OPEN DAILY 11AM-5PM (EXCEPT WEDNESDAYS)!
Workshops and Events are transitioning to IN PERSON, check event info to confirm!
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Contribute to our Annual Campaign!
The Cartoon Art Museum will celebrate its 38th anniversary this December!
While the world still presents its challenges, we continue to persevere!
This year we plan to raise our goal with the help of an anonymous match to double your gift up to $50,000!
Tuesday, November 29th is Giving Tuesday! Please help us reach our goal!
Thank You!
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SF Free Museum Weekend
We’re excited to partner with museums across the city for @sffreemuseumweekend.
Join us to celebrate San Francisco’s vibrant arts community with free admission to participating museums on Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4, 2022.
The Cartoon Art Museum will offer free admission on Saturday, December 3rd.
Learn more and reserve your tickets at sffreemuseumweekend.com.
Please note: Maximum capacity limits will be enforced. Patrons will be admitted as space permits.
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Cartoonist IRL (In Real Life): Alexis Fajardo (Kid Beowulf)
Saturday, December 3, 2022
2pm – 4pm
This event is FREE and open for the public.
Q&A conversation & booksigning
in the Bil Keane Family Lobby
The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to host Alexis Fajardo, creator of epic poetry-inspired Kid Beowulf graphic novel adventure series. Join Lex and the Cartoon Art Museum on Saturday, December 3, 2022 from 2 to 4pm for a lively Q&A and book signing.
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Toon Talk: Melissa Pagluica (Above the Clouds)
Saturday, December 10, 2022
4:00 PM
This event is FREE and open for the public.The Cartoon Art Museum hosts artist Melissa Pagluica for a Toon Talk and Reception for her new book, Above the Clouds. Beginning as a cover artist and web cartoonist, Above the Clouds is her first published graphic novel. Join us for a presentation followed by a reception with the artist.
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Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight, Book Release and Signing
Sunday, December 11, 2022
2-4pm.
This event is FREE and open for the public.The Cartoon Art Museum welcomes author Andrew Farago as he signs and sketches copies of the newly-updated edition of Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond. The book signing takes place in The Keane Family Lobby and will be open to the public.
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Draw & Chill (Online)
Sunday, December 11, 2022 12pm-3pmCreative people from the SF Bay and beyond join in to draw and find community.
Draw & Chill is a safe space for beautiful, glorious nerd talk. A space to chat and respectful debate our love for pop-culture and doodle stress away, taking a moment to escape from the world around us.
Facebook users can join the ongoing Draw & Chill group here.
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Saturday Cartooning for Kids
IN PERSON
Recommended for ages 7-13
1pm to 2:30pm Tickets: $25 (Discounts for Members)
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Spring Session now available!
Saturday, January 14th, 2023
Saturday, February 4th, 2023
Saturday, March 4th, 2023
Satruday April 1st, 2023
Students learn a variety of introductory skills, with subjects ranging from creating characters to writing stories to creating their own comic strips.
Underwritten by the
National Cartoonist Society Foundation
image © Brian Kolm
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Creative Workshops
for Teens & AdultsCartooning Academy (IN PERSON)
First Saturdays* 3pm to 4:30pm
Tickets: $25 (Discounts for Members)
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Spring Session now available!
Saturday, January 14th, 2023
Saturday, February 4th, 2023
Saturday, March 4th, 2023
Satruday April 1st, 2023
Students learn a different in depth adult-level introductory skills in each workshop. Recommended for ages 14 and older.
image © Brian Kolm
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YAY Comics! Hilo, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, and Friends
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July 16 – December 11, 2022
The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents YAY Comics! Hilo, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, and Friends, an exhibition of original artwork from four innovative talents who are creating some of the most popular and entertaining comics for young readers today. From school libraries and playgrounds to comic shops to bookstores, these graphic novels including Hilo, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Jukebox, and Amelia Erroway: Castaway Commander bring joy and delight to young audiences and readers of all ages with their humor and their innovative storytelling.
Hilo (cover design) © Judd Winick
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I Left my Art in San Francisco
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September 25, 2022 – January 22, 2023
The Cartoon Art Museum presents highlights from the permanent collection, with a selection of artwork that highlight some of our favorite San Francisco landmarks. Less than half a century after the fabled Gold Rush, San Francisco’s thriving economy and growing population established the City by the Bay as a vibrant artistic and literary hub, as a host of talented creators and publishers made their home in the Bay Area.
Family Circus © Bil Keane, Gift of the artist
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November 5, 2022 – February 12, 2023
The Cartoon Art Museum hosts Edward Gorey’s Eerie Art, an exhibit featuring original artwork and limited edition serigraphs by celebrated author and artist Edward Gorey.
© Estate of Edward Gorey
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Emerging Artist Showcase: Melissa Pagluica
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October 8, 2022-February 26, 2023
The Cartoon Art Museum presents the art of Melissa Pagluica in the latest installment of its ongoing Emerging Artist Showcase. This exhibit features a selection of Pagluica’s favorite pages from her debut graphic novel Above the Clouds. Melissa Pagluica is a full time artist residing in Oakland, California. She has worked as a cover artist for publishers such as Boom! Studios and Vault Comics and as a freelance illustrator. She is best known for her webcomic Above the Clouds which she self-published in a complete hardcover edition through Kickstarter in 2022. Her current project, Monster Heart, can be read on Webtoon Canvas.
Artwork by and © Melissa Pagluica
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Ongoing
From the earliest hand-drawn cartoons to today’s blockbuster CGI films, all animation begins with an artist and an idea, A Treasury of Animation showcases original production art following the evolution of animation from the 1920s onward from the Cartoon Art Museum’s permanent collection.
Crusader Rabbit by Alex Anderson and Jay Ward © 20th Century Fox
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The Batman Armory: Costumes and props from
the Bronze Armory Studios
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Ongoing
A display of Batman movie costumes and props courtesy of Allan Lavigne of The Bronze Armory.
View replicas of the batsuit worn by Michael Keaton in 1989’s Batman; the Val Kilmer Panther Batman and Sonar Batman suits; the George Clooney Batman; Christian Bale’s Batman from The Dark Knight; and the Ben Affleck Bat Armor from Batman vs. Superman. Numerous replica hand props and weapons from all the films and some from the 1960s TV show starring Adam West will also be on hand.
Batman TM and © DC Comics
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Shop for exclusive signed books through our online store:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Behind by Keith Knight
Gorey Secrets by Malcolm Whyte
The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts and the art of Patrick McDonnell
Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond (Revised Edition): available after December 6th
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FANEXPO
San Francisco
November 25 – 27, 2022
Moscone Center West
Experience the ultimate playground for Comics, Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime, and Gaming. Three BIG Days of citywide events, family-friendly attractions and world-renowned celebrities await.
Join tens of thousands of fans who are just like you.
Show Hours:
Friday 6 PM – 9 PM Preview Night
Saturday 10 AM – 7 PM
Sunday 10 AM – 5 PM
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Did you know?
In addition to discounts for our programs and online store, with your membership discount code, Cartoon Art Museum members can also always bring a friend for FREE!
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