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SANTOPTICLAUS is this Saturday! (December 7th)

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Saturday December 7th @ CO Exhibitions
1101 Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis, MN10:00 a.m. thru 6:00 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION

As part of CO Exhibition’s fourth annual World Craft Fair, Autoptic is curating a small, one-day exhibition and sale featuring zines, independent comics, books, prints, and more!

Come see us this Saturday! A perfect chance to support independent artists in the Twin Cities and load up on comics and zines for your winter reading at the same time. We will also be raffling off fabulous PRIZES from the organizers at 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm! Enter for a chance to receive a mermaid-portrait by Caitlin Skaalrud, a portrait by Anders Nilsen, or, finally, a prize-pack of publishers’ books from all of us!
Exhibitors scheduled to appear include:

2D Cloud
Anna Bongiovanni
Alexis Cooke
Will Dinski
Grimalkin Press
Sam Hiti
Meghan Hogan
in absentia press
Tom Kaczynski
Bart King
La Luz Comics
La Mano
Coryn LaNasa
Ryan V Lower
King Mini
Anders Nilsen
OVRABNDNC
Evan Palmer
Zak Sally
Eric Schuster
Caitlin Skaalrud
Uncivilized Books
Jessica Underhill
Derek Van Gieson
Peter Wartman

Anders Nilsen Presentation at The Minnesota Center for Book Arts Tonight, Friday, December 6

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INFO HERE

Friday, December 6; 7pm
Isaac and Abraham and Video Games:
Book Arts Roundtable with Anders Nilsen
Free and open to the public

Join us in welcoming local artist and author Anders Nilsen! Nilsen will do a slide reading from his new accordion book Rage of Poseidon (published by Drawn & Quarterly) and discuss the book’s themes, including the role of mythology and religion in his work and what it means to re-imagine ancient stories and set them in the present day. Nilsen will also share examples of his many forays into unusual storytelling formats from hand-made, screen-printed artist books and photocopied zines to accordion books and poster-comics, as well as the relationship between these and his work in more traditional publishing.

Anders Nilsen is the author and artist of the graphic novels Big Questions, Rage of Poseidon, Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow and The End, among other works. He has received three Ignatz awards as well as the 2012 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel prize. His work has been translated into numerous languages and his drawing and painting has been shown internationally. He lives in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is located in
the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612.215.2520
Fax: 612.215.2545
Email: mcba@mnbookarts.org

Come Jam in Minneapolis Thursday, December 5th

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The Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy meets at 6:30 until 10:00 the first Thursday of every month at Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe in Northeast.

Generally, we draw collaborative “jam” comics, socialize and drink caffeinated beverages. Afterwords, we often have uncaffeinated beverages somewhere else.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner or later (and sometimes even printed).

Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bus info here.

Please spend some money at Diamond’s while you’re there, even if it is just a cuppa coffee… they are excellent hosts, and we wanna stay welcome there.

Help Support Altered Esthetics, The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Autoptic and Rain Taxi

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THE CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY NEVER SEEKS YOUR DONATIONS. We aren’t even a real organization, and we would probably just blow it all on beer, anyhow. In spite of this, the wonderful things we do would not be at all possible without the help of the below organizations. We are remarkably fortunate to have their support and collaboration. Please seriously consider donating to all of them. Thanks!

Altered Esthetics, the non-profit gallery that has helped organize so many wonderful comic art projects with the Cartoonist Conspiracy, including the recent Rock Ink Roll, is currently seeking funds to help print their calendar for next year. Please hurry on this one as it is a Kickstarter with only 10 hours to go at the time of this posting. If you are too late to help with their Kickstarter, you can donate through their site here.

DONATE HERE TO THE ALTERED ESTHETICS CALENDAR KICKSTARTER
DONATE HERE TO ALTERED ESTHETICS DIRECTLY

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the non-profit organization that hosts us for our monthly open studios and has provided a space for our 24 Hour Comic Day and Minicomics Day events, is currently soliciting donations. Note that they have always provided their amazing space free of charge.

DONATE HERE TO THE MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS

The wonderful bi-annual Minneapolis Autoptic festival (which recently became a non-profit) is starting to plan their 2015 event (which is going to be two days this time!), and needs your help getting it off the ground. We are incredibly fortunate to have this amazing event happening in the Twin Cities… please help them make it a reality.

DONATE HERE TO AUTOPTIC

RAIN TAXI, the local literary oragnization/publication which organizes the annual Twin Cities Book Festival, and who organized the fun Analog Cave at the Northern Spark festival which we participated in last year, is currently seeking donations.

