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The Center for Cartoon Studies (#cartoonstudies), White River Junction, Vermont. MFA and Certificate program, + Workshops.

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Yesterday we had a wonderful Visiting Artist lecture by poet and cartoonist, Lauren Haldeman! @laurenhaldeman brought us through her journey from studying and publishing poetry to bringing images into her work and finding a creative home with cartooning. She is the creator of two graphic novels Wild That We’re Alive (andrewsmcmeel )and Team Photograph, and the poetry collections Instead of Dying (winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry), Calenday and The Eccentricity Is Zero.

Lauren read excerpts of her most recent book, Wild That We’re Alive with a puppetry interlude (swipe to see the Notes App puppet) and ended with an interactive drawing prompt. Thank you, Lauren, for bringing your incredible humor and warmth to our community!

Pick up a copy at your favorite bookshop! @norwichbookstore @stillnorthbooks @yankeebookshop @4thplacegames by @cartoonstudies

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Last week we welcomed back @thejenya , CCS Class of 2010 and previous Schulz librarian, as our Visiting Artist! Jen Vaughn is a cartoonist and narrative designer for video games and tabletop role-playing games and founder of Haunted Vault Studios. She has worked on existing IPs such as Goosebumps and Archie Comics. Her latest book, GIRLS MAKE MOVIES: A Follow-Your-Own-Path Guide for Aspiring Young Filmmakers, is a collaboration with Mallory O’Meara to help create the next generation of femme filmmakers. Jen currently lives and draws in Bordeaux, France. Flip through to see some of her dynamic work in the Schulz Library! by @cartoonstudies

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The New York Public Library @nypl just released its Best New Comics of 2026 list, and of the titles selected by their comics committee, three are by CCS alumni! Congratulations @tilliewalden @leisehook @emilwilsonart

Go check out this incredible list:
nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/comics-2026/adults

Link in bio! by @cartoonstudies

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CCS Presents Webinar with Luke Healy ’14

This fall, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars that will be open to the public. All proceeds will go to sponsor zine fests around the USA that CCS supports. The webinars will feature CCS alum!

Next up!:
Humor Comics with Luke Healy
ONLINE – OCTOBER 22 – 6:30 – 8pm ET

Luke Healy (’14) will lecture about the mechanics of joke structure, and universality in humour across all media, with examples from gag comics, sit-coms, stand up and viral videos. Using techniques from the world of improv, Luke will teach participants a streamlined joke-writing process that demystifies idea generation, and gives them a process for writing character-focussed jokes that is simple and repeatable. Never again will you be stuck staring at a blank page asking “what’s funny?”

Materials: Paper, a pencil & eraser.

@lukewhealy '14 is a cartoonist, comedian and screenwriter from Dublin, Ireland.
Luke is the author of six graphic novels, and many short stories. His books have been translated into five languages, and have been named best of their years by publications like The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, The Irish Examiner and more.

Luke has been a full time author and comedian since 2014, when he graduated from The Center for Cartoon Studies. Learn more at: lukehealy.info

Sign up!
cartoonstudies.org/workshops
Link in bio. by @cartoonstudies

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Line Drives & Motion Lines: A Century of Baseball Comics

October 2 – October 30, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, October 2, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk with curators E.B. Sciales ’22 and James Sturm: 6 p.m.

Location: CCS Gallery, 94 South Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont

What can baseball teach us about cartooning?

Line Drives & Motion Lines: A Century of Baseball Comics brings together work by generations of cartoonists who turned the ballpark into a laboratory for drawing, storytelling, and observation. From newspaper sports cartoons and comic strips to magazine illustrations and graphic novels, the exhibition explores how artists have captured bodies in motion, distilled personality, and transformed the rhythms of a game into pictures.

Featuring work by Bill Gallo, Ray Gotto, Ellen Lindner, Lincoln Peirce, Richard Thompson, Barney Tobey, Rich Tommaso, Gluyas Williams, Denys Wortman, Leo O’Mealia, and more.

Although every work in the exhibition features baseball, Line Drives & Motion Lines is ultimately about cartooning at its best, by some of its greatest practitioners.

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) Gallery hours are by appointment: info@cartoonstudies.org

Drawing by Bill Gallo

@ebsciales @james_sturmish @cartoonstudies

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MORE FIRST FRIDAY HAPPENINGS!

