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Funny Bunch comic strip drawing by Zann with three of the bunch collectively saying "..Jinx!" while looking at a cat on a table in a sheriff's outfit complete with top hat.
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John M. Olin Library, Level 1, Thomas Gallery

Nicky Zann: A Life in Art

A sketch of woman wearing a superhero style mask and gloves whispering into the ear of a similarly masked man. There is illegible marginalia along the side of the paper.
Sketch for Answer Deck card by Zann.

Nicky Zann’s career started in 1957 and spanned over six decades. He is known as an innovative cartoonist, caricaturist, and prominent illustrator with a distinct style. Zann produced illustrations for magazines and book covers, and was profiled on The Tonight Show and MTV. The exhibition features materials spanning Zann’s career and celebrates the recent donation of the Nicky Zann Archive to the Dowd Illustration Research Archive.

The Nicky Zann: A Life in Art exhibition is organized by the Curator of the Dowd Illustration Research Archive Andrea Degener.

Header Image Credit: Funny Bunch comic strip drawing by Zann.