Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Toonseum

  • This is a letter received today from Joe Wos, executive director of the ToonSeum. I asked his permission to reprint it here: Dear friends of the ToonSeum, I am writing to you today in a personal plea.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Joe Wos, executive director of Downtowns ToonSeum, is hunting help in dealing with the aftermath of last weeks heavy rains.
  • (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  • The characters that filled Saturday morning cartoons on television in the 1970s -- from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids to Josie and the Pussycats and Schoolhouse Rock! to Scooby Doo -- had many positive black characters.
  • (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  • Although the same probably cant be said of our daydream-induced doodles, were pretty sure that people would actually pay to see most of the comics on display at the Toonseum. The Toonseum (945 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn.
  • (NBC Washington)
  • Joe Wos, executive director of Pittsburghs ToonSeum, which celebrates the art of cartooning and has an original Cat in the Hat sketch and Horton cel in its collection, feels that Oh, the Places Youll Go! could translate to the screen.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Certainly, housing a Hall of Fame in one of Pittsburghs museums would make the most sense -- either the Heinz History Center, Warhol Museum or Downtowns ToonSeum.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • Now he has moved to an even smaller mobile screen, but remains a larger than life superhero, said Joe Wos, Executive Director of the Toonseum in Pittsburgh and a fan for more than 35 years.
  • (Superhero Hype!)
  • For more information, go to www.sama-art.org. The ToonSeum, 945 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, presents: Animating Haring!, an exhibit celebrating Keith Haring inspired animation, through Sunday.
  • (Indiana Gazette)

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