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Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1049
Finding aid note: Stored in map drawer 104, plus 1 box of comic books in WRC unprocessed area.

Content Description

This collection of original and printed comic art forms part of the Comic Art and Teaching Workshop at Rice University. A portion of the works have been created by American artists, including 14 pieces donated by Lewis and Vera Kaminester include a three-panel Mickey Mouse comic strip by Walt Disney, a Bil Keane “Family Circus” illustration and multiple works from Chic Young’s famed “Blondie” series. Mexican, German, Chinese, and Japanese artists are also featured.

Initial processing, digitization, and exhibit creation for this material is being undertaken by Rice undergraduates Irene Wang, Jenn Nguyen and Sophia DeLeon-Wilson, under the leadership of Chris Sperandio, as part of a Fondren Fellows project "Out of the Gutter."

Dates

  • 1932 - 1990

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publuish from this material should be faciliated through the Woodson Research Center, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

This collection is part of the the Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop, or CATS, based in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University. It has been curated by Christopher Sperandio, CATS founding director and Associate Professor of painting and drawing, Rice Unversity.

Extent

10 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection is part of the the Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop, or CATS, based in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University. It features original and printed comic art by American, Mexican, Chinese, German, and Japanese artists.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Chris Sperandio, 2022.

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Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop (CATS) collection
Status
Unprocessed
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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Physical Address: 6100 Main, Houston, Texas 77005-1827
Mailing Address: MS-44, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892