Dunn Museum exhibit to showcase ‘Norman Rockwell’ of comic books

Dunn Museum exhibit to showcase ‘Norman Rockwell’ of comic books

In the basement of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, exhibitions and collections manager Steve Furnett lifted a large sheet of paper, revealing a painting of a man in a billowing red cape with his arms crossed, preparing some kind of enchantment or spell as he stares with a piercing blue eye at the viewer. Furnett pointed at the highlights on the man’s cape, in awe at the skill of the painter who managed to convey its silken texture wit…