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Samantha Back, James Dreams of Power, How You Like Your Eggs, Spring Lake Massacre
Issue 41
This final issue of the year is a milestone for the Carleton Graphic: Megan and Jon, our two senior editors and the last people who were here for the publication’s creation in 2008, are passing on the reins to the next generation of eds. This issue also marks the conclusion if Book 1 of Hezekiah Smalls, our longest-running serialized story! Hang on for a wild ride – this issue is more than enough to keep your comics craving satisfied over the coming summer!
Cover by Ambrin Ling
Issue 40
We know your lives are busy, busy things, We also know that from time to time you may have an epiphany or two. Hopefully, one has been that color is actually super crazy. Like, seriously, both a particle and a wave? Radiation? Optics? Dang, son. Google that shiz. We hope you enjoy our annual color issue, including a jaunt through the perils of tie-wearing, the joys of cephalopod racing, and the sheer incomprehensibility of being a cat, among other comics!
Cover by Jon Kittaka
Issue 39
If Winter: Part 2’s release date being shifted to mid-April is getting you down, cozy up to the warm fire of panels and word balloons. Thick with thrills, goofs, and spooks, this tome sends you hurtling through worlds of bear wrestling, extravagant cursing, and a most mysterious pair of trousers. Introducing: Frankencomics! and a new editor!
Cover by Kera Ling
Issue 38
This is a collaborative issue, just in time for Valentine’s day! Read great comics that were written and drawn as collaborations between two or more artists!
Cover by Sarah Skinner
Issue 37
This wintry issue continues Hezekiah Smalls, the Lighthouse, and The Up-Side (Down) as well as throwing some good old Carleton Graphic 1-page salon comics in for good measure. Enjoy!
Cover by Victoria Dan
Issue 36
This loosely Halloween-themed issue is packed with substantial pieces from a wide range of contributors. Check in here if you’ve been waiting to see what happens in Hezekiah Smalls or the Snail and the teapot.
Cover by Eric Meehl
Issue 35
A brand new issue to kick off the new school year. Read short comics by new first-year contributors and old favorites alike!
Cover by Sarah Skinner
Issue 34
The final issue of the 2011-2012 school year, and Jacob’s final issue at Carleton! It didn’t really turn out to be the Mystery Issue as formerly promised, because everyone was so busy with finals, but it’s still pretty solid. Enjoy!
Cover by Yawen Chen, lettering by Megan Dolezal
Issue 33
Our penultimate issue of the year! Great variety, continuations of all your favorite stories, a new Nobody Here for the first time in ages, and introducing Scotty Dossa, who wrote our first ever non-English language comic (drawn by the fabulous Indigo Scott)! Enjoy!
Cover by Megan Dolezal
Issue 32
A pretty great black and white issue! Pregnancy horror, a sad-yet-cute story by Jon, the revenge of a single cookie, Batman, SKUDS and more! Enjoy!
Cover by Skuds McKinley
Issue 31
Our biggest and (arguably best) issue to date! At a staggering 56 pages (55 for web, since you don’t need to see that blank inside cover) this issue was so large that we almost couldn’t staple it! It’s dream themed, and the submissions we received are incredible, from Jon’s touching Barn Dust, to Megan’s misunderstood nightmare, to Jacob’s crystal-eyed Samantha Back, to Sarah’s touching tale of familial strife, to Austen’s haunting Nightmare it’s all amazing! Read it now! Now! NOW!!!
Cover by Brooke Granowski
Issue 30
Another one of those one page story issues, but don’t let the brevity of its stories fool you. This issue is hilarious, packed with postmodern genius from Aditya Menon, whimsical tragedy from Jon and Victoria, and the usual WTF from Jacob and Andreas. Enjoy!
Cover by Sarah Skinner
Issue 29
We’re back! Hezekiah’s plan is begun, Scoops and James (Tina) go on an adventure, Austen tells a tale of hardship, and we introduce Jamie Hibdon! Our first issue of Winter 2012!
Cover by Jon Kittaka
Issue 28
A slim and delightful volume, with color stories and beautiful contributions. Skuds doesn’t take his pill today, Jon contemplates friendship against a gorgeous sunset, and Hezekiah Smalls becomes a mustachio’d man. The last issue of Fall, 2011!
Cover by Jacob Canfield
Issue 27
Our densest issue ever, filled with one page stories created at our comic salons. Many of the stories in this issue come from a simple game where, in 6 panels, an artist must make a story based on a silly title. Nobody Here continues gorgeously and whimsically, and Hezekiah is made an offer he can’t refuse. Pretty great.
Cover by Megan Dolezal
Issue 26
Issue 26 is here! Skuds delivers a fantastic and beautiful story about a hunter’s quest, Jon continues to give his characters strange names, several new contributors appear, and Tina challenges Andreas’ self-reflective throne.
