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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We have TWO @ccacomics.bsky.social MFA alumni kicking off #bannedbooksweek with critical articles on @xtramagazine.com for Comics Against Censorship! Please read these important pieces by Cassy Lee (insta: @readfreedrawfree) and Maia Kobabe ( @redgoldsparks.bsky.social ) on xtramagazine.com!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror by @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social has just launched their kickstarter! This full-color queer horror comic anthology includes CCA Comics’ own faculty @ajuanmance.bsky.social and alum @sonyasaturdayart.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

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Sawhand @sawhand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks for the shoutout! Sarah and I will also be making an appearance at the Newport Historical Society (Newport, Rhode Island) on Dec 17th as part of their Holiday Market :D Should be festive!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re proud to celebrate the release of “Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy!” drawn by MFA Comics alum Melissa Philley @sawhand.bsky.social & written by Sarah Crabtree! This 120 page historical graphic novel follows the life of William Rotch in the American Age of Revolution! ! Congratulations Melissa!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man, by our own @ccacomics.bsky.social faculty @frednoland.bsky.social, is out this week! This almost-300 page graphic novel covers the life of one of America’s most important athletes on the world stage. Order it through your favorite local bookstore!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today on campus, BFA and MFA Comics students got together to break in our new homeroom with a giant scroll-sized riff on Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work. Next time you’re stuck on what to draw next, might we suggest Zoom In On A Face Punch (With Eyes Popping)?

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This Friday, join us on campus for the grand opening of EMANATA, our annual exhibition of comics & art from MFA Comics students at CCA! 13 cartoonists have filled the walls of the Novack Gallery with comics pages, and many will have print copies of their work for sale too. Free & open to the public!

EMANATA: graduate comics show 2026. Opening reception Friday July 17th 6:30-9pm. Free and open to the public July 24 and 31 6:30-9 or by appointment by contacting Mel mgillman@cca.edu. Novack Gallery Makers Building 2nd floor 145 Hooper St San Francisco, CA 94107

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Every Friday evening this month, see COMICS IN THE CITY on CCA campus! This year we have @ajuanmance.bsky.social , @frednoland.bsky.social , @maryshyneonline.bsky.social and MFA Comics 2026 grad readings! Comics in the City events are free and open to the public, come watch! Poster by Justin Hall!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

MFA Comics alum Kayan Cheung-Miaw has completed a gorgeously vivid mural, “This Asian American Life,” up on Hyde Street, near the SF Asian Art Museum! In comic-like panels, the viewer journeys through scenes of SF Chinatown through childlike eyes and memory. Congratulations on the beautiful mural!

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lee @leedean.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

i’ll be doing a reading here tonight if you’re in sf!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The third volume of graphic novel series Unico comes out next week July 7! Unico: Lost, written by our own Eisner-nominated MFA Comics ‘15 alumni @samuelsattin.bsky.social and illustrated by the duo @gurihiru.bsky.social, can be preordered now from Scholastic Graphix!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

THIS SATURDAY JULY 4! Come to @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social for our annual CCA Comics Festival! From 3-6pm, check our students' wares! Then, 6:30-7:30pm, enjoy live comics readings from our crew! Beat the fireworks and have a great time! Poster design by @sblaylea.bsky.social !

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

LESS THAN $900 REMAINS UNTIL OUR NEXT STRETCH GOAL! We're less than 20 away from 800 BACKERS coming down to the final days of THE GOBLIN THRONE! 1000 Backers is still in sight and you can help us make it possible! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

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The Goblin Throne by Mel Gillman

Beware the promises you make to the Goblin Queen . . . especially if you plan to break them. An all-new graphic novel!

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Ajuan Mance @ajuanmance.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’m excited to share that What Do Brothas Do All Day? has landed a spot on the @cbcbooks.bsky.social Summer Showcase list, These Are the People In My Neighborhood—a collection celebrating teamwork, kindness, & community: cbcbooks.org #BookBuzz #kidlit #ClassroomLibrary #CBCShowcase #CommunityStories

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Congratulations to @ajuanmance.bsky.social, @sonyasaturdayart.bsky.social, and all the contributors to Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project that’s been nominated for an Eisner for best anthology this year! Check out the wonderful book at stackeddeckpress.com! Well deserved, team!!

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Mel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I also got to contribute some annotations to this! This book is really something special. Dozens of queer and trans artists, writers, and scholars added their thoughts and experiences to this book — expanding and broadening what was already a seminal piece of queer literature.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Congratulations to Professor @frednoland.bsky.social for the release of Our Little Wild Time on May 19!! Published by Fantagraphics, this volume collects several absurdly dark and upsettingly hilarious comics, myriad portraits and a career-spanning interview. So excited to see this collection out!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today our BFA and MFA Comics programs joined forces to make our new zine yearbook! Students and faculty carved little block-printing self-portraits and printed them together in little zines for everyone to take home.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our own @winterweix.bsky.social (MFA Comics ‘27) will debut her book Magic Up at Festival BD de Montréal / Montréal Comics and Arts Festival this weekend! Check out her critical nonfiction piece in @crucialcomix.bsky.social as well: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/on-the... Congratulations Winter!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

CCA Comics students and faculty are all invited to join us 5/11 6-8pm in the homeroom for our big end-of-year party! We’ll be block-printing self-portraits to add to the official 2026 CCA Comics Zine Yearbook! All supplies provided, plus pizza :) See you there!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Next Monday May 4, 4pm at the West Branch of Berkeley Public Library, CCA MFA Comics alum @comixdimitrea.bsky.social will facilitate a Memoir Comics Workshop: Magic in the Mundane! Come learn and create and honor your memories in your voice! Materials provided, all levels of comics-making welcome!

