Media Release -- The Cartoon Art Museum hosts artist Matt Runkle on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to Matt about cartooning and view his work. This event is free and open to the public.
Matt Runkle is a cartoonist, writer, and book artist living in Oakland. His work is featured in Gay Genius, an anthology released this year from Sparkplug Comic Books. His blog features collages, rants, literary musings, and wedding reviews. He has performed at venues ranging from SOMArts to Brookyn's Unnameable Books to the Headlands Center of Arts. His novel, Twos, was recently a semifinalist for the Noemi Book Award for Fiction. The third issue of his zine, Runx Tales, is forthcoming in 2012.
For more information and to view examples of his work, http://matt-runkle.com or check out his blog, http://matt-runkle.blogspot.com/
About the Cartoonist in Residence Program:
The Cartoon Art Museum regularly hosts professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists–but were afraid to ask. Past featured Cartoonists-in-Residence include Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others.
