Laurenn McCubbin

WORK HISTORY:

Currently –
Chair, Department of Comics & Narrative Practice,
Associate Professor, Comics & Narrative Practice,
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus OH

Previously –
Research Assistant, Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, Durham, NC
Teaching Assistant, Duke University, Durham NC
Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Curator, Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, NV
Managing Editor, Shojo Beat Magazine, San Francisco, CA
Art Director, Image Comics, Berkeley CA

SKILLS:

Editing:

  • Proofreading, story development, contract negotiation, creation of project sales materials, and key performance indicators for monthly comics at Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics.

Project management:

  • Milestone creation and management, budget creation and management, production team hiring and management.

  • Development of marketing strategies and sales opportunities.

  • I am currently managing a team of 7 artists on an anthology project. I have also managed up to 20 artists and writers for projects at Image Comics.

Graphic Design:

  • Expert in pre-press, color management, and all Adobe products.

  • Creation of logo and book designs for Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics, as well as smaller publishers and clients.

  • I am currently the designer for FML by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David López at Dark Horse Comics.

Talent Acquisition and Management:

  • 20 years of illustration, design, and comics talent management and direction.

  • Expert knowledge of current comics, illustration, and design trends.

Academic:

  • Responsible for creating the Comics and Narrative Practice program at CCAD, encompassing all curriculum design and revision, hiring and managing all full-time and adjunct faculty members, and writing the biannual program review and NASAD reports.

  • Previously, I managed the Illustration department until program growth necessitated its division into two programs.

  • I am currently responsible for annual adjunct evaluations and biannual faculty evaluations, incorporating student evaluations, classroom observation evaluations, and syllabus reviews.

  • Responsible for the annual Spring Progress Assessment for sophomore Comics and Illustration students.

  • Creation of multiple experiential learning classes and internships where students are partnered for local, national, and international publishing opportunities.

  • Creation and administration of semester-long speakers’ series for Comics and Illustration programs

  • 12 years of full-time teaching experience and 5 years of adjunct teaching experience.  

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2013 – A Monument to The Risen, Power Plant Gallery, Durham
2011 – Auto Erotic Ethnography, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas
2010 - Speaking To Las Vegas, Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco
Speaking To Las Vegas, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas
2005 - Rented – Varnish Gallery, San Francisco
2004 - Pinned – Mama Buzz Gallery, Oakland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018 – Disrupting the Narrative, Urban Art Space, Columbus
2017 – We’re Still Working, SOMArts, San Francisco
2016 – Borders, River House Gallery, Toledo
2013 – Let’s Talk About Love, Byers Gallery, Columbus
Itsa Small Small World, Family Business Gallery, New York
48 Hours in Las Vegas, Fredric Jamison Gallery, Duke University, Durham
2012 – XCO at Hemi, East Duke Gallery, Duke University, Durham
Wang Dang Doodle, Duke University, Durham
2011 – Preoccupations, East Duke Gallery, Duke University, Durham
Feminist Las Vegas, Marjorie Barrack Museum, Las Vegas
2010 – Drawn In The Dust – Marjorie Barrack Museum, Las Vegas
Sequins In The Sand – Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas
2009 – TWENTY/20 – Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas
LVSK8III – Henri & Odette Gallery, Las Vegas
2008 – On Being Good – Reed Whipple Center, Las Vegas

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK:

Editorial:

  • Currently – Designer FML, Dark Horse Comics (Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, artist David López)

  • 2014 - Ongoing – Designer/Illustrator Milkfed Criminal Masterminds/Image Comics (creators Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick) books include Pretty Deadly, Bitch Planet, ODY-C, Satellite Sam

  • 2015 - Ongoing – Managing Editor and Production Editor Spitball: a CCAD Comics Anthology (Various writers/artists)

  • 2021 – Editor – SFSX: Terms of Service, Image Comics (writer/creator Tina Horn)

  • 2021 – Editor – Mother of Madness, Image Comics (writers Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennet, artist Leila Leiz)

  • 2021 – Talent Acquisition – Run: Book One, Abrams ComicsArts (writers John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, artists L. Fury, Nate Powell)

  • 2020 – Editor – Moonstruck: Troubled Waters, Image Comics (writer Grace Ellis, artist Shae Beagle)

  • 2020 – Editor – SFSX: Protection, Image Comics (writer/creator Tina Horn)

  • 2019 – Editor – Moonstruck: Some Enchanted Evening, Image Comics (writer Grace Ellis, artist Shae Beagle)

  • 2018 – Editor – Bingo Love: Jackpot Edition!, Image Comics (writer/creator Tee Franklin)

  • 2017 – Editor – Moonstruck: Magic to Brew, Image Comics (writer Grace Ellis, artist Shae Beagle)

Artist:

  • 2021 – “Jezebel,” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts:40x40, Z2 Comics

  • 2021 – Hidden Voices/Marm Mandelbaum, New York Department of Education

  • 2018 – Re-release of Rent Girl, (with Michelle Tea) Last Gasp

  • 2010 – with Matt Wagner, “Dirty Little Mouth”, Madame Xanadu #23, Vertigo/DC Comics

  • 2008 – with Kieron Gillen, “She Who Bleeds for Your Entertainment,” Phonogram: The Singles Club #1, Image Comics,

    • with Kelly Sue DeConnick, “Silent All These Years,” Comic Book Tattoo: Comics based on the songs of Tori Amos, Image Comics

  • 2006 – with Joyce Carol Oates, “Do You Trust Me?” Sexy Chix, Dark Horse Comics

    • with Brendan Cahill, Sable and Fortune #3 and #4, Marvel Comics

    • with Stephen Elliott “Survey of Impact” McSweeneys #17, McSweeneys Publishing

    • with Stephen Elliott, My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, Cleis Press

  • 2005 – with Warren Ellis, Quit City, Avatar Press.

    • with David Schickler, Sweet and Vicious, Random House.

  • 2004 - with Michelle Tea, Rent Girl, Last Gasp.

    • Perfect” - True Porn, Alternative Comics/Cheap Paper Art

EDUCATION:

2013 – Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Art, Duke University
Certification in College Teaching, Duke University
2011 – Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2000 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago