Showing posts with label Brian Crane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brian Crane. Show all posts

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Brian Crane Book Signing


Sundance Bookstore & Music
1155 W. Fourth Street
Reno

Saturday, December 18 | 11am to 1pm

Brian Crane Book Signing


"Celebrated syndicated cartoonist Brian Crane visits to sign his new book How Come I Always Get Blamed for the Things I Do? This latest collection of adventures of the Pickles clan is guaranteed to inspire chuckles, guffaws and gales of outright laughter!

Pickles is a two-time nominee for the National Cartoonists Society’s Best Comic Strip of the Year, winning the prestigious award in 2001. It consistently tops comic polls and appears in almost 700 newspapers worldwide.

Brian Crane lives with his wife, Diana, in Sparks, Nevada. His family includes seven children and eight grandchildren."

[Text and graphic from bookstore website.]

Friday, December 18, 2009

Biggest Little City in the World


Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia Street
Reno

Reno: Biggest Little City in the World


"... exhibit featuring artifacts, photos, manuscripts, gaming memorabilia and art specific to the history and development of Reno. Incorporated in the exhibit will be four custom “Pickles” drawings created specifically for the exhibit by Sparks cartoonist Brian Crane.

The modern Pickles family will appear as oversize figures at the beginning of the exhibit to introduce visitors to the display. The other images feature the characters at the end of the 19th century, the 1920s and the 1960s."

The exhibit is open Wednesday through Saturday | 10am-5pm

[text from Reno News & Review calendar listing. Graphic from Google image search for "Biggest Little City in the World."]