Preliminary Schedule for Kenosha Festival of Cartooning 2012 UPDATED

The 2012 Kenosha Festival of Cartooning will be held from Thursday, September 27th through Saturday, September 29th.

The following is a preliminary schedule and may change. Check back regularly for updates. Note that not all events are open to the public.

UPDATE: Please note that, while the presentations remain on the same days, some of the start times have changed slightly. Please plan to arrive early at each presentation in case we are running ahead of schedule.

Thursday 9/27

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

All artists.

9:50-11:30 am Classroom lecture at Carthage College. Not open to the public.

2:00-4:00 pm Lectures at Carthage College and the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Not open to the public

6:30 pm John Hambrock  Kenosha Public Museum (Free & Open to Public)

John will officially open the festival and introduce the evening's speakers.

6:45 pm Dave Coverly Kenosha Public Museum  (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "Speed Bump".

7:45 pm Michael Jantze  Kenosha Public Museum (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "The Norm" and Jantze Animation Studios.

Friday 9/28

8:45-10:20 am Class lecture at Carthage College. Not open to the public.

9:00-11:00 am Outreach to Children's Hospital. Not open to the public

1:30-2:45 pm Assembly for KUSD high school art students. Not open to the public.

7:00 pm Greg Cravens Kenosha Public Museum  (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "The Buckets".

8:00 pm Hilary Price Kenosha Public Museum  (Free & Open to Public)

Behind the scenes of "Rhymes With Orange".

Saturday, 9/29

10:00 am -12:00 pm Cartooning Class for ages 10-16. Taught by guest artists. Open to the public but registration is required and a fee payable to the Kenosha Public Museum will be charged.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Rotating artist demonstrations in the Museum's "Artist Studio" Kenosha Public Museum (Free & Open to Public)

1:30 pm Panel discussion with Stephan Pastis, John Hambrock, Hilary Price, Dave Coverly, Greg Cravens, Phil Hands, Norm Feuti, and Michael Jantze - moderated by Tom Racine. Kenosha Public Museum  (Free & Open to Public but seating is limited and advance registration will be required.)

2:45 pm Norm Feuti Kenosha Public Museum  Behind the scenes of "Retail" and "Gil". (Free & Open to Public but seating is limited and advance registration will be required.)

4:00 pm Stephan Pastis Kenosha Public Museum  Behind the scenes of "Pearls Before Swine". (Free & Open to Public but seating is limited and advance registration will be required.)

6:00-8:00 pm Silent Auction to benefit Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's Kenosha Clinic. Rhode Center For The Arts. (Free & Open to Public) The auction will feature original art by each of the guest artists as well as the art of many other well known comic artists. There will be a catered reception at this event and the artists will be there to draw and sign for festival guests.

This concludes the festival.

Our Guest Speakers For 2012

It is with great excitement that I am able to announce the list of confirmed guest speakers (in alphabetical order):


Dave Coverly (Speed Bump)
Greg Cravens (The Buckets)
Norm Feuti (Retail and Gil)
Michael Jantze (The Norm and Jantze Studios)
Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine)
Hilary Price (Rhymes With Orange)


Also joining us will be our favorite podcaster for all things comic, Tom Racine. Tom will be moderating panel discussions and also, hopefully, doing some live podcasting for us.


We have a lot of exciting things planned for next year's festival so mark your calendars for Thursday, September 27 through Saturday, September 29.




If you are interested in supporting the festival with a tax deductible donation, please click on the donate button and make a secure donation. All donors will have their names listed in the festival program (regardless of dollar amount) and no donation is too small (or too large).