The picture is an ad for Magic in the Mundane. It shows an illustration of the host, Dimitrea Okunbo, surrounded by three drawn characters like shoulder angels as the artist draws at a small round table with flours and a tea. Dimitrea is a CCA MFA Comics alum who will host the workshop at the West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library. It advertises the workshop will be Monday May 4, 2026 from 4 to 5:30pm. It requests masks to be worn, all levels of experience are welcome, and class materials will be provided. The event is called "Magic in the Mundane: Inviting memories and creating memoir comics with Dimitrea Okunbo."

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Wed April 29 at Mill Valley Public Library! Words & Pictures - CCA faculty @frednoland.bsky.social, Rina Ayuyang, and Justin Hall, will perform a graphic novel live reading! Hosted by another one of ours, @sophieyanow.bsky.social, we can’t wait! RSVP: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/16420317

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Words & Pictures: A Graphic Novel Reading Event

Join us for a multimedia reading event: acclaimed cartoonists will take us on a journey with words and pictures, reading nonfiction, literary fiction, and memoir, as their drawings...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Our amazing Professor @nicolejgeorges has a new book: Emotional Support Animals! Enjoy 160 pages of adorably drawn animals telling us what we need to hear! There’s worksheets and stickers, too! Find Nicole’s book at your favorite local bookstore! She’s on tour now, come see her on the west coast!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Tonight, CCA welcomed award-winning interdisciplinary artist @shing.bsky.social to campus to share their work, give an inspiring talk about the importance of handmade human art, and trade li’l guy paintings with our students!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Tonight at 7pm in room N203 on campus, join us for an artist talk with award-winning cartoonist, game designer, and puppeteer Shing Yin Khor @shing.bsky.social ! This event is free and open to the public, and is presented in partnership with the Queer Cultural Center. portal.cca.edu/events-calen...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

CCA Undergrads - learn how to thrive in the industry in COMIX 4100-1 this Fall from the experienced @andycomics.bsky.social ! Professor Warner has done it all: published several books, freelance work, editor roles and more. Come learn how to do it! Open to all majors, register before May!

Image is an ad for COMIX-4100-1, a class that will be taught to undergrads by Professor Andy Warner at the California College of the Arts. A simplified stick figure wearing a shirt and tie is sweating and pulling at his shirt collar nervously. THere is an image of a treacherous path with a sign that says "Art Career!" with a sun and rainbow at the end of the horizon. Finally, there is a drawing of a stick figure teacher discussing a white board that says "Act 3" to a student stick figure listening. The image says: "Hey you! Take a class in Professional Practice! Learn how to navigate your career and how to survive and thrive as a working artist. Open to non-comics majors/minors. COMIX 4100-1 Tues 9:00AM - 11:30 AM."

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

CCA Undergrads! There’s still time to register for COMIX-2210-1 Drawing for Comics by stellar Professor @yasmeenabedi.bsky.social! Fall 2026! Open to all majors, come learn about the breadth and depth of possibilities in comics and print some pages!!

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Come see Mel and I in conversation at CCA next week! I think I'm going to do a little guy trade - bring me a human-made drawing of a little guy and I'll give you a very tiny original painting of a little guy(we'll see how many I get done).

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

4/14 @ 7pm, join us at CCA for a talk by award-winning artist Shing Yin Khor @shing.bsky.social! Shing will be delivering a talk about making little guys, telling stories with objects, sustaining a multidisciplinary creative career, and the endurance of human-made art. portal.cca.edu/events-calen...

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Shing Yin Khor in Conversation with Mel Gillman - CCA Portal

California College of the Arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. Benefitting from its San Francisco Bay ...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our stellar MFA Comics Alumni @tikklil.bsky.social has a beautiful new addition to their yuri drama series Drifting into Summer! Read Surface Tension and their two sister stories for free on viz.com now! www.viz.com/vizmanga/cha...

Cover of a comic called Surface Tension, a chapter of a Drifting into Summer comic. A swimmer with short hair and a serious face adjusts her swim goggles and looks back at another swimmer behind her, who is smiling more confidently with her arms crossed. The cover says "Story and art by Tikklil"

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Tomorrow, our friends @japansociety.org & Orange, Inc. will host two panels at San Francisco’s Digital Garage, featuring Kyuri Yamada, acclaimed mangaka of AI no Idenshi (The Gene of AI)! Friday, March 27, 5:30 to 8:30 PM Digital Garage - 717 Market St #100, San Francisco RSVP: luma.com/svvk21wn

Event poster which shows character and panel art for Ai no Idenshi, a black and white manga. An android, cat and mannequin are shown in the panel art. A serious looking young character in a black turtleneck ruminates towards the reader.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Field trip!! Today our Applied Comics class got to take a trip to Santa Rosa to visit the Charles M Schulz Museum for a behind-the-scenes tour! Thanks for having us, @schulzmuseum.bsky.social !

