COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cartoon Crossroads Columbus has named the winners of awards that honor established creators and newcomers. The awards were part of the annual CXC festival that ran Oct. 6-9 in venues across Columbus, drawing thousands of guests and creators to a city that is increasingly a center for the cartoon arts.

Keith Knight, the cartoonist behind the K Chronicles and (th)ink and the television series Woke, won the Master Cartoonist Award.

“By using humor, Keith has exposed the insecurities and hypocrisy of modern society for almost three decades now,” says CXC Artistic Director Jeff Smith, “His cartoons ring true because they are honest.”

Keith Knight, CXC 2022 recipient of Master Cartoonist Award presented by CXC co-founder and artistic director Jeff Smith. Photos by Raylavoie.com.

Guest courtesy of AAEC Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

A list of previous CXC award winners can be found on the festival’s website.
https://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=2284

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Jeff was interviewed by Duy Tano for the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) organized by Komiket last month. Since it was shown live in the Philippines, and there’s a vast time difference some of you may not have seen it. Thanks to Duy, he has shared it on his Comics Cube Youtube channel. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlmuseJSS74

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Thanks to Adam Willis for this super neat mashup badge with Fone Bone as Luke Skywalker for Star Wars Celebration 2022!

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Just a small sample of the fun sketches and not often seen items to be autographed…

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Here’s where you can catch Jeff’s panels during the weekend:

Saturday October 8
Panel: Spotlight on Jeff Smith, moderated by Irene Velentzas 12pm-1pm in The Auditorium
Panel: Spotlight on Tom Gauld, moderated by Irene Velentzas and Jeff Smith 2pm-3pm in Room 1A

Sunday October 9
Panel: Spotlight on Mathew Klickstein- introduced by Jeff Smith and Mike Cavender 3pm-4pm in Room 1A

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Cartoon Books will be exhibiting at The Expo portion of CXC held Saturday and Sunday at the Columbus Metropolitan Library: 96 S. Grant St., Columbus. Look for us on the 2nd floor, booth #3. Jeff will be signing Saturday 3:30-4:30, and Sunday 1:30-2:30pm. We will have the Columbus debut of TUKI, Jeff’s new series as well as specials on BONE and RASL books. Also, come spin the BONE Wheel of Fortune for a chance to win some neat prizes!

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The CXC Expo is an essential part of our mission to create an atmosphere of communication and enthusiasm between creators and audiences of cartoon storytelling. We’re proud that over 100+ creators will get to see their favorite fans and meet new attendees.
Visit us for more info!

https://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=5691

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Tonight at The Wexner Center, Special Guest Keith Knight will deliver the CXC Keynote, in Conversation with James Spooner. 7pm. Columbus Monthly recently did a profile on Mr. Knight, which you can read here!

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/features/2022/10/04/cartoonist-woke-tv-series-cocreator-keith-knight-explores-themes-race-identity/69540381007/?fbclid=IwAR2o8HR565MDN2YcHkWD8pRmpKw9F3EwFCvS_T7tIhyNUyu2koTrdQ-sCnE

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In case you couldn’t see the live segment this morning here’s the clip for Fox28 Columbus  – Jeff and Jay Kalagayan representing Cartoon Crossroads Columbus!

https://myfox28columbus.com/good-day-columbus/international-graphic-designers-meet-fans-at-the-free-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-expo

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Tune in – Fox28 Columbus at 9:15 this morning to see Jeff and Jay Kalagayan representing Cartoon Crossroads Columbus!

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One of the unique joys of CXC, is that we are in an arts-centric town. From Ohio State campus through downtown Columbus, the different venues will be showcasing different disciplines of the arts community, and it all comes together on the weekend at The Columbus Metropolitan Library. To see the full schedule please see the CXC website! 

https://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=5691

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CXC kicks off this Wednesday at the Gateway Film Center! Thursday and Friday events are taking place at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Museum and The Wexner Center. Saturday we move downtown to The Columbus Metropolitan Library and CCAD. Saturday we finish out the festival at The Columbus Metropolitan Library with a full day of panels, programming and signings. All events are free and open to the public. For times and further info, please see the CXC website! 

https://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=5691

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Ohio Traveler Magazine highlights Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival, which kicks off this Wednesday October 5th! Read about it here!
https://www.ohiotraveler.com/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-cxc/

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Jeff and Tom have been putting in long days and long weeks on the forthcoming Tall Tales Two GN (hello packed lunch)! It’s a wonderful book – we can’t wait for you to see it!

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Jeff was recently interviewed by Voyage Phoenix Magazine, which was fun for us because of Jeff’s connection to the area and RASL. Check it out!

http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-out-jeff-smiths-story/

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We were thrilled to donate 12 pallets of books to The Lisa Libraries this week! They have established libraries at underfunded and outdated libraries, day care centers, to early head start families, literacy days and communities in need. If you would like to donate to this very worthwhile organization, visit them online:
http://lisalibraries.org/

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CXC recently launched their podcast series – Cartoon Crosstalk Columbus –  and invited Jeff to be one of their first guests! In this episode, Jeff was asked to discuss ‘one thing that he loves that others should be talking about’, Jeff chose The Marx Brothers. Listen in!
https://sites.libsyn.com/438882/interview-with-jeff-smith

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For Immediate Release

BONE: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume  Now in it’s 28th Printing!

Columbus, OH – September 26, 2022:  The New York Times Bestselling collection, BONE One Volume Edition, now in it’s 28th printing, will be hitting store shelves next week! We will have plenty of inventory for your holiday needs!

About BONE: Meet the Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, three misfits who are run out of Boneville and find themselves lost in a vast uncharted desert. They make their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures. With the help of the mysterious Thorn, her tough-as-nails Gran’ma Ben and the Great Red Dragon, the boys do their best to survive in the middle of brewing trouble between the valley’s denizens. It will be the longest – but funniest – year of their lives! 

Originally serialized in black & white comic books and graphic novels, the award-winning novel was presented complete and unabridged for the first time in this impressive 1300-page tome preserving the original black & white artwork.

Time Magazine: One of the Ten Greatest Graphic Novels of all Time
Publisher’s Weekly: Best Book List
The Comics Journal: Book of the Year
American Library Association: Top 25 Graphic Novels for Young Adults
Better Homes and Gardens: ‘Must Read’ list 

About Jeff Smith: Jeff Smith is the writer & artist of comics and graphic novels like BONE, RASL, SHAZAM: The Monster Society of Evil, ROSE and Tall Tales. Both BONE and RASL were self-published and are New York Times Bestsellers. BONE launched the current YA Graphic Novel explosion via Scholastic Books’ Graphix imprint and has won 41 national and international awards including 10 Eisner Awards and 11 Harvey Awards and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. RASL won an Eisner for Best Graphic Novel. The short lived webcomic version of TUKI won the National Cartoonists Award for Best Online Comic in 2014.

Contact Kathleen Glosan
 e-mail:  kathleen@boneville.com

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TCJ delivers this thoughtful and insightful review of TUKI Fight for Family-thank you!
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/tuki-fight-for-family/

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How can it be Fall already?!

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