March 2010
Cartoonist Amy Martin. Martin has self-published eleven comic books since 2004, including the semi-autobiographical Nanny Girl.

February 2010
Scott Kurtz has been creating comics since age 9. His current on-line comic, Player Vs. Player (PVP), has been appearing daily since 1998, has a following of over 150,000 readers daily, and won the 2006 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. Kurtz gave a presentation in the Theatre at 1pm, followed by an opportunity to answer questions and sign books in the Great Hall.

January 2010
Graphic novelist Brian Fies’ first graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer, won the comic industry’s 2005 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic, a new category that year. His second book, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, was released in 2009.

December 2009
Having worked as a character animator for videogames, Rabbits Against Magic creator Jonathan Lemon started cartooning in 1997 with a strip called Bigshot. He is currently the editorial cartoonist for HybridCars.com. Rabbits Against Magic is his latest comic strip project. He has won several awards for his art including two Zap Awards and a South East Arts Award.

November 2009
Cartoonist Melaina has been publishing her own comics and ‘zines since 2004, but has been creating comics since childhood. She began self-publishing comics at age 7 and won an award for her first self-published comic in the second grade.

October 2009
Museum visitors met with Susie Cagle in October. A writer and illustrator, Susie self-publishes her own mini-comics.

September 2009 ● Guest Cartoonist
Special Guest Cartoonist Brian Crane talked to visitors about his comic strip, Pickles, and signed copies of his books. First published in 1990, Pickles now appears in over 600 newspapers and was named the Best Comic Strip of the year by the National Cartoonists Society in 2001.

September 2009
Cartoonist Frank Roberson, creator of the comic strip Been There visited the Schulz Museum to meet with visitors. Been There is not yet syndicated, but it can be found online on Roberson’s Facebook page or on Comic Sherpa.

August 2009
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin visited the Schulz Museum in August. Leigh is the creator of Rubes, a single-panel cartoon that appears in over 400 newspapers around the world. Rubes has been appearing in papers since 1984 and can be found in the Sacramento Bee, Washington Times, Los Angeles Daily News, and more.

July 2009
This month the Museum hosted not one but two Cartoonists-in-Residence—husband and wife cartoonists Damien Jay and Melanie “Minty” Lewis.  Minty is the creator of P.S Comics, and her most recent issue won the 2007 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Mini-Comic. Jay is the creator of The Natural World and several other self-published comics.

June 2009
Local San Francisco cartoonist Elle Skinner met with Museum visitors to discuss her art techniques. Skinner’s mini-comics can be found online and her artwork has appeared in galleries throughout San Francisco.
[photo by Jeff Hollis]

May 2009
Caricaturist Zach Trenholm's celebrity caricatures appear in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, Reader's Digest, and Washington Post among others. He also contributes artwork regularly to the celebrity quote columns of Time, Men's Health, and Barrons.

April 2009
Freelance cartoonist and animator Vern Mercado has drawn for Mad Magazine, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and TV Guide.  He has recently illustrated the book, Stuck in the Middle Seat: Why Traveling Can Really Suck!