Spot the Differences, Quarantine Edition!
It’s time for another round of: Spot the Differences, quarantine edition! Answers posted tomorrow. Good luck!
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Quarantine Challenge!
Fine art fans may have seen the challenges issued by the Getty Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, The Met, and more to recreate famous works of art at home using household materials, family members and even pets during the quarantine. Well, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is getting in on the action!
We challenge you to recreate a comic book cover or panel and share it online!
Choose a cover or panel from any comic book, graphic novel, comic strip or otherwise
Recreate it using household objects, costumes, friends, family, pets, etc!
Post it on social media with the hashtag #CartoonLibraryQuarantine
Tag us @cartoonlibrary on Instagram and Twitter, and we’ll repost our favorites!
It’s Tax Day!
Just kidding. It’s been moved to July 15th!
RASL Book One: The Drift
Happy Birthday, Olive!
Happy Birthday to our pal, Olive! You’re aces!
Happy Easter
It’s National Siblings Day
#TBT Lucca, Italy 1997
#TBT: Taken in Lucca, Italy 1997 featuring Neil Gaiman, Bob Chapman from Graphitti Designs, Jeff Smith and his wife & business partner Vijaya. Thanks for the pics, Smoky Man!
Social Distancing
Tesla Tuesday – Patents
Tesla holds an impressive number of patents—275 in his lifetime! Including Alternating Current, Rotating Magnetic Fields, Tesla Coils, and Radio!
Did you Know: The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment, which was referred to in RASL, is an alleged military experiment in which the Navy destroyer escort, the U.S.S. Eldridge, was claimed to be rendered invisible. Spooky. To learn more, Wiki Philadelphia Experiment.
TGIF!
#TBT Alan Moore tribute. Natch!
(gotcha!)
Someone’s Already Tired of Social Distancing
Fabio Moon: Comics Depicting Life in Brazil Under Quarantine.
From our friend, fellow cartoonist Fabio Moon. Weekly comics depicting life in Brazil under quarantine.
Keep Calm, Read BONE
Sound advice! Have a great day everyone 🙂
Under Construction!
Still working out some kinks with the new boneville, so don’t be alarmed if you see something funky 🙂 More soon. Promise!
If You Can, Support The Laughing Ogre’s GoFund Me
The Laughing Ogre is dear to us in Columbus. If you are able to help in these tough times, please do!
Happy Birthday, Vijaya!
Happy Birthday to the woman in charge! We love you, Vijaya!
Rory D. Root Comics Ambassador Grant
CBLDF Launches Rory D. Root Comics Ambassador Grant To Support Retailer Programs Celebrating Free Expression
FCBD 2020 Postponed
Free Comic Book Day 2020 has been postponed. This is one of the most important days to our comic shops, so when we’re able to live our normal lives again, don’t forget to visit your local comic store.
https://www.freecomicbookday.com
Hot Off the Press! BONE Adventures – Available This Summer!
Look what I have! Hot off the press. Bone Adventures, a new picture book by Jeff Smith, available this Summer from Scholastic/Graphix!
Happy Vernal Equinox!
Happy Vernal Equinox friends!