A cartoonist often is a storyteller, trained artist, designer, and someone with a point-of-view who can successfully coordinate these skills to tell a visual narrative. The talent, thought, and time put into composing, drawing, or painting a singular image is immense. A comic can be one image, but is often many, sometimes thousands. One of the challenges of presenting the work in an art gallery is that comics are typically meant to be read in one’s hands, printed on paper, in a newspaper, book, or more recently on a digital screen. A goal of the exhibit is to honor and represent the multiple aspects of creating and experiencing comics, from the literary and visual, to the process itself including sketching, storyboarding, inking, coloring, digital painting, printing, and publishing. This is done by presenting comics at these various stages of development, from storyboard sketches, inking, printing, and publishing, shown side-by-side, to educate the public about the creative, technical, and commercial process of comics. Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics featured a diverse range of original works on paper, prints, zines, and books, from both award-winning established and emerging regional cartoonists, artists, and illustrators. The city of Chicago has a rich history of nurturing many great alternative and independent cartoonists.
Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Aaron Renier, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Alex Nall, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Andy Glass, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Andy Hongisto, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Ben Nadler, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chloe Perkis, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chloe Perkis, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chris Eliopolis, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chris Ware, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Chris Ware, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Connor Stechschulte, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Emily Greer, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Gina Wynbrandt, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Gina Wynbrandt, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Ivan Brunetti, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Jeffrey Brown, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Keiler Jean Roberts, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Kevin Budnik, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Lane Milburn, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Mike Freiheit, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Tim Seeley
Yewon Kwon, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Make your own comics education station, Chicago Area Cartoonists and Comics, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery