Matt Wuerker reviews Pat Oliphant exhibit
Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker has written a review of Pat Oliphant’s traveling exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture From the Bush Years.”
When you walk into the exhibit, you’re first struck by two giant charcoal caricatures, one of the late President Ronald Reagan as a cowboy and the other of former President George [...]
Posted on: May 13, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
“Bone” panel discussion notes
Caleb Mozzocco attended the recent opening of Jeff Smith’s Bone exhibit at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library and Wexler Center and the panel discussion with Jeff and Scott McCloud. He’s posted extensive notes about the exchange, so if you missed it, this is a very good summary.
He spent a few years trying [...]
Posted on: May 13, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Caswell, Filipi talk about new ‘Bone’ exhibit
Jeff Smith’s joint exhibit his Bone comic opened up last weekend at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library and Wexner Center for the Arts. WizardUniverse.com’s Kiel Phegley interviewed the two curators Lucy Caswell and David Filipi.
David, you may have just answered my next question, but I was wondering for each of you, what was [...]
Posted on: May 12, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
Thomas Nast exhibit opens in Auburn NY
An exhibit entitled “Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America” is now open in Auburn N.Y. according to E&P. The show explores life for many African-Americans after the Civil War as seen through the eyes of Thomas Nast, the father of modern editorial cartooning.
Pardon / Franchise, wood engravings, August, 1865, Harper’s Weekly post-Civil [...]
Posted on: May 6, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
Herblock’s Presidents exhibit available online
Those not in the D.C. area can still see “Herblock’s Presidents: “Puncturing Pomposity,” an exhibit currently showing at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery online. The exhibit displays Herblock’s editorial cartoons featuring presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton.
Visit the exhibit online.
Hat tip: Dirk Deppey
Posted on: May 6, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
OSU Cartoon library features Jeff Smith’s Bone
The Wexner Center and The Ohio State University’s Cartoon Research Library will co-host an exhibition of artwork from Jeff Smith’s critically acclaimed Bone comic. The exhibit, entitled “Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond,” will feature approximately 80 original drawings as well as an exhibition of selected original comics by artists who has influenced Jeff - artists [...]
Posted on: May 1, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Comments: 2 Comments
Herblock exhibit opens in Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will be opening an exhibit featuring famed editorial cartoonist Herbert “Herblock” Block in May. The exhibit, entitled “Herblock’s Presidents: ‘Puncturing Pomposity” features 40 political cartoons.
The exhibition includes his depictions of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald [...]
Posted on: Apr 30, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
News Briefs for April 18, 2008
» John Branch, editorial cartoonist for the San Antonio Express-News is featured in an exhibit called “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A Century of Student Cartooning at UNC” at the University of North Carolina’s Wilson Library in Chapel Hill. The exhibit runs through May 31.
» Mark Tatulli has been interviewed by Chris Mautner of [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Section: Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Interviews, Comments: 0 Comments
Joe Heller opens exhibit
Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller will be featured in an exhibit that opens on April 19 in Neville (WI). It will run for four months and will feature over 200 of his editorial cartoons.
Heller started at the Press-Gazette in 1985. The exhibit will include a smattering of his older editorial cartoons, with an [...]
Posted on: Apr 11, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
Sock Monkey and Perry Bible Fellowship exhibit planned
Nicholas Gurewitch, creator of Perry Bible Fellowship and Tony Millionaire creator of Sock Monkey will be sharing an exhibit that opens April 3rd in Portland OR and runs through April 30th. Nicholas will be at Floating World Comics on April 27th to sign books. Original art and oversized prints will be available for purchase.
Posted on: Mar 28, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
Editorial cartoon exhibit dates extended out of public interest
The “Left, Right, & Wrong: Celebrating the Art of Editorial Cartooning” that opened up in Seattle last February has been extended until April 15 due to great public interest. The exhibit features the editorial cartoons of David Horsey, Pat Moriarity, Andrew Wahl, Peter Bagge, Donna Barr, Lew Andrus, Dan McConnell, and George Jartos.
“Whether [...]
Posted on: Mar 12, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
Rick O’Shay cartoonists gets exhibit
Stan Lynde’s Rick O’Shay ran in a hundred papers from 1958 to 1977. The Montana native’s artwork is now on display in the Montana Secretary of State’s office in the Capitol building. The Secretary of State began exhibiting artists work at the capitol as a nice touch for tourists and artists.
Posted on: Feb 27, 2008, Section: Comic history, Exhibits, Comments: 6 Comments
New Herblock exhibit opens in D.C.
A new exhibit featuring the work of Herblock will open up this spring at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is entitled “Herblock’s Presidents: ‘Puncturing Pomposity” and features “depictions of every president from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.”
Exhibit runs May 2nd through November 30.
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Comic history, Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments
News briefs for February 20, 2008
Sean Hoy will be releasing his fifth book, Out of the Cup, a collection of coffee cartoons soon. Sean is an editorial cartoonist, illustrator out of Arizona and produces topical cartoon collections for golfers, dog lovers, cowboy/westerners, and office dwellers. You can check out his stuff at Off Kilter Cartoons
Lio, and Heart of the City [...]
Posted on: Feb 20, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic strips, Exhibits, Interviews, Comments: 2 Comments
ToonSeum honors Morrie Turner during Black History Month
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 [...]
Posted on: Feb 8, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 1 Comment
