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Festival of Cartoon Art

The Festival of Cartoon Art was a triennial conference on the art of comics held at Ohio State University from 1983 to 2013. The conference was produced by what is now known as the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

Festival of Cartoon Art
StatusDefunct; succeeded by Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
GenreComic strips, Political cartoons, Comic books, Comics studies
FrequencyTriannual
VenueOhio State University
Location(s)Columbus, Ohio
CountryU.S.
InauguratedOctober 14, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-10-14) at Ohio State University
FounderLucy Shelton Caswell
Most recentNov. 14–17, 2013
Filing statusEducational/Nonprofit
SponsorBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Websitecartoons.osu.edu/events/festival-of-cartoon-art/

Featuring two to three days of lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, and receptions, the Festival attracted cartoonists, comics scholars, fans, collectors, and students. Leading cartoonists spoke at the festival, including Lynda Barry, Milton Caniff, Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer, Ben Katchor, Patrick Oliphant, Jeff Smith, Art Spiegelman, Garry Trudeau, and Bill Watterson. Exhibitions were generally shown at what is now known as the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum as well as other venues around Columbus, Ohio.

History

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The inaugural Festival was held on October 14, 1983, and was augmented by three related exhibitions organized by Lucy Shelton Caswell of the school's Library for Communication and Graphic Arts.[1][2]

In late 1994, Universal Press Syndicate donated $50,000 to underwrite the 1995 Festival of Cartoon Art,[3] which was dedicated to celebrating the centennial of the American comic strip. The featured exhibition was "See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip," curated by Caswell.

The theme of the 2001 festival was "Historic Virtuoso Cartoonists": an exhibit of the same name was shown Aug. 26-Sept. 30 at the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department Cultural Arts Center; and the exhibit "Calvin and Hobbes, Sunday Pages 1985-1995" was shown at OSU's Cartoon Research Library Reading Room Gallery.[4]

The theme of the 2004 festival was "Deletions, Omissions and Erasures".[5] The theme of the 2007 festival was "Graphic Storytelling"[6] — exhibitions associated with the festival celebrated the centennial of Milton Caniff's birth.

The 2010 Festival featured a one-day symposium titled Humor, Play and Identity in Comics: Academic Perspectives. In addition to the usual panels and presentations, Art Spiegelman gave a presentation as part of his residency at OSU's Wexner Center for the Arts. Other events included a tribute to Jay Kennedy, the late editor-in-chief of King Features Syndicate (who had bequeathed his collection of underground comix to OSU's Cartoon Library & Museum); and celebrations of the 100th anniversary of George Herriman's Krazy Kat.[7]

The final Festival, held mid-November 2013, was titled "Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art,"[8] as it celebrated the opening of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum's new home in the renovated Sullivant Hall.[9] Exhibitions on view during the festival were "Treasures from the Collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum" and "Substance and Shadow: The Art of the Cartoon".[10]

Later developments

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In mid-November 2014, the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) held its (mostly yearly) conference at OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. The Comics Studies Society, the first U.S. association dedicated to supporting the study of graphic narrative and sequential art, was launched at that year's ICAF.[11] Guests and speakers included John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, Phoebe Gloeckner, Hanneriina Moisseinen, Jeff Smith, Justin Green, Carol Tyler, Dash Shaw, and Tom Spurgeon.[12][13][14]

The Festival of Cartoon Art was succeeded in 2015 by the annual comics festival Cartoon Crossroads Columbus.[15]

