Bil Keane family donates $50k to cartoon library
The Bil Keane family has generously donated $50,000 to support the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum facility (formerly the Cartoon Research Library). With the matching grant from Jean Shulz, the total impact of the donation will be $100,000. Bil is the creator of The Family Circus. His son Jeff Keane assists his father [...]
Posted on: Dec 21, 2009, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
Cartoon Art Museum celebrates 25 years
The Cartoon Art Museum is celebrating 25 years as a “a non-profit, educational museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of original cartoon art in all its forms.” The museum was started by a group of cartoon art collectors and enthusiasts, led by Malcolm Whyte back on December 14, 1984. The museum operates in [...]
Posted on: Dec 14, 2009, Section: Comic history, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 1 Comment
Joe Wos wins landslide victory in election
I’m not even going to bother writing a summary for this story. It’s as good as it gets by itself. All I can say is, “congratulations to Joe and I can’t wait to see you skewered by Rob Rogers.” Joe Wos, cartoonist, storyteller, executive director of the ToonSeum and producer of Dr. Sketchy Pittsburgh can [...]
Posted on: Dec 9, 2009, Section: Museums, Comments: 7 Comments
Cartoon museum features Fantastic Mr. Fox exhibit
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will open an exhibit of original work from the upcoming feature film “Fantastic Mr. Fox” on November 23rd and will run through January 10, 2009. This exhibit features two sets from the stop motion animated film, “Flint Mine – We Took Everything” and “Farmer Scale Yellow Door,” which [...]
Posted on: Nov 20, 2009, Section: Animation, Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 2 Comments
Toonseum moves to new location
The Toonseum has moved locations to the Cultural District in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday. The grand opening featured a speech by executive director Joe Wos and a ribbon cutting ceremony by Toonseum president and Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers with former city mayor Sophie Masloff. The current exhibit on display is “Enchanted Drawings: A Century [...]
Posted on: Nov 16, 2009, Section: Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 1 Comment
OSU Cartoon Library changes name in honor of $7 Million gift
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus. The project is estimated [...]
Posted on: Sep 18, 2009, Section: Comic history, Museums, Comments: 4 Comments
Brian Crane to be guest artist at Schulz Museum
Pickles creator Brian Crane will be the guest cartoonist this Saturday at the Charles M. Schulz Museum where he will teach an class on cartooning. Later in the day, he will be available to sign books and talk to fans.
Posted on: Sep 16, 2009, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum on the move
ToonSeum, a Pittsburgh museum devoted exclusively to the cartoon arts, is moving to a new location. One reason for the move is space. At 1,000 square feet, the new location will be five times the size of the current one. The other reason is to broaden the kind of artwork the ToonSeum displays. “Our own [...]
Posted on: Aug 31, 2009, Section: Cartoons, Comic history, Museums, Comments: 2 Comments
Cartoon museum to feature ‘Monsters of Webcomics’
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is opening a new exhibit showcasing “some of the best and boldest work published on the World Wide Web.” The exhibit is entitled Monsters of Webcomics and features cartoons from Jesse Reklaw (“Slow Wave), Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant!), Phil and Kaja Foglio (Girl Genius), Dorothy Gambrell (Cat [...]
Posted on: Aug 7, 2009, Section: Museums, web comics, Comments: 9 Comments
News Briefs for July 20, 2009
Comic History » Over at the AV Club blog, Seth responded to a list of well known comic book, strip, magazine and children’s book artists with his opinions of and personal associations. Comic strips » Aaron Johnson’s What the Duck (or WT Duck) hit 3 years old yesterday. » Tom Gammill, pays tribute to Walter [...]
Posted on: Jul 20, 2009, Section: Comic history, Comic strips, Interviews, Museums, web comics, Comments: 20 Comments
Mike Cope pledges percent of sales to Schulz challenge
Mike Cope, cartoonist, illustrator and author of “Last of the Funnies” is making a generous pledge to support the Schulz Challenge that is raising money for the Ohio State’s Cartoon Library & Museum. Mike is donating $2 for every copy his timely science fiction, which explores the future of the funnies in a virtually paperless [...]
Posted on: Jun 29, 2009, Section: Books, Comic history, Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 2 Comments
News Briefs for June 23, 2009
Comic Strips » A humorous story about Ernie Harwell who in 1953 conceived of a comic strip featuring a baseball country boy named Amby Dexter. The strip was written at the request of his neighbor who was the head of national sales at United Media. They liked Earnie’s writing, but needed an illustrator. Unfortunately the [...]
Posted on: Jun 23, 2009, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Museums, Newspaper industry, web comics, Comments: 6 Comments
Schulz Challenge opens to raise money for cartoon library and Museum
Last April, I broke the news that Jean Schulz had contributed $1 million dollars to the renovation of the Sullivant Hall building which will be the future home of the Ohio State Cartoon Library and Museum. Jean also pledged to match an additional $2.5 million by other donors. The university is now taking online donations. [...]
Posted on: Jun 5, 2009, Section: Comic history, Comic strips, Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 2 Comments
News briefs for May 14, 2009
Animation » Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist and illustrator who directed animation for Walt Disney’s Hercules, will host this year’s annual Dundee Literary Festival in Dundee England. Festival runs June 25 to 28. Interviews » Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot on cartooning and blogging: “Being online doesn’t give me ideas. Daydreaming does.” Museums/Exhibits » Speaking once again [...]
Posted on: May 14, 2009, Section: Animation, Exhibits, Interviews, Museums, Newspaper industry, Comments: 5 Comments
News Briefs for May 12, 2009
Cartooning » Benita Epstein is profiled twice this week. Enjoy Magazine talks about her work as a entomologist before becoming a cartoonist. A News Cafe reports her work is adorning the walls of GreenGo’s, a natural organic restaurant in Redding, CA. » The Daily News Miner profiles Dan Darrow. » The Index Journal profiles Mike [...]
Posted on: May 12, 2009, Section: Cartoons, Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Interviews, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
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