Just one more reminder, since it is the second Thursday instead of the first this month. More info here.
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MicroCon Wants Your Posters!
Our good friends at the Midwest Comic Book Association (organizers of FallCon and MicroCon) are looking for lots of people to make posters for MicroCon 2009. What fun! Here is the scoop:
Hello Everyone!
The new year is upon us and the mighty MCBA is gearing up! Initial preperations are under way for both MicroCon & FallCon so we thought it would be a good time to send out this special request!Â
Over the years, we’ve had many dedicated creators that have generously volunteered their creative super powers to help promote and enhance MCBA events. A perfect example was last years awesome MCBA FallCon Sketch Card promotion. The positive feedback from that effort was nothing short of spectacular and given that success and the many more recent requests that we’ve received from our creative community, we thought it would be a good idea to offer a new volunteer opportunity for creators to get involved.
Every year, for MicroCon and FallCon we distribute about 15,000 flyers & 150 posters into local/regional comic book stores, libraries, book stores, community centers, music stores, night clubs, tattoo parlors, etc. Once again, this year we’ll not only be following that pattern, but expanding it significantly. That’s where you come in…
In response to many comic book folk requests, we’d like to officially invite anyone of you would like to do a flyer for MicroCon 2009 to participate. Generally speaking, we’re looking to distribute flyers promoting MicroCon that are designed and created by the people who make the comic book media magic happen. All flyers & posters donated will be distributed and everyone is welcome to participate! Here’s the particulars…
All flyers should probably include the following:
*Â MicroCon Comic Book Party
*Â Sunday April 26, 2009
*Â 10AM to 4PM
*Â Minnesota State Fairgrounds
 1621 Randall Avenue
 St. Paul, MN 55108
* Tickets available at the door! $7.00 per person. Children 9 & Under FREE!
 Get $1.00 Off Admission with a canned food shelf donation!
* MCBA logo (e-mail us for a high res copy)
* Some sort of call to action!
* For More Info: email MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @)  www.MNCBA.com  612-237-1801
* Creator acknowledgement. Your name & website and/or contact infoOther elements of interest:
* Over 60 Comic Book Creators in Attendance!Â
* Huge Comic Book Marketplace!
* Door Prizes & Prize Drawings!
* Gigantic MCBA Grab Bags to the First 500 Attendees!
* Free Parking!Format notes:
* Flyers will be printed in black & white (8.5″ X 11″). Posters in color (11″ X 17″).
* High res Jpegs are preferred.Creative notes:We are not 100% committed to a specific style or content, format, layout or presentation. We encourage you to design and implement a concept of your own creation and that you’re happy with! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to e-mail us!
Timeliness:
The sooner the better! We’re planning to send out our first wave of flyers on January 31st, 2009
Please submit to:
MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @)
So there you have it! Thanks in advance to those of you who will be participating and for those of you who can’t or are unable, please remember this is strictly a volunteer thing and it ain’t no thang!
Thanks! Hope to hear from you soon!
ÂMidwest Comic Book Association Volunteers  Â
SOMETHING YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO CHECK OUT!
Local comic book artist extraordinaire Christopher Jones is involved in a way cool event! Seriously, take the time to check this out!
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http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55426038472Â2009 MCBA MICROCON & FALLCON DATESFor those of you who like to plan way in advance, here’s the 2009 MCBA event dates & times.
ÂMCBA MICROCON COMIC BOOK PARTY
Sunday April 26, 2009 – 10AM to 4PM
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 Snelling Ave
Saint Paul, MN. 55108
MCBA FALLCON COMIC BOOK CELEBRATIONÂ
Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11, 2009 – 10AM to 5PM Both Days
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 Snelling Ave
Saint Paul, MN. 55108
INFORMATION BITS:Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, comments or concerns!
MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @) Â
Myspace
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=102936863
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8300987767 ÂComic Art Fans
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=32061Â Â ÂWebsiteÂ
www.MNCBA.comÂJAM THIS THURSDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS (January 8th)
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, MinnesotaPlease 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.
Big Time Attic hosts our monthly jam meetings at Diamond’s… they will be supplying us with a big old plate of pastries or something. Thanks fellas!
New MINICOMICS DUMPTRUCK Starts Tuesday
Below is a repost of the MINICOMICS DUMPTRUCK info, as the new challenge starts tomorrow (Tuesday, January 6th, 2008).
MINICOMICS DUMPTRUCK seeks committed minicomics creators to join in the minicomics makin’ fun.
MINICOMICS DUMPTRUCK is a collective of cartoonists from around the country who join together via a podcast and their webpage to create and exchange minicomics in 4 month-long “rounds”.
The next round begins January 6th, 2009.
Here’s how the MINICOMIC DUMPTRUCK works:
1) Pre-register your name, email address, physical address (or PO Box), and a link to your website/blog with DUMPTRUCK poo-bah Kevin Cross at the MINICOMICS DUMPTRUCK forum.
2) During the live podcast on January 6th, 2009 at 9pm CST (7pm PST) they will pick some “items” which MUST be used SOMEWHERE in the course of the minicomic you are going to create. The items can be used as a central theme, a plot device, or even just a background gag. But the chosen items have to show up somewhere.
3) During the same podcast, a book LENGTH (generally 12 to 24 pages) will be assigned, as will a specific SIZE for your finished minicomic (in the first”round” they chose “quarter-size”-4.25″x5.5″–but this could and probably will change for round 2).
4) You then have 4 months to complete, print, and mail-off one copy of your minicomic to all the other “Truckers”. (All the other Truckers addresses will be emailed to you after the 6th.)
