Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blog

Fine art fans may have seen the challenges issued by the Getty Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, The Met, and more to recreate famous works of art at home using household materials, family members and even pets during the quarantine. Well, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is getting in on the action!

We challenge you to recreate a comic book cover or panel and share it online!

-Choose a cover or panel from any comic book, graphic novel, comic strip or otherwise
-Recreate it using household objects, costumes, friends, family, pets, etc!
-Post it with the hashtag #CartoonLibraryQuarantine

Tag us @cartoonlibrary on Instagram and Twitter, and we’ll repost our favorites!

Need some inspiration? These BICLM staff members have it covered (literally):

Here are some of the amazing submissions we’ve seen online:

“Dog Witch” submitted via Twitter by @drracheal

“Captain America” submitted via Twitter by @skleefeld

“Transformers” submitted via Twitter by @leonieomoore

 

Join us on Friday, January 10th for a celebration of our new exhibit, “Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art,” a look at how women have defined the field of comics and cartoon art for generations.

5:30-6:00pm Tour the exhibit with curators Rachel Miller and Caitlin McGurk

6:00-7:00pm Live comics readings from local women cartoonists Emi Gennis, Lauren McCallister and Gabby Metzler, followed by a special focus on Image Comics MOONSTRUCK team Grace Ellis, Shae Beagle, Caitlin Quirk, and Laurenn McCubbin in the Will Eisner Seminar Room.

7:00-7:30pm Book sale and signing

Light snacks and refreshments provided!

Learn more about “Ladies First” in the Columbus Alive, WCBE 90.5 FM and Smithsonian Magazine.