Donating to the festival

I have added a donate button for those who wish to support the festival but cannot attend in person. The festival is a non profit event and all donations are tax deductible. Donations will be processed via paypal. After a donation is deposited in my paypal account, I will be transferring the money directly to our fiscal receiver "Kenosha Community Media". They do not have a system for processing online payments so this is our only option.


A donation of ANY amount is greatly appreciated but, taking a page from the kickstarter model we have decided to offer the following donation premiums:


$50 a mug of Edison or Between Friends or a plush "Poncho" from Pooch Cafe.


$250 a personalized 6 x 8 sketch from Paul Gilligan, Sandra Bell Lundy, or John Hambrock


$500 an original strip from Pooch Cafe, Between Friends, or Edison Lee


If you are donating at the upper levels, please be sure to include a shipping address for your original art.

Overall Festival Poster

Here is the poster for the overall festival - contact me at anne.edisonlee@gmail.com if you would like a pdf version to print out and distribute.

Final Schedule of Public Events

This is the final schedule of Public Events - Classroom Lectures will be open to students of both Carthage and Parkside but are closed to the general public. Students will be notified of all potential class lectures by their professors.

Wednesday 9/14

2:30 Panel Discussion  Parkside  Communication Arts Theater This is a new location for this event - please make a note of it!  (Free & Open to Public)

"Working in Syndication"  John Hambrock, Scott Stantis, Paul Gilligan, Sandra Bell Lundy. Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Parkside Art Department

4:00 Meet and Greet Reception for Panelists and the Public Parkside    (Free & Open to Public) Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Parkside Art Department

7:00 Paul Gilligan Kenosha Public Museum  (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "Pooch Cafe" Sponsored by the Kenosha Public Museum and the Kenosha News.

7:50 John Hambrock  Kenosha Public Museum (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee" Sponsored by the Kenosha Public Museum and the Kenosha News

Thursday 9/15

8:00 am Interview with Greg Berg of WGTD for the Morning Show.

All artists.

4:30-7:30 Opening Reception for One Fine Sunday In The Funny Pages  H.F. Johnson Gallery Carthage (Free & Open to Public)

Friday 9/16

1:00 Panel Discussion Carthage Student Center Auditorium  (Free & Open to Public)

"Marketing Yourself As An Artist In The Digital Age"  Tom Bancroft, Sandra Bell Lundy, Scott Stantis, John Hambrock, Paul Gilligan, Tom Richmond. Sponsored by the Carthage Communication and Digital Media Department.

2:30 Sandra Bell Lundy  Carthage  (Free & Open to Public)

Sandra talks about her 20 years in syndication with special focus on the woman's voice on the comics page and working in a male dominated field. Sponsored by the Carthage Women's Faculty Learning Community.

4:00 Scott Stantis  Carthage  (Free & Open to Public)

Scott will present his work and discuss the role of the Editorial Cartoonist in Journalism with special emphasis on the relationship of a free press to the American Constitution. Sponsored by the Carthage Political Science Department.

7:00 Tom Richmond "Cartooning For The Troops"  Kenosha Public Museum (Free & Open to Public)

Tom will present a slideshow of his trips to Afghanistan and Iraq with the USO and discuss the importance of such outreach missions to the troops. Sponsored by the Kenosha Public Museum.

This concludes the festival.

Scott Stantis Poster - revised

We've revised Scott's poster. It now has a cartoon from the Chicago Tribune rather than a random piece from general syndication :-)

Sandra Bell Lundy Poster

Change To The Speaking Roster

I regret to announce that Michael Jantze will be unable to join us in September for the Festival. He was surprised by a health issue this summer that, while not life threatening, will require some recovery time. We wish him a speedy recovery and will miss him.


Animator Tom Bancroft has very graciously agreed to take time out of his busy schedule to step in, for which we are honored and extremely grateful.


Welcome to the Festival, Tom! And get well soon, Michael!

Tom Richmond Poster

As promised, here is our next poster. Sandra Bell Lundy coming soon....

Paul Gilligan, John Hambrock Poster

We are slowly but surely cranking out publicity posters for the festival events. Here is the first - for Wednesday night 9/14.


Feel free to use this image on your website if you are promoting the festival. And, if you need a better, pdf file, just email me and I'll see that you get one.