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It’s that time of year again: Electric Squeak, CCA's student-run comics journal, is BACK for Issue 6! This year’s theme is 🪐Outerworlds💫 -- we're looking for all types of comics about this world & Others. Submissions open til 3/31. We can’t wait to see your work! electricsqueak.com/home-for-iss...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Got a story to tell? Ready to spend your next summer in San Francisco, taking classes taught by comics industry pros, and honing your skills alongside a passionate group of peers from all over the world? Applications are officially open for the MFA in Comics Program! portal.cca.edu/learning/aca...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Want to learn more about comics? CCA's Fall extension courses are perfect for you! Classes range from between $150-495, with world class instructors! Sign up soon!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Interested in CCA's MFA Comics program? Join the chair of the program, Mel Gillman, today at 5:30 PM PST for a virtual info session! www.eventbrite.com/e/mfa-comics...

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MFA Comics - Virtual Information Session

Join CCA's MFA Comics for their information session to learn more about the curriculum and general program scope.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The links to check out the aforementioned courses: Food & Comics: secure.touchnet.net/C20080_ustor... Art of Storytelling: secure.touchnet.net/C20080_ustor... Risograph Workshop: secure.touchnet.net/C20080_ustor... Illustration Techniques: Children's Books: secure.touchnet.net/C20080_ustor...

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Food & Comics (online) | November 4 - December 9, 2025

November 4 - December 9 | Tuesdays (6 sessions) | 5:00 - 8:00 PM PST | Online | Instructor: Susannah Hainley Prerequisite: Students must be 18+ years ...

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Register for CCA's fantastic fall Extension classes from the MFA Comics program! - "Food & Comics", with Susannah Hainley - "Making Comics: The Art of Storytelling", with Sarah Maloney - "Illustration Techniques: Children's Books", with Gus D'Angelo - "Risograph Workshop", with Yasmeen Abedifard

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

"Thrilled to share this new mural by MFA Comics alumni Kayan Cheung-Miaw! This piece, titled "This Asian American Life", was commissioned by the Asian Art Museum for the Lawrence and Gorretti Lui Hyde Street Art Wall, and will be on display through September 28th."

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Black Indie Comix Club [Follow our Black & Bloody Kickstarter!] @blackindiecomix.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla... Please follow the Black & Bloody Kickstarter! We launch in TWO days! For the bloody bxtches! For the blerdy bxtches, and all the Black vampire baddies inbetween, please follow the Kickstarter and support some Black Vampire art! #Blackvampire #sinners #blackart

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A Black Vampire anthology by Black Indie Comix Club

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The 2025 MFA in Comics Anthology is here, and it looks fantastic! Our 15 graduating students each contributed a 10-20 page excerpt on their thesis comics, making for one killer 280 page volume. Thank you to editor @andycomics.bsky.social and book designer GB Tran for making this such a success!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The MFA Comics program got to celebrate our newest graduating class with TWO jam-packed nights of live comics readings on campus! Congratulations, class of 2025!! 🎉

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Vicco Sebes @viccoviccovicco.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

In honor of me graduating from @ccacomics.bsky.social MFA program, I wanted to go back and post the first comic I made in the program under the direction of @teabuoy.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛🩷💜

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Leah "Lee" Spears @imanidraws.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Still getting used to this new platform. Figured I could use this opportunity to reflect on one of the first comics I made at the beginning of the @ccacomics.bsky.social MFA Comics Program. Especially since, after tomorrow, I'll be an official graduate alongside my peers.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Tonight we have 2 incredible back-to-back events! At 7pm in Timken Auditorium, Sam Sattin will be interviewed live on stage by Justin Hall as part of our Comics in the City series. And at 8:30pm at 1480 17th St., we'll have an opening reception for EMANATA, an exhibition of our MFA students' comics!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

We were thrilled to welcome Itaru Kinoshita @kurinosukeboy.bsky.social to campus tonight for an artist talk and book signing to kick off our annual Comics in the City lecture series!

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Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

FRIDAY in San Francisco! @ccacomics.bsky.social welcomes Itaru Kinoshita @kurinosukeboy.bsky.social, creator of “Dinosaur Sanctuary” as part of their “Comics in the City” lecture series. Friday, July 11, 7 pm. Drawing demo + Q&A + book signing. portal.cca.edu/events-calen... Free & open to all!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A packed house tonight at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social for our annual CCA Comics Fest! Students from our MFA Program tabled with their comics and performed live readings of their work. Next up: day 1 of classes!

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

CCA Comics Fest happening now at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social! Tabling til 8pm tonight, and live comics readings from 8:30-9:30pm! Free and open to the public! 🍒🍒🍒

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