February 14, 2010

Nate Beaty is one of many cartoonists living in Chicago, determined the subarctic temperatures will inspire continuous drawing to generate heat. The first 8 years of his self-published comics were recently collected in BFF: Brainfag Forever! Nate designed and co-edited the Zinester’s Guide to Portland, and his work has appeared in McSweeney’s, the SPX Anthology, the Portland Mercury, and Northline. His architectural illustrations were featured in Willy Vlautin’s novel The Motel Life, and have appeared in every issue of the award-winning comics anthology Papercutter. Every Sunday he meets in secret with the nefarious Chicago drawing gang, Trubble Club.

For a glimpse of recent guests, visit the CCS Visiting Faculty blog.