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Friday, February 6, 2009

Preliminary list of exhibit and media reviews for IJOCA 11-1

Here's the exhibit and media reviews that we have in hand and have been edited.

Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950. Jerry Robinson. Beachwood, Ohio: Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Sept. 16, 2008-Jan. 2009.
Mark C. Rogers

R. Crumb’s Underground. Todd Hignite and "coordinated at the ICA by Associate Curator Jenelle Porter.” Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, Sept. 5 – Dec. 7, 2008.
Michael Rhode

Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace. Jane O’Cain. Produced by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center and toured by ExhibitsUSA. College Park, Maryland: College Park Aviation Museum, Aug. 30-Nov. 30, 2008.
Jeffrey S. Reznick

Life in Boxes: Comic Art & Artifacts, an exhibition selected from the Steve Rothman Collection of Comics, Cartoons, & Graphic Novels. Steven Rothman. Philadelphia: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania. Oct. 27, 2008 - March 22, 2009.
Derik Badman

Punisher: War Zone. Directed by Lexi Alexander, starring Ray Stevenson, Wayne Knight, Dominic West. Marvel Studios/Lions Gate, 2008.
Robert G. Weiner


The Spirit. Directed by Frank Miller. Lionsgate, 2008. Starring Gabriel Macht, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlet Johanson, Eva Mendes, Jami King. Based on the comic strip created by Will Eisner.
Robert G. Weiner

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