Tuesday, August 24, 7:00-9:00pm
Free and open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum will host a reception for its latest exhibition, Storytime! Graphic Novels for Kids of All Ages, on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, from 7:00-9:00pm. Special guests include Lark Pien, creator of Long Tail Kitty and Mr. Elephanter, Larry Marder, creator of [...]
[ Read More → ]Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore Event:
Saturday, August 28 2010, 2:00-5:00pm
Free and open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes Girls Drawin Girls, the renowned artist collective, to its bookstore for a special event on Saturday, August 28, from 2:00 to 5:00pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch the artists at work and view past [...]
[ Read More → ] Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Joshua Ellingson on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk Ellingson about cartooning and view his work. This event is free [...]
Friday July 30th, 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Sunday August 1st, 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Visit the Cartoon Art Museum and learn how to turn everyday household items into books of your own! Learn three different methods of simple, low-budget bookmaking and impress your friends and family with personalized comics, journals and sketchbooks!
Bookmaking Made Easy is presented in conjunction [...]
A special presentation and booksigning by Nicole Hollander
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm
$5 Suggested donation
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes Nicole Hollander, creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Sylvia for a special presentation and booksigning on Thursday, August 19, from 7:00-9:00pm.
Since drawing her first Sylvia strip in 1979, the nationally syndicated cartoonist Nicole Hollander [...]
Thursday, July 22 through Sunday, July 25, 2010
$10 Suggested donation
The Cartoon Art Museum is pleased to announce its programming for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, to be held at the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2010. This year marks the fourth annual CAM Sketch-a-thon, which features a host of artists donating their [...]
[ Read More → ]Thanks to Gary at The Comic Outpost and Jim at The Hero Initiative for producing this special video in conjunction with our recent spotlight on Ed Hannigan. Please click this link to check it out: Ed Hannigan: Covered
[ Read More → ]Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Nomi Kane on Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk Kane about cartooning and view her work. This event is free and open [...]
[ Read More → ] Thursday, June 24, 7:00-9:00pm
$5 Suggested donation
The.Cartoon Art Museum welcomes nationally syndicated political cartoonist Rob Rogers as he brings his dynamic presentation How a Cartoonist’s Brain Works to San Francisco on Thursday, June 24. Rogers’s interactive combination of live drawing and a cartoon slide presentation takes the audience behind the curtain of his creative [...]
[ Read More → ]Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Bruce McKay on Saturday, June 12th, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk about cartooning and view McKay’s work. This event is free and open to [...]
[ Read More → ]Saturday, June 12, 2010, 12:30pm
Watch drawings come to life, and learn how to create your own, as Joe Wos presents his original blend of storytelling and live cartoon illustration, an unforgettable and entertaining experience that children and adults of all ages will enjoy. Wos will perform his stories at the Cartoon Art Museum on [...]
[ Read More → ]A presentation by author Nancy Goldstein
Cartoon Art Museum Event: Tuesday, June 15, 7:00-9:00pm
$5 Suggested donation
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes author Nancy Goldstein for a slideshow of cartoons and comics from her book Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00pm. The suggested donation for this event is [...]
[ Read More → ]Thursday, June 17, 7:00-9:00pm
$5 Suggested donation
Co-Presented by the Cartoon Art Museum and the Japan Society of Northern California
Accommodations for Chip Kidd provided byThe Galleria Park Hotel, a Joie de Vivre Hotel
The Cartoon Art Museum and the Japan Society of Northern California welcome award-winning author and book designer Chip Kidd on Thursday, June 17 for [...]
[ Read More → ]Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
Free and open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Amy Martin on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk about cartooning and view Martin’s work.
Amy Martin is a [...]
Sunday, April 25, 6:30pm and Thursday, May 6th, 5:00pm
The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to copresent the animated shorts program The High Line at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 22-May 6).
The High Line
This program of experimental and narrative short works presents stop motion, hand-drawn, rotoscope and computer-generated animation by leading and up-and-coming [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7pm to 9pm
$5 suggested donation
Sponsored by the Cartoon Art Museum and the Japan Society
of Northern California
If you have been thrilled by the images and touched by the heartwarming stories of Hayao Miyazaki’s animations, you may count yourself among the vast numbers of fans of this revered filmmaker. [...]
