The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library has announced on their Instagram account that Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has deposited four Krazy Kat Sundays to the library.From the announcement: A beloved and influential American newspaper comic strip by George Herriman which ran from 1913-1944, Krazy Kat pushed boundaries, played with language, and experimented with unconventional […]
The rate at which the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is setting up and staging events indicates they are aiming for 80 celebratory gatherings during their 80th Annual Reuben Conference and Awards season. Many have already been held such as yesterday’s “studio visit with Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, co-creators of the beloved The Lockhorns,” which […]
Peter Tonguette profiles the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for The Columbus Dispatch. In 1990, a roomier space was procured in the basement of the newly opened Wexner Center for the Arts on N. High Street, but the ballooning collection would outgrow its 6,800 square feet there, too. This year, at last, the […]