The Low-Down on Mo: A Conversation with Mo Willems and Hilary Price, Friday August 19th

Hey guys- on Friday there is an event in Columbus called THE LOW-DOWN ON MO: A CONVERSATION WITH MO WILLEMS AND HILARY PRICE 

Mo Willems is a children's book writer and illustrator, and also has a background in writing, directing, and creating art for animation. If you're able to get to the event it could be really interesting.

Mo Willems

Here is the info from the Wexner Center's website:

FREE for all audiences (No RSVP or ticket required) 

Hear from award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems, who discusses his life, career, and creative process with Hilary Price, the creator behind the internationally syndicated comic strip Rhymes with Orange. Parents, educators, librarians, and aspiring children’s book authors won’t want to miss this event! 

A number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, Willems has been awarded three Caldecott Honors for his books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. This year, Willems celebrates the 25th and final book in his long-running Elephant and Piggie series, which has twice won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal. Price has been awarded the “Best Newspaper Panel” four times by the National Cartoonists Society for Rhymes with Orange. Her work also appears in Parade Magazine, The Funny Times, People, and Glamour.

Copresented by Ohio State’s The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. 

Poster by Mo Willems for The Carle Museum

This is his IMDB Page if you want to know more about the TV he has been involved with.

Friday August 19th at 7 PM
Wexner Center for the Arts
1871 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Jeff Smith Discussing Will Eisner October 30th

This looks like a great talk! If you cannot make it, the Will Eisner exhibit is up until November 30th.

From the event page: 

WILL EISNER: 75 YEARS OF GRAPHIC STORYTELLING

The exhibit, curated by Caitlin McGurk and Jared Gardner, will be open for a public reception from 6 - 7:30pm

Following the reception, join us at 7:30pm in the Jean and Charles Schulz Lecture Hall for WILL EISNER'S LIFE AND LEGACY - Jeff Smith, creator of the best-selling graphic novel Bone and friend of Will Eisner’s, will discuss Eisner’s career and its impact.

"Eisner is a mentor, a teacher, and a hero to generations of cartoonists. His innovations as a visual storyteller helped define the grammar of modern comics and open up new possibilities for the form that are still being explored today. Among Eisner’s many students, Jeff Smith stands out not only for carrying on the traditions Eisner championed in graphic storytelling, but also for continuing Eisner’s lifelong mission to elevate comics as an artistic and literary form. And as a pioneering self-publisher, Smith has continued Eisner’s work in teaching young cartoonists the importance of understanding not only the technical aspects of their craft but the economics as well.”
-Exhibition Co-Curator and OSU Professor Jared Gardner, on the impact of Will Eisner.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information on the exhibit, visit http://cartoons.osu.edu/events/will-eisner-75-years-of-graphic-storytelling/

https://www.facebook.com/events/849864391702095/

Road Trip: UPCOMING EXHIBIT: CALVIN & HOBBES AND RICHARD THOMPSON

 The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object: A Richard Thompson Retrospective

March 22 – August 3, 2014

 From the site:

"The exhibition, curated by BICLM curator Jenny E. Robb, explores Watterson’s mastery of the comic strip art form through engaging characters, thoughtful writing, and creative layouts.  It will also include original art by cartoonists who influenced Watterson, chosen by the artist from the BICLM’s collection, such as Charles Schulz, George Herriman, Jim Borgman, Berkeley Breathed, Garry Trudeau, and Ralph Steadman."

Contact: Caitlin McGurk
The Ohio State University
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
1813 N. High Street
Columbus OH 43210-1343
614-292-0538
cartoons@osu.edu 

http://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2014/02/07/upcoming-exhibit-calvin-hobbes-and-richard-thompson/


Who wants to go?

Grand Opening of the Cartoon Museum in Columbus this Weekend

From the article, AP photo by Tony Dejak

This is totally worth the road trip! It also is designed to coincide with The Festival of Cartoon Art, held every three years.

 From the AP article:

"The museum has originals from everyone from Richard Outcault — whose "Yellow Kid" in a 19th century comic strip spawned the term "yellow journalism" — to Charles Schulz ("Peanuts"), classic "Pogo" story lines from Walt Kelly, Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury," Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy," early "Blondie" strips from Chic Young and the entire collection of Jeff Smith, an Ohio State graduate who created the hugely popular "Bone" series of comic books.

It's all been moved to a new 30,000-square-foot home in a high-profile corridor of the sprawling Columbus campus, into a space renamed for Ireland, the former editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch who was one of the pioneers of the art form. His family donated a big chunk of money for the project."

More here:


http://news.yahoo.com/comics-lovers-drawn-ohio-museum-070115443.html

If You Go:

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum: http://cartoons.osu.edu

Ohio State University
Sullivant Hall
1813 N. High St.
Columbus, Ohio
614-292-0538

Hours: Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 16-17) 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Then Tuesday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday.

Opening exhibits include "Treasures from the Collection" and "Substance and Shadow: The Art of the Cartoon"