Projects
Videos 2011 – Carl Barks’ and Basil Wolverton’s influence on Robert Crumb In 2011, the Oregon Cartoon Institute commissioned Karl Lind to film a conversation between comic experts Patrick Rosenkranz…
Carl Barks + Basil Wolverton = Genius R. Crumb
In this video, Patrick Rosenkranz and Charles Boucher discuss the way two Oregon artists, Carl Barks and Basil Wolverton, influenced legendary underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. The video was produced by…
Elmer Buehler Award
The Elmer Buehler Award was given between 2015 until 2021 for extraordinary accomplishments in the area of film preservation. 2015 – Richard Blue, for his work preserving James Blue’s The…
Video documentation of the inaugural Platform International Animation Film Festival 2007
In 2007, Dennis Nyback of the newly formed Oregon Cartoon Institute conducted video interviews at the inaugural Platform International Animation Film Festival. The festival took place from June 25-30. Dennis…
Oregon Historical Society
“Oregon Historical Society, 1898“ by portland general is marked with CC BY-ND 2.0 The Oregon Cartoon Project is now a proud non-profit member of the Oregon Historical Society.
Online publications
Notes on James Blue. Author: Anne Richardson. Published as a blog. In her blog Notes on James Blue, Richardson reflects on the films screened at the 2014 James Blue Tribute…
Digital Humanities Portal
Past and current digital humanities projects. What makes Portland Portland? Portland 1946-1975. The postwar emergence of Portland’s three regional clusters – advertising, sportswear, tech – is closely intertwined with the…
David Chelsea: RIP, Anne Richardson
On March 25, 2021, Portland cartoonist David Chelsea posted this memorial note about Anne Richardson on his blog. Thank you, David. “Now that I’m back online, a bit of unfinished…
Oregon Film History Conference 2020
This conference took place virtually on Zoom on November 20, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Opening remarks Ben Truwe Ken O’Connell Rose Bond Q&A Intermission: Clips of Pinto Colvig,…
Events and Conferences
Image above: Basil Wolverton’s photo of Buster Keaton, shooting in Cottage Grove, OR. Events Over the years, the Oregon Cartoon Institute organized a number of special events about Oregonians connected…