla... Please follow the Black & Bloody Kickstarter! We launch in TWO days! For the bloody bxtches! For the blerdy bxtches, and all the Black vampire baddies inbetween, please follow the Kickstarter and support some Black Vampire art! #Blackvampire #sinners #blackart

The 2025 MFA in Comics Anthology is here, and it looks fantastic! Our 15 graduating students each contributed a 10-20 page excerpt on their thesis comics, making for one killer 280 page volume. Thank you to editor @andycomics.bsky.social and book designer GB Tran for making this such a success!

The MFA Comics program got to celebrate our newest graduating class with TWO jam-packed nights of live comics readings on campus! Congratulations, class of 2025!! 🎉

In honor of me graduating from @ccacomics.bsky.social MFA program, I wanted to go back and post the first comic I made in the program under the direction of @teabuoy.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛🩷💜

Still getting used to this new platform. Figured I could use this opportunity to reflect on one of the first comics I made at the beginning of the @ccacomics.bsky.social MFA Comics Program. Especially since, after tomorrow, I'll be an official graduate alongside my peers.

Tonight we have 2 incredible back-to-back events! At 7pm in Timken Auditorium, Sam Sattin will be interviewed live on stage by Justin Hall as part of our Comics in the City series. And at 8:30pm at 1480 17th St., we'll have an opening reception for EMANATA, an exhibition of our MFA students' comics!

We were thrilled to welcome Itaru Kinoshita @kurinosukeboy.bsky.social to campus tonight for an artist talk and book signing to kick off our annual Comics in the City lecture series!

FRIDAY in San Francisco! @ccacomics.bsky.social welcomes Itaru Kinoshita @kurinosukeboy.bsky.social, creator of “Dinosaur Sanctuary” as part of their “Comics in the City” lecture series. Friday, July 11, 7 pm. Drawing demo + Q&A + book signing. portal.cca.edu/events-calen... Free & open to all!

A packed house tonight at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social for our annual CCA Comics Fest! Students from our MFA Program tabled with their comics and performed live readings of their work. Next up: day 1 of classes!

CCA Comics Fest happening now at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social! Tabling til 8pm tonight, and live comics readings from 8:30-9:30pm! Free and open to the public! 🍒🍒🍒

Tonight!! See you at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social !

SAN FRANCISCO! MINT Manga Project & @ccacomics.bsky.social presents Itaru Kinoshita @kurinosukeboy.bsky.social, creator of “Dinosaur Sanctuary” (@) as their first “Comics in the City” guest speaker for 2025 on Friday, July 11, 7 pm! Free & open to the public portal.cca.edu/events-calen...

Get ready for this summer's newest Comics in the City line-up at CCA! 7/11: Itaru Kinoshita 7/18: Sam Sattin 7/25: Eddie Ahn 8/1 and 8/2: MFA Comics Graduate Readings All events start at 7pm in CCA's Timken Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Come join us!!

Our MFA Comics summer session is coming up soon, and we're kicking things off in style at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social! Join us 7/6 for the CCA COMICS FEST! Students will be tabling in the shop from 5-8pm, and then doing live readings 8:30-9:30pm! Free and open to the public. Art by Cody A. Owens 🍒

A new BATTLEPUG graphic novel, colored by MFA Comics faculty @angryf.bsky.social, is now on Kickstarter! Don't miss out on the newest in this Eisner- and Harvey-award-winning fantasy-comedy series, about the adventures of a magical barbarian and his gigantic dog! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bat...

Huge congrats to BFA Comics major @mochiicar.bsky.social who's been selected by the Society of Illustrators as one of 3 finalists for this year's Will Eisner Scholarship! This scholarship recognizes the best comics & sequential art student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the US.

Another year in the books!! The CCA Comics program celebrated the end of a fantastic spring semester with a zine yearbook party, where we busted out our block printing skills and carved little self-portraits!

Congrats everyone at CCA Comics for finishing a fantastic semester! Check out the new issue of the student-run comics anthology at electricsqueak.com. MFA folks, we'll see you this summer!!

On Saturday 5/17 at 7pm, join MFA Comics alum Hugh D’Andrade at Mission Comics to celebrate the release of his new graphic memoir, The Murder Next Door, published by @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social !

Catch a couple of CCA MFA Comics grads chatting it up this Tuesday at 6pm! Join Lawrence Lindell as he reads from his new graphic novel, We All Got Something, and discusses with cartoonist Breena Nuñez. Register for the Zoom link at: sfpl.org/events

The Cartoonist Cooperative is hosting its inaugural Nib and Ink online comics festival, with a great lineup of events throughout the month of May, including a workshop by CCA MFA Comics alumni Joseph Hewitt May 19! Check out the rest of the lineup of events at nif.cartoonist.coop @gearheadrpg.com

Issue 5 of the CCA Comics student-run digital publication Electric Squeak is officially dropping with a launch party on Monday, May 5 at 5pm PST on Zoom! Visit www.electricsqueak.com to read some great comics envisioning sustainable futures for humanity, tech, and nature.

Join CCA Comics alum & faculty member Breena Nuñez for a book launch party to celebrate Latinx Comics Studies. This is a free hybrid event on Friday, May 2, 1:30-3:00 p.m. PST, in-person in the Steinbeck Center at SJSU Library, & on Zoom. events.sjsu.edu/event/latinx...