TWIST 2026: TWIn STate Comics & Zine Fair
October 2nd, 4 – 8pm
at Junction Arts Media in White River Junction
Announcing the 5th annual TWIST (Twin State Comics and Zine Fair) on First Friday, October 2! TWIST features 35 Upper Valley and New England cartoonists and zinesters including students and alums from the Center for Cartoon Studies. This event is FREE to table and attend! To see a complete list of exhibitors, visit: uvjam.org

Zine Factory Workshop
Friday, October 2, from 5:30 - 6:30PM
at The Center for Cartoon Studies in the Old Post Office building (all ages; family friendly) by @cartoonstudies

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It's been more than 12 years since I graduated from @cartoonstudies, got a cool banner printed with my art in the school window and delivered a valedictorian speech (mostly about plaid shirts, the uniform of the cartoonist at the time). While it's a bummer to not be enjoying the magic of a Vermont fall right now, this week I will be transported to White River Junction via the power of the internet.

Join me in this special presentation waxing lyrical about my favourite thing - comics - but in particular the beautiful book my beloved @mirkdrop and I created together.

CCS Presents: Nonfiction Comics with Eleri Harris ‘14
Time: Thursday Oct 1, 2026 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Tickets are just $5 Americano dolla bucks and are available on the CCS website.

Please take a moment to admire how YOUNG AND HOT I look in this graduation photo. taken in White River Junction, Vermont by @cartoonstudies

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The latest issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is in, featuring a 16-page comic by CCS alum, @kevinb_reilly ‘18! This beautiful watercolor comic, Birthplace of the Saints, was started as part of his 2019 CCS thesis project. Check out the stunning book design for issue #83 and Part 1 of Kevin’s darkly whimsical fantasy epic! @mcswys by @cartoonstudies

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Friends, I’M GOING ON TOUR. With a bag full of comics and a little puppet show, I’m traveling east. Come find me, see me?
I’ll be at Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont on Oct 8, 4pm for a free workshop!

AS WELL AS:
10/3 - Proof Midwest Fest, Indy, IN 10/4 - Pete’s Candy, Brooklyn, NY 10/5 - Parsons School of Design, Brooklyn, NY 10/7 - The Civic Standard, East Hardwick, VT 10/10 - The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY 10/11 - Unnameable Books, Turner, MA 10/12 - Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA

#vermontarts #comics #puppets #cartoons #centerforcartoonstudies by @cartoonstudies

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Don’t miss the new touring show of @sashavelour ’13: TRAVESTY! It’s Sasha’s most experimental drag show yet. Our local @lebanonoperahouse 💛 was just filled with Upper Valley fans, including @cartoonstudies students, faculty, and alumni!!! It was thrilling to see Sasha back in town ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you, Sasha!

TRAVESTY is Sasha’s third touring stage show. It explores queer history through an imagined, ruined theater called, The Travesty.

Tickets are on sale now!
Visit sashavelour.com

Sasha Velour is a multimedia artist, cartoonist, writer, director, and drag queen. Sasha is probably best known for winning Season 9 of @rupaulsdragrace, which was nominated for its first Emmys that year. She published THE BIG REVEAL: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag in 2023. That same year, she created a self-portrait for the cover of @newyorkermag. Sasha also published THREE DOLLAR RIOT, her thesis project at CCS, for the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. by @cartoonstudies

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The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) loves zine fests, and this year, PZF is one of two fests they have decided to sponsor! Thanks so much to @cartoonstudies :)

CCS students are constantly making zines and minicomics in their production lab. So if you love zines and you love cartoons, head to cartoonstudies.org for more information about their in-person and online workshops and their 1- and 2-year certificate and MFA programs!

#pghzinefair taken in The Kingsley Association by @cartoonstudies

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This fall, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars that will be open to the public. All proceeds will go to sponsor zine fests around the USA that CCS supports. The webinars will feature CCS alums.

Here is the lineup for fall 2026!:

Nonfiction Comics
with Eleri Harris ’14
@elerimai
10/1/26 at 6:30 pm ET

Eleri will lecture about best practices for creating nonfiction comics. Participants will brainstorm ideas for nonfiction comics they can create, and figure out the best first panels to really hook a reader.

Humor Comics
with Luke Healy ’14
@lukewhealy
10/22/26 at 6:30 pm ET

Luke will lecture about the mechanics of joke structure, and universality in humour across all media, with examples from gag comics, sit-coms, stand up and viral videos. Using techniques from the world of improv, Luke will teach participants a streamlined joke-writing process that demystifies idea generation, and gives them a process for writing character-focussed jokes that is simple and repeatable. Never again will you be stuck staring at a blank page asking “what’s funny?”

Link in bio! Come join @elerimai @lukewhealy @cartoonstudies online!

For more details and to sign up:
cartoonstudies.org/workshops by @cartoonstudies

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