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Brad Guigar

Graduate Profile: Brad Guigar

Brad Guigar always dreamed of being a professional cartoonist. His hard work and Alma College education have helped him achieve that goal.

A graphic designer for the Philadelphia Daily News, he also publishes two weekly comics for the paper. Courting Disaster is about love and relationships and Phables is about life in Philadelphia.

In addition, he created a comic strip titled “Greystone Inn” that he self-published on the Web and self-syndicated to newspapers. It ended in July 2005.

Art alumnus Brad Guigar

Brad Guigar

He now publishes the comic strip “Evil Inc” to the Web and in a number of newspapers. The strip, about a corporation run for and by super-villains, has an average daily Web readership of about 10,000.

He also authored a book on cartooning in 2003 and has self-published six other collections of his various comics. Another book, on Webcomics, and three more comic collections are planned for 2008.

A 1991 graduate, Guigar was drawn to the graphic design portion of the art program. He credits professors there with crafting his program to fit his career goal.

The faculty even brought in Bill Day, at the time a political cartoonist with the Detroit Free Press, to juror Guigar’s senior project.

“After the show, Day gave me some great advice about becoming a cartoonist,” he says. “He advised me to find a small newspaper looking for a newsroom graphic artist. Once I was there, I could submit cartoons on the side. Fifteen years later, I’m still working for a daily newspaper as a graphic artist.”

Attracted to Alma by the small class sizes, Guigar was the staff cartoonist for the Almanian during his time at Alma.

 

More than 100 Alma College students and staff traveled to destinations in New Mexico, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Louisiana and North Carolina for service projects during winter break in February 2007. “Alternative Break service experiences continue to gain popularity on Alma College’s campus,” says Sallie Scheide, assistant director in the Center for Responsible Leadership.

 

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Keleigh Osborn Lee

Keleigh Osborn Lee
Graduation: 2001
Major: Art, Biology

At a college fair, Keleigh Lee (Osborn) asked college representatives if their program could prepare her for a career in medical illustration.

Alma College was the only one that said it could help her reach her goal.