Thomas Lips Thomas Lips Thomas Lips (born 27 February 1970) is a Swiss curler. Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships. Lips started playing curling in 1977. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Curling Championships, playing lead for Daniel Model. He would not return the Euros until 2003. Playing third for Bernhard Werthemann, they finished fourth. They finished sixth at the 2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. In 2006, playing second for Andreas Schwaller, the team won the Euros, defeating Scotland in the final. Lips currently skips his own team, which
Center for Cartoon Studies work and their own. Past visiting faculty have included Alison Bechdel, Ed Brubaker, Ivan Brunetti, James Kochalka, Jason Lutes, Scott McCloud, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Craig Thompson, and Chris Ware. A senior Thesis is required at the Center, which usually involves the creation of a full scale graphic novel or a full year's worth of work. In addition to Sturm, Stephen R. Bissette, Jason Lutes and Alec Longstreth are permanent faculty. For the 2011-2012 school year, cartoonist and animator Robert Sikoryak joined the faculty. Students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies have received Ignatz Awards, Eisner Award nominations and