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02.01.2025

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #32: Em Sauter

An interesting thing that James Sturm did at CCS was create the concept of "Applied Cartooning." By this, he meant non-narrative cartooning ...

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02.01.2025

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #30: Emil O'Melia

Emil O'Melia's The King Of Cats Is Dead is a beautiful, surreal, nightmarish, and colorful saga about a demonic cat named Spider who steals...

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02.01.2025

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #31: Coco Fox

Coco Fox's middle-grade quasi-memoir Let's Go, Coco! is a delightful breath of fresh air in the genre. It's not a surprise that Harper Alle...

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31.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #29: Michael Albrecht, Ben Adkins

Ben Adkins is a first-year student, and he contributed his two iterations of some time-tested CCS assignments: adapting one of Aesop's fable...

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30.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #28: Robyn Smith, Dylan Sparks, Kat Ghastly

Kat Ghastly's I Hunger may be short, but she packs a lot of conceptual power into its very silly punchlines. Its central idea--"What upset ...

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30.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #27: Natalie Norris, Keena

From the very first, the comics I read from Natalie Norris dealt with trauma. Regardless of the assignment, it was clear that Norris had a b...

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29.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #26: Anna Sellheim

Anyone who follows Anna Sellheim on Instagram knows that her sketchbook drawings are wildly entertaining and show the breadth and depth of h...

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28.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #25: Adrienne Adkins

Adrienne Adkins' cartooning and storytelling are smart and expressive, even if her line is a bit rough at the moment. Adkins certainly has n...

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26.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #24: Violet Kitchen

Violet Kitchen came out of the gates at CCS doing interesting work, and they've only built on that potential since graduating. They co-found...

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26.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #23: Riffraff

The Gutter is a substack anthology that mostly publishes very short stories or serials. Of late, they've gotten more serious about things, ...

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25.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #22: Filipa Estrela

Filipa Estrela is an artist who makes the most out of the zine format, turning each one into an art objects as much as it is a comic. Rember...

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22.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #21: Crank Case & Iris Gudeon

Iris Gudeon's comics are odd and funny. Using a four-panel grid and a deceptively simple line, Gudeon's storytelling leans into a cute, upbe...

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21.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #19: Annabel Driussi, Tom O'Brien, Ashley Jablonski

When Natalie Norris wrote her sexual assault graphic memoir Dear Mini , she dedicated it to "girls like us." In Dear Natalie, Annabel Drius...

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21.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #20: Alex Washburn

Published in the pages of the Fantology anthology, Alex Washburn's serial Clan Zargs works well a solid fantasy story, a romantic serial, an...

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19.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #18: 666 Comics

The latest iteration of 666 Comics, edited by Ian Richardson has some of the usual CCS names in a fun format: six stories, six pages per co...

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18.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #17: Pat Leonhard

I've been watching Pat Leonhard develop his graphic novel Margo since sitting next to him during a class at CCS when I visited for Industry...

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17.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #16: Faith Cox, Penina Gal

Obstructions , Vol 0, by Penina Gal. I've always enjoyed Gal's work, whether it's fantasy, memoir, or comics-as-poetry. This time around, it...

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16.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #15: Ana Two

Ana Two's Hyperfawnus got an Ignatz nomination, and it was well-earned despite it being so short (just twelve pages of story). There's a ne...

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15.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #13: E.B. Sciales and Gabrielle Tinnirello

There is something delightfully old-fashioned about E.B. Sciales' comic Sal #1, featuring "Sal, the Tiny Artist." This pen-and-ink collecti...

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15.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #14: Colleen Frakes

One has to admire Colleen Frakes' persistence. One of the original CCS students from the class of 2007, Frakes is one of the few from the cl...

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14.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #12: Wayne Carter and King Ray

Wayne Carter is a humorist. The comics I've seen from him have been absurd and well-designed, with sly surprises. His comic The Saddest Angr...

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12.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #11: Amelia B.C. Dutton (ABCD)

Amelia B.C. Dutton has the awesome pen name of ABCD, and this first-year student has already stacked up a few impressive-looking minis. Lead...

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11.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #10: Andy Warner

Andy Warner has an uncanny knack for producing informational comics that are exceptionally well-researched but also fun to read. Like many C...

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10.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #9: Ellie Liota, Al Varela and Iona Fox (with Cooper Whittlesey)

Ellie Liota has shown a knack, in her young career for drawing anthropomorphic animals, or animals who are intelligent. Trash Town is a fun ...

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09.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #8: Hannah Kaplan and Anna McGlynn

Hannah Kaplan is someone I hadn't seen in seven years, which was the last time I reviewed her work. I was happy to run into her at the Phila...