Event history

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Dates Forum Venue Featured Speakers
Oct. 14, 1983 Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Mike Peters, Mort Walker, Bill Yates, Tony Auth, Tom Batiuk, Milton Caniff, Luke Feck, Jules Feiffer, Cathy Guisewite, Irwin Hasen, Draper Hill, Etta Hulme, Bil Keane, Fred Lasswell, Toni Mendez, Kate Palmer, Art Sansom[1]
Oct. 17–19, 1986 Sullivant Hall Theatre,
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Brian Basset, Jim Davis, Jim Berry, Will Eisner, Selby Kelly, David Hendin, Dick Locher, Nicole Hollander, M.G. Lord, Roy Peterson, Doug Marlette, Sam Rawls, Arnold Schwartzman, Jerry Robinson, Morrie Turner, Michelle Urry, Signe Wilkinson[16][17]
Oct. 27–29, 1989 Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Sergio Aragonés, Tom Batiuk, John Berton, Bo Brown, Buck Brown, Sandy Campbell, Tee Collins, Will Eisner, Draper Hill, Etta Hulme, Lynn Johnston, John Lasseter, Tim Menees, David Wiley Miller, Richard S. Newcombe, Judith O'Sullivan, Mike Peters, Arnold Roth, Lee Salem, Jeff Stahler, Mark Alan Stamaty, Ed Stein, Don Stredney, Dana Summers, Robert W. Wagner, Mort Walker, Bill Watterson,[18] Chris Wedge, Richard Samuel West[19]
Oct. 30–31, 1992 Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Mell Lazarus, David Hendin, Jim Borgman, Mort Drucker, Nicole Hollander, Mike Konopacki, Buck Brown, Lee Lorenz
Aug. 25–26, 1995 Conference Theatre, Ohio Union,
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Garry Trudeau, Jeff MacNelly, Lynn Johnston, Bill Amend, Robb Armstrong, Stephen Bentley, Bruce Beattie, Bill Griffith[20][21]
Oct. 9–10, 1998 Conference Theatre, Ohio Union,
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Steve Benson, Brumsic Brandon Jr., Mark J. Cohen, Dave Coverly, Will Eisner, R. C. Harvey, Patrick McDonnell, Jack Ohman, Joel Pett, Victoria Roberts, Ted Rall, Jeff Smith, Art Spiegelman, Bob Thaves[22]
Sept. 28–29, 2001 Conference Theatre, Ohio Union,
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Sergio Aragonés, Jim Borgman, Lynda Barry, Eldon Dedini, Lynn Johnston, Will Eisner, Ben Katchor, David Levine, Rick Kirkman, Patrick McDonnell, Lee Lorenz, Pat Oliphant, Trina Robbins, Roy Peterson, Jerry Scott, Jeff Smith, Rebecca Zurier[4]
Oct. 15–16, 2004 The Blackwell Hotel
Columbus, Ohio		Lalo Alcaraz, Tom Batiuk, Charles Brownstein, Al Feldstein, Nicole Hollander, Bob Levin, Jay Lynch, Cindy McCreery, Joel Pett, Michael Ramirez, Art Spiegelman, Ann Telnaes, Tom Tomorrow, Michelle Urry[5]
Oct. 25–27, 2007 Columbus Renaissance Hotel
Columbus, Ohio		Jessica Abel, Nick Anderson, Alison Bechdel, Ray Billingsley, Gary Groth, R. C. Harvey, Mike Peters, Paul Pope, Peter Poplaski, Ted Rall, Arnold Roth, P. Craig Russell, David Saylor, Diana Schutz, Frank Stack, Brian Walker, Mort Walker[6]
Oct. 14-17, 2010 Wexner Center for the Arts
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Steve Breen, Roz Chast, Tony Cochran, Jan Eliot, Matt Groening & Tom Gammill, Dave Kellett, Paul Levitz, Dan Piraro, Jen Sorensen, Art Spiegelman, James Sturm, Gene Luen Yang[7]
Nov. 14–17, 2013 Sullivant Hall,
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio		Paul Pope, Jeff Smith, the Hernandez brothers, Matt Bors, Eddie Campbell, Stephan Pastis, Brian Basset, Kazu Kibuishi, Art Spiegelman[23]

