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Guy Gilchrist was a special guest at Toonfest in September, and is pleased to be coming back to Marceline for Peanut Night. Guy will be giving an inspirational talk for all ages about his life and faith in God, his art, writing, cartooning and music, and his inspiration from Walt Disney and Jim Henson.
Guy Gilchrist is a cartoonist, poet, songwriter and author. His work includes the comic strips Nancy and Today’s Dogg, 49 books including Night Lights & Pillow Fights, The Poetry Guy and The Muppets. Songs he has written have been recorded by numerous artists and played on Country Radio worldwide. Jim Henson, creator of the beloved Muppets, personally chose Guy to do the first line drawings ever created of the Muppets.
He won the National Cartoonist Society Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1997 and 1998, and was nominated for their Book Illustration Award for 1999 and 2001.
Special presentations will be held on Saturday, November 27, at the Uptown Theatre at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm, with book signings from 4:45-5:45pm, and 8:15pm until? Admission to the presentations will be a free will offering to benefit the Uptown Theatre.
Guy Gilchrist was a special guest at Toonfest in September, and is pleased to be coming back to Marceline for Peanut Night. Guy will be giving an inspirational talk for all ages about his life and faith in God, his art, writing, cartooning and music, and his inspiration from Walt Disney and Jim Henson.
Guy Gilchrist is a cartoonist, poet, songwriter and author. His work includes the comic strips Nancy and Today’s Dogg, 49 books including Night Lights & Pillow Fights, The Poetry Guy and The Muppets. Songs he has written have been recorded by numerous artists and played on Country Radio worldwide. Jim Henson, creator of the beloved Muppets, personally chose Guy to do the first line drawings ever created of the Muppets.
He won the National Cartoonist Society Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1997 and 1998, and was nominated for their Book Illustration Award for 1999 and 2001.
Special presentations will be held on Saturday, November 27, at the Uptown Theatre at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm, with book signings from 4:45-5:45pm, and 8:15pm until? Admission to the presentations will be a free will offering to benefit the Uptown Theatre.