Cover by Skuds McKinley
Issue 25
The first issue of the 2011-2012 school year (Volume III)! Jacob goes on a quest, Jon makes beautiful and whimsical comics (surprise!) and Hezekiah’s life gets more complicated still! This issue will LITERALLY UP AND PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE.
Cover by Jacob Canfield.
Issue 24
The final issue of Volume II! Farewell, Andreas and Kailyn, hello Megan, Jon, and (once again) Jacob!
Cover by Jacque Oman.
Issue 23
Another in a series of serious power-issues. Featuring ALL of Kailyn’s minicomic, So Tell Me.
Cover by Kailyn Kent
Issue 22
Jacob woke up with Laser Eyes, and Skuds introduces the phrase, “[Fucking] in an apathetic cesspool.” Nice.
Cover by Jon Kittaka
Issue 21
Things are getting worse for Hezekiah Smalls, but the art only gets better in this issue. One of the prettiest issues yet.
Cover by Jacob Canfield
Issue 20
Surrealism and dream-imagery abound in this issue. Also, introducing everyone’s favorite villain, TOP-HAT CAT!
Cover by Ashley Avard
Issue 19
Eclectic and punchy, this is the Carleton Graphic doing what it does best. A great issue, start to finish.
Cover by Aditya Menon
Issue 18
Introducing Hezekiah Smalls! Also, don’t let bears into the funfair.
Cover by Tina Chen
Issue 17 – Spring Lake Massacre
Our most ambitious project yet! A single story told from 9 different perspectives, written by Andreas Stoehr, and illustrated by 8 different artists!
Cover by Jon Kittaka
Issue 16
The 2010 Halloween issue! With at least a couple stories meant to scare your pants off mildly unnerve you.
Cover by Megan Dolezal
Issue 15
Collaboration and whimsy abounds in this issue! Jon offers a beautiful story and Skeletons go to a ball.
Cover by Jon Kittaka
Issue 14
The first issue of Volume II, and still a favorite. Featuring color, great art, and a huge page-count.
Cover by Iris Cutler; colored by Kailyn Kent
Issue 13
The second ‘collaborations’ issue! Also the final issue of Volume I! Wow!
Cover by Scott Donaldson
Issue 12
The first ‘collaborations’ issue! We challenged our contributors to work on stories together, and this the first batch of collaborative vignettes. Good stuff!
Cover by Katie Markle
Issue 11
Portrait of a Lady and Kai Clarke? What a literary issue!
Cover by Krissy Lunz
Issue 10
Megan and Andreas’ first collaboration, and Cookie Monster faces his addiction head on.
Cover by Tan Jia-Li
Issue 9
The Decades Issue! The brainchild of Scott Donaldson, each contributor submitted a vignette about a year between 2000 and 2010, creating our first ‘theme’ issue.
Cover by Megan Dolezal
Issue 8
That’s more like it. Fresh from our humilitation at the hands of Issue 7, we rebound nicely and deliver a very solid issue.
Cover by Andreas Stoehr
Issue 7
Our worst issue, by FAR. Why did we ever publish this? Please don’t read this first.
Cover by Scott Donaldson
Issue 6
Continuing Kailyn’s Pokemon story, an odd voicemail, and some filler.
Cover by Jacob Canfield
Issue 5
The Pokemon issue! Wow, how many Pokemon stories can one issue hold? About 2.
Cover by Scott Donaldson
Issue 4
Introducing Megan Dolezal and continuing to introduce Jon Kittaka! A little longer, a little better.
Cover by Kailyn Kent
Issue 3
Introducing Jon Kittaka, and not much else. Wow, this was a short issue.
Cover by Scott Donaldson
Issue 2
Wow! Is that color on the cover? This is getting fancy pretty quickly! Our second issue, in which we continue to find our balance.
Cover by Jacob Canfield
Issue 1
At last, it’s the Carleton Comics Journal! Our first, shaky steps into the realm of indie-comics publishing.
Cover by Scott Donaldson
Samantha Back
The first of Jacob’s minicomics about Samantha Back, a young woman whose life is forever changed by crystals that suddenly grow out of her eye sockets, blinding her. She is still able to see, however, thanks to a set of specially modified cameras disguised as eyebrow piercings. This first book contains three stories, one in which Sam poses for a photographer friend, one in which she suffers an accident, an one that tells the story of a dream she has.
James Dreams of Power
A short story by Jacob Canfield about a little boy’s strange and magical dream persona.
How You Like Your Eggs
A short story by Jon Kittaka about the friendship between an egg and a caterpillar, and the problems that can result therefrom.