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...

The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to announce the fourteenth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize! 🎉 Awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The creators of two exceptional comics for this year will be awarded $500 each. Deadline is 2/28! cartoonstudies.org/studioprize

Summer Workshops Announced 🎉 Learn more, and sign up: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops-in...

Leise Hook '20 new book, NAMES AND FACES, is a collection of graphic autobiographical essays. Releasing on April 14, it is now available for pre-order via Henry Holt Books! @henryholtbooks.bsky.social www.cartoonstudies.org/leise-hook-2...

Miss the livestream event with Alison Bechdel and Tillie Walden '16? You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/live/LCiBsFg...

Join us in celebrating CCS’s 20th Anniversary with Alison Bechdel and Vermont Cartoonist Laureate Tillie Walden ‘16 for a special free livestream event on Friday, November 21st, 3–4 pm EST www.cartoonstudies.org/join-us-in-c...

The Cartoonist Veteran Project comics are available as free digital downloads, including "When I Returned" and "A Whole Lifetime of Firsts." Read more: www.cartoonstudies.org/css-studio/c...

11/21, 3pm - A free livestreamed event celebrating CCS’s 20th Anniversary! Two of Vermont’s most acclaimed cartoonists, Alison Bechdel and Tillie Walden ‘16, will share the stage for a rare public conversation about art, place, and the ways VT has shaped their work. Link in bio. cartoonstudies.org

Are you considering applying to The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA or Certificate program? Join us for our virtual campus open house and portfolio day on Dec. 6! For more info and to RSVP: www.cartoonstudies.org/admissions-e...

The latest book in the History Comics series by First Second is out! THE GREAT DEPRESSION was written by comics writer and editor Tim Stout ‘10. Congrats, Tim! www.timstoutwrites.com/writing #comics #newbook #kidlit #cartoonstudies

NEW! COMICS 101 online winter workshop, meets once a week (6-9pm ET on Thursdays) for six weeks! Learn more about this workshop, and scholarships: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/co...

This fall, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars that are open to the public. @andycomics.bsky.social is next up with High Contrast Comics. Sign up: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/we...

The much-awaited comics guide is now available for pre-order! MAKING NONFICTION COMICS by cartoonists and journalists Eleri Harris ‘14 and Shay Mirk officially releases 11/11 via Abrams ComicArts. “The definitive guide to writing, drawing, and publishing nonfiction comics…” —Abrams ComicArts

This is my favorite thing I've drawn today

Meet artist Mary Shyne on Sat., Sept, 27, at the opening reception for our Emerging Artist Showcase featuring a selection of pages from her new graphic novel 'You and Me on Repeat.' It's free! cartoonart.org/calendar/2025/9/27/opening-reception-with-mary-shyne

Exceedingly thrilled to announce that the @cartoonart.bsky.social in SF will be hosting an exhibit of pages from YOU AND ME ON REPEAT from Sept 27 through Jan 18! Reception THIS SATURDAY 9/27 at 4pm-6pm, come through and watch me vibrate with excitement www.cartoonart.org/emerging-art...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) ✏️ 🎉 www.cartoonstudies.org/cartoon-coll...

GUYS, FLIP IS OUT TODAY!!! 🥳🎉🎈 This is my most autobiographical story to date, and so close to my heart!✨

A surprise happy book birthday to me! Iron Scars Book 2 is back from the printers. And is only finished because of the like, 3 strangers who messaged me saying either they loved the first book or their kid did, and wanted to know when I was going to finish it. Thank you!

This fall, CCS will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars. All proceeds will go to sponsor zine fests around the USA that CCS supports. Here is the lineup!: High Contrast Comics with Andy Warner ’12 – 10/15 & Autobio Comics with Betsey Swardlick ’11 – 10/29 cartoonstudies.org/workshops

Congratulations, CCS alum Violet Kitchen and Sean Knickerbocker 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you SO much!!! I will say it as loud and as often as I can, YOU are why we do this. To all of the incredible exhibitors, publishers, volunteers and staff, thank you for creating such an incredibly welcome and warm environment for ALL to exist within. Thank you and take care.

The New England Graphic Medicine Summit (NEGM25) @negm25.bsky.social is partnering with CCS Applied Cartooning Lab to launch a Cartooning Clinic—a space for creative “check-ups” designed to support creators developing long-form graphic medicine projects: www.cartoonstudies.org/the-center-f...

Save the date! Nonfiction Comics Fest NFCF 2025 November 15, 2025 11am - 6pm Fletcher Free Library Burlington, VT FREE TO ATTEND www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org

Do you have a long-form graphic medicine project? Are you struggling with specific elements, or having difficulty viewing it holistically? Follow the link below for full eligibility requirements and to apply. Deadline is 9/19. bit.ly/cartooningclinic25 #NEGM25

Next SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY I’ll be returning to my beloved Bay Area for San Francisco Zinefest! I’ll have REEL LIFE, my collection of interactive P-nut comics, and other gems to surprise and delight you. Bay buds, if I didn’t catch you at my reading in June, I’d love to see you on Sunday! <3

P.S. I forgot to mention, you can download the full resolution GIF which is attached to my final Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/132726... Thanks, everyone!

The much-anticipated graphic novel THE WEIGHT by Melissa Mendes ‘10 releases in September with @dandq.bsky.social. Melissa Mendes will be in conversation with James Sturm at the MASS MoCA R&D Store in North Adams, MA, on Thursday, September 4, at 5 pm. Sign up! drawnandquarterly.com/event/meliss...