A collection of cartoon
cells, letters, books, calendars, and
photographs which document the growth of Morrie
Turner as a youth in Oakland who later joined
the U.S. Army and became a cartoonist. Contains
letters from his publisher, photographs of
Morrie growing up, members of his family and
friends. Also contains images of Turner with
other cartoonist colleagues and local
celebrities.
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1.
Morrie’s
List Of
Questions
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(Morrie’s
Comments) |
2. Mort
Walker
Mort Walker, the
creator of
“Beetle Bailey”
and co-creator
of “Hi and
Lois,” will go
down in history
as one of the
great legends of
comics. Inspired
by the newspaper
comics of his
childhood, most
notably “Moon
Mullins” by
Frank Willard,
Mort began
cartooning at a
very young age
-- he published
his first comic
at eleven years
old, and he was
publishing
professionally
on a regular
basis by the age
of 14.
He
created a black
character in his
comic strip
because of
Morrie’s
Campaign |
(NCS Campaign) |
3.
Peter Kuper
New
Yorker Cartoons
—New-Yorker-cartoons-Peter
Kuper is an
American
illustrator and
cartoonist.
Artist and
writer of Spy
vs. Spy, & the
co-founder of
WW3 Illustrated-
graphic novel
comics |
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4. Prof
Inge
M. Thomas Inge
is an American
academic. He is
the Robert Emory
Blackwell
Professor of
Humanities at
Randolph–Macon
College in
Ashland,
Virginia, where
he teaches,
edits, and
writes about
Southern
literature and
culture,
American
humor and comic
art, film and
animation,
Asian
literature, and
William
Faulkner. |
(History) |
5. Ray
Pointer
Animator,
filmmaker, and
cartoon
historian. He
has spent a life
time devoted to
research, and is
recognized as a
foremost expert
on Max Fleischer
and The
Fleischer
Studios. His
book, The Art
and Inventions
of Max
Fleischer:
American
Animation
Pioneer will be
published in
October by
McFarland
Publishing.
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(History) |
6. Ron
Gouglart
In the early
1970s, Goulart
wrote several
scripts for
Marvel Comics,
mostly
adaptations of
classic science
fiction stories.
Later in the
decade, he
collaborated
with artist Gil
Kane on the Star
Hawks newspaper
strip. In the
early 1990s, he
scripted
Marvel's TekWar
comics series.
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7.
Darrin Bell
A Pulitzer
Prize-winning
American
editorial
cartoonist and
comic strip
creator known
for the
syndicated comic
strips
Candorville and
Rudy Park. He is
a syndicated
editorial
cartoonist with
King Features.
His editorial
cartoons were
formally
syndicated by
The Washington
Post Writers
Group. Bell is
the first
African-American
to have two
comic strips
syndicated
nationally.[citation
needed] He is
also a
storyboard
artist. Bell
engages in
issues such as
civil rights,
pop culture,
family, science
fiction,
scriptural
wisdom |
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8. Ray
Billingsly
African American
cartoonist, the
creator of the
comic strip
Curtis, which is
distributed by
King Features
Syndicate and
printed in more
than 250
newspapers
nationwide.
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9. Tim
Jackson***
A syndicated
editorial
cartoonist whose
work has
appeared in the
Chicago
Defender,
Chicago Tribune,
Cincinnati
Herald, and many
other
newspapers,
Jackson recently
became a cartoon
historian with
the publication
of his book
Pioneering
Cartoonists of
Color. |
(History) |
10.
Allison Tapley
At 24, she
became one of
the youngest
cartoonists to
appear in the
pages of one of
America’s oldest
and most
esteemed
literary,
criticism and
journalism
magazines (The
New Yorker) when
they included
her art—which
largely centers
brown-skinned,
seemingly
natural-haired
female
characters |
(Women History) |
11.
Aaron McGruder
Aaron Vincent
McGruder is an
American writer,
lecturer,
producer,
screenwriter and
cartoonist best
known for
writing and
drawing The
Boondocks, a
Universal Press
Syndicate comic
strip and its
animated TV
series
adaptation for
which he was the
creator,
executive
producer, and
head writer. |
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12.
Brian Walker
He has a diverse
background in
professional
cartooning and
cartoon
scholarship. He
is a founder and
former director
of the
International
Museum of
Cartoon Art,
where he worked
from 1974 to
1992. He taught
cartoon history
at the School of
Visual Arts from
1995 to 1996. He
has served as
the curator on
65 cartoon
exhibitions,
including two
recent
retrospectives. |
(History) |
13.
Elizabeth
Campbell
Daughter of E.
Simms Campbell's
Cuties (1968)
was syndicated
by King Features
to more than 145
newspapers. Of
enduring
cultural and
historical
interest is the
witty,
cartoon-filled
map Campbell
drew in 1932 –
"A Night-Club
Map of 1930s
Harlem" –
identifying the
attractions of
Harlem during
the Harlem
Renaissance, and
adding his
personal notes. |
(History) |
14.
Fredrick Aldama
(OSU Professor)
Frederick Luis
Aldama is the
University
Distinguished
Professor, Arts
and Humanities
Distinguished
Professor of
English and
University
Distinguished
Scholar at The
Ohio State
University,
United States
Research
interests:
Latino studies,
Comics Studies,
Film Studies,
Literary
Studies,
Cognitive
Science
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(History) |
15. Joan
Ganz Cooney
She is one of
the founders of
Sesame Workshop
(formerly
Children's
Television
Workshop or
CTW), the
organization
famous for the
creation of the
children's
television show
Sesame Street,
which was also
co-created by
her. |
(History) |
16. John
Shearer
Son of Ted
Shearer
(1919-1992) was
an African
American
illustrator,
cartoonist and
painter best
known for his
work on the
comic strip
Quincy. He
designed the
character Billy
Jo Jive on
Sesame Street.
