Month: April 2013 (page 1 of 2)

Teaching in the Cartoon Library: Digital Photography 2555

Shortly after our Artists’ Book Open House this February, we were thrilled to be contacted by lecturer Kristen Spickard in the art department about bringing her students into the Cartoon Library for a zine-making assignment.

Kristen’s class is the very first Intro to Digital Photography class that we’ve hosted here, and for their final project she wanted the students to create their own zine on any topic of their choice, so long as they incorporated photography into the piece. In order to gain some inspiration and learn more about binding techniques, the students came in to the Cartoon Library for two hours for a lecture on the history of zine and mini-comics making, and a show-and-tell of some of our incredibly unique items in The Dylan Williams Collection.

These 25 students of varying majors and ages were entirely new to the zine format and culture when coming in to the class, and each left with a thorough understanding of the spectrum of shapes, sizes, and subject matters that a self-published piece can take on.

On the last day of classes, I was invited to come to ART 2555’s Zine Release Party, where the students were trading their own finished publications, and swapping stories of how they were made. The results were amazing! No two students final projects were alike, and the topics ranged from personal pieces to instructional pamphlets, each incorporating digital photography into the theme.

There were accordion-style photo zines:

Food zines (food included)!
FoodZinesZines about traveling and new homes:
TravelingZinesZines on faith:faithzineZines of passion:PassionZines…and one student even hand-made their own paper for their zine!

At the Zine Release Party, the students were kind enough to gift us a copy of each of their final project zines, to be donated to The Dylan Williams Collection, from which their inspiration came!
zinebag
Thank you, ART 2555!

For information about bringing your class into the Cartoon Library, please contact us at cartoons@osu.edu

Call for Cartoon Library Volunteers!

Original editorial cartoon by Arnold Roth. From the Arnold Roth Deposit Collection, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Original editorial cartoon by Arnold Roth. From the Arnold Roth Deposit Collection, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Calling all Cartoon Library friends and fans!
We need your help!

Join us as we uncover hidden comic strip treasures from the United Media Syndicate Archives, as part of our preparation of the collections for our big move this summer. We need assistance unpacking, discarding acidic packing materials, sorting, and re-housing 300 boxes of proofs in new acid-free containers before our expansion into Sullivant Hall.  This collection contains thousands of comic strip proofs straight from the syndicate, ranging from the 1930s through 2000!

No experience necessary.  Training will be provided before we get started.  Don’t miss this chance to be a part of preserving the world of comics!
…And to get a free lunch!

When: Saturday, April 27, 2013
               10am-4pm

 Where: Ackerman Special Collections Storage Area
               610 Ackerman Rd.
               Columbus, OH 43202
               *Parking and lunch will be provided

Hope to see you there!
To sign up to volunteer, contact Wendy Pflug or Susan Liberator: 614-292-0538 or cartoons@osu.edu
Be a Cartoon Library hero.

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