Boneville Blog
Friday October 14th at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and
Museum!
Join in the celebration, view
the galleries, and mingle with Cartoon
Crossroads Columbus – CXC special guests and exhibitors! The Billy Ireland
is hosting a reception to kick off an exciting weekend, followed by Garry
Trudeau and Glen David Gold in conversation at Mershon Auditorium.
There will be light refreshments, and a cash-only bar.
At 5:30pm, Josh
O’Neill (Locust Moon) will give a curator’s tour of our current exhibit,
“Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream”
Both “Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream” and
“Good Grief! Children and Comics” will come to a close on October
23rd, so this is one of your last chances to take in these great exhibits. Why
not share the experience with some of the country’s top cartoonists by your
side?
https://www.facebook.com/events/1171773299563744/
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CXC: From Campus to Downtown, Cartoons Take
Over Columbus!
This map will help you get around to all of
the events that CXC has to offer from Thursday through Sunday!
NOTE: The Comics Expo on Saturday and Sunday
is being held at the Columbus Metropolitan Library DOWNTOWN (96 S. Grant Ave)
NOT at Driving Park branch, as was incorrectly stated in the Columbus Dispatch.
CXC: From Campus to Downtown, Cartoons Take
Over Columbus!
This map will help you get around to all of
the events that CXC has to offer from Thursday through Sunday!
NOTE: The Comics Expo on Saturday and Sunday
is being held at the Columbus Metropolitan Library DOWNTOWN (96 S. Grant Ave)
NOT at Driving Park branch, as was incorrectly stated in the Columbus Dispatch.
Columbus Alive weighs in on “25 Essential
Columbus Comics” and CXC!
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/10/13/25-essential-columbus-comics.html
Barring any technical difficulties, CD102.5
will be airing yesterdays live interview with Jeff and Brian Phillips! Tune in between
9am-930am!
Thursday October 13th at The Wexner Center for the Arts!
Oscar-winning animator and prolific historian John Canemaker
discusses the impact and legacy of Winsor McCay’s creation Little Nemo, a
landmark in the development of both comic strip and animation art. Author of
the definitive study of McCay’s life and work, Canemaker will focus on his
visual style as realized in his animated films. This talk is presented in
conjunction with CXC and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s
exhibition Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, on view through October 23.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1597683477195599/
The Columbus Dispatch interviews Garry Trudeau: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus to welcome Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau
Join
us for the 1st Annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Scholarly Symposium, whose
topic this year is “Canon Fodder"—the discussion and debate of canon
making, breaking, shaking and baking. A terrific group of academics and comics
professionals will be sharing their thoughts and nailing their manifestos to
the doors of the Jean & Charles Schulz Auditorium, beginning with Dean
Mullaney (Eclipse Comics, Library of American Comics) and Tom Spurgeon (Comics
Reporter, CXC!) and capped off on Friday after lunch with a keynote with the
great Seth, in conversation with Craig Fischer.
SUNDAY! 25 Years: Ben Katchor and Seth In Conversation at CXC. 12:30pm at the Columbus Museum of Art. FREE!
CORRECTION! Jeff will be signing at
Cartoon Books’ table during CXC on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s signing will
be at 12:30pm and Sunday’s signing will be at 2:30pm.
CXC Comics Expo is this
weekend at The Columbus Metropolitan Library in downtown Columbus. All events
are FREE! For more information about CXC and to see the full schedule of events
all week long, visit: https://www.facebook.com/cartooncrossroadscolumbus/
There’s still time to register for the Metro
Club Forum! Wonderful speakers discussing their craft: Mark Osborne (Kung Fu
Panda, The Little Prince), Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats), Nate Beeler
(editorial cartoonist) are in town for CXC, so don’t miss your chance to see
these artists in an intimate setting, as we kick off the festival with the
Metro Club Forum! Special pricing available; use discount code ‘Bone’.
ATTENTION: Fans of Raina Telgemeier and parents of children who love her
stories! Tickets are now available for both her Saturday and Sunday
signings at CXC! Reserve today–they’re going fast!!! This event and all
CXC events are FREE!!
The Boneville October Store Special is here!! We cleaned out Jeff’s
studio closet and found some blast from the past Art Prints! Limited Quantities
on all 3, so get your orders in asap: Limited Edition San Diego Convention Expo
(1994), Our Trio in the Dark Limited Edition Convention Print (1996) and a
print of a reproduction of original artwork from BONE #2, Page 9!
More details
boneville.com
Registration
is now open for the Columbus Metro Club Forum: Cartoon Royalty Descends on
Columbus! Taking place in the relaxing setting of The Boat House at Confluence
Park, join us as we welcome featured speakers and Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
(CXC) special guests Mark Osborne, producer/director Kung Fu Panda, The Little Prince; Ron Wimberly, CMA and Thurber House artist in
residence; Nate Beeler,
editorial cartoonist, The Columbus Dispatch and
host Laurenn McCubbin,
Assistant Professor, Comics and Narrative Practice, CCAD as they discuss Ohio’s
rich cartoon history, graphic novels and major feature animation films!
