Stone Soup on Display!

Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot is proud to call Eugene, Oregon, home - and the feeling is mutual. The Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery in Eugene is featuring a collection of original Stone Soup cell art and other published material in a special exhibition from March 31st through April 29th. Fans in the area take note: the gallery will host an artist reception on April 6th as well as a book signing on April 28th. Don't miss your chance to get an in-depth look at one of America's most popular syndicated comic strips.

In the photos below: Jan Eliot (center) with Janet and Michael Gilbert, comic book artists and writers who also call Eugene home; Janet Gilbert checks out a display of Stone Soup books that have been translated and printed in other languages, including Finnish, Spanish and Portuguese; Jan visits with Robert Canaga, the curator of the Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery (right), and a trio of Stone Soup fans. Click each image to enlarge.

Photos by Art Maddox.

Comments

[Jay Penderghast]

JOHNNY HART DEAD at 76 in New York. Creator of B.C. and Wizard of Id.

[Diara Laurino]

I have recently read Jan Eliot's latest comic that addresses public breast-feeding. My own mother breast-fed my siblings, but she was always was modest enough to put a blanket over them. That way mother and baby could do thier business in peace and no one was bothered. The fact is the breast is seen as sexual even when one is using it for very natual and innocent reasons. covering oneself with a blanket is not unreasonable to ask. And I think Jan Eliot's comparison to hooters was not really a very good argument since I think public stripping is inappropriate as well. We should improve modesty in our society not find excuses to erase the boundaries.

[Mrs M. Chavez]

It's not about modesty, it's about the right to feed my child the way that nature intended. It is this hyper sexual culture that makes people uncomfortable and that needs to change. How would you like to eat your dinner with a blanket on your head, or sitting on a toilet? My baby gets very hot and sweaty under a blanket so I choose not to cover her, and you know what, it's NOT ILLEGAL! When you do it discretely without a blanket, people have to stare pretty hard to know that you are breastfeeding, with a blanket, it's very obvious.