“Women writers of the past are described as neither mothers nor daughters.”

Excerpt from CMA Spotlight: Jessica Campbell
With comics scholar and writer Dr. Rachel Miller.

For the full talk go to:
youtu.be/jin-WTrBpk8

Guest Courtesy of Columbus Museum of Art.

“It was never an aspiration to be a publisher, I probably couldn’t define what a publisher was when I did that.”

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Excerpt from CXC 2023: Spotlight on #DenisKitchen

For the whole program go to:
youtu.be/qfpKfB9nZvY

Free webcomics support print comics!!!
I had the great honor of being on a panel with calreid at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) last year. Check out the entire conversation here: youtu.be/e6b9cBe2rM0?si…

“I discovered comic strips when I was nine years old and some of my favorites when I started reading them were- ”
Reading with Raina Telgemeier
CXC 2023 Kids Track

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Raina Telgemeier appearance courtesy of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Emi Gennis emi gennis at last year's Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) pointing out what makes BAD comics lettering (& good comics lettering too). The spacing inside the balloon is something I think is especially overlooked by a lot of creators. A very informative presentation.
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'I discovered that I love comics when I read Twisted Sisters- specifically Mary Flenner's comic The Jelly which is about her hotness of a roommate.'
Excerpt from CXC 2022: Spotlight on MariNaomi (they/them)

Guest Courtesy of CCAD
youtu.be/-AdCbJsZ1D0?si…

Because of donors like you, CXC remains admission free! #keepcxcfree

Consider a gift, go to: cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=1968

#cartooncrossroads 2023 #photodump #cxcfestival

State of the (Digital) Art: Exploring the possibilities
CXC 2023 Programming
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Whether it was made on a computer or read on a screen, cartoonists are reaching the people by any means possible. Victoria Douglas with mars 🪫 and Blue Delliquanti

“In making comics accessible to neurodivergent readers, to low vision readers having a great script is imperative.”

Excerpt from Comics Script Editing 101 with Irene Velentzas
For the whole program go to:
youtu.be/82j8V0lELSU?si…

Yay, Raina!

(And if you'd been at CXC 2023, you could have heard her talk about all this stuff herself--up close and in person! Just sayin... )

'There's also this technical side of learning how this machine works because you don't want anyone to know what you're doing.'

Excerpt from Small Press/Indie Publishing
CXC 2023 Programming

For the whole program, go to:
youtu.be/-CdAeblvo14

Because of donors like you, CXC remains admission free! #keepcxcfree

Consider a gift, go to: cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/?page_id=1968

#cartooncrossroads 2023 #photodump #cxcfestival

The VIPs of Self-Publishing Victor Dandridge
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Self-publishing creator, 👋🏽Victor Dandridge -- The HWMiC!, heads a forum-style discussion on the practices of self-publishing comic books!

Video production by Nicolettecinemagraphics
Part of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2023

Planning a Cartoonists’ Retreat w/ M.S. Harkness and E. Joy Mehr

CXC 2023 Programming
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Join ♥ 𝓜.𝓢. 𝓗𝓐𝓡𝓚𝓝𝓔𝓢𝓢 ♥ and Mehr for a discussion about Cartoonist’s Retreats that they’ve attended and planned.

Part of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus - 2023

“Your real starting point should be on the phone with your artist.”

#flashbackfriday Excerpt from CXC 2022: The Standard Comics Script with Steenz
Steenz!

For the whole program go to:
youtu.be/hJ5gbPK2aX0?si…

Worth checking out: the Private Snafu cartoons, which were made for the army in WWII as an instruction on what NOT to do. They were made by the Looney Tunes crew and Dr. Seuss wrote many of them. So much artistry & imagination for something that could've been dryly informational.

'If it took my ancestors' slave masters raping my great great great grandmother for it to be in my genes for my hair to look like this, why do we call it 'good' hair.'
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Barbara Brandon-Croft Spotlight
Guest Courtesy Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Shout-out to CXC 2022 Spurgeon Award winner, pioneering manga translator and scholar Frederik L. Schodt, who originally translated FOUR IMMIGRANTS MANGA into English and helped bring it back into the spotlight!

Check his spotlight panel here: youtube.com/watch?v=X7KGGb…

Make it Move: Create your own animation with Jessica Ruskin with the Charles M. Schulz Museum

CXC Kids Track
youtu.be/g7TANmq8jao

Learn to draw Snoopy and then make him move with simple flip-o-ramas and thaumatropes to take home.

CMA Spotlight: Jessica Campbell

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Jessica Campbell is a multidisciplinary artist who has made a career musing about creation. Jessica is interviewed by comics scholar and writer Dr. Rachel Miller. dr. rachel r. miller

Guest Courtesy of Columbus Museum of Art