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WATCH: Charles Schulz Draws, Explains Charlie Brown

Posted 11.02.2011

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In the video below, beloved cartoonist Charles Schulz gives a little bit of background behind his Charlie Brown character, all the while drawing the a...

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Exploring The Career Of Missouri Artist Thomas Hart Benton

Jane Chafin | Posted 07.26.2011

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Jane Chafin

I recently read an article about a 1951 Thomas Hart Benton painting that sold for nearly $1.9 million at a Southeby's auction. The painting, Flood Dis...

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How Did Mad Magazine's Al Jaffee Become A 'Shtetl-Style Lithuanian Huck Finn'?

Al Jaffee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Jaffee

He has lived in New York for 77 years and has spent the last 40 summers in Provincetown. Even so, the key to his genius as a satirist, is that he doesn't feel at home anywhere.

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American Cartoonist Goes Into Hiding Over 'Draw Mohammed Day' Threats

Posted 05.25.2011

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Molly Norris, an American cartoonist who proposed "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day," has gone into hiding and will change her name after the FBI weighed i...

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