Hugo Pratt Exhibit

Oscar Grillo shares photos from the Hugo Pratt exhibit at the Pinacothèque de Paris: part one and part two. Some spectacular images that makes me wish I could fly there right now and see it myself. Thanks very much for these, Oscar!Related: Art Daily's description of this exhibit, which has over 300 works by Mr. Pratt. The gallery show runs through August 21, 2011.

Cartoonist Dan Reynolds Gallery Show

The Everson Museum of Art, in Syracuse, NY, exhibits 200 of Dan Reynolds' gag cartoons in its Reynolds Unwrapped: The Cartoon Art of Dan Reynolds gallery show, March 12 thru July 1o, 2011. Molly English-Bowers writing for the Syracuse New Times, pens a profile of Dan:"While he’s nationally known and has his share of followers in Central New York, many of those followers don’t realize he lives

Dueling Banjo Pigs Gallery Show

Provo, Utah: The Terra Nova Gallery presents the Dueling Banjo Pigs exhibit, which is based on Guy Francis' and Stacy Curtis' Dueling Banjo Pigs blog. The show runs from April 1 to April 29, 2011.A Dueling Banjo Pigs blog? How did that happen, you may well ask?!It started out with a duel between friends. Guy Francis challenged fellow illustrator, Stacy Curtis, to a duel of banjo playing pigs. Now

Video: Frank Cho's World

Above: a screen grab from the video.The Washington Post shows us a great video, along with some informative links, all about Frank Cho's work and influences. Well worth seeing. The videos by Ben de la Cruz and Alexandra Garcia are expertly presented and made me want more.A big hat tip to my pal Sean Kelly!

Why Is MoCCA's Forthcoming Al Jaffee Exhibit Funded via Kickstarter?

Tom Spurgeon asks why the upcoming Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's Al Jaffee exhibit is being funded by Kickstarter. He not only asks the question, he contacted MoCCA Chairman Ellen Abramowitz."This show was presented to us on relatively short notice and Kickstarter is an ideal vehicle for raising funds for small, popular projects in a brief time frame."Funding for museums is always an uphill

Traveling Exhibit: "Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly"

"Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly" traveling exhibit opens today in Wisconsin. It will be moving on to Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.Everyone knows my friend Dave Coverly and Speed Bump, his award winning cartoon panel that's in about 400 newspapers. I think that means Speed Bump is in all of the newspapers now!Anyway, you probably know Dave through Speed Bump and/or his Parade magazine