cartoonart ([info]cartoonart) wrote,
2008-12-05 02:02:00
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Congratulations to 2008 Sparky Award recipient Gene Colan!

The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to announce that Gene Colan is the recipient of the 2008 Sparky Award, which was presented to him during the museum's "Salute to Gene Colan" on Thursday, December 4.

The Sparky Award is named in honor of Charles "Sparky" Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. Schulz was nicknamed "Sparky" after the horse Sparkplug featured in the comic strip Barney Google. The Cartoon Art Museum would not exist without benefactors like Sparky and Jeannie Schulz.

The award celebrates the significant contributions of cartoon artists who embody the talent, innovation and humanity of Schulz.  Video footage of the entire "Salute to Gene Colan" (including a special video tribute by Stan Lee) will be posted in the near future; photos from the event are posted below:

Gene Colan receives the Sparky Award from CAM curator Andrew Farago:




Colan gives the award the once-over:



Colan is interviewed by author Glen David Gold, who was the lead curator on the Cartoon Art Museum's current exhibition, "Colan:  Visions of a Man without Fear."



CAM founder Malcolm Whyte surprises Gene Colan by announcing him as the winner of the 2008 Sparky Award:



Tags: cartoon art, cartoon art museum, cartoons, comics, daredevil, dc comics, gene colan, marvel comics

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Anonymous

December 5 2008, 20:45:25 UTC 3 years ago

I gotta a few things
1. had a great time
2 Looking at all that art it hit me wha-bang!! Did Marvel lose his phone number when they were doing Terror inc? His pencelis would have saved that book!

[info]alibi_shop

December 6 2008, 05:29:09 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks for making this happen - a great evening and a very good exhibit too. I posted my own little report & a sketch from the interview here.

Andrew, those are some pretty scary demonic flash-eyes you've got in that last photo!

[info]cartoonart

December 11 2008, 07:22:52 UTC 3 years ago

I was using my X-Ray vision to make sure that no one had planted a bomb in the Sparky Award, which is why my eyes did that.

Anonymous

December 7 2008, 14:30:10 UTC 3 years ago

Gene Colan

Thanks for making this happen --- and a big thanks to Glen Gold! What a wonderful event. Wish I could have come. I look forward to the video! Mark Staff Brandl

Anonymous

December 8 2008, 17:59:54 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Gene Colan

Congratulations, Gene! Another well-deserved accolade in an illustrious career of illustration.

DOuG pRATt

[info]appreheno

March 13 2009, 17:12:27 UTC 3 years ago

thanks to make this happen, congrats!




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