Past Events
- The Intergalactic Nemesis, Book One: Target Earth October 12, 2012
Mershon Auditorium
October 12, 2012
A Live-Action Graphic Novel
For ages 7 and upAre you ready for an adventure? This one-of-a-kind theater spectacle mashes up radio drama and comic books. Three actors voicing dozens of characters, bunches of sound effects, and more than 1,000 colorful, hand-drawn images projected on a gigantic screen tell the story of reporter Molly Sloan, her intrepid assistant Timmy Mendez, and a mysterious librarian named Ben Wilcott as they face the planet Earth’s impending invasion by sludge monsters from the planet Zygon. Set in the year 1933, this lively sci-fi comedy captures the vibrant action of early comic books and radio broadcasting, while utilizing modern-day technology to bring the story to life.
Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and TBS’s Conan (with a guest performance by Conan O’Brien himself,) Intergalactic Nemesis promises to engage comics fans of all ages with its signature blend of radio drama and uproariously fun storytelling. Combining punchy visuals with equally exciting acting and sound technology, the performance pays homage to a rich storytelling tradition, while standing on its own as a hilariously self-aware contemporary stage adventure. Creator Jason Neulander also likens the show to such adventure classics as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
For information on purchasing tickets, click on the link above to the Wex.
Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, and The Ohio State University Libraries.
- Artist's Talk: Aidan Koch June 26, 2012 - September 27, 2012
Wexner Center for the Arts
June 26, 2012 – September 27, 2012
Portland cartoonist and illustrator Aidan Koch (Secret Prison, The Whale) discusses her work and the interrelation and the incongruence of working in the worlds of comics and fine art.
Koch is in residence at Skylab Gallery during the month of June. Joining her in conversation are Caitlin McGurk, visiting curator at the Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, and Skylab curator James Payne. Visit skylabgallery.tumbler.com for more information about Koch’s residency.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Billy Ieland Cartoon Library & Museum.
- Remembering Ding May 17, 2012
The Reading Room Gallery
May 17, 20127 p.m. Exhibit reception and book signing
7:30 p.m. These are a Few of My Favorite Dings, lecture by Richard Samuel West
Jay N. “Ding” Darling was regarded by many as America’s greatest political cartoonist during the first half of the twentieth century. A two-time Pulitzer winner, Ding repeatedly topped popularity polls throughout the Twenties and Thirties. He also was an influential conservationist and a founder of the National Wildlife Federation. The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, is named in his honor. Richard Samuel West, author of Iconoclast in Ink: The Political Cartoons of Jay N. “Ding” Darling (which will be available for the first time at this event), will share some of his favorite Ding cartoons and discuss the qualities in Ding’s work that made it so extraordinary. Iconoclast in Ink is a profusely illustrated volume celebrating Ding’s life and work published by The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
Remembering Ding commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Ding’s death and features several of his best-known cartoons.
The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public.
- Remembering Ding Exhibit Reception and Lecture by Richard Samuel West May 17, 2012 - May 18, 2012
The Reading Room Gallery
May 17, 2012 – May 18, 2012
7 p.m. Exhibit reception and book signing
7:30 p.m. These are a Few of My Favorite Dings, lecture by Richard Samuel West
Jay N. “Ding” Darling was regarded by many as America’s greatest political cartoonist during the first half of the twentieth century. A two-time Pulitzer winner, Ding repeatedly topped popularity polls throughout the Twenties and Thirties. He also was an influential conservationist and a founder of the National Wildlife Federation. The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, is named in his honor. Richard Samuel West, author of Iconoclast in Ink: The Political Cartoons of Jay N. “Ding” Darling (which will be available for the first time at this event), will share some of his favorite Ding cartoons and discuss the qualities in Ding’s work that made it so extraordinary. Iconoclast in Ink is a profusely illustrated volume celebrating Ding’s life and work published by The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
Remembering Ding commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Ding’s death and features several of his best-known cartoons.
The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public.
- Art Spiegelman October 17, 2010
Mershon Auditorium
October 17, 2010
Wexner Center Residency Award Artist
One of the world’s most influential and acclaimed cartoon artists, Art Spiegelman is also one of the 2010–11 Wexner Center Residency Award recipients in media arts.
In this special presentation, he’ll discuss his past career and future projects. Spiegelman, along with figures such as Robert Crumb and Bill Griffith, was one of the key artists of the American underground comics movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (1986, 1991), Spiegelman’s best-known project, reimagines his father’s memories of the Holocaust as a story of cats and mice and is widely regarded as one of the most important graphic novels of all-time. A tireless advocate for cartoon art, he is a coeditor along with Françoise Mouly, his wife, of the series Little Lit (2000–2003) and The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics (2009). He also created the graphic memoir In the Shadow of No Towers(2004), along with numerous other works.
Copresented by Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, this event is part of the 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art. Click here for more information.
This event is free for 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art registrants. Public ticket sales begin September 7:http://wexarts.org/info/tickets/