The Cartoon Art Museum is sad to announce the death of local comics retailer (and global comics legend) Rory Root, proprietor of Berkeley institution Comic Relief, The Comic BookstoreShown below is photo of Rory Root, Cartoon Art Museum Gallery Manager/Curator Andrew Farago, and Understanding Comics author Scott McCloud, taken prior to their ( Read more... )

Scott McCloud and family were in San Francisco this week, and the Cartoon Art Museum had the good fortune of taking part in two special events during his visit.

Here are pictures from Event #1, which took place at San Francisco's historic Commonwealth Club on Wednesday, August 22. Cartoon Art Museum Gallery Manager/Curator Andrew Farago moderated ( Read more... )

Wednesday, August 22, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco:

GRAPHIC NOVELS: The Evolution of the American Comic Book
Scott McCloud, Author and Graphic Novelist
Rory Root, Proprietor, Comic Relief
In Conversation with Andrew Farago, Curator, Cartoon Art MuseumNo longer just for kids, comics and graphic novels have seen a meteoric rise in ( Read more... )