Join us for an evening with renowned cartoonist NICOLE HOLLANDER on Wednesday, November 14 from 6:00-7:30 PM at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

Hollander’s long running newspaper comic strip Sylvia commented with acerbic wit on political, gender and social issues for over 30 years, from the late 1970s until Hollander retired the strip in 2012. Sylvia’s unapologetic feminist voice stood out amongst other comic strips appearing in the newspaper, and the strip achieved a cult following throughout its run.

In 2018, Hollander published her illustrated memoir, We Ate Wonderbread with Fantagraphics Books Inc.

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is proud to be the home of the Nicole Hollander Collection of original art, archives, and ephemera.

Come early and view an open house selection of materials from the collection!

5:00 – 6:00 pm — Nicole Hollander Collection open house in the Will Eisner Semonar Room (Rm. 205)
6:00 – 7:00 pm — Nicole Hollander presentation and interview with BICLM Archives Associate Ann Lennon
7:00 – 7:30pm — Book signing

FREE and open to the public

Joe Sacco is an acclaimed graphic journalist and author of Palestine Footnotes in Gaza, on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Safe Area Gorazde and The Fixer, on the Bosnian War. He’s lived in Malta and teh U.S., and has published additional pieces on blues music, war crimes, and Chechen refugees. His work has won the American Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Eisner Award. His recent collaboration with Matt Hem and Am Johal, Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life, explores ecology  and climate change in the tar sands region of Canada.

Join us on Saturday, November 3rd for a Día de los Muertos celebration and the opening of our new exhibition Tales From La Vida: Latinx Comics!

This full day event takes place across OSU’s campus, starting at the Gateway Film Center with a screening of Coco, and ending with a catered reception and party at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Enjoy family-friendly activities, traditional Aztec dance, prayer altars, an open house display of José Guadalupe Posada broadsides, and more!

FULL SCHEDULE:

11:00am – 2:15pm
Gateway Film Center Family Celebration
1550 N High St., Columbus, OH
Featuring face painting in the Gateway Film Center lobby

10:30am – 12:30pm
Junior’s Food Truck
Gateway Alley
Free taco vouchers available

12:00pm – 2:15pm
Coco (2017)
Free movie screening in English and Spanish
Gateway Film Center
Introduction to Latinx Pop Culture by Dr. Frederick Aldama, Laura Fernandez, and Tania Espinales-Correa.

2:30pm – 3:30pm
The Ohio Union. 1739 N High St., Columbus, OH
Día de los Muertos Procession
Leaving from the Gateway Film Center
Procession to the Ohio Union and dance performance (2:30-3:00pm)
Procession to Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum with Danza Azteca (3:00pm-3:30pm)

3:30pm – 5:00pm
Exhibit Opening & Celebration: “Tales from La Vida: Latinx Comics”
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Sullivant Hall. 1813 N High St., Columbus, OH
Featuring light refreshments and family activities.

4:30pm – 5:00pm
Curator tour of “Tales from La Vida: Latinx Comics” with Dr. Frederick Aldama, Professor, Department of English
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Sullivant Hall. 1813 N High St., Columbus, OH

See event website for full details: https://u.osu.edu/diadelosmuertos/

*Please note that November 3rd is also an Ohio State Buckeyes football home game. We encourage Día de los Muertos event attendees to utilize public transportation, or arrive early. Parking information can be found here.

Darrin Bell is an award-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post Writers Group and the creator of the comic strips Candorville and Rudy Park . Since 1995, he’s been using his platform to attack the powerful, to defend the powerless, to explore such issues as civil rights, pop culture, and family, and to convince everyone they really should give science fiction a chance. This spotlight panel on CXC 2018 Special Guest Darrin Bell will discuss the comic strip and editorial cartooning worlds between which the prolific creator operates.

What’s it like to make cartoons in the current political reality? Nate Beeler moderates an all-star panel of editorial cartoon heavy hitters Darrin Bell, Ann Telnaes and Signe Wilkinson as the mid-term elections approach!

Darrin Bell is one of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s three special guests participating in Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)  We will also be welcoming Lynn Johnston and Annie Koyama.