As reported in a previous post, the refugees left homeless by the 1906 quake used humor to ease stress and bring back a sense of normalcy. Quake-related humor has a home in San Francisco at the Cartoon Art Museum . Yes, San Francisco is just wacky enough to have a museum dedicated to cartoons, and we love it!

The show runs April 15 - June 25, 2006. Here are some details from Andrew Farago, Cartoon Art Museum Gallery Manager:

"Earthquake!!! features the works of two dozen local cartoonists as they reflect on the long history of natural disasters in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Artists reflect on the 1906 earthquake, provide first-hand accounts of the 1989 earthquake and speculate on a wide variety of current topics, from the modern day San Franciscan's preparations for "The Big One" to life on the West Coast in the aftermath of the next major disaster."

"This exhibition includes works from a wide array of Bay Area cartoonists including Mark Bode (Heavy Metal), Phil Frank (Farley), Jon "Bean" Hastings (Mad Science), Keith Knight (the 'K' Chronicles), Steve Lait (The Oakland Tribune), Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee) and Trina Robbins (The Great Women Cartoonists) and more. "