Comments on: Brian Walker, Stephan Pastis to co-curate exhibits for Schulz museum http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/16/brian-walker-stephan-pastis-to-co-curate-exhibits-for-schulz-museum/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Chris H. http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/16/brian-walker-stephan-pastis-to-co-curate-exhibits-for-schulz-museum/#comment-63423 Chris H. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:24:23 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/16/brian-walker-stephan-pastis-to-co-curate-exhibits-for-schulz-museum/#comment-63423 The Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Strips 1985-1995 Catalogue, you mean? That was a great read. Not only did it have the originals and the final versions, but I also enjoyed reading Watterson's commentary and extensive introduction. Watterson was more than a great cartoonist; he could also write very well. The commentary on the strips brings great appeal to these collections/treasuries, by the way. Stephan Pastis also does the extended introduction/strip commentary thing in his treasuries, and that's one of the reasons that I enjoy his "Pearls Before Swine" books so much. More cartoonists should do that for their print collections/treasuries. I would like to echo Danny's thoughts: I wish there was some way for me to go see these exhibitions or at least see the content, but those interested on the East Coast like me probably have little chance of seeing these exhibitions, I'm afraid. California is a long ways away.... Too bad, because both exhibitions sound very interesting. If only the exhibitions were traveling as the Masters of American Comics did (from LA to Milwaukee, then to NYC). Maybe that could happen if the National Cartoon Museum were to open at last, but who knows where that is going. (Speaking of which, I hope that'll stay in NYC even if it isn't in the Empire State Building.) The Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Strips 1985-1995 Catalogue, you mean?
That was a great read. Not only did it have the originals and the final versions, but I also enjoyed reading Watterson’s commentary and extensive introduction. Watterson was more than a great cartoonist; he could also write very well. The commentary on the strips brings great appeal to these collections/treasuries, by the way. Stephan Pastis also does the extended introduction/strip commentary thing in his treasuries, and that’s one of the reasons that I enjoy his “Pearls Before Swine” books so much. More cartoonists should do that for their print collections/treasuries.

I would like to echo Danny’s thoughts: I wish there was some way for me to go see these exhibitions or at least see the content, but those interested on the East Coast like me probably have little chance of seeing these exhibitions, I’m afraid. California is a long ways away…. Too bad, because both exhibitions sound very interesting. If only the exhibitions were traveling as the Masters of American Comics did (from LA to Milwaukee, then to NYC). Maybe that could happen if the National Cartoon Museum were to open at last, but who knows where that is going. (Speaking of which, I hope that’ll stay in NYC even if it isn’t in the Empire State Building.)

]]> By: Danny Burleson http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/16/brian-walker-stephan-pastis-to-co-curate-exhibits-for-schulz-museum/#comment-63405 Danny Burleson Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:16:26 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/16/brian-walker-stephan-pastis-to-co-curate-exhibits-for-schulz-museum/#comment-63405 Will there be any way to see the exhibit pieces without actually having to travel to the museum? Kind of like that one last Calvin and Hobbes book that had scans of the original strips next to the final, colored versions? Will there be any way to see the exhibit pieces without actually having to travel to the museum? Kind of like that one last Calvin and Hobbes book that had scans of the original strips next to the final, colored versions?

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