5) During the 4 month period, there will be a new podcast every two weeks or so where you are encouraged to call-in or participate via live chat on how your work is going, and to give thoughts and suggestions to your fellow Truckers (you will need to set up a Talkshow account to do this).
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/24924
Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Call ID: 249246) You are also encouraged to post your work-in-progress and to particiapte in the DUMPTRUCK forum.
7) Again, please only sign-on if you are 100% committed to the project.
Anyway, the DUMPTRUCK sounds like lots o’ fun to me, and I can’t wait to get started!
Hope to see you all at the dump!PLEASE NOTE: January Minneapolis Jam Date Changed to January 8th
Due to the fact that January first falls on the first Thursday this coming year, which is National Hangover Day, we will be having our monthly Minneapolis jam meeting January 8th instead.
Submission Info for The Good Minnesotan and Struktur
Go here to read about how to submit comics to The Good Minnesotan #4 (Minnesota artists only) and Struktur, two interesting anthology projects from 2D Cloud. It should be noted that Good Minnesotan also appears to have exceptionally good distribution for a small press anthology.
Some Twin Cites Cartoonists on KFAI’s Wave Project
Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon, Danno Klonowski and myself (Steven Stwalley) were interviewed by Britt Aamodt this evening (December 14th) on KFAI’s Wave Project about cartooning. The show will be online for the next two weeks. You can hear the interview here.
Note: The broadcast mp3 begins with the
SomaliOromo radio show that preceded it… it starts at 1:38 in the file.Kirk Anderson Talks/Cartoon Presentations/Signings in the Twin Cities!
Got this posted too late for the first event, but there are two more coming up. From the Twin Citites own Kirk Anderson:
Dear friends,
I’ve published a book of all the Banana Republic cartoons that ran in the Star Tribune, and I have a few book events coming up, at Mayday Books, Amazon Books, The Resource Center of the Americas, and hopefully others soon.
If you enjoy tasteful humor about political dissidents getting their eye sockets melon-balled by a well-meaning generalissimo and his mischievous, fun-loving death squads, come on down, and bring all your friends and neighbors. What’s that you ask? “But Kirk, how can I help to bring in hordes of rabble to your high-minded forum?” Why, you can download a flyer at http://molotovcomix.com/flyers.html and slap it up at work or at your favorite coffee shop. Thanks for askin’!
Here are the upcoming book talks/cartoon presentations/artist signings:
Saturday, Dec. 6, 4:00 pm
Mayday Books
301 Cedar Ave. South, on the West Bank in Minneapolis
below the Hub Bicycle Co-op
(612)333-4719Thursday, Dec. 18, 7:00 pm
True Colors Books, formerly Amazon Books
4755 Chicago Ave. South, Minneapolis
(612)821-9630Coming January 17
Resource Center of the AmericasWhat’s that you ask? “How can I be sure I’ll have a fun time?” Why, if you bring five friends, you’ll be virtually assured of merriment! “No, really — what’s this book like? Will the evening rank up there with the birth of my first child?” You can check out the book, view sample pages and more online at www.MolotovComix.com and make your own call.
Thank you all for enduring this shameless act of self-promotion. Through your help and friendship, I will find the inner strength to admit that I am powerless over this shallow hucksterism, and stop before I become a full-blown self-loathing marketing pariah. But first, just a few more months hawking the book…
– Kirk
(651)698-4799
www.kirktoons.com
www.MolotovComix.comBroken Pencil
Friend of the Conspiracy Britt Aamodt passed on the following information to us:
I found a listing for a magazine that’s devoted to alternative culture called Broken Pencil.
Broken Pencil is great because it will review your ‘zine, minicomic, graphic novel, etc. if it has the alternative bent. The publication also solicits 2-4 pages of zine art per issue. Is this info your Conspiracy members would be interested in?
More info at: http://www.brokenpencil.com/about/submit.php
Submitting Art to Broken Pencil:
Folio: 2-4 pages in which a zinester does whatever they feel like. Go crazy. A strong visual element is required here, a marriage of words and text.
Publications for Review at Broken Pencil:
Broken Pencil accepts zines, ezine urls, books, videos/films, music recordings, and mail-art for review. There are no deadlines for submitting to Broken Pencil as we are an ongoing project. To submit you must mail your work to us at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S7 CANADA or email your ezine url to zines at brokenpencil.com. If you are mailing us something to review, please include on a separate piece of paper the following information: name of publication, name of the creator/publisher, the price (please note whether or not that price includes postage), and the contact mailing address and email. We will not review material that does not have contact information. We look forward to seeing your work, but keep in mind that Broken Pencil reserves the right to review whatever it feels like, and may not review a particular publication for a variety of reasons.
Gallery of Images from the Hot Ink: Comic Art Show at the Minnesota Museum of American Art
Here is a big gallery I just posted of images from the previously mentioned Hot Ink: Comic Art show at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, currently showing until January 4th… at which point the Museum’s lease runs out, leaving them with an uncertain future. One can only speculate that this directly had to do with their decision to deface their walls with Soapy the Chicken comic strips. You can read reviews of the show here and here. Click the image to go to the gallery.
The show features the work of:
Big Time Attic
Kevin Cannon
Zander Cannon
Will Dinski
Tom Kaczynski
Reynold Kissling
Lars Martinson
King Mini
Tyler Page
Evan G. Palmer
Brittney Sabo
Zak Sally
Barbara Schulz
Tim Sievert
Andy Singer
Tom Spence
Steven StwalleyYou can visit the gallery here:
Minnesota Museum of American Art
mmaa.org
50 West Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
