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 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]
"Comic art prints" (Oct. 10–Oct. 31: Main Library Gallery, Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County) — Set of 20 limited-edition prints owned by the OSU
Library for Communication and Graphic Arts
"Historic cartoons" (Oct. 13–Nov. 4: Hoyt Sherman Gallery, Sullivant Hall) — Historic cartoons from the collections of Phillip Sills and Frank Pauer, the
Columbus Museum of Art, and the
Ohio Historical Society[1]
"Cartoons Then" (Sept. 29–Oct. 26: Hoyt L. Sherman Gallery, University Gallery of Fine Art, Sullivant Hall) — Historic collections from the Art Wood Collection
"Great American Comics — 100 Years of American Cartoon Art" (Oct. 15–Nov. 26:
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's Cultural Arts Center) — Focusing on comics as a graphic narrative;
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service show opens its two-year national tour
"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
"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
"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
"The Genius of
Winsor McCay" (Sept. 21-Dec. 30: Cartoon Research Library Reading Room Gallery)
"Humor in a Jugular Vein: An Expanded Exhibition of the Art, Artists, and Artifacts of
MAD Magazine from the Collection of
Mark J. Cohen and Rose Marie McDaniel" (Oct. 1–Nov. 13:
Columbus College of Art and Design Joseph V. Canzani Center)
"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)
"Scenes of My Infint-hood: Celebrating the Birth of
Krazy Kat" (Sept. 7–Dec. 31: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Reading Room Gallery) — The work of
George Herriman
"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]
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^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.
^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.
^The Face Behind the Laugh: Cartoonists' self-caricatures from the collection of Mark J. Cohen. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Libraries. 1995.
^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.
^Historic Virtuoso Cartoonists. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. 2001.
^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.