Dick Tracy Museum is running out of money

by Alan Gardner October 18, 2006

With all the recent celebratory events and commemorations of the comic Dick Tracy‘s 75 year anniversary, one would be surprised to read that the Gould family has told the Woodstock City Council that the museum is in need of donations to keep the doors open. The museum draws 4,000 to 7,000 visitors a year and has an operating budget of $40,000. The Gould family contributes the lion share of the financial support, but requires $25,000 in annual donations to operate.Â With a recognizable brand name such as Dick Tracy, one would think money would not be an issue, but TMS owns all the rights to royalties for the brand, so the Gould family doesn’t see any of that money.

Michael Jantz, Mark Fiore to show work at Cartoonlandia

by Alan Gardner October 17, 2006

Michael Jantz’s art work will be featured at Cartoonlandia in San Francisco on October 19.Â Mark Fiore’s work will also be shown.

Exhibit Will Focus on a ‘Peanuts’ Wall That Moved to California

by Alan Gardner October 12, 2006

E&P reports that a wall from a Colorado Springs home where Charles Schulz lived has been removed and sent to the Charles M….Â The wall had been repainted by later residents, but Stan and Polly Travnicek who bought the home in 1979, learned about the paintings underneath and successfully removed the layers of paint to reveal the original artwork below (consisting of characters from Peanuts and other storybooks).

Masters of American Comics in Newark to feature Feiffer, McDonnell, Robinson

by Alan Gardner October 11, 2006

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.Â Now that the exhibit is in New Jersy, there are some interesting panel discussions scheduled.

Lucy Shelton Caswell talks about OSU Cartoon Library on NPR

by Alan Gardner October 11, 2006

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.Â Head over and give it a listen.

Ed Stein to lecture at American Political Cartoonists exhibit

by Alan Gardner October 11, 2006

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.

Gould, Mauldin, Locher, inducted into Oklahoma Cartoonist’s Hall of Fame

by Alan Gardner October 6, 2006

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….Â 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.

International Comics Art Festival in D.C.

by TDC Archive September 28, 2006

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 exhibit at Library of Congress

by TDC Archive September 28, 2006

“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 […]

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