Join us for the tenth year of CXC!

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is an annual European-style festival that spans four days and stretches throughout the city of Columbus, Ohio. Each year, CXC continues to do what it originally set out to do: make genuine connections between people who share a love, a passion, and a personal reason to believe in the future of cartoon art.

More information, including the full schedule, can be found at cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org

Thursday, September 26, at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum:

• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  Talk & Teach: Comic Scholars Roundtable
  With Shaheen Beardsley, Sam Risak, and Peter Smyth. Moderated by Sydney Heifler.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: How to Develop More Productive Comic-Making Habits
  With Brian Canini.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Coloring Graphic Novels
  With John Novak.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #1
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Look Ma! Hands! Effective Hands and Gestures
  With David Rickert.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #2
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
  With Jeff Smith.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #3
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.

Friday, September 27, events at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum:

• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  Talk & Teach: Deconstructing the Frame: Post-modern Comics and the Self
  With L. Pidge, creator of Infinite Wheat Paste.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #1
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Open House
  Explore treasures from the collection on display in the Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room, including items chosen by the 2024 CXC special guests.
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Comics in College – Teaching with Your Strengths
  Award-winning educator Beth Hetland shares insights from over a decade of teaching comics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #2
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Comics on Campus
  With 2024 AAEC Locher Award winner Alexandra Bowman and AAEC President Keven Necessary.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #3
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: Packing, Shipping, Storing & Displaying Your Original Art – Cheap & Easy Tricks
  With Iona Fox.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #4
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Talk & Teach: What’s So Funny? Brainstorming Ideas for Gag Cartoons
  With Chelsea Carr.
  Location: Eisner Room
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #5
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  Behind-the-Scenes Tour #6 (Final Opportunity)
  Sign up in the main lobby at the beginning of the day.
• 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Open House
  Another chance to explore treasures from the collection on display in the Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room.
  Location: Reading Room
• 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
  CXC Opening Reception
  Celebrate the start of CXC with a reception in the Billy Ireland Main Lobby.
  Location: Main Lobby