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INK BLOTS
by ED McGEEAN
San Francisco Museum Not Closing
The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco has announced that the press release
from July announcing their pending close was unauthorized and sent by former
museum staff members. Details of why the release was made were not given.
Board chairman Steve Morger said that the museum does have
immediate cash flow concerns, caused by the usual tourist lull and is seeking
donations of about $30,000.
A "Zippy" exhibit will open in mid-October, along
with a joint book signing by Phil Frank for his new "Farley" book,
in addition to a sale of donated cartoon art.
Send tax deductible donations to CAM, 814 Mission St.,
San Francisco, Ca. 94103. Phone: 415-CAR-TOON.
Florida Museum Cruise
Avast lubbers! The International Museum of Cartoon Art, Boca Raton, Fla.
has announced a May 8-10, 1998 Bahamas Cruise featuring cartoon activities
with Mike Peters, CAPSer Mort Walker and Jose Delbo.
Rates run from $599 to $1,959 per person, depending on
category, plus air fare and other extras.
For full details call: Elaine Shore, Atrium Travel, 800-322-9327.
Ashes in the Ink
"See you in the funnies," took on a whole different meaning according
to a Knight-Ridder Tribune wire story in the Aug. 28, L.A. Daily News, who
announced that Marvel Comics writer and editor Mark Gruenwald's ashes after
his death were mixed into the ink used to print a 12-part "Squadron
Supreme" story in a single volume.
Gruenwald, 43, died Aug. 12, 1996 of a heart attack. He
was the senior executive editor at Marvel Comics, where he was the second
in command and the mastermind behind titles such as "Captain America,"
created by late CAPS member Jack Kirby and his partner Joe Simon in the
early forties and "Quasar."
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