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About Brian Kolm

Brian Kolm is a Artist and Instructor working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work can be seen at http://www.atomicbearpress.com.

San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday November 28th 2007

Hey kids what time is it…on Thursday November 28th 2007! CARTOON JAMMING TIME in SAN FRANCISCO.

This is going to be a fun session tomorrow. We’ll be starting a new project as well as discussing showing our wares at the art show on December 8th 2007. You can also find out more in regrades to the anthology!!

When: Thu, Nov 8th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar TIME might be off)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org

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San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday November 8th 2007

Hey kids, it’s time for San Francisco Cell’s bi-monthly jam, Thursday November 8th 2007.

We will be starting a new comic this session, so come and draw with us. Any level of artist is welcome to grab their favorite drawing tools and come on out and join us an another Comic Safari.

When: Thu, Nov 8th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar TIME might be off)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org

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Scardy Cat – a spooky Jam Comic from the San Francisco Cell

Happy Halloween to everyone from the Cartoonist in the San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy. This year we have a treat for you (no tricks) with a brand new Jam Comic to read on-line.

The above E-Book includes a 9 page comic as well as concept art that was created to keep the characters looking close from page to page. Scaredy Cat was the SF-Cell’s first attempt at working from a script written specifically for a comic book.

The script is by Joe Borrelli with Art by these talented folks:

Cindy Chau, Mike Hales, Brian Kolm
Steve Leialoha, Lola, Jeff Plotkin, Doc Popular
Kraig Rasmussen, Rio Rath-Barreiro, and Daniel Salcido

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday October 25th 2007

OH NO…time for San Francisco Cell’s bi-monthly jam, Thursday October 25th, 2007.

We will be starting a new comic this session, so come and draw with us. Any level of artist is welcome to grab their favorite drawing tools and come on out and join us an another Comic Safari.

When: Thu, Oct 25, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar might be off)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org

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San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday October 11th 2007

It’s time for the San Francisco Cell’s bi-monthly jam, Thursday October 11th, 2007.

This week we will finish (hopefully) our scripted jam and move on to a new exciting challenge.

Any level of artist is welcome to grab there favorite drawing tools and come on out and join us an another adventure in Comics.

When: Thu, October 11, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar might be off)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org

San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday September 27th 2007

It’s once again time for the San Francisco Cell’s bi-monthly jam, Thursday September 27th, 2007.

This week we continue with our scripted jam….

Thanks to the help of a local comic book writer were going to create a comic from a dialog-free script and see what happens. It will mean that the artists will be doing there own interpretation of the script, but also working to with each other to make it complete and coherent. Should be fun.

Any level of artist is welcome to grab there favorite drawing tools and come on out and join us an another adventure in Comics.

When: Thu, Sep 27, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar might be off)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org

SF Jam report and photo

The meeting last night was a huge success and our latest Jam Comic Challenge based on using a written script started with a bang.

– First off writer Joe Borrelli provided a spooky Halloween script entitled…Scaredy Cat. It’s 9 pages of spooky fun.

– Next folks volunteered to do character designs based on the script

– Then each artist was able to tackle any panel anywhere on any page from the script. The secret was to keep the whole page in mind so we did not run out of space for other panels. It was interesting and fun as artist had to keep the characters ‘on model’ but in their own style.

We have a few more sessions to finish the 9 page story and we can always use fresh blood to help out. The story will be posted on-line here when it is finished.

This swanky photo below is of last night’s jam was taken by Doc Popular with his new, very cool iPhone.


Can you spot the Eisner Award Winner in this photo?

San Francisco Comic Jam – Thursday September 13th 2007

It’s once again time for the San Francisco Cell’s bi-monthly jam, Thursday September 13th, 2007.

As some of you may know, the SF-Cell likes to keep our selfs challenged. In the past we have set limitations and rules to create comics featuring: no dialog, all action, all environmental to name a few and had some great results. One example is our comic LMNTAL (which can be read on-line).

For this sessions challenge we are going to try something many of us comic creators do not do….work with a traditional comic book script.

Thanks to the help of a local comic book writer were going to create a comic from a dialog-free script and see what happens. It will mean that the artists will be doing there own interpretation of the script, but also working to with each other to make it complete and coherent. Should be fun.

Any level of artist is welcome to grab there favorite drawing tools and come on out and join us an another adventure in Comics.

When: Thu, Sep 13, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (NOTE the side bar calendar has the wrong times)
Where: Church St. Cafe
Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org