Bone Exhibit Opens Saturday

"Bone and Beyond," a major exhibition of work by Jeff Smith, opens at Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Arts on Saturday, May 10th. The exhibit is presented in conjunction with OSU's Cartoon Research Library, which runs a related exhibit of Smith's student comics titled "Before Bone." Smith's blog displays photographs of the show being mounted. "Bone and Beyond" runs through August 3, 2008. A catalog is being published in conjunction with the show, and the Center will host several related programming events.

Benny and Penny Cover TONY Kids

The May issue of Time Out New York Kids features an original Geoffrey Hayes drawing of TOON Books characters Benny and Penny on its cover. The magazine previously featured the imprint in its April issue.

Pappy Posts Wolverton's "Scoop Scuttle"

Pappy's Golden Age posts a four-page "Scoop Scuttle" story by Basil Wolverton, originally published in a 1944 issue of Daredevil Comics.

"Blog of the Week"

The Kids' Comics blog is grateful to have been named "Blog of the Week" by Anastasia Suen, a children's books author, consultant and teacher who covers the children's book industry on her blog.

Eleanor Davis: Up and Coming

Eleanor Davis, author of TOON Books' upcoming Stinky, is briefly profiled by Publishers Weekly as part of a survey of notable young cartoonists.

"She was still in school when Mouly approached her to contribute to Toon Books. For Stinky, a story about a pickle-loving monster, she turned to her love of drawing monsters. 'I get bored drawing autobiographical stuff—I tend to like to draw monsters, and there aren't that many monsters in my life,' she quips."

Hayes, Spiegelman in VQR

The Spring 2008 issue of Virginia Quarterly Review features a suite of comics-related material including a remembrance of underground comix artist Rory Hayes by his brother, TOON Books author Geoffrey Hayes. The issue also sports a cover by Art Spiegelman and includes a comics story by Chris Ware.