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08.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #7: Jarad Greene

If there's a single word to describe Jarad Greene's work, it's focused . From the very first time I met him at SPX years ago, it was clear t...

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07.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #6: Steve Thueson

Steve Thueson's comics are in that sweet spot between comedy and straight-ahead genre stories, with a heavy helping of slacker dialogue. Whe...

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06.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #5: Daryl Seitchik

It's been enjoyable to follow Daryl Seitchik's ambitions as a cartoonist and publisher. With partner Dan Nott, their Parsifal Press has rele...

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04.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #3: Chuck Forsman

Chuck Forsman's career has seen a lot of unpredictability. Even his most extreme genre projects were always oddly paced and filled with many...

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03.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #2: Bread Tarleton

It's been exciting to track Bread Tarleton's development as a cartoonist. (Full disclosure: Fieldmouse Press will be publishing their book, ...

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02.12.2024

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #1: Emma Hunsinger

If you're a cartoonist and you're trying to make actual money in the profession, it's been fairly well-established that the only genres that...

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19.11.2024

High-Low: Jason's Upside Dawn

Having read Jason's entire output, I've found that his most interesting comics are those that follow his current cultural influences into ri...

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15.11.2024

High-Low: It's A Vibe: The Comics Of Benji Nate

The key to understanding Benji Nate's intentions as a cartoonist can be found in the introduction to her minicomic Cold Soda #1 (the older ...

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08.11.2024

High-Low: Jeffrey Brown's Kids Are Still Weird

It's funny to see where cartoonists wind up in their careers. Jeffrey Brown burst onto the alt-comics scene over 20 years ago with his self-...

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07.11.2024

High-Low: Whit Taylor's Dead Air #1-2

Over on Patreon, Whit Taylor has been serializing her new long-form project, entitled Dead Air. It's the sort of slice-of-life comic that w...

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05.11.2024

High-Low: Tia Roxae's Face Fatigue

Tia Roxae's Face Fatigue is a short (10 pages) but highly effective bit of body horror and social critique & satire. A woman who just turned...

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26.10.2024

High-Low: Josh, by Bayer, Simmons, Cotter, and Stephens

The Josh anthology is a gimmick in the most fun sense of the word. It features cartoonists Josh Bayer, Josh Cotter, Josh Simmons, and Josh ...

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18.10.2024

High-Low: Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Date Book, Volume 3

Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Date Book series, which collects highlights from his sketchbooks, has been a fascinating look into the working pr...

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11.10.2024

High-Low: Hate Revisited #2, by Peter Bagge

Peter Bagge is on my shortlist of my favorite cartoonists, and Hate is perhaps my favorite comics series of all time. Since ending the seri...

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05.10.2024

High-Low: Tanya Dorph-Mankey's Count The Lights Preview

Pro wrestling, at its essence, is a kind of carnival theater improv based heavily on audience reactions. Every emotion must be over the top ...

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High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #32: Em Sauter

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #30: Emil O'Melia

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #31: Coco Fox

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #29: Michael Albrecht, Ben Adkins

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #28: Robyn Smith, Dylan Sparks, Kat Ghastly

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #27: Natalie Norris, Keena

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #26: Anna Sellheim

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #25: Adrienne Adkins

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #24: Violet Kitchen

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #23: Riffraff

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #22: Filipa Estrela

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #21: Crank Case & Iris Gudeon

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #19: Annabel Driussi, Tom O'Brien, Ashley Jablonski

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #20: Alex Washburn

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #18: 666 Comics

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #17: Pat Leonhard

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #16: Faith Cox, Penina Gal

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #15: Ana Two

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #13: E.B. Sciales and Gabrielle Tinnirello

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #14: Colleen Frakes

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #12: Wayne Carter and King Ray

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #11: Amelia B.C. Dutton (ABCD)

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #10: Andy Warner

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #9: Ellie Liota, Al Varela and Iona Fox (with Cooper Whittlesey)

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #8: Hannah Kaplan and Anna McGlynn

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #7: Jarad Greene

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #6: Steve Thueson

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #5: Daryl Seitchik

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #3: Chuck Forsman

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #2: Bread Tarleton

High-Low: 45 Days Of CCS, #1: Emma Hunsinger

High-Low: Jason's Upside Dawn

High-Low: It's A Vibe: The Comics Of Benji Nate

High-Low: Jeffrey Brown's Kids Are Still Weird

High-Low: Whit Taylor's Dead Air #1-2

High-Low: Tia Roxae's Face Fatigue

High-Low: Josh, by Bayer, Simmons, Cotter, and Stephens

High-Low: Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Date Book, Volume 3

High-Low: Hate Revisited #2, by Peter Bagge

High-Low: Tanya Dorph-Mankey's Count The Lights Preview

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