"Cartoon Limbo" was an exhibit
created, curated, & hosted
by Lewis Matheney in NYC in 2007,
then in PA & NJ in 2011.
"Cartoon Limbo" featured
rejected comic, cartoon,
& illustrative art
from appr. 30 of the greatest
in each field, including
Charles Schulz, Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak,
James Thurber, Bunny Hoest, Crockett Johnson,
"Superman," Stan Goldberg, Milton Caniff, 
Al Jaffee, Chester Gould & Woody Guthrie .

From the first "Cartoon Limbo" exhibit
which opened Friday, January 5, 2007

On opening night,
here's what greeted you at the entrance
to "Cartoon Limbo":

At the 2011 exhibit,
you made your way around three mirrors,
each 8 ft tall x 4 ft wide:
no, non, and nein.
Then you entered "Cartoon Limbo."

Click PLAY below  for a 4 minute video
of the "Cartoon Limbo" exhibit
at New Hope Arts Center in 2011

Cartoon Limbo Essay

Jon Friedman had great success with his
live spoken-word night
"The Rejection Show" in NYC.
Writers and cartoonists
all shared experiences
about the universal experience of rejection.
In 2009,
Villard published a collection of stories
from the show entitled
"Rejected: Tales of the Failed,
Dumped and Cancelled."
This is my essay from the book.

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On opening night, here's what greeted you at the entrance to "Cartoon Limbo":

At the 2011 exhibit, you made your way around three mirrors, each 8 ft tall x 4 ft wide: no, non, and nein. Then you entered "Cartoon Limbo."

Click PLAY below for a 4 minute video of the "Cartoon Limbo" exhibit at New Hope Arts Center in 2011

Cartoon Limbo Essay

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