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It is with great excitement that we announce the opening of the first gallery show of comic art for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning 2014!!
The show opens Saturday, June 7th 2014 and will run until Saturday September 27th 2014 at the Kenosha Public Museum. 5500 1st Avenue Kenosha WI. (click the link for museum hours)
We are tremendously excited to be able to offer comic fans in the greater Milwaukee and Chicago area the opportunity to see, not only original comic artwork from some of the most popular cartoonists working today, but a glimpse of the genius of iconic artists from Comic Books, Newspaper Comics, and MAD Magazine from years gone by. (Be sure to scroll through the whole list - it's a great line-up!!)
Featured will be the work of festival guest speakers:
- Jeff Keane (Family Circus)
- Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate)
- Todd Clark (Lola)
- Scott Stantis (Prickly City, Editorial Cartoons)
- Terri Libenson (The Pajama Diaries)
- Rick Stromoski (Soup To Nutz)
- Denis Kitchen (Kitchen Sink Press and Underground Comic Artist)
- Tom Richmond (MAD Magazine)
- Ed Steckley (Humorous Illustrator)
- Joe Martin (Mr. Boffo, Willy and Ethel, Porterfield, Cats With Hands)
- John Hambrock (Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee)
- Phil Hands (Editorial Cartoons)
- Dan Pavelich (Just Say Uncle and Kenosha County)
And historic artists with ties to Wisconsin (On Loan From The George Hagenauer Collection):
- Carl Anderson (Henry)
- Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka)
- Mike Grell (Jon Sable)
- Frank O King (Gasoline Alley)
- Steve Rude (Nexus)
- Sidney Smith (The Gumps)
- Erwin Hess (Big Little Book - Roy Rodgers)
- Trina Robbins (Last Human)
- Jules Feiffer (Hold Up)
AND iconic comic book artists: (On Loan From The George Hagenauer Collection)
- Frank Frazetta (Planet - Comic Book Interior) This is a trial page never published
- Jack Kirby (Human Torch)
- Joe Kubert (Hawkman, Tarzan)
- Frank Robbins (Johhny Hazard)
- Jerry Robinson (Green Hornet)
- Joe Shuster (Superman)
- Joe Simon (Phantom)
- Bill Sienkewicz (Hulk)
As well as MAD magazine's:
- Sergio Aragones (Groo) (On Loan From The George Hagenauer Collection)
- Dave Berg
- Jack Davis
- Mort Drucker
- Will Elder
- Wally Wood
And FINALLY Newspaper greats from days gone by: (On Loan From The George Hagenauer Collection)
- Ernie Bushmiller (Nancy)
- Gus Arriola (Gordo)
- Milton Caniff (Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates)
- Roy Crane (Captain Easy)
- Billy DeBeck (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith)
- Bud Fisher (Mutt and Jeff)
- Hal Foster (Prince Valiant)
- Chester Gould (Dick Tracy)
- Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie)
- George Herriman (Krazy Kat)
- Walt Kelly (Pogo)
- Winsor McCay (Buster Brown) This is a strip ghosted by McCay after the departure of Outcault
- George McManus (Bringing Up Father)
- Virgil Partch (Big George)
- Chic Young (Blondie)
A huge thank you to Comic Collector George Hagenauer who gave us access to his overwhelming collection of magnificent comic art!! And to Gina Radandt and Rachel Klees Anderson of the Kenosha Public Museum for not only having the vision to mount this show but who drove to Madison with Festival Director Anne Morse Hambrock to personally pick up the artwork. Thanks also for their countless hours of cataloging, framing and hanging this show!!!
