This coming Saturday, April 7 we will be having a drawing party at the Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT from 1-5pm. There will be drawing, socializing, and snacking, as well as talk about projects and some T&H planning. It promises to be a swell time. The address is 94 South Main St; here’s a link for directions. Please RSVP to Robyn Chapman (chapman at cartoonstudies dot org) if you plan to attend.

The deadline for the Keene Free Comics TV Turnoff Week Special has been extended to the end of this month - email your submission to colintedford at gmail dot com (previously-drawn items are fine, as long as they fit in).

Also, don’t forget to come see us and other fine cartoonists and zinesters at the Boston Zine Fair this weekend (March 24-5)!

In addition to the above events, 3/19 is the deadline for the Keene Free Comics TV Turnoff Week Edition, and 3/20 is the Pioneer Valley Comic & Cartoon Schmooze - click over to our fancy new Calendar for details on all these things.

In other news, I’d like to remind people we do have a forum - I wandered by it yesterday to find a February post from a Missouri resident who’s assembling a 50-State Jam! Check it out if you’d like to participate (I call NH, though!)

Also, Part Two of the awesome HOURLY COMICS DAY CROSSOVER is up on the Comics page.

A month later, the first installment of the Trees & Hills Hourly Comics Day 2007 Crossover Event is up on the Comics page - more to follow! The strips’s author, Tim Hulsizer, has just concluded his Charity Auction, raising enough money to purchase a water buffalo for the needy!

The Western MA Comics Creator’s group meets at Modern Myths in Northampton, MA Tuesday 3/6 at 6:30pm - email Scott Sheaffer (kmacalp at aol dot com) for info.

The Fine Toon art show at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, VT runs through 3/31 and features art by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Bissette, Harry Bliss, Jeff Danziger, Gareth Hinds, James Kochalka, Edward Koren, Hal Mayforth, Frank Miller, Skip Morrow, Tim Newcomb, Rick Veitch, James Sturm, and more! The next T&H party might be cancelled due to St. Patrick’s Day - how about a trip to Stowe instead?

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS)
CCS PORTFOLIO DAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2007
10am-1pm

(click ‘Full Article’ below)

Bring your sketchbook!
Show your portfolio for an admissions review
Learn more about the program and courses
Meet faculty and students
Tour the campus

Who should attend?
Prospective students
Applicants
High School seniors and graduates
College students

Location:
The Center for Cartoon Studies
94 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont
Directions available online: http://www.cartoonstudies.org/wrj.html
Questions? (802) 295-3319
R.S.V.P. Space is limited!
Robyn Chapman
chapman@cartoonstudies.org.

About The Center for Cartoon Studies
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers a one and two-year course of
study designed for a small group of dedicated students with a passion and
appreciation for graphic novels, storytelling, writing, comics, and design.
Experienced and internationally recognized cartoonists, writers, and
designers will teach classes. For more information on CCS programs, visit:
http://www.cartoonstudies.org/programs.html

The monthly Trees & Hills drawing party (always the 3rd Sat. of each month except under extenuating circumstances) will be happening this Saturday 2/17 at Tim Hulsizer’s house in Keene, NH; email Tim (escapevelocity at gmail dot com) for directions and other info.

Anne Thalheimer has a guest column up at Fleen - check it out! She uses fellow Pioneer Valley cartoonist Bryant Paul Johnson’s work to discuss reading comics in different formats.

The Granite State Comicon will happen in Concord, NH on March 18; tables are $25, and some T&H folk have applied.

The Boston Zine Fair will happen March 24-25 in (of course) Boston, MA - which is outside our “territory”, but T&H folk are applying for tables (a mere $15!).

I have all the Hourly Comics by T&H folk that I’m aware of (by me, Tim Hulsizer, and Anne Thalheimer), so once I’ve scanned Anne’s I’ll add those to our comics section. If you’ve done one I don’t know about, let me know! I also still have a batch of artists to add to the links page.

Saturday, February 10 (12-3pm) Marek Bennett will be drawing cartoons for the Monadnock Humane Society’s cat adoption promo event. Come on by for discounted kitty adoptions (with free cat toys!)…