Spanky Cermak forwarded me this website for a newish con called Geek Kon happening at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in September. They don’t appear to be charging anything to be a guest, although I may be wrong. You can register here.
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Broken Pencil Looking for Cartoonists
Here is another request for submissions that Danno ran across.
CARTOONISTS! Broken Pencil is planning to start running comics on our website, and including some of them in every issue of the print magazine. If you have a new webcomic concept (that is, one that is not currently running somewhere else) and can come up with new content on a monthly basis, send us some samples; if we like what we see, your comic could be spread across the indiewebs to entertain and enlighten the masses! Email samples to richardr at brokenpencil.com — and please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.
Rift Magazine Opportunity for Minnesota Cartoonists
I just received an email about an opportunity to do some comics for Minnesota-based Rift Magazine. Below is the info.
I was just checking into the possibility of getting some comic strips for a local (minnesota) art and music paper. Maybe something in exchange for the artists promoting their comics and promoting the Cartoonist Conspiracy or The Lutefisk Sushi comic book. We want just local Minnesota artists.
I have available – 10.25″ Wide x 7.75″ high for a comics section. The only bad thing is I would need something by the end of next weekend.
Let me know if you think it is something you could get together, or if you could point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Rich
Rich Horton
email: rich at riftmagazine.com
Rift Magazine
www.riftmagazine.com
Reminder! Come Remember the Vegan Ninja this Saturday, August 9th!
It is hard to believe almost a year has passed since the Vegan Ninja, Eric Lappegard, left the planet. Please come and raise a drink or three to his memory with us August 9th at Grumpy’s downtown (1111 Washington Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN), and do take some time to revisit his wonderful comics. Below is an open invite from Eric’s family.
Hello to everyone,
I can’t believe a year has gone by. We think about Eric everyday and have decided that we would like to have a get together with his friends to remember him. We would like to get together with as many of his friends that can make it on Saturday August 9th. We have reserved the party room at Grumpy’s downtown that evening starting at 7:30 pm. We hope that you can make it and if you know of anyone I may have missed please pass the word around. We want it to be a fun time remembering Eric and in the way that he would have enjoyed. Hope to see you there.
Cindy, Boyd & Jessica Lappegard
Steinlicht’s Elephants
Conspirator David Steinlicht has regular gig at the Pioneer Press, so he couldn’t submit to the recent City Pages Comix Issue. If he could have, his submission may have looked something like the strip you can find by clicking on the below elephant.
David has a new comic every Thursday in the Pioneer Press, which appears about a week later on his Corner Comic website here.
Note that reader letters about the City Pages Comix Issue can now be seen here.
Note also that Steinlicht, renaissance man that he is, is currently obsessively-compulsively busy on his latest crop art masterpiece, and is blogging about it. David also maintains the Crop Art website, where you can see his previous works in the medium, as well as works by other crop artisans.
Muscles and Frights Deadline August 15th!!!
I just realized the deadline for the Muscles and Frights anthology is FRIGHTENINGLY soon. Sorry. Get the info for submitting here.
Also note that the Muscles and Fights/Frights website now has a blog you can subscribe to.
Jam this Thursday in Minneapolis (August 7th)
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).
Please also note that the Eric Lappegard event at Grumpy’s is this Saturday!
Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue Northeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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.
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!
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Opens Friday at Altered Esthetics
Another great show Friday from our good friends at Altered Esthetics… the Minneapolis cell’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised–a Tijuana Bible” jam will be on display there, among many other things. Here is the info from Jamie at AE:
Hello friends and supporters of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised group show!
Thank you so much for all your help making this an awesome exhibit and event. We’re in the final stages of hanging and tagging the show, and WOW what a great exhibit. This is by far one of the most powerful exhibits we’ve hosted as a gallery, and we thank you so much for the part you played in this political and global statement.
A few updates and notes for you as the opening draws near:
EVENTS
-Opening Reception-
A reminder: the opening reception for the Revolution Will Not Be Televised exhibit is this Friday August 1! The public reception is from 7pm-10pm; the artist reception is from 6pm-7pm and everybody on this list is invited to join us for the earlier more intimate gathering. It is going to be a warm evening and we anticipate a large crowd – so dress lightly and comfortably. Note: extra parking is available in the school-district lot next to the gallery.
-Gallery Grooves-
The Rake has chosen Altered Esthetics as the location for their August “Gallery Grooves” event!
Join us on Thursday August 7, 7pm-9pm for a Pan African Art-Fest and Jazz party!
http://www.rakemag.com/promotions/gallery-grooves
In addition to featuring The Revolution Will Not Be Televised exhibit, they will also highlight the work of Rabi Sanfo. Rabi Sanfo is one of the artists in the Revolution exhibit as well as our friend and fellow building-mate at the Q’arma Building. You can find out more about Rabi and his work at: http://www.yarbidesign.blogspot.com/
-Stimulating Dialogue – Artists’ Discussion-
Join us on Saturday, August 16th from 1pm-3pm for an Artists’ discussion panel about the show. The curators as well as a few artist from the Revolution exhibit will facilitate the discussion and anybody is welcome to join the dialogue. Tea and snacks will be provided.
PRESS
– City Pages-
Great news! We were listed as a City Pages – A -List Featured Event!
http://citypages.com/events/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised-503148/
– Mpls St.Paul Mag-
We are also in this month’s issue of Mpls St.Paul Magazine. Grab a copy or check out the online gallery: http://www.mspmag.com/entertainment/museumsgalleries/109545.asp
Thank you thank you! Looking forward to seeing all of you on Friday.
-Jamie
| Altered Esthetics @ the Q’arma Building 1224 Quincy St. NE Minneapolis MN 55413 612.378.8888 alteredesthetics.org Gallery Hours Opening Receptions Your donations are tax-deductible and help keep our doors open!
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Remembering the Vegan Ninja August 9th
It is hard to believe almost a year has passed since the Vegan Ninja, Eric Lappegard, left the planet. Please come and raise a drink or three to his memory with us August 9th at Grumpy’s downtown (1111 Washington Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN), and do take some time to revisit his wonderful comics. Below is an open invite from Eric’s family.
Hello to everyone,
I can’t believe a year has gone by. We think about Eric everyday and have decided that we would like to have a get together with his friends to remember him. We would like to get together with as many of his friends that can make it on Saturday August 9th. We have reserved the party room at Grumpy’s downtown that evening starting at 7:30 pm. We hope that you can make it and if you know of anyone I may have missed please pass the word around. We want it to be a fun time remembering Eric and in the way that he would have enjoyed. Hope to see you there.
Cindy, Boyd & Jessica Lappegard
Lutefisk Sushi for Sale Online
I’m happy to report that we now have Lutefisk Sushi Bento Boxes volumes B and C available for sale online here (or by clicking the below picture). The Lutefisk Sushi boxes feature an enormous quantity of mini-comics by Minnesota cartoonists… around 40 minis in Volume B and around 50 minis in Volume C. You can buy them online for thirty bucks each, which is one hell of a deal.
Both boxes were limited to 150 copies, and both are getting close to being sold out, so if you want one, order soon. They can never be reprinted, so when they are gone, they are gone for good. All profits from the Sushi boxes go to support Altered Esthetics, a wonderful non-profit Minneapolis gallery that we collaborate with.
Note that in addition to the Sushi boxes, you can buy our 2006 and 2007 collections of 24 Hour Comic mini-comics for $10 each.
