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Mary Wings created the first le***an comic book “Come Out Comix” in 1973. She pioneered the q***r comics scene and enabled so much of the work we do and love now. She would come to our first summer class with Lee Marrs and (also dearly departed) Trina Robbins to tell our students what it was like creating q***r and feminist underground comix back in the 1970s. She will be terribly missed. Rest in power, Mary Wings ❤️

TONIGHT! The graduating cohort of takes the stage to deliver a wild and wonderful assortment of comics readings pulled from their thesis work and beyond. Come join the fun! There will be cake! Free & open to the public. Featuring: .dimitrea

Our final Comics in the City guest speaker is the incomparable ! She’ll be interviewed on stage by our very own at 7pm at Timken Auditorium, with a signing and reception afterwards. As always, it’s free & open to the public… Come join us!

Tomorrow, Friday July 26 we have the honor of welcoming the incredible as one of our Comics in the City guest speakers! Maurice is a comics and illustration legend (he was just inducted into the Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame) and is touring with his new magnum opus I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together, a graphic memoir about his relationship with his mother and growing up gay in a religious conservative family. He’ll be in conversation with MFA Comics Chair . Starts at 7pm at Timken Auditorium in the CCA main Building (1111 8th street), with a signing and reception afterwards. As always, it’s free and open to the public! 🤘❤️🌈

We proudly welcome back Emanata, the comics art show produced by our second-summer cohort! These student artists have plastered the walls of CCA’s Campus Gallery with their comics and created zines and mini-comics for sale. The opening, which also doubles as the reception for ‘s Comics in the City guest speakership, is Friday July 19 at 8:30pm at 1480 17th street. As always it’s free & open to the public. Come check it out! 🤘❤️ student artists: .flower .can.creations Mike Wang

Our Comics in the City guest speaker series continues with the amazing ! Ben Passmore will be interviewed by our very own at Timken Auditorium in the CCA Main Building at 1111 8th street, with the reception doubling as the opening of the Emanata Gallery Show produced by the 2nd year cohort! All of it is free and open to the public, as always 🤘❤️

This Friday July 12 at 7pm, we’ve got the amazing coming as our first Comics in the City guest speaker of the summer! ❤️ Briana will be in conversation with and there will be a reception and book signing afterwards. Free and open to the public as always! https://portal.cca.edu/events-calendar/briana-loewinsohn/

Workshop Day kicks off the CCA MFA Comics summer intensive! So much fun having our faculty and other comics pros like come in to teach a series of workshops on various comics skills and concepts from the Psychology of Color to Fashion & Comics to Drawing Diversity!

The annual at is happening Saturday July 6! CCA Comics students will be tabling 4-7pm and reading from their work 7-8:30pm! Come support indie comics 🤘❤️

The No Straight Lines: The Rise of Q***r Comics documentary is streaming for free on PBS for all of Pride month! Produced by the Chair of MFA Comics and featuring CCA faculty and alumni such as .xyz .lawrence as well of legions of other wonderful LGBTQ+ cartoonists, this is a must-see! Happy Pride 🌈❤️

We’re so proud of for the Eisner Award nomination in the category of Best Publication for Teens for the book Saving Sunshine by & .jpeg which she edited!! Go Samia! 🤘❤️

We’re so proud of CCA MFA Comics alum for a coveted Eisner Award nomination in the category of Best Publication for Kids for his book Buzzing (with )! 🤘❤️

We’re so proud of CCA MFA Comics alum Lawrence Lindell of who scored an Eisner Award nomination for his book Blackbeard in the Best Publication for Teens category! Yippee!! ❤️🌈

Trina Robbins was a comics pioneer and a force of nature. She co-created the first women's comics anthologies “It Ain't Me Babe Comix” (1970) and “Wimmen's Comix” (1972), created the first literary comics story about a q***r person ("Sandy Comes Out" in 1972), pioneered feminist comics history books (“The Great Women Cartoonists”, “Pretty in Ink”, etc.), co-founded the feminist comics org. “Friends of Lulu”, was the first woman to draw Wonder Woman, and so much more. She was a friend of the CCA MFA in Comics, coming to campus every year to speak with and inspire students since our comics program began. Every feminist, q***r, and other marginalized voice in comics owes a debt to her tenacity and fierceness, breaking open doors and demanding they stay open for everyone. Rest in Power, Trina!

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PLCAF has returned and features all kinds of comics-focused events ALL MONTH LONG! Go to their website to see what author meet-n-greets and workshops will be taking place this week. They'll be having events at all libraries throughout San Mateo County!

https://t.co/RSueuN7tuZ

This Friday 4/5 at 5-7pm at Silver Sprocket! CCA Comics professor Nidhi Chanani and alum Meggie Ramm read from their all-ages comics!