When
you register look for ‘Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Guest’ pricing and enter in
the code ‘Bone’ to take advantage: Go to: https://columbusmetroclub.wildapricot.org/event-2343552
See
you on October 12th!
Fan Art Friday! Incredibly
cool BONE and RASL tattoos from our friend Andrew McNally. Thanks for sharing!
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GARRY TRUDEAU IN
CONVERSATION WITH GLEN DAVID GOLD, RAINA TELGEMEIER IN CONVERSATION WITH JEFF
SMITH, COMICS PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES GALORE AND A STATE OF THE INDUSTRY PANEL
THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEMS IT PRESENTS! CARTOON CROSSROADS COLUMBUS ANNOUNCES
AMBITIOUS PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE FOR IT FIRST FULL YEAR AS A CITY-WIDE
CELEBRATION OF COMICS.
(Columbus, Ohio) – Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
(CXC) officially announced its 2016 programming slate via a post on its web
site last week: http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com
The city-wide festival,
set for its first four-day event on October 13-16, 2016 after a well-received
two-day show in 2015, will offer nearly seventy-five hours of creator-driven
panels, presentations, spotlights and discussions.
Special highlights
include an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and generational icon
Garry Trudeau, in conversation with author Glen David Gold; a personal appearance
in support of a film presentation by Mark Osborne (Kung-Fu Panda, The Little
Prince); a freewheeling discussion between superstar cartoonists Raina
Telgemeier and Jeff Smith; a conversation between award-winning cartoonists
Seth and Ben Katchor on the 25th anniversary of seminal work by each artist;
Ronald Wimberly’s CMA/Thurber House graphic novelist presentation; and an
evening presentation by Academy Award-winning animator and cartoon historian
John Canemaker on the work of the great Winsor McCay!
“Our special guest list
is a dream, and we hope our programming throws the spotlight on these great
artists in a fun, entertaining and informative way,” said CXC Festival Director
Tom Spurgeon.
As a city-wide
festival, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus will feature programming all over
Columbus during the weekend.
A primary hub for
Thursday and Friday events – and for Wednesday’s sole offering – will be Ohio
State University’s The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, The Wexner
Center for the Arts and Hale Hall.
Events on Thursday and
Friday will include a special academic conference on canon, the return of the
popular peer to peer “talk and teach” classes, a rigorous conversation with the
multi-talented editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes, a state of the industry panel,
two major social receptions, two comics-art shows, and the Trudeau and
Canemaker events. The weekend kicks off with the Mark Osborne presentation on
October 12.
For Saturday and Sunday
October 15-16, the show moves downtown to the Columbus Metropolitan Library
downtown branch, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) and the Columbus College of
Art & Design (CCAD).
In support of the
two-day Expo & Marketplace in the library, CXC will offer multiple
programming tracks featuring spotlights on special guests like Sergio Aragones,
Carol Tyler and Stan Sakai, as well as themed presentations on all-ages comics
and the new comic book mainstream. Four hours of classes from instructors
supplied by Pittsburgh’s Comics Workbook will be offered as well.
Both CMA (Ronald
Wimberly, career-to-date) and CCAD (Nate Powell, March Book 3) plan gallery
shows, while CCAD will host alt-comics icon Charles Burns for a special
presentation on Saturday night.
“We’re hoping CXC can
become known for the quality of its programming, and this year seems like a
major step in that direction,” said Festival President Jeff Smith. “There’s so
much I’m personally looking forward to seeing and doing at all the weekend’s
venues.”
For more
information and potential interview opportunities, contact Tom Spurgeon
at: 575-654-4391, or tom@cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org.
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is a non-profit organization
devoted to a yearly, city-wide festival whose aims are to spotlight the best in
cartooning as an art form, to show off the city of Columbus as an international
travel destination for fans of comics and cartooning, and to assist the next
generation of emerging cartoonists.
http://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/index.html
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CXC
2016: Full schedule now available along with information about
attending Exhibitors and Special Guests! We’re about 2 weeks away from
kickoff. Hope to see you!
Geekdad’s “Great, Big Beautiful Podcast” chatted with Jeff about BONE’s
25th anniversary, self-publishing and a bit of everything in between.
Have a listen! Good stuff!
Sunday was National Comic Book Day, and Jeff was invited by our local
Fox28 affiliate to talk about BONE CODA and our Cartoon Crossroads
Columbus (CXC) Festival! Check it out!
A
5-Star Review of Bone: CODA from Flip Geeks: The Journey Really Matters!
http://www.flipgeeks.com/comic-reviews/review-the-journey-really-matters-in-bone-coda
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Cartoon
Books’ BONE and RASL catalog launches today on Kindle! The long wait is over.
Now get to readin’!
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CXC Attendees and
Exhibitors! We’ve compiled a list of all of the hotels in close proximity of
the festival and surrounding events. These are listed in no particular order
with options to fit any budget. Click on hotel name to be linked to their
website. Please mention you’re attending the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
festival to see if discounts are still available!
Renaissance
Hotel Downtown Columbus
Sheraton Columbus Hotel at
Capitol Square
Holiday
Inn Columbus Downtown Capitol Square
Comfort
Inn and Suites Downtown
Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph
DoubleTree
Suites By Hilton Hotel Downtown Columbus
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