The Christian Science Monitor looks at cartoon schools, such as the Center for Cartoon Studies, focusing on the tough question facing graduates: What do they do now?
But now comes the real test. With little more than a month to go, it was unclear whether the school [CCS] would be able to grant degrees.
Moreover, no one had landed a coveted book contract. The student whom classmates singled out as having already achieved a measure of success was Alexis Frederick-Frost, a lithe, ponytailed cyclist from Atlanta who studied studio art in college. He won a prestigious Xeric award earlier this year to self-publish a slim comic book about an Italian bike race. La Primavera, which sells for $9, is inked in black and shades of blue and has the feel of the French animated film The Triplets of Belleville.
“I’m trying to generate buzz with this comic, or use it as a calling card,” he said.
He has accepted a summer internship with Drawn and Quarterly in Montreal. After that? He’s not sure. But like others in the class, he plans to stay close to this town, where the White River flows into the Connecticut River, near the school that has nurtured his talent for the past two years.
You can purchase Alexis Frederick-Frost’s La Primavera here.
