August 2010
In August, Rina Ayuyang visited the Schulz Museum. Ayuyang is the cartoonist and creator of Namby Pamby, a mini-comic series that explores the humorous side of life’s ordinary moments. Ayuyang’s latest book, Whirlwind Wonderland, was recently published.

July 2010
Museum visitors got to meet Matt Whitlock in July! Whitlock currently draws cartoons for The Fairly Odd Parents TV show, which airs daily on Nickelodeon. Whitlock has also drawn for Disney’s Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Tarzan and has written and illustrated several of his own children’s books.
[photo by Jeff Hollis]

June 2010
Freelance illustrator Karen Luk publishes her own comics and her work has been shown at galleries throughout the Bay Area, including the Cartoon Art Museum and San Jose Art Museum.

May 2010
As an award-winning writer, cartoonist, animator, and director, Mike Gray has had his animated projects appear on Nickelodeon’s Random Cartoons and his comic strip, Clumsy Love, appears online. He created, wrote, and co-produced Thom Cat, and he also co-created, wrote, storyboarded, directed, and co-produced The Infiinite Goliath, which earned him a nomination this year by the National Cartoonists Society.

April 2010 ● Guest Cartoonist
The always-entertaining Keith Knight signed books and talked with visitors in April. Knight won the 2007 Harvey Award and the 2006, 2007 & 2008 Glyph Awards for Best Comic Strip, and his comics—which include the Knight Life, K Chronicles, and (Th)ink—are read world-wide and have been collected in eight books.

April 2010
Cartoonist, journalist, and lawyer Phil Witte's cartoons often have an editorial slant and have appeared in national newspapers and magazines, including The San Francisco Chronicle.

March 2010
Cartoonist Amy Martin. Martin has self-published eleven comic books since 2004, including the semi-autobiographical Nanny Girl.

February 2010
Scott Kurtz has been creating comics since age 9. His current on-line comic, Player Vs. Player (PVP), has been appearing daily since 1998, has a following of over 150,000 readers daily, and won the 2006 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. Kurtz gave a presentation in the Theatre at 1pm, followed by an opportunity to answer questions and sign books in the Great Hall.

January 2010
Graphic novelist Brian Fies’ first graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer, won the comic industry’s 2005 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, a new category that year. His second book, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, was released in 2009.

December 2009
Having worked as a character animator for videogames, Rabbits Against Magic creator Jonathan Lemon started cartooning in 1997 with a strip called Bigshot. He is currently the editorial cartoonist for HybridCars.com. Rabbits Against Magic is his latest comic strip project. He has won several awards for his art including two Zap Awards and a South East Arts Award.

November 2009
Cartoonist Melaina has been publishing her own comics and ‘zines since 2004, but has been creating comics since childhood. She began self-publishing comics at age 7 and won an award for her first self-published comic in the second grade.

October 2009
Museum visitors met with Susie Cagle in October. A writer and illustrator, Susie self-publishes her own mini-comics.

September 2009 ● Guest Cartoonist
Special Guest Cartoonist Brian Crane talked to visitors about his comic strip, Pickles, and signed copies of his books. First published in 1990, Pickles now appears in over 600 newspapers and was named the Best Comic Strip of the year by the National Cartoonists Society in 2001.

September 2009
Cartoonist Frank Roberson, creator of the comic strip Been There visited the Schulz Museum to meet with visitors. Been There is not yet syndicated, but it can be found online on Roberson’s Facebook page or on Comic Sherpa.