{"id":765,"date":"2008-12-20T11:45:14","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/12\/20\/richie-rich-to-wendy-the-good-little-witch-harvey-comicsmoccanyc\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T20:01:27","slug":"richie-rich-to-wendy-the-good-little-witch-harvey-comicsmoccanyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/12\/20\/richie-rich-to-wendy-the-good-little-witch-harvey-comicsmoccanyc\/","title":{"rendered":"~FROM RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH !!\/HARVEY COMICS\/MoCCA\/NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/MoCCA_Harvey_flier_image.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"240\" alt=\"harvey comics\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the GOOD WITCH: The ART of HARVEY COMICS&#8217;  !! !!<br \/>\nDECEMBER 18, 2008 &#8211; MARCH 15, 2009<br \/>\nNOTE: OPENING RECEPTION &#8211; WED JAN 14, 2008<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moccany.org\/index.html\">MoCCA<\/a> &#8211; THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART &#8211; 594 BROADWAY at HOUSTON, SOHO, MANHATTAN, NYC<br \/>\nHRS: TUES-SAT 12-5 PM (closed DEC 23-25 &#038; JAN 1, 2009)<br \/>\nGENERAL ADMISSION: $5<\/p>\n<p>. . . if you didn&#8217;t grow up with RICHIE RICH, CASPER the FRIENDLY GHOST,  and LITTLE LOTTA !! &#8211; now&#8217;s your chance &#8211; to clue in &#8211; to why we gobbled them up &#8211; way way back in the days of an earlier more gentler &#8211; very young childhood &#8211; in America.<\/p>\n<p>from the MoCCA website:<br \/>\n&#8220;The MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ARt &#8211; MoCCA &#8211; is pleased to present a visual history of one of the <em>most<\/em> popular comic book publishers of <em>al<\/em>l time. HARVEY COMICS.<br \/>\n&#8216;From RICHY RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of HARVEY COMICS&#8217; celebrates the art  and characters created and\/or popularized by HARVEY, including  CASPER the Friendly Ghost; Wendy, the Good Little Witch; Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy; Hot Stuff, The Little Devil; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka; Little Dot; Little Audrey; Little Lotta; Little Max; and many more.<br \/>\nThis exhibit includes original art from Harvey comic books and merchandise by stalwarts such as ERNIE COLON,  SID COUCHEY, WARREN KREMER and HOWARD POST.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics originated  at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco &#8211;  curated by ANDREW FARGO.<br \/>\nFor the MoCAA presentation, there is additional curation by MoCCA Chairman ELLEN S. ABRAOWITZ and Director KARL ERICKSON, a with special thanks to MARK ARNOLD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moccany.org\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/MoCCA_logo_01.jpg\" width=\"434\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Moac logo\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>p.s.<\/strong> the exhibit, &#8216;From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the WITCH: The Art of Harvey Comics&#8217;<br \/>\nran from June 28 &#8211; Nov 30, 2008 at the CARTOON ART MUSEUM, 655 Mission St. in SAN FRANCISCO.<br \/>\nwhere it originated there, they have a small write-up on the show, see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonart.org\/exhibits.html\">their website\/exhibits !!<\/a><br \/>\nwhere you can glean a little more information, like:<br \/>\n&#8220;the exhibit includes original art and merchandise by stalwarts such as<br \/>\nWARREN KREMER (1921-2003) !! who along with animator STEVE MUFFATTI, (1880-1968) !!<br \/>\ndefined the &#8216;HARVEY&#8217; look &#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nand, &#8220;Harvey Comics was founded in 1941 by ALFRED HARVEY (1913-19940).&#8221; !!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/cartoon_SF___DICK.jpg\" width=\"115\" height=\"70\" alt=\"cartoon SF dick\" class=\"centered\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonart.org\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Cartoon_SF___logo.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"98\" alt=\"cat\\r logo\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;From RICHIE RICH to WENDY the GOOD WITCH: The ART of HARVEY COMICS&#8217; !! !! 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