Monday, May 11, 2015

Laugh at the Cartoon Art Museum


I went over and spent some time at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. It has more than 6,000 pieces of original animated art, the Cartoon Art Museum is the only one of its kind in the country. It has been open since 1984 and its current location for the last 14 years. Sadly, it will be closing at its current location at the end of June, a victim of the crazy real estate market in San Francisco. The buildings owner is asking for a rent increase of more than double what the Museum is paying now. As they look for another permanent location, take a gander at some of their treasures:


Original Cell from "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968)
The next two cells are from the Secret of Kells (2009):



All of the remaining strips (except for Dimples) is the original panels and art:

Dimples-Grace Dayton (1913)
Little Orphan Annie-Harold Gray (1945)

Gordo- Gus Arriola (1956)

Peanuts -Charles Schultz (1987)
One of my favs: Calvin and Hobbes-Bill Watterson (1996)
Family Circus-Bill Keane-(1986)
 

I saw two legendary Bay Area cartoonists who I had met more than once:

Wee Pals (1978) was created by the African-American cartoonist Morrie Turner and was the first syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters


Travels with Fairley (1989)- Phil Frank. Frank gave my son some lessons about two years before he passed


The Cartoon Art Museum is a true gem and hopefully they find a home soon.

37 comments:

  1. It is a nice concept to save these cartoons for the future.Seems like an interesting place to visit.Hope they'll find a good location soon.
    Have a Great Week!

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  2. Thank you for visiting The Weekend Brew and for sharing. Sad to say I've lived in the East Bay all my life and have never been to the Cartoon Museum. I hope they find a place for it nearby so I can visit.

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  3. These are so fun, I've never heard of a cartoon Museum!!
    What a fun place to visit for a bundle of laughs!
    Thanks for sharing and for stopping by The Oh My Heartsie Girls WW this week!
    Karren

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  4. Hari OM
    Deary me - greed abounds everywhere it seems... this is an amazing collection - wonder if a larger museum would be prepared to offer them space?
    Cheers from Scotland! YAM xx

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  5. This looks like a really cool place to visit - great photos!
    Thanks so much for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-bubble-man.html. Hope you'll drop by every week!

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  6. Oh what fun never seen a cartoon art museum before heheh!

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  7. Very cool! You visit such wonderful places!

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  8. Neat! Thanks for sharing and for visiting NanaHood!

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  9. I love those old comic strips! That must be a cool place to visit.

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  10. I'd love going to that! So would my oldest son. How fun!

    http://www.theapels.blogspot.com/2015/05/ww-oppd-arboretum-linky.html

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  11. What a cool museum!

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2015/05/ww-three-degrees-above-zero.html

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  12. I like the Peanuts cartoon. Neat! Thanks for sharing over at Toronto Teacher Mom!

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  13. never been to a cartoon art museum.
    Loved your pix
    happy Wednesday!

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  14. Secret of the Kells!! One of the best animated films ever! Did you see it? Same people came out with Song of the Sea this year--I think it was 7 years in the making but just as beautiful to look at. Nothing like doing things old school. Cartoons included.

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  15. Thanks for sharing all of these beautiful cartoons with us at #AnythingGoes link up

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  16. I love this! Brought back so many memories! Thanks for sharing =)

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  17. These are classics and I still love them. Tks for sharing.

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  18. So much history there!
    http://www.howtosurvivelifeinthesuburbs.com/2015/05/magic-found-at-disney-ww.html

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  19. I love cartooon...It must be fun to spend some time here :)

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  20. Wow! What a fun place to visit!! Happy WW!

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  21. what a cool place!! Such a shame that they have to close.. I do hope they find another location because this is such a great idea. Calvin and Hobbes!!!

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  22. The Secret of Kells is surprisingly a good cartoon.

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  23. Calvin and Hobbes is my favourite too.
    Adventures and fun! And the colors are beautiful :)

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  24. That's a place I'd like to visit! I mean, who doesn't like comics? You never get too big to enjoy them! I hope they find a new location soon.

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  25. Looks like some really cool stuff. I do hope they can find a new home, it would be sad to see all that history unavailable.

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  26. What a great museum! I, too, hope they can find a nice new spot. Thanks for linking up at MeetUp Monday, and hope to see you again next week!

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  27. Looks like you had a fun time and I especially like the Peanuts cartoons. Thanks for sharing your journeys with us at Good Morning Mondays. Blessings

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  28. I was just about to comment that we have to visit this museum when we visit SFO early October, when I read that it will close. Hopefully it will have found a new location by then.

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  29. Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday, I have pinned your post to the Pin Worthy Wednesday Pinterest Board

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  30. What a neat place to visit. I hope they find a new home quickly. Thanks for linking up to Tips and Tricks. Hope to see you again this week. Kathleen @ Fearlessly Creative Mammas

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  31. Looks like fun, I remember lots of these :)

    Thanks for linking up ..

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  32. This looks incredible! Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to party with us. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm.. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls

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  33. I hope the museum finds a new home. I would love to visit it some day.

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