CAM Alternative Press Expo Party: Keith Knight Closing Reception and Book Release Party for Jesse Reklaw, Hellen Jo and Olga Volozova Cartoon Art Museum Event: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:00-11:00...across the United States and Canada. This year’s Alternative Press Expo takes place on November 1 and 2 at the Concourse Exhibition Center. For more information on APE, please visit www.comic-con.or

Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman Presentation and booksigning with author Marc Tyler Nobleman Cartoon Art Museum Event: Sunday, October 26, 3:00-5:00pm Free with paid admission to the Cartoon... “Engrossing...wonderful” —Scripps Howard News Service “Expertly crafted...entertaining and good looking...a real winner” —Tripwire “Spectacular” —Young Adult Books Central (four out of five stars

How to Draw with You Kid/How to Draw with Your Grownup: A Saturday cartooning workshop for parents and children Cartoon Art Museum Class: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 3:00 - 5:00pm Cost per class: $10...production, information architecture and creative management. Betsy currently divides her time between cartooning and humorous illustration, independent art teaching, and raising her two children

October Cartoonist-in-Residence Mike Gray, creator of Thom Cat Cartoon Art Museum Event: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:00 to 3:00 pm Free and Open to the public The Cartoon Art museum hosts Mike...Writer and Script Editor for the upcoming Nicktoons series, Ape Escape , based on the hit video game from Sony. Mike’s work and updated news can be found at his website: www.pencilforhire.com

Nearly a year ago, Dice Tsutsumi, Ronnie Del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa approached me at an event at the Cartoon Art Museum to discuss a project that they were working on, which they thought would make...but well worth it for the cartoonist who's looking to take his or her career to the next level. Next up--Gene Colan (but more on that later. I've still got 30 soot sprites to hide in the galleries...

Please join the Cartoon Art Museum on Thursday, September 18 from 7:00-9:00pm to celebrate the release of Keith Knight's latest book, The Complete K Chronicles , published by Dark Horse Comics. This event is free and open to the public.

September Cartoonist-in-Residence Alexis Fajardo Cartoon Art Museum Event: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 1:00 to 5:00 pm Free and Open to the public The Cartoon Art museum hosts Alexis Fajardo...include Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Grady Klein (The Lost Colony) , among many others

I got quoted again, this time in the San Francisco Chronicle. Shaenon and I got to spend this past Saturday at Pixar for the Totoro Forest Project Art Auction , and we had a great time--even though...Totoro Forest Project website, and if you want to see everything in person, you can visit the Cartoon Art Museum between September 20, 2008 and February 8, 2009 and see just about all of it

The Cartoon Art Museum presents The Second Annual Family Fun Day at Pixar Animation Studios Saturday, October 11, 2008, 1:00 – 3:30pm Tickets: $125/person, ($90 - CAM Members) Family Ticket for up to...California studio has won 21 Academy Awards® and its nine films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The next film release from Disney*Pixar is UP (May 29, 2009)

Legendary animator Bill Melendez passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at the age of 91. For more information on Mr. Melendez, please visit Mark Evanier's blog , which includes links to other...Garfield, Babar the Elephant, and Cathy Guisewite’s Cathy. The eight Emmys and numerous other awards he has received attest to the significant contribution Melendez has made to the field of animation