Exhibitions
See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip: From the Yellow Kid to Calvin, the newspaper comic has reflected the time in which it was created. This exhibition documents how social changes, current events, and the values of readers are incorporated into funnies.
Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form - Among the vehicles used by cartoonists to entertain and engage readers are characters which cross from one strip to another, parodies of comic strips other than their own, and humorous adaptations of the tools of the medium such as speech balloons and cartoon symbols. This exhibit focuses on comc strips that mirror themselves.
The Face Behind the Laugh: Cartoonists' Self-Caricatures from the Collections of Mark K. Cohen: Self-caricatures by cartoonists whose work is in the companion exhibition, Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip.
Sequential Art: The Next Step: The work of young comic book cartoonists Darrell Gates, Grey, Hannibal King, Louis Small, Jr., Jeff Smith, and Robert Stull are featured.
Cartoon Theatricals: sheet music, scripts, posters and related materials from theatrical productions based on comic strips are highlighted in this exhibition. August 31, 1995
Schedule
| Friday, August 25, 1995 | ||
| Conference Theatre, Ohio Union | ||
8-9:00 AM |
Registration-Coffee and donuts |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome
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William J. Struder, Director, Ohio State University Libraries |
9:15-10 AM |
Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections
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M. Thomas Inge |
10-10:45 AM |
Family Reunion: The Converging Futures of Comic Strips, Comic Books and the Graphic Novel
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Scott McCloud |
10:45 AM |
Break
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11-11:45 AM |
Licensing Your Creativity: Promotion That Earns Money for You
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Toni Mendez |
11:45-12:30 PM |
A Century of Women Cartoonists
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Trina Robbins |
12:30-2 PM |
Lunch See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip Exhibition |
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2:30-3:15 PM |
Real Funny: The Importance of Relevancy in the Funny Pages
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Robb Armstrong |
3:15-4 PM |
Am I Out of Non Sequiturs Yet? Ten Years of Zippy Dailies
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Brill Griffith |
4 PM |
Break
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4:15-5 PM |
What a Long, Strange Strip it's Been
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Garry Trudeau |
5:15 PM |
Busses to the reception at the Columbus Cultureal Arts Center
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5:30-7 PM |
Reception - Exhibitions
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6:30-7 PM |
Busses Return to Ohio Union
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| Saturday, August 26, 1995 | ||
| Conference Theatre, Ohio Union | ||
8-9 AM |
Coffee and Donuts
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9-9:45 AM |
Drawing from the Heart
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Lynn Johnston |
9:45-10:30 AM |
When Characters Come to Life
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Stephen Bentley |
10:30 AM |
Break
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10:45-11:30 AM |
Characters as Roles Models
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Bill Amend |
11:30-1:30 PM |
Lunch See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip Exhibition |
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1:30-2:30 PM |
The Future of the Newspaper Comic Strip
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Bruce Beattie Lee Salem Nancy Tew Anita Tobias |
2:30 PM |
Break
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2:45 PM |
Reflections on MY Career
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Jeff MacNelly |
3:30-5 PM |
Portfolio Review
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7 PM |
Cocktails |
Hyatt Regency Hotel |
7:45 PM |
Banquet
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Tom Battenberg Quartet |
| Sunday, August 27, 1995 | ||
| Cultural Arts Center | ||
1-3 PM |
The Funnies: A Panel Discussion about the Everchanging World of the Comics and the Cartoonist
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Sharon West
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Assoiciate professor, Ohio State University School of Journalism, moderator | |
David Catrow
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creator of Wild Things | |
Polly Keener
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author of Cartooning | |
Paul Palnik
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creator of cartoon posters | |