Nomi KaneMedia Release -- The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Nomi Kane on Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk Kane about cartooning and view her work. This event is free and open to the public.

Nomi Kane is a native Berkeleyite, currently working on her MFA at The Center for Cartoon Studies . She’s been drawing her autobiographical comic, Brew for Breakfast since 2006. Nomi just self-published the first issue of Chutzpah! and was recently mentioned in the New York Daily News for her mini-comic South by Southwest 2010: A Comic Synopsis . Earlier this year Nomi produced and edited the comics anthology Tales from San Papel – 108 pages of comics from 23 different cartoonists all taking place in the fictional western town of San Papel. In August, Nomi will return to CCS to start work on her thesis.

About the Cartoonist in Residence Program:

The Cartoon Art Museum regularly hosts professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists–but were afraid to ask. Past featured Cartoonists-in-Residence include Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others.