6th Annual Will Eisner Comic Fest
Saturday, March 4, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
at The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
TULSA – Saturday, March 4, 2022 – The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art and OKPOP Museum are pleased to announce the sixth annual Will Eisner Comic Fest. The SMMJA and the OKPOP Museum will host the celebration Saturday, March 4, 2023 from 12-5 p.m. This event also showcases an exhibit from OKPOP Museum, local artists’ tables, and a cosplay contest. This family friendly event and admission to the museum are free!
This series of events—held annually in March—is now celebrated worldwide, with events focusing on graphic novels, sequential art, free speech, and the incredible legacy of Will Eisner, one of the most innovative and influential figures in the history of comics and graphic novels. Will Eisner Week’s central theme, “Read a Graphic Novel!” continues to be the underlying message for all the events. Will Eisner Week events are presented in universities, art schools, libraries, museums, bookstores, and comic book shops in the weeks around Will Eisner’s March 6 birthday. Will Eisner Week is truly a global event. Programs are hosted across the globe in cities such as Angouleme, France; London, England; Glasgow, Italy, Scotland; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here in the U.S., events are held in cities including New York, Cambridge, Austin, Baltimore, Gainesville, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Portland, Oregon. The growth in programming and ideas has been phenomenal. Will Eisner Week 2023 promises to be even more exciting and event-filled. Dozens of inspiring and engrossing events in celebration of the week and of Will Eisner are being planned once again across the nation.
About WILL EISNER: Will Eisner (1917-2005) grew up during the Great Depression in the tenements of the Bronx. He was a pioneer in the creation of comics during the “Golden Age” of the 1930s and ’40s, achieving fame with his noir crime-fighting hero, The Spirit. Many comics greats worked with Eisner including Jules Feiffer, Wally Wood, Jack Kirby, Al Jaffee, and Mike Ploog. 2015 marked the 75th anniversary of “The Spirit”. After “The Spirit” ceased publication, Eisner, with his strong business acumen, turned to creating educational and instructional “sequential art” (a term he coined), for business, educational and industrial use. In 1978, Eisner once again reinvented himself—and the medium—with his seminal graphic novel, “A Contract with God.” Will Eisner’s more than 20 graphic novels and three textbooks are still in print, in 15 languages, all over the world. The prestigious Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the “Oscars of the Comics Industry,” are presented annually at the San Diego Comic-Con.
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art is dedicated to preserving and promoting Jewish heritage, culture, history and community through art and education. Operating hours: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Closed Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, Noon – 5:00 p.m., 918-492-1818, www.jewishmuseumtulsa.org.
The OKPOP Museum, located in the Tulsa Arts District, will be a 60,000-square-foot, three story building dedicated to the creative spirit of Oklahoma’s people and the influence of Oklahoma artists on popular culture around the world. The underlying theme of this innovative and interactive museum will be “Crossroads of Creativity,” whether it is in the field of music, film, television, theatre, pop art, comic books, literature, or humor. The museum will collect artifacts, archival materials, film and video, and audio recordings that reflect Oklahoma’s influence nationally and internationally.
Event Listing:
What: The 6th Annual Will Eisner Comic Fest
When: Saturday, March 4, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art,
2021 E. 71st St, Tulsa, OK 74136
Cost: Free, family event! (Museum admission also free this date)
More info: Mickel Yantz, mickel.yantz@history.ok.gov
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