After the Masters of American Comics exhibit left LA and Milwaukee, I kind of let it slide as to the events surrounding it in various cities. Now that the exhibit is in New Jersy, there are some interesting panel discussions scheduled.
Lucy Shelton Caswell was on NPR’s Talk of the Nation to talk about The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library which has the largest collection of cartoons in America. Head over and give it a listen.
Ed Stein, editorial cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, will be speaking at the College of William and Mary (Virginia) on October 12 as part of the American Political Cartoonists exhibit that is running at the college through January 2007. Some of Ed’s work is on display as is a selection of work from Thomas Nast, Bill Mauldin, Dr. Seuss, Herbert Block (Herblock), Pat Oliphant, Garry Trudeau, Signe Wilkinson, and Hugh Haynie. Admission to the lecture is free. Hugh Haynie’s stuff can be seen online.
Next Saturday, the 14th, the Toy and Action Figure Museum (which also houses the Oklahoma Cartoonist’s collection) will be celebrating their first year in operation…. Three of the inductees are comic strippers – Chester Gould, who was born in Oklahoma and went on to create Dick Tracy; Bill Mauldin, whose first cartoons were published in the Daily Oklahoman; and Dick Locher who (and I think they’re stretching things here) is an Oklahoman by association because of his work on the Dick Tracy strip.Attending the celebration will be Alley Oop producers Jack and Carole Bender.For information on dates, locations, click the link above.
On October 12 through the 14, the International Comics Art Festival will be held at the Library of Congress and feature a talk and exhibit by Jules Feiffer, an exhibit of Herblock’s work, and a discussion of “Krazy Kat,” according to Editor and Publisher.
“Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature” will run from Nov. 2 to Jan. 27 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.. On display will be original artwork from Rube Goldberg, Bill Mauldin, Pat Oliphant, George Herriman (“Krazy Kat”), Lynn Johnston (“For Better or For Worse”), Winsor McCay (“Little […]
The National Cartoon Musuem will not be opening next spring in the Empire State Building in downtown Manhattan according to Comic Reporter Tom Spurgeon.
An exhibit entitled “Peanuts on Ice” has opened at the Schulz Museum. This new exhibit opened yesterday and runs through January 15th of 2007.
The Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace exhibit is now featured in Shreveport LA.Â
I found an article in the Free Lance-Star that talks about how topical Herblock cartoons are decades after he drew them. The story is accompanies by several images of this cartoons – dealing with wire-tapping, the religious right, and the deficit.
E&P is reporting that the National Cartoon Museum will received $1.8 million from the New York City Department of Culture Affairs and the city council.
For those who are unable to make it to the “This Inking Life” cartoon exhibit can head over to Mike Lynch’s blog where he’s posted photos of the exhibit.
The work of Rina Piccolo creator of Tina’s Groove and one of the Six Chix will be on display in an exhibit called, “This Inking Life: The Essential Cartoonist.” The exhibit opened Saturday the 12th of this month and runs through October 1. On September 13th Rina and other cartoonists will be on hand to talk about their art. This event is free to the public.
From the Great Lakes Chapter of the NCS comes news that Jeff Stahler (Moderately Confused and editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch) will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in West Virginia during the month of September. The exhibit also includes watercolor paintings by Jeff’s mother Wanda. The exhibit is called, “Moderately Confused with Mom.”
The venerable Herbert Block, best known as Herblock will have his own exhibit with the Library of Congress. The exhibit that opens today is small but only a preview of a much larger exhibit that will open up in 2009 to commemorate his 100th birthday.