Drawn and Paneled
Novel graphics from The Center for Cartoon Studies
“Drawn and Paneled” gives Seven Days readers a glimpse into the world’s only cartoonschool, right here in Vermont, and into the minds of students whose creativity is, well, channeled into panels. These pages will be archived at For more info, visit CCS online at www.cartoonstudies.org.
4.guns
by Max de Radiguès
Author and publisher at L'employé du Moi, Max de Radiguès comes all the way from Brussels, Belgium, to live in White River Junction, where he is the 2009-10 Center for Cartoon Studies fellow.
Meanwhile in White River Junction
by Max de Radiguès
Author and publisher at L'employé du Moi, Max de Radiguès comes all the way from Brussels, Belgium, to live in White River Junction, where he is the 2009-10 Center for Cartoon Studies fellow.
Woman King
by Colleen Frakes
Colleen Frakes graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2007. She was awarded a Xeric Grant in 2007, and an Ignatz for Promising New Talent like two weeks ago. Right now she is drawing a scary comic book for kids.
After a Fashion
by Alec Longstreth
Alec Longstreth lives and draws in White River Junction, Vt., having just completed a year as a fellow of the Center for Cartoon Studies.
L'Age Dur: Detention
by Max de Radiguès
Author and publisher at L'employé du Moi, Max de Radiguès comes all the way from Brussels, Belgium, to live in White River Junction, where he is the 2009-10 Center for Cartoon Studies fellow.
Girls
by Nick Patten
Nick Patten is a student at the Center for Cartoon Studies. He wishes lake monsters were real.
The Genie Appeared Before Dawn
by Chris Wright
Chris Wright was born and raised in Vermont. He attained his master's in fine art at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga., and was co-fellow at the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2008-2009. To further explore his mind and madness, click here.
Summerbaby
by Colleen Frakes
Colleen Frakes graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2007, and since then has made comics for Myspace Dark Horse Presents, Tales of the TMNT, and BASH! Magazine. She just moved and can't remember where she packed her socks, which is funny and sad. To read more about this problem, click here.
It's Raining
by Mo Oh
Mo Oh is attending the Center for Cartoon Studies with hopes of learning how to draw. Contact Mo at mooh.mail@gmail.com.
Boy Story
by Alexis Frederick-Frost
Alexis Frederick-Frost is a cartoonist and illustrator who lives with his wife in a tiny house on the shores of the Little Bay in New Hampshire. He recently cowrote and illustrated the graphic novel Adventures in Cartooning with James Sturm and Andrew Arnold for First Second Books. In addition to drawing, he teaches at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vt. To see more of his work, click here.
Horses
by José-Luis Olivares
José-Luis Olivares braved his first winter as an MFA student at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Born in balmy South Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in 2005, and then taught English to high school students in Japan.
Rocky
by Penina Gal
Penina Gal is a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. She's currently working on a kids' fantasy comic called The Fire Messenger. When not drawing, she can be found checking on her tomato plants.
Santa's Pizza
by Sam Gaskin
Sam Gaskin graduated in the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies. He is the author of the Xeric Award-winning series "Pizza Wizard" and his book Fatal Faux-Pas is available from Secret Acres Publishing.
White River in Spring: CSS Commencement 2009 Part 1
by Alec Longstreth and Joseph Lambert
Alec Longstreth lives and draws in White River Junction, VT., having just completed a year as a fellow of the Center for Cartoon Studies.
White River in Spring: CSS Commencement 2009 Part 2
by Alec Longstreth and Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert is another guy who lives and draws in White River Junction. He graduated from CCS in 2008.
Eagle Fight Squad 2030 A.D.: Regret
by Alex Kim
Alex Kim is a recent graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Having once worked on a comic sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, he has high hopes for his new Freedom Securer character.
Swing at Night
by Ken Dahl
Ken Dahl is the pen name of Gabby Schulz, the 2006-07 Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. A collection of his work Welcome to the Dahl House, is out now from Microcosm Publishing. Monsters, his semi-autobiographical first novel, will be published this fall by Secret Acres. He currently lives in Vermont.
The Last Explorer
by Jeff Lok
Jeff Lok is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies. His gag cartoons appeared once upon a time in Readers's Digest, The Wall Street Journal and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He now does comics about cats and bears doing bad things to each other and the apocalypse. Sometimes people print them, and sometimes he just goes off and prints them himself!
Dear Bill
by Melissa Mendes
Melissa Mendes is a student at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Someday she wants to start an artist-mentoring program for high school kids, while still making her own comics and maybe children's books.
25 Cents: A Caterpillar Tale
by Katherine Roy
Katherine Roy has lived in many states and been to many countries, but currently resides in White River Junction, Vt., where she is pursuing an MFA ub Cartooning at the Center for Cartoon Studies. She loves stories that explore the beautiful, the magical and the relationship between characters big and small. Her first book, A Kid's Guide to Boston's Freedom Trail, will be released in the spring of 2009.
Clubfoot
by Chuck Forsman
Chuck Forsman graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2008. He self-publishes his award-winning comic book, Snake Oil, and makes sandwiches in a deli. He lives in White River Junction with a girl.
Everything Put Together
by Mario Van Buren
Mario is an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in bacon. Click here to see his endearingly disturbing comics
Woof Boy
by José-Luis Olivares
José-Luis Olivares is braving his first winter as an MFA student at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Born in balmy South Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in 2005, and then taught English to high school students in Japan.
2009 Resolutions
by The Center for Cartoon Studies
This week's comic is brought to you by your friends at The Center for Cartoon Studies: Biking John Chad is a member of CCS's staff; Healthy Eater Josh Rosen is a first-year CCS student; Napping James Sturm is CCS's co-founder; French-learning Morgan Pielli is a CCS graduate; Nesting Michelle Ollie is CCS's co-founder; and Organized Joseph Lambert is a CCS graduate.
"Ask Jenny"
by Lauren O'Connell
Lauren O'Connell is a cartoonist, painter and fledgling therapist. Since graduating from the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2007, she has moved back to Los Angeles, where she lives with her dog and cat. To see more of her work, click here.
Fall (Part 1 of 5)
by Joseph Lambert
Joseph Lambert grew up in Newton, Kansas. After spending time in New York and Denver, he attended the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont, where he lives with his wife. He graduated from CCS in May 2008. Joseph designed Vermont Public Radio’s 2008 Artist Series mug and is an editor and designer of the self-published Sundays Anthology. His comic “Turtle, Keep It Steady” was published in Houghton Miffl in’s The Best American Comics 2008, for which he also designed the endpapers. Look for more of Joseph’s work at www.submarinesubmarine.com.