CCA Comics
@ccacomics.bsky.social
California College of the Arts' BFA and MFA Comics programs!
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...
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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...
"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."
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"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."
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!
August 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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!
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!! 🎉
August 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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!! 🎉
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!
July 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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!
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!
July 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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!
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!
July 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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!
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! 🍒🍒🍒
July 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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! 🍒🍒🍒
Get ready for this summer's newest Comics in the City line-up at CCA!
7/11: Itaru Kinoshita
7/18: Sam Sattin
7/25: Eddie Ahn
8/1 and 8/2: MFA Comics Graduate Readings
All events start at 7pm in CCA's Timken Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Come join us!!
7/11: Itaru Kinoshita
7/18: Sam Sattin
7/25: Eddie Ahn
8/1 and 8/2: MFA Comics Graduate Readings
All events start at 7pm in CCA's Timken Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Come join us!!
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Get ready for this summer's newest Comics in the City line-up at CCA!
7/11: Itaru Kinoshita
7/18: Sam Sattin
7/25: Eddie Ahn
8/1 and 8/2: MFA Comics Graduate Readings
All events start at 7pm in CCA's Timken Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Come join us!!
7/11: Itaru Kinoshita
7/18: Sam Sattin
7/25: Eddie Ahn
8/1 and 8/2: MFA Comics Graduate Readings
All events start at 7pm in CCA's Timken Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. Come join us!!
Our MFA Comics summer session is coming up soon, and we're kicking things off in style at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social! Join us 7/6 for the CCA COMICS FEST! Students will be tabling in the shop from 5-8pm, and then doing live readings 8:30-9:30pm! Free and open to the public. Art by Cody A. Owens 🍒
June 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our MFA Comics summer session is coming up soon, and we're kicking things off in style at @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social! Join us 7/6 for the CCA COMICS FEST! Students will be tabling in the shop from 5-8pm, and then doing live readings 8:30-9:30pm! Free and open to the public. Art by Cody A. Owens 🍒
Huge congrats to BFA Comics major @mochiicar.bsky.social who's been selected by the Society of Illustrators as one of 3 finalists for this year's Will Eisner Scholarship! This scholarship recognizes the best comics & sequential art student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the US.
June 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Huge congrats to BFA Comics major @mochiicar.bsky.social who's been selected by the Society of Illustrators as one of 3 finalists for this year's Will Eisner Scholarship! This scholarship recognizes the best comics & sequential art student currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the US.
The finished products! 📚 ✨
May 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The finished products! 📚 ✨
Another year in the books!! The CCA Comics program celebrated the end of a fantastic spring semester with a zine yearbook party, where we busted out our block printing skills and carved little self-portraits!
May 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Another year in the books!! The CCA Comics program celebrated the end of a fantastic spring semester with a zine yearbook party, where we busted out our block printing skills and carved little self-portraits!
On Saturday 5/17 at 7pm, join MFA Comics alum Hugh D’Andrade at Mission Comics to celebrate the release of his new graphic memoir, The Murder Next Door, published by @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social !
May 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
On Saturday 5/17 at 7pm, join MFA Comics alum Hugh D’Andrade at Mission Comics to celebrate the release of his new graphic memoir, The Murder Next Door, published by @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social !
Catch a couple of CCA MFA Comics grads chatting it up this Tuesday at 6pm! Join Lawrence Lindell as he reads from his new graphic novel, We All Got Something, and discusses with cartoonist Breena Nuñez. Register for the Zoom link at: sfpl.org/events
May 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Catch a couple of CCA MFA Comics grads chatting it up this Tuesday at 6pm! Join Lawrence Lindell as he reads from his new graphic novel, We All Got Something, and discusses with cartoonist Breena Nuñez. Register for the Zoom link at: sfpl.org/events
The Cartoonist Cooperative is hosting its inaugural Nib and Ink online comics festival, with a great lineup of events throughout the month of May, including a workshop by CCA MFA Comics alumni Joseph Hewitt May 19! Check out the rest of the lineup of events at nif.cartoonist.coop @gearheadrpg.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Cartoonist Cooperative is hosting its inaugural Nib and Ink online comics festival, with a great lineup of events throughout the month of May, including a workshop by CCA MFA Comics alumni Joseph Hewitt May 19! Check out the rest of the lineup of events at nif.cartoonist.coop @gearheadrpg.com
Issue 5 of the CCA Comics student-run digital publication Electric Squeak is officially dropping with a launch party on Monday, May 5 at 5pm PST on Zoom! Visit www.electricsqueak.com to read some great comics envisioning sustainable futures for humanity, tech, and nature.
