Sunday, June 21st: Panel at 1:00pm in Room 217BCD: Screening of the documentary The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone, and the Changing Face of Comics, co-hosted by Jeff Smith & Colleen Doran.

The Cartoonist is a portrait of Columbus-based cartoonist and Bone-creator Jeff Smith and his impact on the field during the past 20 years. The Wexner Center is pleased and proud to host the film’s world premiere, introduced by both Smith and director Ken Mills.

The film surveys Smith’s career during the run of Bone and also captures the key moment when he shifted focus from completing his popular epic to beginning new projects, including Rasl. Shot during the run of Smith’s Wexner Center exhibition Bone and Beyond in 2008, the film is filled with interviews with fellow cartoonists including Harvey Pekar, Terry Moore, Paul Pope, and Scott McCloud. Director Ken Mills is cofounder of Columbus-based Mills James Productions. (76 mins., video)

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