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Jeff Smith at Wexner

April 4, 2008 10:00 am

The Wexner Center for The Arts at Ohio State University in Columbus is opening a show devoted to animator-turned-comic book great, Jeff Smith, in May. The exhibit will include about 70 original BONE pages and covers, work from his recent SHAZAM! series and current RASL project, and work by artists who have influenced him including Walt Kelly, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Carl Barks, George Herriman, E.C. Segar, and Will Eisner. Ohio State’s Cartoon Research Library will be hosting a sidebar show at the same time that features Jeff’s work when he was a cartoonist for the Ohio State student newspaper back in the 80s.

In addition, The Wexner Center will host a number of related panels and events, including a conversation between Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud on May 10th at 2pm; and A Looney Tunes Evening with Jeff Smith, where Jeff will introduce a selection of WB cartoons that most-influenced BONE (especially the Chuck Jones ‘hunting trilogy’), on June 5th at 7pm.

See the Wexner website for more information.

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10 comments posted in Comics, Events

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04/4/08 10:56am	Paul N says:
	One of the only times in my life I’ve wanted to go to Ohio…
04/4/08 10:58am	Kevin Martinez says:
	I’ve read some of Smith’s Bone material and I’ve liked what I read. He’s an excellent artist, and his writing is compelling. He’s one of my artistic influences. This “Looney Tunes that Inspired Bone” thing sounds intriguing. I’m thinking it will be mostly Chuck Jones shorts, but Maybe smith will throw out a Clampett at the most unexpected moment.
04/4/08 11:08am	Chrissy Fellmeth says:
	I grew up reading Bone comics, the artwork and the story always fascinated me and I can say that the comics really inspired me to get into making my own comic books and drawing in general.
04/4/08 11:26am	Brooke Keesling says:
	Thanks for this post Jerry- I’ll take a little roadtrip down to Ohio and check it out on May 10. I think it’s just a few hours away from Ann Arbor :)
04/4/08 12:01pm	Barbara says:
	hell yeah! I’m right down the street! This eases the pain of me missing the worst cartoons ever you did up here a while ago…
04/4/08 1:42pm	Weirdo says:
	Wonderful news. I just wish I could get to Ohio.
04/4/08 2:29pm	Paul K. says:
	Hooray! Living in Ohio has finally paid off! I’m definitely going to attend. Especially since Scott McCloud is going to be there– his Understanding Comics (an subsequent books) are more relevant to all visual mediums than specifically comics. As for Bone, I’m still patiently collecting all the re-released full-color graphic novel volumes, though I’m still partial to the original black & white versions. Anyway, I still think the Stupid Rat Creatures had some of the best scenes…
04/4/08 3:55pm	Dave says:
	What news of the “Bone” feature film ? Will it still be 2D hand-drawn ? Last news was that Warner Bros. will finance and/or distribute (shudder remember “Iron Giant”) . Anyone know what’s up with the Bone movie ?
04/5/08 2:35am	Mat says:
	I love the Bone books and the recent Captain Marvel (I refuse to call it Shazam) books we pretty good too. I wish I could be there.
04/6/08 1:12pm	Tamu says:
	Anyone living near Ohio would be crazy not to go.

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