Past Events
- CXC Talk and Teach | Nomi Kane: Character Design September 26, 2019
CXC’s second peer-to-peer presentation of the festival features Nomi Kane, a native Berkeleyite, and an alumna of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Designer at Super7 by day, adjunct faculty at California College of the Arts MFA in Comics by night, and an editorial cartoonist at all times. She will be presenting on character design and wants to remind you that “participants should bring sketchpads and their favorite drawing utensils!”
- CXC An Artist at Work | P. Craig Russell: Finding the Pictures: Parallel Narrative and the Art of Adaptation September 26, 2019
Legendary artist P. Craig Russell is quietly one of the most significant creators in comics. He’s an incredible visual artist, particularly as a painter, and a beloved adventure comics cartoonist. His adaptations of short stories and opera stand alongside the most sophisticated comics for adult, literary readers. In this session he walks us through the act of adaptation, in particular the choices an artist makes working with an artist.
- CXC Talk and Teach | C.M. Campbell: Maximum Horror in Comics: How Uzamaki Scared You September 26, 2019
Straight from CM Campbell, Assistant Professor of Comics & Narrative Practice (CCAD) here in Columbus: “We will take a look at how horror works in storytelling; exploring the visceral human response to the unknown. Using examples from literature and film for contrast, we take a deep look at Junji Ito’s Uzamaki to understand how he created the most terrifying comic.”
- CXC 2019 | Cartoon Crossroads Columbus: A Comics, Art and Animation Festival September 26, 2019 - September 29, 2019
Poster art by Karen Kertz
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is a FREE, city-wide, four-day arts festival hosted every year by people and places with a passion for cartoon arts. CXC connects the global family of cartoon storytellers, comic makers, and animators with the people who love and are inspired by their art at a variety of venues throughout Columbus. Events include films, talks, book signings, panels, and workshops, and the Comics Expo and Marketplace.
In 2019, expect a series of revitalized programming efforts: more LGBTQ-focused panels to better reflect the breadth of our community; more hands-on activities for kids in our All-Ages programming each Expo day; better focused professional development presentations at the show and throughout the year; our dear friends at SOL-CON with their fifth straight set of uniquely targeted community-building exercises, and a focus on our champions of free speech and political expression from the AAEC!
CXC brings you entire worlds of comics and cartoon-making!
2019 Special Guests include:
* Natasha Alterici (Heathen) * Ho Che Anderson (KING) * Robb Armstrong (Jump Start) * Ivy Atoms (Pinky and Pepper Forever) * Adebukola Buki Bodunrin * Matt Bors (The Nib) * Ezra Clayton Daniels (Upgrade Soul, BTTM FDRS)* Mary Fleener (Slutburger) * Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets) * Hellen Jo (Jin & Jam No. 1; Frontier #2) * Terri Libenson (Emmie And Friends series, The Pajama Diaries) * Patrick McDonnell (Mutts) * Mike Mignola (Hellboy; BPRD) * Carta Monir (Diskette Press) * Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise) * Dav Pilkey (Dog Man; Captain Underpants) * Nate Powell (Come Again) * Hilary Price (Rhymes With Orange) * P. Craig Russell (Amazing Adventures, Night Music, Elric) * Tom Tomorrow (This Modern World)
- SÕL-CON 2019: The Brown and Black Comix Symposium Talks/Expo September 25, 2019 - September 29, 2019
SÕL-CON: The Brown and Black Comix Expo brings together Columbus area youth, as well as industry insiders, indie comic creators and exhibitors, for a comic convention unlike any other. In a two-day expo and workshop extravaganza, K-12 youth, Ohio State students, and general public will meet and learn from African American and Latinx creators.
In addition to the grand expo space where you will encounter the most innovative comics by creators of color, you can attend workshops to learn how to create comics, flip-books, Zines, storyboards, and animation.
SÕL-CON is intended as both a celebration of current creative minds and as a means to open doors for youth of color to learn how to express their stories through the comic book storytelling arts. SÕL-CON serves as a forum for the Columbus and Ohio State community to learn from today’s giants in the comic book industry.
Every Fall, SÕL-CON takes place at Ohio State’s Hale Hall and this year will be expanded to Sullivant Hall. SÕL-CON works in partnership with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and CXC/Cartoon Crossroads Columbus and the CXC Symposium. (no symposium in 2019)
SÕL-CON: The Brown and Black Comix Expo will take place on September 25 at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Sullivant Hall for The SOL-CON Graduate Symposium, September 26-27 in Hale Hall for a lecture and reception, and September 28-29 as part of CXC, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library with panel discussions and exhibitors. All events are FREE and open to the public.
Come join us in celebrating the present, the past, and the future of comics.