American Cartoonists for Multiple Genres

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Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon, detail, January 26, 1947, newspaper Sunday page. Reproduced with permission of the Milton Caniff Estate, from Being, Nothingness and Much, Much More: Roz Chast, Beyond The New Yorker (8/7/14)

Al Hirschfeld - Beyond Broadway from the Library of Congress. Includes online exhibit with artist biography and curator's essay. Accessed May, 2014

American Alternative Comics, 1980-2000: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond is a 2023 exhibit at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College which says: "American Alternative Comics, 1980-2000: "Raw," "Weirdo," and Beyond looks at a transitional time for artistic comics in America. In the 1980s and 1990s, cartoonists sought to enlarge the medium's potential for artistry and self-expression. The influential magazine Raw promoted comics as ambitious, experimental art worthy of galleries and bookstores. The anthology Weirdo celebrated comics as an outsider form through self-disclosive and often self-critical narratives. A new marketplace and a new generation of publishers and alternative newspapers produced work for a growing readership."  Accessed 3/23

The Art of Rube Goldberg is a 2019 exhibit at the Queens Museum which says: "The exhibition spans from Goldberg's earliest published drawings and iconic inventions to his Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoons that covered topics ranging from government austerity measures to the continual struggle for peace between Jews and Arabs." Also see The Art of Rube Goldberg from the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Accessed 6/20

Charles Addams: Cartoonist, an exhibit held October 3, 2009 - January 24, 2010 at the Bruce Museum. From the Bruce Museum. Accessed May, 2014

FANTASTIC! The Comic Art of Sandy Plunkett, an exhibit held January 25 - June 2, 2013 at the Kennedy Museum of Art. Includes exhibit brochure. Accessed February, 2015.

La Raza Comica: A celebration of the Latino-American experience in the Comic Arts, an exhibit held May 5 - September 30, 2012 at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco. Accessed December, 2015.

Love and Rockets: A 30th Anniversary Celebration, an exhibit held October 13, 2012 - March 10, 2013 at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco. Accessed December, 2015.

Original Behavior is a 2018 exhibit at the Sheldon Museum of Art which says: "This exhibition brings together a small group of large works by artists who share an affinity for depicting the figure in a cartoonish, comic style. Paintings by Philip Guston, Peter Saul, Robert Colescott, and Carroll Dunham convey a dynamic visual language rich in symbolic narratives." Accessed 2/18 

Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes, an exhibit held Jun 29 - Oct 13, 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Accessed March, 2015.

Pioneering Cartoonists of Color from 999inks.co.uk. Incudes information on African American cartoonists. Accessed May, 2014

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, an exhibit held November 2, 2007 - February 24, 2008 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Includes news release. From Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Accessed 11/17/14

TFAO wishes to thank Sarah Wahlberg for providing material for the above list.

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