Stories tagged DC Comics

Nubia nominated for Harvey Award

Nubia: Real One, written by young adult (YA) author L. L. McKinney with art by Robyn Smith ’17, has been nominated for Best Children or Young Adult Book in the 2021 Harvey Awards. Though Nubia is as fast and powerful as her famous twin sister, Wonder Woman, the world has no problem telling her that she’s no comparison. But when Nubia’s best friend, Quisha, is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia will risk it all––her safety, her home, and her crush on that cute kid in English class––to become the hero society tells her she isn’t.

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Tags: CCS Alum, DC Comics, Harvey Award, L. L. McKinney, Nubia, Nubia: Real One, Robyn Smith

Graduate Spotlight: Chief Creative Officer Adam Staffaroni ′07

Adam Staffaroni ′07 can proudly draw a unicorn in 5 seconds flat. Leading up to this illustrious skill, he started his career in the licensing department at DC Comics, then helped launch the Kaboom! imprint at Boom! Studios. After a stint at Lion Forge (who is now publishing Jarad Greene’s ’17 Scullion), where he launched the Roar Comics imprint, he is now the co-founder & Chief Creative Officer of Einhorn’s Epic Productions, a multi-platform content studio.

Adam is co-creator and executive producer of Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery and The Curie Society. Lethal Lit is a scripted podcast series about Tig Torres, a teen detective investigating the infamous “Lit Killer” murders in her hometown, Hollow Falls. The Curie Society is an original graphic novel about a team of young, female scientists who join a secret organization originally founded by Marie Curie.

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Tags: Adam Staffaroni, Angela Boyle, Batman, Birds of Prey, Blue Delliquanti, Boom! Studios, cartoonstudies, DC Comics, Einhorn's Epic Productions, interview, Jarad Greene, Jen Hickman, Joan Hilty, Kaboom, Lethal Lit, Lion Forge, MIT, Mother and Whisper, O Human Star, Roar Comics, Scullion, The Curie Society

Halloween Heroes: The Rutland Parade

October 23 – November 20

Halloween Heroes, on exhibit at The Center for Cartoon Studies, features these comics that have made the Rutland Halloween Parade famous in the cartooning world, as well as period photos of Rutland’s own “Halloween Heroes” reveling at the event.

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Tags: Betsey Swardlick, Cartooning, CCS Gallery, Comics Exhibition, DC Comics, Graphic Novel, Halloween Heroes, Marvel, Parade, Vermont