The GSC of the Comics Studies Society (@cssorg) works to advocate and provide support for graduate students and early career scholars in comics studies.
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ALT A purple background with a slight blue starburst appears behind blue and purple header text, white body text. These elements all appear above one blue box and one purple box. The text in the graphic reads as follows: Call For Submissions CSS Dissertation Award The Comics Studies Society will award one prize for an exceptional dissertation in the field of Comics Studies defended in the past three calendar years (January 1 to December 31). The 2024 CSS Prize cycle will therefore evaluate theses and dissertations defended between January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The deadline for nomination, which must include a report from the nominating program, is April 22, 2024. The thesis or dissertation must have two or more chapters focusing on comics studies themes. A thesis or dissertation may only be submitted once for the CSS Dissertation Prize. WHAT TO SUBMIT & WHERE Information is available in the form linked in caption.
ALT A navy blue background with comics-style starburst elements appears behind a screenshot of the 2023 award winners roundtable. The CSS logo, a link to the roundtable, and a QR code linked to the video all appear beneath the screenshot.
ALT The background of the graphic is a photo of three GSC members standing in front of a television screen featuring a Zoom call with four other GSC members. The photo appears behind a blue and purple ombre, with bolded text at the top showing the GSC logo and purple text that reads, "Call for 2023-2024 Officer Nominations." Below the header text is body text that reads, "The Graduate Student Caucus (GSC) of CSS calls for nominations and self-nominations for positions on its Executive Board. The GSC Board meets virtually once a month, and GSC Board members serve on GSC committees as well as CSS Executive committees." Below the body text, a white outlined box shows a bullet point list that reads, "Open Positions," followed by these descriptions: GSC Vice President commits to a two-year term of office, serving first as Vice President (one year) then as President (one year) the following year. GSC Secretary-Treasurer serves a one-year term. GSC Members-at-Large serve one-year terms.
ALT On a faded pink background image of bookstore shelves, the following text is visible: Large header text that reads, "Join the GSC for Retail as Praxis" in grey, block letters, followed by capitalized text that reads, "Selling comics as a post-academic path to fun (and a very small amount of) profit." In an off-white box that is centered on the graphic, bolded, capitalized text reads, "Monday, November 14 @ 7 p.m. PST." Underneath the bolded text, body text reads, "Join the GSC for the second installment in our ongoing series, #DevelopingConversations Professional Development. Dr. Andrea Gilroy and Katie Pryde will be in conversation about their shops, Books with Pictures, based in Portland and Eugene, Oregon. GSC Secretary, Frida Heitland, will serve as moderator. Visit this link to register for the Zoom: https://bit.ly/DevelopingConvosGSCNovember." In the bottom of the graphic, the green and purple GSC logo is visible next to the follow information for the organization.
ALT GSC President Zach, Web Editor Austin, and member Bethie pose in front of a screen where Secretary-Treasurer Maite, Social Media Specialist Katlin, Member-at-Large Frida, and member Adrienne are zooming in for the Annual Business Meeting at the Comics Studies Society 2022 Conference.
ALT A dark purple graphic with medium green accents features the text, "Last chance to register!" at the top of the image. Beneath it, bolded, capitalized text reads, "Comics Studies After Graduation," followed by a subhead description that reads, "Join the GSC for the first installment in our ongoing series, #DevelopingConversations Professional Development." In the center of the graphic are the program details, which are as follows: Tuesday, June 28, 8:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. EST Dr. Joshua Abraham Kopin will be in conversation with GSC Secretary/Treasurer, Maite Urcaregui, about life post-grad school. Visit this link to register for the Zoom: http://gradcaucus.comicssociety.org/resources/ At the bottom of the graphic, follow information for the GSC appears in the bottom left corner and the GSC logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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ALT A yellow burst graphic appears in the background behind a square-shaped speech bubble that states the question featured in the text of this post. At the top of the graphic, the GSC graphic is visible next to bolded, capitalized text that reads, "Did you know?" At the bottom of the graphic, the title "Try & Guess with @GSC_CSS" appears in bolded, capitalized text.