The Kubert School

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, commonly known as The Kubert School or Joe Kubert School, is a private for-profit art school focused on cartooning and graphic art located in Madison, New Jersey. It teaches the principles of sequential art and the particular craft of the comics industry as well as commercial illustration.

The Kubert School

Type	Private for-profit art school
Established	1976
Founder	Joe Kubert
President	Anthony Marques
Academic staff	10–15 per school year
Undergraduates	150
Location	Madison , New Jersey , United States
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Tor
Website	kubertschool.edu

The school's instructors are professional writers, artists, colorists, and letterers working in the comic book and commercial art field, many of them graduates of the school themselves. Instruction is hands-on and practical.

History

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art was founded in September 1976 by cartoonist Joe Kubert and his wife Muriel in the old Baker mansion at 45 Lehigh Street in Dover; Its first graduating class of 1978 included Stephen R. Bissette,^[1] Thomas Yeates,^[2] and Rick Veitch.^[3]

By 1980, the school offered a three-year program in Cartoon Illustration, Graphic Arts, and Cinematic Animation. Approved by the New Jersey Department of Education, the Kubert School advertised itself to veterans and "non-resident alien" students.^[4]

In 1984 the school moved into Dover's former high school at 37 Myrtle Avenue.

Founder and instructor Joe Kubert kept his own studio in the school, later joined by his sons Adam and Andy, who are also comic book professionals and who taught at the school.^[5][6]

In May of 2025 the school moved from its former home in Dover to a new location at 27 Main St. Madison, New Jersey. ^[7]

Programs

Cartoon Graphics - Three year full time program - In-person and remote.

Online Studies - Offered four times a year, these classes meet once a week over the course of six weeks

Advanced Studies - January - May

Summer Intensive - One month program held in July

Kid's Summer Session - Offered in July and August

Adult Summer Session - Offered in July and August

Kid's Saturday Classes - Saturdays throughout the year

Campus and student body

Anthony Marques and Adam Kubert at a Kubert School presentation at the 2012 New York Comic Con

The school is located in Madison, New Jersey a small suburban community in Morris County. It is 20 miles west of New York City with a New Jersey Transit train station offering access to Manhattan. The school offers in-person and remote learning to a relatively small student body of between 50 and 80 students.

Scholarship Opportunities

There are a number of scholarship opportunities to both incoming and matriculating students. The Joe Kubert Memorial Scholarship and the Max Gray Memorial Scholarship are open to incoming first year students. A Wave Blue World Scholarship, Muriel Kubert Memorial Scholarship, Norman Maurer Memorial Scholarship, Dewey's Comic City Scholarship, Dave Cockrum Memorial Scholarship, Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship and the Dave Monahan Memorial Scholarship are available to second and third year students.

Alumni

The school's alumni work in a wide variety of jobs in the fields of animation, comic books, commercial art and illustration. Noteworthy alumni include: Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, Jan Duursema, John Totleben, Tom Mandrake, Thomas Yeates, Timothy Truman, Ron Randall, Dan Parent, Amanda Conner, Lee Weeks, Eric Shanower, Andy Price, Bjørn Ousland, Ed Piskor, Alec Stevens, Steve Lieber, Scott Kolins, Brandon Vietti, Shane Davis, Damion Scott, Kevin Altieri, Keith Champagne, Bart Sears, Sergio Cariello, Matt Hollingsworth and Cliff Rathburn as well as many other professional comic book pencilers and inkers.^[8][9]