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655 Mission (at New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105

415-227-8666

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Most Animated Museum
Award Winner 2008

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 11am-5pm

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11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays.

"What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD"

11:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from April 21 until September 16

When it launched in 1952, there had been nothing like MAD — a comics magazine dedicated to humor and satire aimed at a broad range of targets. Led ...
Avengers Assemble!

11:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 12 until October 21

Honoring iconic super hero characters.
Monthly Cartooning Classes for Adults

1:00 p.m. fourth Sat. of every month

An intensive monthly workshop for aspiring comic artists, writers, and fans of the medium, taught by a professional cartoonist focusing on an area ...

2008 | Most Animated Museum

To the uninitiated, the Cartoon Art Museum has a musty ring to it, pointing toward Hanna-Barbera cels and Krazy Kat. It does have that, but it far from ignores the new tribes of graphic novelists and young comics artists who continually reinvent the form for new generations. Like any great museum, it doesn't ignore the city that surrounds it. Over the past year, the Small Press Spotlight, featuring exhibits that highlight innovators in alternative and small-press comics, has welcomed locals... More »
2005 | Best Museum

We were ordered, long ago, to start thinking of cartoons and comics as art, so stop fighting it. Seeing the work framed, labeled, and hanging on the walls of an austere gallery goes a long way toward legitimizing the form, but we also like the Cartoon Art Museum for its fascinating peek at the creative process. The size these artists work in is much larger than the strip or box you find in the newspaper, revealing otherwise hidden details. Frequently visible are initial pencil sketches and... More »
2004 | Best Museum

Around the corner from the ghastly Barcalounger of the SFMOMA building, this tiny museum offers a welcome antidote to the bloated self-importance of its neighbor. The CAM, established in large part because of a 1987 endowment from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, features 6,000 pieces in its permanent collection, ranging from old editorial cartoons to Sunday comic strips to framed cels from Fritz the Cat. Half of the museum's space is given over to its special exhibitions; right now, there's... More »
2003 | Best Place to Commune With 'Toons

The only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms, this little gem -- which got off the ground with a 1987 endowment from Peanuts creator and Santa Rosa native Charles Schulz -- is a show-stopper for 'toon lovers, whether kids or intellectuals. The 6,000 pieces in its permanent collection range from original comic strip panels to self-portraits of famous cartoonists. There are interactive and children's galleries and the museum... More »

Star Wars Comic Book Artists Speak on the Birth of an Empire

By Casey Burchby | Mon, May 14, 2012

In the ever-expanding supernova of subsidiary content in the Star Wars universe (action figures, Lego sets, video games, novels, TV movies, cartoons, and theme park rides), comic books hold a special ... More »
Luke and Leia, Before They Were Big

By : Casey Burchby | Wed, May 09, 2012

In the ever-expanding supernova of subsidiary content in the Star Wars universe (action figures, Lego sets, video games, novels, TV movies, cartoons, and theme park rides), comic books hold a special place. One reason is because the first of Marve... More »
Image Is Everything

By Casey Burchby | Wed, February 15, 2012

Seven successful freelance illustrators working at Marvel two decades ago wanted to control the copyrights of their own creations -- so they formed Image Comics, their own publishing house. They had an instant hit with co-founder Todd MacFarlane’s... More »
Comic Artist Lily Renee Was Also Expert in the Art of Escape

By Chris Torres | Wed, January 25, 2012

Trina Robbins returns to San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum this week to discuss another comic book heroine -- not a fictional character, mind you, but a woman who was crucial in comics in the early 2... More »
Sword, Meet Pen

By Chris Torres | Wed, January 25, 2012

Born to a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna, Lily Renée had her first work displayed in a gallery at age 6. Following up on this success, Lily’s mother submitted a photograph by the gifted child to a contest where the first prize was a showbiz contr... More »
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sfweeklybestof | San Francisco, CA | 74 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

To the uninitiated, the Cartoon Art Museum has a musty ring to it, pointing toward Hanna-Barbera cels and Krazy Kat. It does have that, but it far from ignores the new tribes of graphic novelists and young comics artists who continually reinvent the form for new generations. Like any great museum, it doesn't ignore the city that surrounds it. Over the past year, the Small Press Spotlight, featuring exhibits that highlight innovators in alternative and small-press comics, has welcomed locals like Joey Sayers (Teen Power), Hellen Jo (Paralysis), and DC legend Creig Flessel. The Cartoonist-in-Residence program has run a similar path, installing Paul Madonna, Keith Knight, Shaenon K. Garrity (Narbonic), David Crosland (Puffed), and Justin Hall (True Travel Tales). It was no slouch with the national scene in 2007, either, offering expansive tributes to Mary Blair (one of the first female Disney artists) and Edward Gorey's work for the Broadway production of Dracula.
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CharlesD1 | San Francisco, CA | 4 Reviews

| Sat, July 18, 2009

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Cartoon Art Museum

655 Mission (at New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105

415-227-8666

Description

"What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD"

11:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from April 21 until September 16

Avengers Assemble!

11:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 12 until October 21

Monthly Cartooning Classes for Adults

1:00 p.m. fourth Sat. of every month

2008 | Most Animated Museum

2005 | Best Museum

2004 | Best Museum

2003 | Best Place to Commune With 'Toons

Star Wars Comic Book Artists Speak on the Birth of an Empire

By Casey Burchby | Mon, May 14, 2012

Luke and Leia, Before They Were Big

By : Casey Burchby | Wed, May 09, 2012

Image Is Everything

By Casey Burchby | Wed, February 15, 2012

Comic Artist Lily Renee Was Also Expert in the Art of Escape

By Chris Torres | Wed, January 25, 2012

Sword, Meet Pen

By Chris Torres | Wed, January 25, 2012

sfweeklybestof | San Francisco, CA | 74 Reviews

CharlesD1 | San Francisco, CA | 4 Reviews

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