Come passa il tempo quando ci si diverte! La King Features Syndicate, la famosissima agenzia di distribuzione, compie i suoi 100 anni. Cento anni di strisce a fumetti (e molto altro) in giro per il mondo. Sabato ne parla Brian Walker (uno dei cinque figli di Mort Walker, il creatore di Beetle Bailey, striscia che l’autore segue ancora, dal 1950, alla beata età di 91 anni, coadiuvato dai figli Brian e Greg), alla Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum alla Ohio State University (Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St.), per un evento intitolato “King of the Comics: William Randolph Hearst and 100 Years of King Features.” Brian (che col fratello cura anche la serie Hi and Lois del 1954, ora disegnata da Chance Browne) ha commentato “Alcuni degli autori (degli anni venti e trenta, NdR) vivevano in grandi case ed erano delle vere superstar. Per questo mio papà volle diventare cartoonist: voleva diventare anche lui ricco e famoso!”
Quando ho conosciuto Mort Walker, un bel po’ di anni fa, ancora gestiva in proprio l’International Museum of Cartoon Art. Poi l’impresa è diventata insostenibile e Mort ha regalato le collezioni all’Ohio State nel 2008. Ora la Billy Ireland library, fondata nel 1977 e ampliata nel 2013, ospita oltre 300.000 originali e 2,5 milioni di strisce.
Nella citata Cartoon LIbrary, la mostra sulla KFS sarà aperta fino a metà marzo 2015.
Questo il programma di sabato prossimo:
1 p.m.: a curator’s tour with Brian Walker
2:30 p.m.: behind the scenes with King Features’ Mutts and Rhymes With Orange, featuring Patrick McDonnell, Hilary Price and Brendan Burford
3:30 p.m.: the making of Zits and Baby Blues with Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman and Rick Kirkman, moderated by Simpsons writer Tom Gammill
5 to 7 p.m.: opening reception (remarks at 5:30)
Also, the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., will show two films adapted from iconic King Features characters. Admission is $6 for members, students and senior citizens; $8 for the general public:
7 p.m. Friday: Popeye(1980), with Robin Williams
1 p.m. Sunday: Prince Valiant (1954), with Robert Wagner and Janet Leigh
Celebrate the opening of King of the Comics: William Randolph Hearst and 100 Years of King Features, an upcoming exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum guest curated by Brian Walker (“Hi & Lois”). This exhibit examines the role that William Randolph Hearst played in the birth of newspaper comics and traces the 100-year history of King Features, the company he founded to develop and distribute comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games around the world. Brian Walker, author of The Comics: The Complete Collection and co-curator of the exhibit Masters of American Comics, is serving as guest curator for this historic exhibition.
Among the many King creations included in this exhibition will be: The Katzenjammer Kids, Happy Hooligan, Little Jimmy, Bringing Up Father, Krazy Kat, Polly and Her Pals, Tillie the Toiler, Popeye, Blondie, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, The Little King, Henry, Prince Valiant, Buz Sawyer, Rip Kirby, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Juliet Jones, Hi and Lois, Family Circus, The Lockhorns, Hägar the Horrible, Zippy, Marvin, Curtis, Bizarro, Baby Blues, Mutts, Rhymes with Orange, Zits, Tina’s Groove and Dustin. In addition to original drawings by the artists, related materials, such as printed newspaper pages, photographs, correspondence, sales brochures, advertisements and merchandise, will dramatically demonstrate the impact that King Features has had on the evolution and success of newspaper comics.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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