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PITTSBURGH — An exhibition featuring comic strip and editorial cartoon reflections on and responses to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 will open Sept. 10 and continue through Sept. 25 at the ToonSeum, 945 Liberty Ave.

Participating comic strips also will be appearing in the Sept. 11 Sunday comics pages nationwide. Iconic strips illustrating the “Remembering 9-11” theme demonstrate a wide range of response.

With the help of King Features, Pittsburgh's ToonSeum will be one of many, along with the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City and the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, to host exhibits featuring the cartoonists' commemorative works.

The ToonSeum will expand upon this exhibit by displaying editorial cartoons that ran shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.

These powerful and sometimes controversial pieces were created by editorial cartoonists from the three areas hit by the terrorists: New York, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh (Shanksville, Flight 93). Garry Trudeau of Doonesbury fame and alternative cartoonist Ted Rall represent New York, Matt Wuerker of Politico represents Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers represents the Pittsburgh area.An exhibit preview is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 9.As part of the exhibition, the ToonSeum will also present a panel discussion “Too Soon?: Humor, Art and Media in a Post-9-11 World” at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave. This event is by donation. Reservations are encouraged. Tickets are available at the website www.toosoon.eventbrite.com. or visit www.toonseum.org.

Hagar