Spitball X: Ten Years of the Spitball Anthology at CCAD
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About the exhibition
Spitball X: Ten Years of the Spitball Anthology at CCAD celebrates ten years of the successful CCAD comics anthology Spitball, the student-designed publication that pairs CCAD's emerging artists with professional writers to create a graphic anthology. This exhibition at Columbus College of Art & Design’s Beeler Gallery Project Space, 60 Cleveland Ave. is on view Thursday, Sept. 5–Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The exhibition will culminate with a closing reception at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, immediately following an artist talk from Bryan Lee O’Malley (creator of the Scott Pilgrim comic book series) that comes as part of the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival.
Spitball X features both current work from CCAD alumni that showcases their post-college achievements, as well as selected pages from past Spitball anthologies.
Artists for Spitball X
Spitball X: Ten Years of the Spitball Anthology at CCAD features work by the following artists:
Alan Alanis (Illustration, 2020) & Allison Hess (Illustration, 2021), aka Nightjar Studios
Khaila Carr (Illustration, 2018)
Freddie Crocheron (Illustration, 2018)
Vince Mugavero (Comics & Narrative Practice, 2022)
Lexi Ramos (Comics & Narrative Practice, 2021)
Alec Valerius (Illustration, 2016)
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus joins Spitball in celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. This four-day festival is an international showcase for the best of cartoon art in all its forms, including comics, animation, editorial cartoons, and newspaper strips. A nonprofit event that draws together a number of arts and educational organizations (including CCAD), CXC features dozens of events and activities, including talks and presentations by industry leaders as well as an expo for indie artists and writers to sell their work and connect with others in the comics community.
Learn more about the festival at cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org.
Also on view at Beeler Gallery
FotoFocus Biennial: I Was Here (in Beeler’s main gallery space) and Children of War (in CCAD’s Acock Gallery) also open at CCAD on Thursday, Sept. 5. A free, public opening reception for I Was Here—which will be the first opportunity to see Spitball X—will be held at Beeler from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.