I took the whole family to the official opening of the Harvey Comics exhibit at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoMA) last night. What fun, and what a stellar job curators Ellen S. Abramowitz and Karl Erickson did presenting this show (with original curation work by Andrew Farago). Beautiful job by Cliff Abrams on the wall illustrations.
The second and third generations of the Harvey family were there, and it was really nice to see Harvey experts and enthusiasts gathered, analyzing art and swapping stories. And my kids had fun running around with the Harvey grandkids.
I was proud that I was able to positively identify the artist on a page of art that had been labeled "Artist Unknown, possible Steve Muffatti." (It was obviously a Warren Kremer. Duh!). And, speaking of "Duh," of course I was disappointed that Baby Huey, my personal favorite Harvey character, wasn't properly represented.
The exhibit runs through March 15.