Visit the Contemporary Arts Center for a look at ways that international contemporary artists have used comic book and cartoon imagery, including painting and sculpture, video, high and low-tech animation, zines, fashion design, comic strips, and comic books. Comic Release features art by more than fifty nationally known and emerging artists through June 15. Contact: Carrie Hamilton, 504-528-3805 or chamilton@cacno.org. Website: www.cacno.org [Pictured: Gottfried Helnwein, American Prayer, 2000, oil and acrylic on canvas, Collection of Paul and Cindy Levy. Courtesy of Modernism, San Francisco]