THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES
PORTFOLIO DAY

FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
10am-1pm

• Bring your sketchbook!
• Show your portfolio for an admissions review
• Learn more about the program and classes
• Meet faculty and students
• Tour the campus
• R.S.V.P. Space is limited!
  

Who should attend?
Prospective students
Applicants
College students
High School seniors and graduates
Family and friends welcome!

Location:
The Center for Cartoon Studies
94 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont
Driving directions, transportation options, and local accommodations at cartoonstudies.org

Questions?
admissions@cartoonstudies.org
(802) 295-3319

CCS Faculty Offering Portfolio Reviews

Stephen R. Bissette won many industry awards in his quarter-century in comics as a cartoonist, writer, editor and publisher. A pioneer graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art, he is best-known for Saga of the Swamp Thing, Taboo, '1963', Tyrant, co-creating John Constantine, and creating the world's second '24- Hour Comic', invented by Scott McCloud as a challenge for Bissette. His comics efforts fueled many films, (CONSTANTINE, FROM HELL, TMNT II: SECRET OF THE OOZE, etc.) and he and his son Daniel created the comic that appears in the award-winning indy feature HEAD TRAUMA. He illustrates books and has authored fiction (including the Stoker Award-winning novella Aliens: Tribes) and non-fiction (co-authoring Comic Book Rebels, The Monster Book: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and solo articles/essays for film books, magazines and his own book series Green Mountain Cinema). His previous work in education includes lecturing at Yale, Dartmouth College, Duquesne University, Smith College, Marlboro College, etc., and Middlebury College's Breadloaf Young Writers Workshop. His papers reside in the Special Collections of HUIE Library at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Robyn Chapman received her BFA in Sequential Art and has been independently producing, publishing and printing her own comics and zines. In 2000 she received a Xeric Grant for her first comic, Theater of the Meek. Robyn's work has been featured in several anthologies and publications, including Scheherazade, Stuck in the Middle, and the NY Metro. In 2004 Robyn was a featured cartoonist in The Comics Journal's young cartoonist issue. In 2005 Robyn became CCS's first fellow. In addition to CCS, Robyn has taught cartooning in after-school programs, workshops, and at the New School in New York City.

Since 2002, Alec Longstreth has been self-publishing his subscription-based comic book PHASE 7, winner of the 2005 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic. He is also the mastermind behind The Dvorak Zine, an educational comic promoting the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout. Alec’s illustrations and gag cartoons have been commissioned by such clients as Nickelodeon Magazine, National Geographic for Kids and Scholastic, among others. Alec recently relocated to White River Junction, VT, for a fellowship at The Center for Cartoon Studies. He is currently working on Basewood, his first graphic novel.

Jason Lutes is the cartoonist responsible for the critically acclaimed Jar of Fools, which was serialized in the weekly paper The Stranger. He is currently working on the ambitious historical graphic novel Berlin. His other works include The Fall with Ed Brubaker and Houdini the Handcuff King with Nick Bertozzi.