Newspaper Cartoon Artists, 1898-1909

A new web page, "Newspaper Cartoon Artists, 1898-1909," has been posted at the Cartoon Research Library web site. It features the work of 10 artists from the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art collection. The site can be accessed through the Cartoon Research Library page:

http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/cgaweb/info.htm
Click the drop-down menu under "Educational Aids."

"When the cat's away the mice will play" --Lothar Meggendorfer		"The Chubbies and IF" --DeVoss Woodward Driscoll

The comic strips are presented in two sizes, one a full-page view sized to fit in a browser window, the other a larger view that makes it possible to read the text in each panel. Single-panel cartoons are presented in one size only. In a few cases, where the original text is extremely small, transcriptions are provided.

Reference questions about the collection should be sent to: cartoons@osu.edu.

Amy McCrory (mccrory.7@osu.edu)

Collections Advisory Council Minutes

The minutes of the September 9, 2004 Collections Advisory Council meeting are now available on the web at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/techservices/cac090904.htm

Lisa Iacobellis (iacobellis.2@osu.edu)

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Gillray's Legacy

September 15-December 10, 2004
Philip Sills Exhibit Hall
William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library
The Ohio State University Libraries

Gillray's Legacy is part of the 2004 Festival of Cartoon Art. Celebrating Georgian England's greatest caricaturist as part of a twenty-first century conference focusing on censorship, self-censorship and editorial control may seem far-fetched. During an election year at a time of heightened national and international concerns, it is, however, most appropriate to remember that James Gillray was neither restrained nor genteel with his art. He created grotesquely exaggerated caricatures of the rich and famous of his time.

With this exhibition we also celebrate the British tradition of freedom of expression that was exported to its American colonies. The roots of the New World's editorial cartoons were in England where presses were not licensed and caricaturists were not subject to prior censorship.

James Gillray has been called the first master draftsman with caricature as his primary occupation. He built upon the artistic heritage provided by William Hogarth's narrative prints. Gillray also benefited from Hogarth's Act, the copyright law of 1735 that protected original engraved designs from copyists for fourteen years. The complex interrelationship of art, commentary, and business faced by today's editorial cartoonists was experienced by Gillray more than two hundred years ago.

Designs by Gillray from the collections of The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library in this exhibition are supplemented by reproductions of his work courtesy of the Library of Congress, Art Institute of Chicago, and Draper Hill. The reproductions in the exhibition are the same size the print was originally published. Gillray's Legacy is a small sample of two decades of his social and political satires that seeks to inspire further interest in his work.

The catalogue for this exhibition may be purchased at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, 27 West 17th Avenue Mall.

credit for illustration:
Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy (detail), pub. November 1, 1798. Reproduction courtesy of Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (PC 1-9263)

Lucy Caswell (caswell.2@osu.edu)

Electronic Reserves' New Home

The Libraries' Electronic Reserves Office recently changed locations from 107 Thompson (Main) Library to 002 (basement level) Science & Engineering Library. JR Murphy and crew have been settling into their new location since mid-August while preparing electronic course reserves for the Autumn quarter. If you have any questions regarding E-Reserves, you can contact them at 292-6448 or check the library webpage (http://library.osu.edu/) under FIND E-Reserves (FAQ)

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