RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc.
Invites you to its meeting, January 15, 2025, at 11 am at
Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich
The program will also be shown on Zoom: https://bit.ly/30IBj21
Note change of venue: Location for RMA talks is now Christ Church, Greenwich, at 254 East Putnam Avenue.
Brian Walker
“A Life in Cartoons”
Cartoonist and longtime Wilton resident Brian Walker will speak about growing up and working in the cartoon business. He has written, edited or contributed to forty-five books on cartoon art, including the definitive history, "The Comics, The Complete Collection."
Brian, the son of “Beetle Bailey” creator Mort Walker, has a diverse background in professional cartooning and scholarship. He is a founder and former director of the Museum of Cartoon Art, where he worked from 1974 to 1992. Since 1984, he has been part of the creative team that produces the comic strips, “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi and Lois.” He taught a course in cartoon history at the School of Visual Arts from 1995 to 1996. He has served as curator for seventy-five cartoon exhibitions including “The Sunday Funnies: 100 Years of Comics in American Life” at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, “100 Years of American Comics” at the Belgian Center for Comic Art in Brussels, “Masters of American Comics” at the Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and “George Herriman – Krazy Kat is Krazy Kat is Krazy Kat” at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. He was Editor-in-Chief of Collectors’ Showcase magazine from 1997 to 2000 and is the founder and current chairman of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society.
Our next speaker, on January 22, will be Robert Henrey, author of “Shen’s Unlikely Journey: From Confucian China to the Court of Louis XIV.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see https://greenwichrma.org.
