Hello. Mike “Brain Food” Toft here. I just watched this BBC documentary about R. Crumb from 1987 that’s worth a look. Crumb wrote it himself, so I assume it’s showing him the way he wanted to be shown.
The Confessions of Robert Crumb: A Portrait Scripted by the Underground Comics Legend Himself (1987)
It’s not that much new information if you’ve seen “Crumb” (1994), but still worth checking out. This Open Culture web site looks interesting, too. You’re welcome.
Join me as I, Mike Toft (AKA, one of the original members of the Cartoonist Consiracy), joyfully celebrate my birthday! I’m using e-mail and this blog to help spread the word, since I’m not on The Face-book.
Time: Saturday, March 9, from 5 pm to whenever.
Place: The glamorous side room at Grumpy’s downtown, 1111 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis. Click here for a map. There’s a parking lot directly behind the bar. Also, it’s pretty easy to park on the street around there.
Cost: Depends on how much you eat and drink.
We can stay past 9 pm, but around 9:30 they’ll start setting up the glamorous side room for live music, which starts at 10 pm.
No gifts, please. Feel free to bring a friend. Keep in mind this is NOT a jam or open studio. It IS a chance to hang out with both Conspiracy and non-Conspiracy people. Work on your social skills with the help of beer!
Hope to see you there!
Come on down to the open studio on Saturday, February 2, at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Meet, talk, and draw with a few of your fellow cartoonists. We’ll be at the bindery (high tables).
The recently resurrected coffee shop should be open. If not, there’s a convenience store across the street. There are outlets nearby for your devices, plus coffee-shop wi-fi.
This is an open studio — all are welcome. Feel free to hang, draw, or whatever.
Saturday, February 2, from noon to 4 pm, at the bindery (high tables)
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
Minneapolis, 1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
612-215-2520
Future Saturday Open Studios:
March 30: bindery (high tables)
April 27: flexi-space (low tables)
If you need more Conspiracy time after the frosty first-Thursday jam, come on down to the open studio on Saturday, January 5. Meet, talk and draw with a few of your fellow cartoonists at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. We’ll be at the bindery (high tables).
Hopefully the recently resurrected coffee shop will still be open. If not, there’s a convenience store across the street. There are handy outlets nearby for your electrical devices, plus coffee-shop wi-fi.
Saturday, January 5, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 p.m., bindery (high tables)
This is an open studio — all are welcome.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
Minneapolis, 1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
612-215-2520
Future Saturday Open Studios:
February 2: bindery (high tables)
March 30: bindery (high tables)
April 27: flexi-space (low tables)
If you need more Conspiracy time after the historic Ten Year Anniversary Jam, come on down to the open studio on Saturday, December 8. Meet, talk and draw with a few of your fellow cartoonists at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. We’ll be at the bindery (high tables).
Hopefully the recently resurrected coffee shop will still be open. If not, there’s a convenience store across the street. There are handy outlets nearby for your electrical devices. Plus (again, hopefully) free, slow coffee-shop wi-fi.
Saturday, December 8, from noon until 4 p.m., bindery (high tables)
This is an open studio — all are welcome.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Future Saturday Open Studios:
2013: TBD
If you just didn’t get enough Conspiracy time after the Lutefisk Sushi E opening on Friday, come on down to the open studio on Saturday. Meet, talk and draw with a few of your fellow cartoonists at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. We’ll be at the flexi-space, near the MCBA store.
Hopefully the coffee shop will be open. If not, there’s a convenience store across the street. There are handy outlets nearby for your electrical devices. Plus (again, hopefully) free, slow coffee-shop wi-fi.
Saturday, November 3, from noon until 4 p.m., flexi-space (low, metal tables)
This is an open studio — all are welcome.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Future Saturday Open Studios:
December 8 – Bindery (high tables)
2013: TBD
Time to get drawing. Perhaps work on your Lutefisk Sushi contribution. Meet, talk and draw with a few of your fellow cartoonists at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. We’ll be at the coveted high tables, just past the MCBA store.
Hopefully there’ll be a coffee shop in the building for sandwiches, snacks and cold beverages. (There wasn’t one last month, but perhaps something has moved in since. If not, there’s a convenience store across the street for snacks.) There are handy outlets nearby for your electrical devices. Plus (again, hopefully) free, slow coffee-shop wi-fi.
Saturday, September 8, from noon until 4 p.m., Bindery (high tables)
This is an open studio — all are welcome.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Future Sat. Open Studios:
October 20 (It’s 24-Hour Comic Day) – Bindery and FlexiSpace starting at 10 a.m.
November 3 – FlexiSpace (metal tables)
December 8 – Bindery (high tables)
The Belfry Center and Bat Annex Free School Library are looking for donations to their zine library. The Belfry Center is a DIY-type place that hosts art shows, bands, and other good stuff. I’ve been there a couple of times and give the place a thumbs-up.
You can mail books to them at:
The Belfry Center
3753 Bloomington Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55407
For more info, check these:
www dot belfrycenter dot wetpaint dot com
belfrycenter at gmail dot com
612-724-4293
Artists Unite, again, on Wednesday, August 15! 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Susan Hensel Gallery, 3441 Cedar Ave S.
Put it on your calendar! On the 4th Wednesday (usually) of every month, artists from all over south Minneapolis meet at the Susan Hensel Gallery for food, fun, and conversation. This is social networking at its best. We share cool tools, jokes, artwork, complaints, and kudos. In May we awkwardly milled around meeting one another. In June we figured out that the creative combination of boxed red wine and cold watermelon was a pretty fair sangria. If we can figure this out by the second meeting, the sky is surely the limit!
(In September we return to the regular schedule of the 4th Wednesday.)