Crisp Museum to host comic-book art exhibition

A comic-book art exhibition, "Heroes, Villains, Monsters," will open today at Southeast Missouri State University's Crisp Museum at the River Campus.

Terese Nielsen, Rick Burchett, William Stout and Paul Gulacy will be the featured artists representing different genres in the comic-book industry during the exhibition.

Peter Nguyen, director of the Crisp Museum, said the artists were chosen because of their talent and willingness to participate.

"Most artists are so busy that they have no time to really devote to doing an exhibition or coming out for an exhibition, so we're very lucky," Nguyen said.

Of the four artists whose work will be featured, Nielsen, Burchett and Stout will be at the Crisp Museum for the opening reception today.

Nielsen is known for her work in the trading-card game "Magic: The Gathering." Nguyen said the card game is a fantasy role-playing game similar to Dungeons & Dragons, which still is popular today.

Burchett is a 1975 graduate of Southeast and lives in St. Louis. Nguyen said Burchett does artwork mainly for DC Comics and is known for his artwork in the cartoon-inspired "Batman Adventures." He's also done work for "Black Hood," "Green"Lantern" and "Green Arrow."

Stout is known for his dinosaur art and has done storyboarding for several movies and films.

The opening reception for the "Heroes, Villains, Monsters" exhibition will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and kicks off the Cape Mini-Comic Con, which will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the museum. Both events are free, family-friendly and open to the public. Artists will be signing autographs for fans and doing commissions.

"Heroes, Villains, Monsters" will be on display through Jan. 29. For more information, visit semo.edu/museum.

Pertinent address:

518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.