[ Read More → ]Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7pm to 9pm
$5 sugested donation
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes the critically-acclaimed comic book writer and author Steve Englehart for a discussion of his writing career and a booksigning on Wednesday, April 14 2010, from 7pm to 9pm. Englehart and artists Marshall Rogers and Terry Austin collaborated on the DC [...]
[ Read More → ] Cartoon Art Museum Event: Saturday, March 27, 2010 1pm to 3pm
Free and Open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts freelance artist and cartoonist Rick Lucey on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will [...]
JOINT MEMBER DAY – Saturday, March 20th, 2010
On Saturday, March 20, eight San Francisco cultural institutions are teaming up to offer members reciprocal admission, tours, and discounts. Members from each institution can enjoy complimentary admission for 2 people at any of the other participating institutions, which include the Asian Art Museum, Cartoon Art Museum, Contemporary [...]
If the museum receives $5,000 in donations between now and the evening of April 2, Farago will shave the famed Bat-Symbol into his hair at our annual WonderCon weekend fundraising party, just as many Bat-Fans did in the months leading up to the release of Warner Bros.’ 1989 Batman film.
[ Read More → ]Event
Friday, April 2, 2010
8pm to 11pm
Tickets: Sliding scale from $10 to $35
Event
Thursday, March 18, 2010
7pm to 9pm
$5 suggested donation
Event
Thursday, March 11, 2010
7pm to 9pm
$5 suggested donation
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
Book Signing with Rob Reger and Buzz Parker
Free and open to the public
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Emily the Strange creators and Illustrators Rob Reger and Buzz Parker. Emily the Strange came to life in the early 1990s and quickly became a beloved counterculture icon all around the world. [...]
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 12pm to 2pm
Free and Open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Jamaica Dyer on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 from 12pm to 2pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to her about cartooning and view Jamaica’s work.
Jamaica Dyer is [...]
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm
Free and open to the public
(San Francisco, CA) Visit the Cartoon Art Museum bookstore on Saturday, February 20, 2010 as we host San Jose-based illustrator Jim Hummel. Hummel will be signing copies of his new book A Bubble C, a children’s book that showcases the alphabet through [...]
Presentation and booksigning with Scott Kurtz
Cartoon Art Museum Event:
Thursday, February 11, 2010, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
$5 suggested donation
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes Scott Kurtz, creator of the popular webcomic PvP: Player vs. Player from 7:00 to 9:00pm on Thursday, February 11 for a special presentation on the business of webcomics. Kurtz will discuss the origins [...]
[ Read More → ]Small Press Spotlight on Andy Ristaino
Cartoon Art Museum Exhibition:
December 19, 2009 – March 14, 2010
Reception Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm.
Reception is free and open to the public.
Andy Ristaino is a cartoonist and animator currently residing in the San Francisco. Originally from Franklin, Massachusetts, he has been drawing comics ever since he could. [...]
[ Read More → ]Saturday, December 19th, 2009
1pm to 3pm
Free & open to the public
Come talk to Alan about cartooning and view his work, ranging from comics to digital animation.
Meet author Darrell Van Citters as he discusses the making of the holiday classic Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol on Tuesday, December 8!
[ Read More → ]Saturday, December 12th, 2009
11am-5pm
Free with paid admission to the museum
Meet some of the Bay Area’s most talented webcartoonists at the Cartoon Art Museum!
Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Free and Open to the public
The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes author Nevin Martell on Sunday, November 15, 2009 from 1:00 to 3:00pm as he signs copies of his new book Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip. This event [...]
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
1pm to 3pm
Free and Open to the public
Debbie Huey is the artist, writer, and creator of the all-ages Bumperboy comics series. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Huey received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 2000 at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She admits she had never purchased a comic book until the age of 21, when she attended her first comic book convention, but ever since then she has been passionate about reading and drawing comics. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to her about cartooning and view Debbie’s work.
Saturday, November 8, 2009, 1pm to 3pm
Free and Open to the public
Green Candy Press is proud to announce the publication of Abby Denson’s latest graphic novel, Dolltopia. Denson’s cross-country promotional tour wraps up at the Cartoon Art Museum on Sunday, November 8 with a special booksigning—featuring cupcakes and a doll contest!
Lulu Award-winning cartoonist [...]
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Spend the day at Pixar Animation Studios…
For the Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit!
ALL tickets are SOLD OUT.
CAM has hosts a multitude of community events that include booksignings, receptions, special guest lectures, Cartoonist-in-Residence among many others.
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