BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON November 8, 2018 | TAGGED: center for cartoon studies, ed koren, things to do

Courtesy photograph.
According to a news release:
In his newest collection, In the Wild, released on October 22 by Button Street Press, the acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist illustrates country life, exurbanites and the ironies of living in the boonies. His cartoons have Vermonters looking at city folk, and city folk looking at Vermonters.
Koren’s humor, his humanoid , fuzzy, puzzled and brave creatures will delight the reader, country dweller or not. In this latest collection of cartoons on country life, drawn from his porch in Vermont, nothing is sacred: vegetarians, parenting, animals, gourmands, country stores…all are examined with the unique perspective and creativity of this brilliant observer (and artist) of “the wild.”
Koren, who served as Vermont’s second cartoon laureate from 2014-17, has several appearances scheduled for the Twin States; the two in the Upper Valley are at:
- The Norman Williams Public Library with The Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m.
- The Norwich Bookstore on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m.
The current cartoon laureate is Alison Bechdel. She was chosen, in part, by the Center for Cartoon Studies in WRJ.
BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON April 16, 2018 | TAGGED: center for cartoon studies, LGBTQ
Congratulations to Melanie Gillman on their recent DINKy Award! Gillman is the artist behind Pockets, which won for best mini comic, and As the Crow Flies, a story about a queer teenager who finds herself stranded at an all-white Christian youth backpacking camp. Check it out!
BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON March 1, 2018 | TAGGED: center for cartoon studies, things to do, white river junction

Cartoonist Ricardo Siri, who goes by the name Liniers, talks during an interview on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in his studio at home in Norwich, Vt. (Valley News – Charles Hatcher) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
You already know it’s gonna be a busy weekend, what with First Friday taking place in White River Junction and all, so let’s get your list started early.
Happening at the Center for Cartoon Studies, starting at 6:30 p.m.: the opening reception of an exhibit by Liniers, the Argentine cartoonist living in the Upper Valley who Valley News staff reporter EmmaJean Holley wrote about last fall.
Details from CCS below and in the Valley News‘ latest edition of Art Notes.
BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON January 16, 2018 | TAGGED: center for cartoon studies, kane lynch, white river junction
Kane Lynch’s comic is available to read in English or Spanish.
BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON December 27, 2017 | TAGGED: center for cartoon studies, sasha velour
Google it! And read more about Marlene Dietrich here.