CXC 2020 poster and logo design by Ben Towle

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is proud to participate in the 6th annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival, which will be held virtually this year on October 1-4. This year’s festival features all-ages workshops, exclusive cartoonist interviews, panel discussions, interactive games, and more!

OCTOBER 1, 2020 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Paper, Pencils, and Pigments: Caring for your Artwork at Home

Are you unintentionally damaging your art?  What’s the best way to store your cartoons?  Learn tips and best practices for caring for your works on paper. Artists, wherever you are in your career, now is a good time to start thinking about how to preserve your work for future generations! Collectors, let’s talk about how to keep your treasures in the best possible condition.

Jenny Robb, Curator and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will be joined by the University Libraries’ conservation and preservation specialists Miriam Centeno, Preservation and Digitization Strategist, and Marcela Estevez, Head of Conservation for this short presentation followed by a live Q&A.  Get all your burning questions about preserving your cartoon and comics art answered by the experts [ADULTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT]

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR to participate in the Q&A. 
Or watch the video live on the CXC Facebook page, YouTube Channel, or Twitch stream

OCTOBER 2, 2020 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM

CXC 2020 Weekend Kickoff Reception!

CXC always begins with a reception on Friday night at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. This time we’re bringing it to you! Join us in cyberspace for a Pictionary-like game we’re calling “Paper Charades” followed by a behind-the scenes tour of the Billy Ireland vault, unlike anything you’ve seen before. We’ve thrown in a few surprises that you won’t want to miss. [ADULTS, TEENS]

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR for live Q&A and to play along in the chat.
Or watch the video live on the CXC Facebook page, YouTube Channel, or Twitch stream

Announcing Special Guest Cameos!

Since we can’t all gather in-person at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, we’re bringing the fun to you! We’ve gathered some of the most exciting voices in comics to tell you about their favorite treasures in the vault. Billy Ireland curators Jenny Robb and Caitlin McGurk will be joined by:

• Gene Luen Yang
• Laura Park
• Art Spiegelman
• Garry Trudeau
• Mo Willems
• Raina Telgemeier
• Barbara Brandon-Croft
• Hilary Price
• Bill Watterson
  

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OCTOBER 2, 2020 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM

Comics Trivia Game! 

BICLM challenges you to a three-round game of comics trivia. We’ll start out with some Comics 101 questions, but prepare yourself for some deep cuts by Round 3! Form a team of 5 friends to sign up in advance, or let us pair you with a group day-of. [ADULTS, TEENS]
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 11:59 PM on Thursday, October 1.

OCTOBER 3, 2020 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: BICLM Sponsored Panel

Drawing Power: Comics, Trauma, and Reclamation

Cartoonist and editor Diane Noomin joins Carta Monir, Joyce Farmer, and Ebony Flowers in a powerful conversation about their contributions to the Eisner Award-winning anthology, Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival. Moderated by Caitlin McGurk. Content Warning: discussions of sexual abuse and violence.  [ADULTS] 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR to participate in the Q&A
Or watch the video live on the CXC Facebook page, YouTube Channel, or Twitch stream

OCTOBER 4, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: BICLM Sponsored Panel

Legacy and Change at The New Yorker

The New Yorker magazine cartoon editor Emma Allen joins cartoonists Liz Montague, Roz Chast, and Amy Hwang in conversation about their work and the changing culture of the magazine. Moderated by Jenny Robb. [ADULTS, BIPOC, TEENS]

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR to participate in the Q&A
Or watch the video live on the CXC Facebook page, YouTube Channel, or Twitch stream

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is a free, citywide 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. Together, they celebrate the stories that can only be told in visual media that are as diverse as the people who imagined them. The FREE four-day festival held online features interactive events hosted by Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus Museum of Art, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

See Full List of Guests

See CXC Schedule here

Keep up-to-date on CXC news:
Website: cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org
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Twitter: cxcfestival
Instagram: cartooncrossroads

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is proud to be a cosponsor of SÕL-CON: The Brown, Black, and Indigenous Comix Expo at Ohio State. Join us online on Thursday, September 10 and Friday, September 11 for this year’s virtual iteration of the show. FREE! Registration required (see below)

This virtual event is FREE and open to the public. REGISTER NOW

Culled from over 25 years of his award-winning work, RED, WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE: Highlighting America’s Racial Illiteracy is a new presentation from nationally syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight (the Knight Life, the K Chronicles, (th)ink). Combining comics, storytelling, statistics, and facts, Knight makes the case that America’s biggest problem is its inability to have a frank and honest discussion about race. And if it wants to be the country it aspires to, it needs to come to terms with its ugly history.

Keith Knight’s presentations are infused with urgency, humor, satire, politics, and race. His work is designed to provoke constructive, civil dialogue amongst people young and old, left and right, of all colors and orientations.

This event is FREE and open to the public. 

Click HERE to register for this event. You will receive a link to join the presentation after you have registered.

Rebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University will discuss her new book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging. Following her presentation, Wanzo will join cartoonists Bianca Xunise and Barbara Brandon-Croft. Xunise and Brandon-Croft’s work pushes boundaries to explore the experiences of black women’s lives in America. Both are featured in The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s current exhibit, Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art. 

This event is FREE and open to the public. 

Click here to register for this event. You will receive a link to join the event once you have registered.

Join us for an online conversation with John Kascht, the artist behind the brilliant caricatures in the exhibition Making Faces. This traveling retrospective of drawings and paintings personally selected by the artist opened at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on February 15, 2020. Kascht has a skill for honing in on the features that make a face recognizable and then turning it up to eleven. He will talk about his process for creating a caricature and highlight stories of his favorite faces. This will be a 60-minute artist talk. Bring your questions—Q & A to follow.

You can purchase the exhibition catalog online here.