Image pulled from Meggie's instagram.

THIS SATURDAY APRIL 6TH!!! Join us for an evening of poster art, comics storytelling, and civic pride at Comics on Market Street! Featuring many amazing comic artists like Rina Ayuyang, our very own MFA Comics chair Justin Hall, Peter and Maria Hoey, Minnie Phan, and Triple Dream Comics.

The celebration goes from 4pm - 6pm and is free to the public. See ya Saturday!

MFA Comics alumni Amber Padilla and Dustin Garcia are just two of the many featured exhibitors at this year’s Latinx Comics Art Festival! LCAF will be taking place Mar. 22-23. Follow them on instagram for more information and com celebrate Latinx comic arts!

Images pulled from the LCAF instagram .

The Latinx Comic Arts Festival

Let’s give a special shout out to MFA Comics alumni Julie Eliza Cardenas, the artist-in-residency at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose! To quote her bio on their website, “Julie focuses her craft on painting and comic illustration while exploring her own lived experiences of being a first-generation Mexican-Peruvian-American.”

MFA Comics student Vicco Naylor is partnering with DIY Museum to teach a 2-hour workshop on comics worldbuilding! The workshop will be held at Silver Sprocket this Sat. March 9th from 7pm to 9pm PST. RSVP is required as space is limited, so make sure you get your tickets before spots fill!

Current MFA comics student Julian DeMark & former faculty Chris Koehler will be showing at Low Key Skate Shop Mar. 7th for the No Damage Art Show! Show goes from 6pm-10pm. See ya there!

Sunday Feb 18 come visit the inaugural Pride In Panels Q***r Comics Festival at the SF Public Library from noon - 5pm!

With around 100 exhibitors selling and signing their work, panels, workshops, etc. this will be epic! Many CCA Comics faculty, students, and alumni will be featured, too many to even be listed here!

Free and open to the public! Check out prideinpanels.com for more details.

On Saturday Feb 17, there will be a screening of the at the San Francisco Public Library James LGBTQ Center 2-4:30pm for the inaugural Pride in Panels Q***r Comics Festival!

There will be a panel afterwards discussing the past, present, and future of q***r comics with moderator Dr. Margaret Galvan, the film's Producer and Chair of the CCA MFA in Comics program Justin Hall, CCA Comics faculty Ajuan Mance, CCA Comics alum Gaia WXYZ, and artist extraordinaire Lee Marrs

Free and open to the public! Check out prideinpanels.com for more details.

On Friday Feb 16, the Q***r Comics Reading at Silver Sprocket 7-9pm kicks off the inaugural Pride in Panels Q***r Comics Festival!

Featuring CCA Comics faculty Yasmeen Abedifard and student Phishr Price, along with a bevy of other awesome creators!

Free and open to the public! Check out prideinpanels.com for more details.

Congratulations to Sam Sattin for being honored by the American Library Association for the book “Buzzing”!

“Buzzing” is published by Little Brown ink, written by Sattin, and illustrated by Rye Hickman.

Congrats again!

In case you hadn’t heard, the Cartoon Art Museum has created an extensive exhibition displaying several decades worth of Filipino heritage and history through comics. The show goes until April 28th, and will feature several different panel discussions throughout its run. See you there!

Image shown here is by Alex Niño

https://www.cartoonart.org/a-celebration-of-filipino-komiks

MFAC alumni Eli Bishop is running a visual storytelling workshop at ARCH from 11am - 2pm! Attendees will get a wirebound sketchbook, a pen, and a pencil to work with during the workshop. Workshop will be taking place on Feb. 17th, so register while you can!

Many MANY congratulations to MFAC faculty Thi Bui for the Asian/Pacific American Literary Award Honor title for the book “Finding Papa”.

"Finding Papa was written by Angela Pham Krans, with Thi being the illustrator. This book can be found anywhere online and in bookstores. Check it out!

VENDOR REGISTRATION FOR THE CCA 2024 SPRING FAIR IS OPEN!

That's right! Come celebrate Springtime in the CCA main building and shop from a variety of artwork made by CCA students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the like! The Spring fair will be taking place on March 9th from 12pm to 4pm PST.

Vendor registration ends Feb. 9th or when capacity is reached. Head to CCA Campus Life’s instagram for a link to register or click the link here to learn more: https://portal.cca.edu/events-calendar/2024-spring-fair/

Starting Feb. 3rd, MFAC alumni Sarah Maloney will be teaching a 4 week virtual workshop on DIY publishing from 1pm - 3pm EST. This course is through our friends, the Sequential Arts Workshop, and more info can be found here:

DIY Publishing with Sarah Maloney DIY Publishing with Sarah Maloney