Festival exhibitions

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1983
1986[24][25]
1989[26]
1992[27]
  • "Political Satire by Oliver Harrington" (Sept. 13–Nov. 7: Martin Luther King Jr. Complex for Performing and Cultural Arts) — Examples of Harrington's comic strip character Bootsie, as well as his magazine cartoons
  • "'Illusions: Ethnicity in American Cartoon Art" (Oct. 26–Dec. 11: OSU Main Library, Philip Sills Exhibition Hall) — Examination of racial and ethnic stereotypes in cartoons from the past 150 years
1995[28]
  • "Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form" (July 30–Aug. 27: Columbus Recreation and Parks Department Cultural Arts Center)[29]
  • "The Face Behind the Laugh: Cartoonists' Self-Caricatures from the Collections of Mark J. Cohen" (July 30-Aug. 27: Columbus Recreation and Parks Department Cultural Arts Center)[30] — Originally shown at the Cartoon Art Museum (San Francisco) Nov. 25, 1988–Mar. 4, 1989
  • "See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip" (Aug. 1–Oct. 27: Cartoon, Graphic, and Photographic Arts Research Library — Curated by Lucy Shelton Caswell[31]
  • "Sequential Art: The Next Step" (Aug. 24–Oct. 14: Martin Luther King Jr. Complex for Performing and Cultural Arts) — The work of young, mostly African American, cartoonists Darrell Gates, Grey, Hannibal King, Louis Small, Jr., Jeff Smith, and Robert Stull; curated by Stull. Later traveled to the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Boston; the Words & Pictures Museum in Northampton, MA; the Afro-American Cultural Center in Charlotte, NC; and the Tubman Museum in Macon, GA.[32]
1998
2001
2004
  • "Gillray's Legacy" (Sept. 15–Dec. 10: Philip Sills Gallery, William Oxley Thompson Library) — Curated by Lucy Shelton Caswell; the art of James Gillray[34]
  • "Drawing Fire: Controversial Comics by Milton Caniff" (Oct. 1, 2004–Jan. 14, 2005: Cartoon Research Library reading room gallery)
2007
  • "Rarities: Unusual Works from the Caniff Collection" (Sept. 4, 2007–Jan. 19, 2008: Cartoon Research Library)
  • "Spotlight on Milton Caniff" (Oct. 23, 2007–Mar. 23, 2008: Ohio Historical Society)
2010[7]
2013[10]
  • "Treasures from the Collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum" (Nov. 14–Nov. 17: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Treasures Gallery) — Original artwork for Dick Tracy, Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Bone, and more
  • "Substance and Shadow: The Art of the Cartoon" (Nov. 14–Nov. 17: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum) — "Original art ... which dramatically reveals the various elements, methods, tools and techniques that cartoonists utilize, including caricature, character design, sequential panels, speech balloons, page layout, animation and storytelling."[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Festival of Cartoon Arts: Speakers". University Libraries. The Ohio State University. 1983. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Gowans, Alan (1983). "Introduction". The Festival of Cartoon Art. Columbus: Ohio State University Libraries.
  3. ^ "Universal Donates $50K to Cartoon Festival". Newswatch: Miscellaneous News. The Comics Journal. No. 173. Dec 1994. p. 37.
  4. ^ a b "Virtuoso: the 2001 Festival of Cartoon Art". University Libraries. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  6. ^ a b "2007 Festival of Cartoon Art". University Libraries. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  8. ^ Motz, Doug (November 14, 2013). "History Lesson: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum". Columbus Underground.
  9. ^ McGirk, Caitlin (11 September 2013). "...And we're back!". Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Blog. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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  11. ^ "Comics Studies Society goes public on Feb. 14, 2016, launches its founding membership drive". SciFi Pulse. 2016-02-15.
  12. ^ "Forum draws attention to global comics, animation". The Lantern. 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  13. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (November 23, 2014). "Collective Memory: International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) 2014". The Comics Reporter.
  14. ^ Ricca, Brad (Nov 14, 2014). "Unassuming Barber Shop: The 1st American Comics Scholar was a Superman Artist". The Beat.
  15. ^ "FESTIVAL OF CARTOON ART: 1983-2013". Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
  16. ^ "Who?". The 1986 Festival of Cartoon Art. The Ohio State University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. ^ "2nd Ohio Cartoon Art Forum Ends". The Comics Journal. No. 113. Dec 1986. p. 24.
  18. ^ Watterson, Bill (1989-10-27). What We Expect of the Comics (The Cheapening of the Comics). The 1989 Festival of Cartoon Art. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  19. ^ "Speakers". 1989 Festival of Cartoon Art. Ohio State University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Festival Draws Cartoon Creators". Columbus Dispatch. Aug 20, 1995.
  21. ^ "The 1995 Festival of Cartoon Art". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 179. Aug 1995. p. 26.
  22. ^ Kannenberg, Gene (Dec 1998). "One-of-a-kind: The Ohio State University Festival of Cartoon Art, October 9–10, 1998, A Personal View". The Comics Journal. pp. 9–14.
  23. ^ "Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art". Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  24. ^ "What?". The 1986 Festival of Cartoon Art. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  25. ^ Caniff, Milton; Feiffer, Jules (1986). "Strip Time: the Comics Observed". The Festival of Cartoon Art. Columbus: Ohio State University Libraries. pp. 7–29.
  26. ^ "Exhibits". 1989 Festival of Cartoon Art. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  27. ^ Caswell, Lucy Shelton (1992). "Illusions: Ethnicity in American Cartoon Art, a Guide for Teachers". 1992 Festival of Cartoon Art. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Libraries.
  28. ^ "THE 1995 FESTIVAL of CARTOON ART". The Lantern. 31 July 1995.
  29. ^ Inge, M. Thomas (1995). Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form. Ohio State University Libraries, University Press of Mississippi, and Randolph-Macon College.
  30. ^ The Face Behind the Laugh: Cartoonists' self-caricatures from the collection of Mark J. Cohen. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Libraries. 1995.
  31. ^ Caswell, Lucy Shelton (1995). See You in the Funny Papers: American Life as Reflected in the Newspaper Comic Strip. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University.
  32. ^ Stull, Rob (February 7, 2014). "BLACK HISTORY – THE NEXT STEP". RobStull.com.
  33. ^ Historic Virtuoso Cartoonists. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. 2001.
  34. ^ McCreery, Cindy (2004). "A Genius on the Edge: James Gillray and Caricature in Late Georgian Britain". Gillray's Legacy. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.
  35. ^ "Exhibits opening". The Columbus Dispatch. Sep 26, 2010.
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