Well, the Comic Cookbook idea thoroughly throttled its competition in the voting for a subject for next year’s art show at Altered Esthetics. So, unless someone objects in the comments here in the next few days, let’s just go with that, huh? Also, if you think of any good names and other ideas for this show, I also encourage you to put them in the comments here. Bon Appétit.
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INPUT REQUESTED: ROUND 1: Vote on what we should do for the 2011 comic art show at Altered Esthetics.
We have ten possible categories to vote on for the focus of the 2011 comic art show at Altered Esthetics.
Please only vote if you plan to participate in the show. Note that it is not required that you be a Minnesota resident to participate.
little funny Series II Deadline Approaching! (July 22nd)
The deadline for participation in little funny Series II is JULY 22nd.
Read more about little funny and how to participate in series II here.
Kevin Cannon Nominated for Best New Talent in the Harvey Awards
Minneapolis’ own local hero Kevin Cannon has been nominated for “best new talent” in this year’s Harvey Awards. Congratulations, Kevin! You can go vote here.
INPUT REQUESTED: What should we do for the 2011 comic art show at Altered Esthetics?
The Lutefisk Sushi Volume D show is coming up this August… and we’re already thinking about what we want to for our collaboration with Altered Esthetics for NEXT year. Let’s get it figured out shall we?
Here are some of the many possible ideas we have discussed for next year’s comic art show, in no particular order:
PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOK — Wherein each artist illustrates a chapter from a public domain book.
ANTHOLOGY — An anthology of some sort. Â Specific topic and printing details TBD.
COMIC COOKBOOK — Spiral bound cookbook with recipes and art submitted by artists. Â Could cook some of the dishes during the opening. Â Categories can be split among the potential artists based on last name just like when dividing up a potluck (e.g. A-D salads, E-J meats, etc.).
LOOSE SHEETS — Each artist makes a multi-page comic and they are bound like loose leaf newspaper pages, or in a 3-ring binder.
SONG COMICS — Each artist picks a favorite song and creates a comic based on this song.  This allows for maximum flexibility as artists may create whatever type of comic art they want. Musicians could cover some of these songs during the opening.  We could produce a “mix tape” list to give out (people would have to purchase their own songs). Karoake?  — Comic – Oke.
SCRIPT SWAP — Artists could draw comics based on other people’s scripts. Â This would give comic writers a chance to collaborate with local artists. Â We could also create comics based on the scripts of young children, which could get pretty hilarious.
EDUCATIONAL COMICS –Each artist makes an educational strip on a subject of their choosing.
COMIC POSTER ART — Partner with poster artists who would print comics designed by cartoonists.
Suggest ideas you would like to participate in in the comments below, and we’ll discuss and vote on them very soon on the message board.
Do You Feel a little funny?
Over 50 Minnesota cartoonists made the deadline for Lutefisk Sushi Volume D… you can see the list of contributors here (note if you contributed and do not see your name on that list, please let us know).
Whether or not you made that deadline, there is another way you can participate in the Lutefisk Sushi Volume D show. The show will also include a vending machine filled with boxes of teeny-tiny minicomics, and you do not even have to live in Minnesota to make one!
little funny series II is intended as a prominent “sideshow†to the Lutefisk Sushi Volume D project. little funny is a series of mini-comics sold in an old cigarette vending machine at Altered Esthetics. The first series was compiled in conjunction with the BIG FUNNY show in 2009.
The deadline for participation is JULY 22nd.
Read more about how to participate in little funny series II here.
The Conspiracy at The Minnesota Center For Book Arts 25th Annivesary Event this Saturday June 26th
Tomorrow from 1PM to 4PM, the Conspiracy will be collaborating with kids to make mini-comics and drawing caricatures on request as part of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts 25th Anniversary event. Cartoonists, feel free to just show up (ideally around 12:50) and participate. We’ll be in the Bindery.
The Minnesota Center for Book Arts has been a wonderful collaborator to the Twin Cities Conspiracy for a number of years, donating our monthly open studio space, hosting our 24 hour comic days, and inviting us to participate in gallery shows in their space. They are a wonderful organization, and we feel very lucky to have them for friends.
1-4pm: Make your own mini-comic with artists from the International Cartoonist Conspiracy, and get a personalized caricature! (for tweens and teens)
Ferdinand Magellan, the comic panel?
Frederick Melo is looking for an artist to collaborate with him on a comic strip… here is a description of the project from him, and his contact information:
Peanuts meets Zippy with a pinch of Doonesbury?
I’m a Minneapolis writer looking for a local artist who works for peanuts (Peanuts, get it?). My cartoon idea is called “Magellan.” This would be a simply drawn, 1, 2- or 4-panel strip, heavy on dialogue, featuring four urban hipsters in their late 20s. The common thread between them is Ferdinand Magellan, a somewhat sensitive, frustrated and neurotic copyeditor / headline writer at a Web service. Email reporterguy (at) hotmail.com and I’ll forward you up to 17 sample scripts.
Here’s an example of the typical four-panel repartee between Ferdinand and his best friend Weezie:
Ferdinand: Sometimes I feel damn useless.
Weezie: But swearing makes you so manly!Ferdinand: So I have a college degree. If this were Caveman Days, I’d be eaten alive by mountain lions!
Weezie: The feline of the species is deadlier than the mountain goat.Ferdinand: In Pioneer Days, I’d freeze to death.
Weezie: Michael Landon, protect us!Ferdinand: In the Great Depression, I’d be selling my computer for parts.
Weezie: Effete intellectuals and blue state metrosexuals, unite! (Reboot! Reboot!)
Special Minneapolis Jam This Saturday, June 19th, at The Loft in Minneapolis
We will be having a special jam this Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Loft Literary Center in conjunction with their Graphic Novel & Comic Book Writing and Illustrating Conference. As always, it will be open to anyone who wishes to participate… we hope to have a lot of new participants. Here is a PDF with a lot more information about the conference. See you there!
Lutefisk Sushi Mini-Comic Production Notes by Kevin Cannon
Local hero Kevin Cannon has a great article on mini-comics production over at the Big Time Attic blog in anticipation of Lutefisk Sushi Volume D (deadline for participation June 15th). Click the image to go there.