Plan to come to @fabulosa_books in the Castro May 13th to support the release of Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day with the creators, Andrew Eakett and CCA MFA Comics alum Alex Combs! Can't attend? Be sure to order it wherever you buy your comics!

Comics students & faculty are all invited to join an end-of-year party in the homeroom on 5/9! We're gonna be busting out our lino tools, carving block-print self-portraits together, and making tiny yearbook zines for everyone to take home. Check your CCA email for more details, and see you there! 🎉

Bug out with recent CCA Comics MFA alums Violet and Dimitrea at the Berkeley Public Library West Branch on May 1 as they lead this creative comics workshop featuring creepy crawlies of your creation!

Kirkus Reviews gave Unico vol 2: Hunted, written by CCA Comics MFA alum Sam Sattin, a shoutout for its "captivating storytelling!" Hunt down a preorder before the release July 1. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

The Peninsula Libraries Comics Art Fest is happening throughout April, featuring workshops at libraries all over San Mateo County. Catch CCA Comics faculty alumni and faculty at the Small Press Comics Expo August 26 at the South San Francisco Public Library. Full schedule at smcl.org/comicartsfest/

Hans Vogel is Dead Vol. 2, by MFA Comics alum Sierra Barnes published by Dark Horse, will be released on Dec. 2. It's available for pre-order now! Pre-order link on B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hans-vogel...

On Sunday April 20th at 3pm CCA Comics alum Meggie Ramm will be celebrating the release of Batcat Vol 3 at Silver Sprocket, with an easter egg hunt, prizes, and book signings. CCA Comics chair Mel Gillman will be participating, as well as friends of the program Nidhi Chanani and Jen de Oliveira.

Here’s your chance to be a part of a comics anthology produced by two CCA Comics alumni, the directors of the Mission Art and Comic Expo! They are accepting single page comics inspired by true stories until May 4. Get the scoop here: missionartandcomicexpo.com/participate

April brings two opportunities to see CCA Comics faculty member Sophie Yanow out in public talking about comics. See her at Silver Sprocket with Anders Nilsen and at an SF Public Library multidisciplinary poetry and storytelling performance in conjunction with their skateboarding exhibit.

Ever wondered how professional comics editors do their jobs? We have two, Samia Garcia-Fakih (First Second Books & a CCA MFA Comics alum) and Anita Okoye (Abrams ComicArts), to answer your questions in our Comics Editors AMA on Thursday, April 10th at 5pm PST! Check your CCA email for the Zoom link.

CCA MFA Comics faculty Yasmeen Abedifard's "When to Pick a Pomegranate" is raking in prizes, including the Society of Illustrators MoCCA Award of Excellence and has been shortlisted for a Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Short-Form Comic! store.silversprocket.net/products/whe...

On Friday April 11th from 3-4pm, bring your pitches over to room 112 for a How to Pitch workshop led by CCA BFA Comics professor Matt Silady! Prof. Silady will explain what goes into a good pitch in comics and animation, and will help you make your own pitch ideas shine. Open to all CCA students!

CCA Comics MFA '26 student Lee Dean has a book published this month by Iron Circus, The Girl Who Flew Away. With a starred review and interview by Publishers Weekly and lots of buzz, this beautiful graphic novel is sure to fly off the shelves! store.ironcircus.com/products/the...

CCA MFA Comics faculty member Ajuan Mance is featured among others in a new anthology, Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project from Stacked Deck Press. Come out and support the love of sports and the awesome work of over two dozen queer comics creators! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

CCA MFA Comics alum Dimitrea Tokunbo '24 was recently interviewed by Canvas Rebel. In it Dimitrea shares stories behind her inspiring work: canvasrebel.com/meet-dimitre...

INCREDIBLE packed house at @silversprocket.net tonight to celebrate the release of Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) by BFA Comics professor Laura Gao!! Thank you so much to everyone who made it out to talk about queer romance comics and draw little meet-cute dating profiles!

CCA Comics had a fantastic night celebrating professor @yasmeenabedi.bsky.social’s award-winning graphic novel When To Pick a Pomegranate tonight! Complete with a reading, interview, book signing, and pomegranate cake!

CCA MFA Comics faculty member Rani Som and student Leah Spears have comics in the new anthology Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Foods with Recipes. Check out essays, comics, and recipes that reveal the relationship between queerness and food. arsenalpulp.com/Books/Q/Quee...

Three books by CCA Comics alumni made the 2024 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children list: Batcat: Sink or Swim! Book 2 by Meggie Ramm, Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell, and Unico (An Awakening) Volume 1 written by Sam Sattin, illustrated by Gurihiru.

On Sunday March 23rd at 5pm, BFA Comics faculty Laura Gao and chair @mgillman.bsky.social are going to celebrate the release of Laura's new graphic novel "Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)" at @silversprocket.net! Join us for an interview, Q&A, and book signing! Free and open to the public 🏹💕

Thrilled to announce Yasmeen Abedifard in Conversation with Taymiya Zaman is BACK 3/21! We'll celebrate @yasmeenabedi.bsky.social's graphic novel When to Pick a Pomegranate with a reading, interview, and audience Q&A, plus a book signing & reception in the rooftop garden. Free & open to the public!

The 2025 Rainbow Book List, curated by the Rainbow Round Table of ALA features two titles by CCA alums! Maia Kobabe's Breathe is one of the Top 10 Titles for Teen Readers and Buzzing by Samuel Sattin is on the list of recommended titles for Upper Elementary. Congrats, Maia and Sam!