May 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Issue 5 of the CCA Comics student-run digital publication Electric Squeak is officially dropping with a launch party on Monday, May 5 at 5pm PST on Zoom! Visit www.electricsqueak.com to read some great comics envisioning sustainable futures for humanity, tech, and nature.
Join CCA Comics alum & faculty member Breena Nuñez for a book launch party to celebrate Latinx Comics Studies. This is a free hybrid event on Friday, May 2, 1:30-3:00 p.m. PST, in-person in the Steinbeck Center at SJSU Library, & on Zoom.
events.sjsu.edu/event/latinx...
events.sjsu.edu/event/latinx...
April 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Join CCA Comics alum & faculty member Breena Nuñez for a book launch party to celebrate Latinx Comics Studies. This is a free hybrid event on Friday, May 2, 1:30-3:00 p.m. PST, in-person in the Steinbeck Center at SJSU Library, & on Zoom.
events.sjsu.edu/event/latinx...
events.sjsu.edu/event/latinx...
Plan to come to @fabulosa_books in the Castro May 13th to support the release of Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day with the creators, Andrew Eakett and CCA MFA Comics alum Alex Combs! Can't attend? Be sure to order it wherever you buy your comics!
April 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Plan to come to @fabulosa_books in the Castro May 13th to support the release of Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day with the creators, Andrew Eakett and CCA MFA Comics alum Alex Combs! Can't attend? Be sure to order it wherever you buy your comics!
Comics students & faculty are all invited to join an end-of-year party in the homeroom on 5/9! We're gonna be busting out our lino tools, carving block-print self-portraits together, and making tiny yearbook zines for everyone to take home. Check your CCA email for more details, and see you there! 🎉
April 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Comics students & faculty are all invited to join an end-of-year party in the homeroom on 5/9! We're gonna be busting out our lino tools, carving block-print self-portraits together, and making tiny yearbook zines for everyone to take home. Check your CCA email for more details, and see you there! 🎉
Bug out with recent CCA Comics MFA alums Violet and Dimitrea at the Berkeley Public Library West Branch on May 1 as they lead this creative comics workshop featuring creepy crawlies of your creation!
April 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Bug out with recent CCA Comics MFA alums Violet and Dimitrea at the Berkeley Public Library West Branch on May 1 as they lead this creative comics workshop featuring creepy crawlies of your creation!
The Peninsula Libraries Comics Art Fest is happening throughout April, featuring workshops at libraries all over San Mateo County. Catch CCA Comics faculty alumni and faculty at the Small Press Comics Expo August 26 at the South San Francisco Public Library. Full schedule at smcl.org/comicartsfest/
April 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The Peninsula Libraries Comics Art Fest is happening throughout April, featuring workshops at libraries all over San Mateo County. Catch CCA Comics faculty alumni and faculty at the Small Press Comics Expo August 26 at the South San Francisco Public Library. Full schedule at smcl.org/comicartsfest/
Hans Vogel is Dead Vol. 2, by MFA Comics alum Sierra Barnes published by Dark Horse, will be released on Dec. 2. It's available for pre-order now! Pre-order link on B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hans-vogel...
April 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hans Vogel is Dead Vol. 2, by MFA Comics alum Sierra Barnes published by Dark Horse, will be released on Dec. 2. It's available for pre-order now! Pre-order link on B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hans-vogel...
On Sunday April 20th at 3pm CCA Comics alum Meggie Ramm will be celebrating the release of Batcat Vol 3 at Silver Sprocket, with an easter egg hunt, prizes, and book signings. CCA Comics chair Mel Gillman will be participating, as well as friends of the program Nidhi Chanani and Jen de Oliveira.
April 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
On Sunday April 20th at 3pm CCA Comics alum Meggie Ramm will be celebrating the release of Batcat Vol 3 at Silver Sprocket, with an easter egg hunt, prizes, and book signings. CCA Comics chair Mel Gillman will be participating, as well as friends of the program Nidhi Chanani and Jen de Oliveira.
Here’s your chance to be a part of a comics anthology produced by two CCA Comics alumni, the directors of the Mission Art and Comic Expo! They are accepting single page comics inspired by true stories until May 4. Get the scoop here: missionartandcomicexpo.com/participate
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here’s your chance to be a part of a comics anthology produced by two CCA Comics alumni, the directors of the Mission Art and Comic Expo! They are accepting single page comics inspired by true stories until May 4. Get the scoop here: missionartandcomicexpo.com/participate