SALON

Five-Minute Museum

Comic books' undercover hero: Tibet

An exhibition at New York's Rubin Museum showcases the Asian country's surprising prominence in comic culture

By
  • more

    • All Share Services

  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    Bugs Bunny in “Dangerous Venture.” Penciler, Inker: Carl Buettner, 1946.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Creepy: King Keller," by Nicola Cuti and Syd Shores, 1971.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, “Uncle Scrooge in Tralla-la."

    Writer, Penciler, Inker: Carl Barks; Penciler, Kay Wright; Inker, Larry Mayer, 1954.

  • Milarepa_cover

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Milarepa: A Great Saint of Tibet," Lobsang T. Rikha and Elisabette Brombill.
  • Slide

    Courtesy Eva van Dam

    "Milarepa," Eva van Dam.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Weird Wonder Tales: The Man Who Found Shangri-la.”

    Writer: Stan Lee; Penciler: Jack Kirby

  • green_lama_2_fcover

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Green Lama" (cover). Script by Richard Foster, art by Mac Raboy, 1945.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Green Lama," page 3. Script by Richard Foster, art by Mac Raboy, 1944.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Green Lama," page 7. Script by Richard Foster, art by Mac Raboy, 1945.
  • Slide

    Rubin Museum of Art

    "Jorgyal and Dhondup." Courtesy Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala, India
 

Five-Minute Museum is a weekend art series that previews interesting exhibitions -- current or upcoming -- from across the country.