Comments on: cartoon school graduation

By: mfahy

mfahy — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:59:51 +0000

Wow!
Sturm and Bechdel!
I’m too pleased!
I hope you two talked about important things like
speech balloons, splash pages and gutter widths.
No,seriously, I LOVE you two!

By: diana

diana — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:40:29 +0000

FYI, guys, gals, & other identified,
there are two BFA programs in Comic Art in the country. One is at Minneapolis College of Art & Design. I’m a graduate of that program and currently teach comic history and graphic novel classes there. The other is Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia. I have a bias because of my involvement with MCAD, but I think our program is stronger than Savannah’s.
Also, CCS cofounder Michelle Ollie worked at MCAD before beginning that venture. My mentor/buddy Frenchy and I had supper with them in Boston while Michelle was preggers.
Do people still say preggers?
CCS has a very good reputation. They have strong and talented faculty who care about the medium a great deal.
Alison, how were the graduation portfolios/shows? How was the students’ work? You said it was nice, but did anyone stand out to you?

By: Wicked Witch of Spain

Wicked Witch of Spain — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:24:06 +0000

My dear Alison, no need to point at me when I look ugly on the picture. On the other hand Michelle and Phineas look cute.
Vanity is the weakness of a Wicked Witch like me.

By: Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:22:36 +0000

Dear Wicked Witch,
I’m so sorry I didn’t point you out. God, I’m a sloppy blogger. That woman in the middle of the background in the first photo is Ana Merino, a member of the Center for Cartoon Studies board. She also teaches Latin American and Spanish literature and culture at Dartmouth, and writes scholarly type stuff about comics.

That woman holding the baby is Michelle the co-director’s partner, Michelle. Yes, they’re both named Michelle and they spell it the same way. And that very small person she’s holding is Phineas, their 1 year old.

By: C.

C. — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:14:44 +0000

I like On The Media too!

By: Wicked Witch of Spain

Wicked Witch of Spain — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:17:01 +0000

Alison you are an inspirational person, quiet, shy, but inspirational “in person” and adorable.
On the other hand I look like the “Wicked Witch of the West”, thanks God my skin is a little brown and not green and lovely Dorothy alias Hillary Chute was keeping the water on the bottle…meanwhile speaking with James the wizard of Oz alias CCS director…
It was nice to see you…and the speech was fantastic!! It was worthy to bring my black Witch dress…

By: BamfChyck

BamfChyck — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:28:55 +0000

James Sturm from “Down and out Dawg” fame? Boy, that takes me back to my misspent undergrad time. How nice he’s doing something so positive as well as being creative.
Allison, can you give more details about the book Hillary Chute interviewed you for?

By: Suzanonymous

Suzanonymous — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:59:11 +0000

LOL! Thanks Alison. You helped me on the road to degrumping.

I like that mug, too.

By: Cate

Cate — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:47:19 +0000

I think this is GREAT, Alison.

I was in burlington this weekend and I was creeping around the Onion River Co-op imagining running into Stuart at every turn. I was rewarded with a dude in a utilikilt but he was much younger than Stu.

By: Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:38:59 +0000

Yeah, Michelle gave me a mug, Joe, and it's frickin' awesome. I'm hoping I get another one for forking over my annual Vermont Public Radio donation. Interestingly, when I went to the VPR site this morning, there was a picture of ME on it. It was weird, I got confused about whose site I was on. Then I realized I'd given their web people permission a year or so ago to use my photo in these little profiles of VPR listeners they show up on the site. You get a random, different person every time you log on.