Just saw the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum exhibit, Facing Feelings: The Art of Raina Telgemeier and I have to say this might be the most comic-booky exhibit I’ve ever seen. Which is to say, it trusts the audience to navigate multiple threads of information the way (good) comic books do.
Dan Mishkin once described the way images and words interact in comics as “syncopation.” I thought of that description a lot as I moved through the spaces.
You’ll learn about an influential cartoonist’s journey, how cartoons have a special power to foster empathy, and quite a bit about how to articulate emotions and feelings–whether through words, lines, or colors. Teacher friends in the Midwest, I strongly encourage you to bring your students to this exhibit. I know I’m going to be dragging a few of my mentees here.
