Baby Blues creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott will be at the Charles M. Schulz Museum this weekend for a two day fund-raising event. On Saturday night, the two will attend a Major Donors reception where they will speak about their work, talk to guests and sign books. On Sunday, April 27th, the museum will […]
Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will the featured Cartoonist-in-residence at the Charles Schulz Museum on May 10th where visitors can see her work and talk with her about feature.Her feature is also featured in the current exhibit, “The Language of Lines: How Cartoonists Communicate.”
Ohio State Cartoon Research Library has announced that Jay Kennedy, the former King Features Syndicate Editor in Chief, who died last year has bequeathed his entire collection to the library. The collection has more than 9,500 items and is considered one of the most extensive collections of underground comics in the world. Regarding Jay’s collection, […]
» Former Times of Northwest Indiana editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis has made a new career in illustration and according to the Three Men in a Tub blog (which Stacy contributes) Stacy has recently won an illustration contest sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators! You can see his drawing here.» A couple […]
FoxTrot creator Bill Amend, Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library Associate Curator and Assistant Professor Jenny Robb and United Media Syndicate Senior VP/General Manager Lisa Klem Wilson were named among the 43 journalism professionals that will be judging in this year’s National Journalism Awards. The announcement does not specify which category the three will judge, […]
The Comic Coast to Coast guys have posted part 2 of their interview with Wiley Miller.From a story about Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould’s daughter being nominated for an Edgar Award we learn that the Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock IL will close in June for economic reasons.NPR interviewed editorial cartoonists KAL (The Economist) and […]
John Cole sent me a link an online reprint of King Feature’s 1949 catalogue of features. The catalogue contains the 53 cartoonist who were being syndicated right after WWII. Very interesting to see the dominate cartooning styles of that era.A 1952 original ‘Peanuts’ Comic recently was auctioned for $31,640Over in Kentucky, a lawmaker has introduced […]
The ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, PA will honor Morrie Turner, creator of Wee Pals on the 16th of February as part of their Black History Month celebration. An exhibit of Morrie’s work will also run until February 27th. Also scheduled to appear that day will be Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong and former editorial cartoonist Don […]
From E&P we learn that the Charles M. Schulz Museum requested the original Non Sequitur comics satirizing the recently released Schulz and Peanuts biography from Wiley Miller, which he happily donated. The strips ran from October 3 through November 3rd.Regarding the dontation, Wiley said, “The most important tool for a satirist is to have a […]
From E&P we learn that Keith Knight, creator of the K Chronicles and (th)ink will be at the Cartoon Art Museum on November 17 as part of their “Cartoonist-in-Residence” program. He’ll be there to talk shop, sign books, etc.
I received an email from Joe Wosm, Curator/Founder of the ToonSeum Gallery at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (see my earlier post for more details about this museum). He’s requesting donations of original art to be added to their permanent collection. We would love for you to be a part of our efforts to show […]
San Francisco based Cartoon Art Museum will hold its fourth annual fund-raiser on September 15th at Pixar Animation Studios. Funds benefit the museum. See their webs site for details
According to E&P, Paige Braddock, creator of Jane’s World, will be the cartoonistâ??in-residence on August 18 at the Carton Art Museum in San Francisco. While there, she’ll talk to visitors as well as work on her cartooning.
Mike Lynch has posted his photos from this last weekend’s Mocca Festival as well as posting links to other camera toting artist/bloggers who’ve posted their photos (scroll to bottom of page).UPDATE: Comics reporter has combined a much greater list of blogs, photos and news stories surrounding this year’s Mocca.
On August 9, the Charles M. Schulz Museum will celebrate its 5th anniversary. There will be live music and free ice cream cake to go with the free admission that evening.In other museum news, Scott McCloud will be on hand on August 18 and Tom Tomorrow, creator of This Modern World, is scheduled to visit […]