Novel graphics from the Center for Cartoon Studies
art
SEVEN DAYS
12.21.11-12.28.11
SEVENDAYSvt.com
drawn+paneled
68 ART
Melissa Mendes graduated with an MFA from the Center for Cartoon
Studies in 2010. She draws these comic strips every day in her studio in western Massachusetts. The main character in these strips, Freddy, is also the subject of her XericAward-winning graphic novel, Freddy Stories. You can buy the book and read more of Melissa’s comics at mmmendes.com.
“Drawn & Paneled” is a collaboration between Seven Days and the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, featuring works by past and present students. These pages are archived at sevendaysvt.com/center-for-cartoon-studies. For more info, visit CCS online at cartoonstudies.org.