Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
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| Type | Proprietary, For-Profit |
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| Established | 1976 |
| President | Joe Kubert |
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Academic staff
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10–15 per school year |
| Undergraduates | 150 |
| Location | Dover, New Jersey |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Tor |
| Website | kubertschool |
The Kubert School, formerly the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year technical school that teaches the principles of sequential art and the particular craft of the comics industry as well as commercial illustration. The Kubert School was and still is the only accredited school devoted entirely to cartooning.
The school's instructors are full-time professionals working in the industry, many of them graduates of the school themselves, and the instruction is hands-on and practical. The school has a reputation for demanding and intensive coursework. Its alumni include Amanda Conner, Lee Weeks, Andy Price and Alex Maleev, as well as many other successful and well-known comics pencilers and inkers.
The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art was founded in September 1976 by cartoonist Joe Kubert and his wife Muriel in Dover's former high school, whose tall windows offered optimal lighting. Its first graduating class of 1978 included Stephen R. Bissette, Thomas Yeates, and Rick Veitch.
Founder and teacher Kubert kept his own studio in the school, later joined by his sons Adam and Andy, who are also comic book professionals and who teach at the school.
The three official student houses are the Carriage House and Mansion, at the former site of the school on Lehigh Street, in Dover, and the Clinton House on W. Clinton Street. The school houses the Kubert Art Store, which sells art supplies needed for assignments, such as books and drafting tables.
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