2026/27 Merit Scholarship Recipient: Joey Widenhoefer

Why did you decide to come to MCAD?

It was the only school in the area with a comic arts program.

How/why did you choose your area of study?

I chose comics after transferring to MCAD. I've always gravitated towards sequential art, so comics was a natural transition.

Describe the work you submitted for merits.

My piece for Comic Club's yearly summer anthology.

What are your plans for your senior year? And beyond?

I hope to have a paid internship or a job lined up for when I graduate. I also hope to make and publish my first graphic novel.

What's the best thing you've found on the Free Shelf?

Shark pencil case.

Joey Widenhoefer, Summer Anthology Page 5