As an
award-winning
photojournalist
for LOOK and
LIFE magazines,
John Shearer
documented some
of the most
critical events
of the 1960s and
’70s, including
the funerals of
John F. Kennedy
and Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Shearer was
hired by LOOK at
age 17 to
photograph Civil
Rights marches
in the American
South and went
on to follow in
the footsteps of
his childhood
idol, Gordon
Parks, by
working as a
photographer at
LIFE magazine.
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17. Kyle
Baker
Kyle John Baker
is an American
cartoonist,
comic book
writer-artist,
and animator
known for his
graphic novels
and for a 2000s
revival of the
series Plastic
Man. Baker has
won numerous
Eisner Awards
and Harvey
Awards for his
work in the
comics field. |
(Cartoon
section) |
18. Lucy
Caswell – Ohio
Professor
Emerita and
Founding Curator
of The Ohio
State University
Billy Ireland
Cartoon Library
& Museum. |
(History) |
19.
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne Glenn
McDuffie was an
American writer
of comic books
and television,
known for
producing and
writing the
animated series
Static Shock,
Justice League
Unlimited. The
Dwayne McDuffie
Award for
Diversity in
Comics is given
to an American
Comic Book that
is committed to
diversity and
inclusion. It is
named in honor
of Dwayne
McDuffie, a
creator known
for his work
writing,
editing, and
producing comics
and animation. |
(Animation) |
20.
Karol
Trachtenberg
Turner’s wife,
Letha, died in
1994. In
addition to
Karol
Trachtenberg,
long-time
companion…Turner’s
survivors
include his son
Morris; four
grandchildren;
and nine
great-grandchildren.
(more) |
(2nd Wife) |
21.
Jean Schultz -
Charles M.
Schultz Museum
The widow of the
late Charles
Schulz, creator
of the iconic
Peanuts comic
strip. Jean
Schulz is
president of the
board of
directors for
the Charles M.
Schulz Museum
and Research
Center built in
Santa Rosa |
(NCS Campaign) |
22. Bill
Blackbeard - San
Francisco
Academy of Comic
Art
William Elsworth
Blackbeard
(April 28, 1926
– March 10,
2011), better
known as Bill
Blackbeard, was
a writer-editor
and the
founder-director
of the San
Francisco
Academy of Comic
Art, a
comprehensive
collection of
comic strips and
cartoon art |
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23.
*Keith Knight
Keith Edgar
Knight Jr. is an
American
cartoonist and
musician known
for his comic
strips The K
Chronicles, ink,
and The Knight
Life. While his
work is humorous
and universal in
appeal, he also
often deals with
political,
social, and
racial issues. |
(Cartoon
section) |
24.
Andrew Farago -
CARTOON ART
MUSEUM
Andrew Farago is
the curator of
San Francisco's
Cartoon Art
Museum. His
writing credits
include The
Looney Tunes
Treasury, the
Harvey
Award-winning
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles:
The Ultimate
Visual History,
and Batman: The
Definitive
History of The
Dark Knight.
Farago received
the prestigious
Inkpot Award
from Comic-Con
International in
2015.
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(History) |
25.
Judge Trina
Judge
Trina uses
Morrie Turner’s
life story as
inspirational
tool Thompson is
a judge for the
Alameda County
Superior Court
in California.
She was elected
to the bench in
November 2002.
She holds the
distinction of
being the first
African American
woman to be
elected to the
Alameda County
Superior Court.
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26.
Floyd Norman
Floyd E. Norman
is an American
animator,
writer, and
comic book
artist. Over the
course of his
career, Norman
has worked for a
number of
animation
companies, among
them Walt Disney
Animation
Studios, Hanna-Barbera
Productions,
Ruby-Spears,
Film Roman and
Pixar.
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(NCS Campaign) |
27.
Steven Bentley
Steve Bentley of
Tribune Media
Services Strip
“Herb and Jaaml” |
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28. Lalo
Alcaraz
Author of the
comic La
Cucaracha, the
first nationally
syndicated,
politically
themed Latino
daily comic
strip. Launched
in 2002, La
Cucaracha has
become one of
the most
controversial in
the history of
American comic
strips. |
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29. Stan
Sakai
Stan Sakai is a
Japanese-born
American
cartoonist and
comic book
creator. He is
best known as
the creator of
the comic series
Usagi Yojimbo.
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(Cartoon
section) |
30.
Stanley Nelson
American
documentary
filmmaker and a
MacArthur Fellow
known as a
director, writer
and producer of
documentaries
examining
African-American
history and
experiences. He
is a recipient
of the 2013
National
Humanities Medal
from President
Obama. He has
won three
Primetime Emmy
Awards. |
(Cartoon
section) |
31. NCS
President
The National
Cartoonists
Society is an
organization of
professional
cartoonists in
the United
States. It
presents the
National
Cartoonists
Society Awards.
The Society was
born in 1946
when groups of
cartoonists got
together to
entertain the
troops. |
(Why Morrie got
Award) |
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32. NCS
Cartoonist
Interviews |
(Comments re:
Award) |
33.
NAACP
During his
tenure as
President he has
overseen the
production of
Ten NAACP
Theatre Awards
which
acknowledges the
best of the best
in theatre. In
addition to the
Award Show the
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Chapter now
presents a
theatre
festival. |
(One Vote
Interview) |
Family,
Friends, and
Associates
Morrie and
Patricia Turner
Michele Turner
Nicole and
Michael Hartwell
* Dean and Tony
Harvey
note: Dean,
Morrie Turner’s
nephew, is a
great resource
for information
on Turner’s
career Tony
Harvey is Dean’s
wife.
Morrie
Turner 2003
Birthday Guests
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