DONATE TO RAIN TAXI HERE

Thanks for your generosity.

Come Jam in Minneapolis Thursday, November 7th

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The Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy meets at 6:30 until 10:00 the first Thursday of every month at Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe in Northeast.

Generally, we draw collaborative “jam” comics, socialize and drink caffeinated beverages. Afterwords, we often have uncaffeinated beverages somewhere else.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner or later (and sometimes even printed).

Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bus info here.

Please spend some money at Diamond’s while you’re there, even if it is just a cuppa coffee… they are excellent hosts, and we wanna stay welcome there.

ROCK INK ROLL OPENING TONIGHT! (Friday November 1st)

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More info here!

OPENING NIGHT PARTY

Friday, November 1, 2013
7-10 pm
Altered Esthetics Gallery
1224 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Refreshments will be provided!

SHOW LENGTH

ROCK INK ROLL will run from Thursday, October 31, 2013 through Saturday, November 23, 2013.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday & Thursday: 1-7 pm
Saturday: 1-5 pm

The Cartoonist Studio Prize 2013 Call for Entries

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Many of you should really consider entering this.

The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the second annual Cartoonist Studio Prize!

Each year the Cartoonist Studio Prize will be awarded to work that exemplifies excellence in cartooning. (Last year’s winners: Chris Ware and Noelle Stevenson.) The creators of two exceptional comics will be awarded $1,000 each. In addition, this year award sponsor Copic is providing each winner with $250 of art supplies. Winners will be selected by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois, the faculty and students of the Center for Cartoon Studies, and a distinguished guest judge. This year’s guest judge will be Christopher Butcher of the world-famous comic book store the Beguiling and co-founder of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

The two award categories for the Cartoonist Studio Prize are Graphic Novel of the Year and Web Comic of the Year. Finalists for each category will be announced Feb. 1, 2014. The two winning comics will be announced March 1, 2014.

Eligible Graphic Novels must be written in (or translated into) English, published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2013. To submit a comic for consideration, click here. Eligible Web Comics must be written in (or translated into) English, published online between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2013. Creators or publishers may submit a Web comic for consideration by clicking here.

Submissions in both categories must be received by Dec. 31. Currently enrolled CCS students are not eligible for the award. No creator may submit more than one work in either category. The judging panel reserves the right to consider work that was not officially submitted.

Twin Cities Book Festival Tomorrow! (October 11th)

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The wonderful comics-friendly literary event organized by our friends at Rain Taxi, the Twin Cities Book Festival is this weekend! Here’s the info from the Rain Taxi newsletter:

Tomorrow is the big day—the Twin Cities Book Festival starts at 10:00 am sharp. Come to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and make your way to the Progress Center to spend your day browsing books, meeting authors, and listening to great readings!

All Day Bookfair and Exhibit

We have more exhibitors than ever this year, with over 130 vendors ready to wow you with their wares! CLICK HERE to see the list of exhibitors, ranging from publishers like Graywolf Press to organizations like Minnesota Literacy Council to magazines like Revolver! Many authors will be exhibiting their books as well.

Exhibitors will be hosting author signings and specials all day. CLICK HERE to see the long list of Exhibitor Author Signings and Specials, and take notes for your best route through the exhibit hall.

Download the Program

Plan your day at the Festival ahead of time with a FREE download of our Festival Program! It has the schedule and list of exhibitors ready at your fingertips, so you can study up on how best to navigate your way through the Festival. Download it now! Or access our mobile-friendly website for all the same great info!

Books, Brains, Tyrannia, and two Brians

The Local Lit Lounge will be hopping all day with authors ready to mingle and sign books. We’ve got Geoff Herbach, author of the YA novel I’m With Stupid, Jesse Ventura with his new book They Killed Our President, Wendy Webb with her new book The Fate of Mercy Alban, and so many more authors! CLICK HERE for the schedule of author signings.

Test your creativity with author Rosanne Bane, who will be on hand all day to give the Brainy Creativity Quiz—you can win fabulous prizes too! Also available to blow your mind will be author Alan DeNiro with a book launch like no other: play his game-novella We Are The Firewall in real time, and offer your definition of tyranny in celebration of his new novel, Tyrannia!

And two Brians are visiting us from afar: Meet Brian Evenson, author of Immobility and The Lords of Salem (with Rob Zombie) and Brian Tuohy, author of Larceny Games. And meet authors Erin Hart and Paddy O’Brien who will inject a bit of Irish into the day’s festivities. These four will be at the Lit Lounge at 4:00pm.

This is just a taste of all the fun at the Festival—CLICK HERE to find out more!

See you at the Festival!