Reading Comics: Krazy Kat, Gasoline Alley and Peanuts Revisited
Celebrating the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection
OSU Libraries was pleased to present a new three part reading and discussion series Reading Comics: Krazy Kat, Gasoline Alley and Peanuts Revisited, in conjunction with the summer-long celebration of the transfer of the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection to the Cartoon Library and Museum.
The series was facilitated by Dr. Jared Gardner, Department of English and Lucy Shelton Caswell, Cartoon Library and Museum curator.
The book discussions were held on consecutive Monday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm in the seminar room adjacent to the Cartoon Library and Museum in the Wexner Center for the Arts, 27 W.17th Avenue Mall. Advance registration was required for the free reading and discussion series, which was open to interested adults in the community.
Dates and series titles were:
June 8, 2009 - Krazy Kat & Ignatz 1929-1930: “A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night”
June 15, 2009 - Walt and Skeezix Book. 1 (Gasoline Alley)
June 22, 2009 - The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958
The series was well attended with a full capacity registration and 20-25 participants attending each of the three sessions.
May 11th, 2009
