JOIN us on Thursday, August 19th, for a special 6:30pm screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World + animations from Dave Sandberg and Puny Entertainment animators at the St. Anthony Main Theatre for an event we’re calling the “Precious Little Film Fest.”

MARVEL at the glorious screen-printed poster designed and illustrated by Zander Cannon and hand-pulled with love by Pretty Picture Prints.

ARRIVE early at 6pm to receive a free poster (while supplies last), buy copies of Scott Pilgrim #1-6 from Big Brain Comics and show your ticket stub for a chance to spin the prize wheel.

THANKS to Earl Lukes, Big Time Attic, Danno Klonowski, Lutefisk Sushi D, Big Brain Comcis, the St. Anthony Main Theatre and even the Minneapolis Indie Xpo for making this event possible.

LINK to this event and tell your friends!

Yep, it actually happened. You said it couldn’t be done, but I did it. I got off my ass (or ON it, actually) and scanned five months of Minneapolis Conspiracy jams. Eat that, Olson!

So here they are, in no particular order:

APRIL: Movies About Cuba, L.A. Law, Revenge of the Sith, and NYPD Blue

Click image for pdf — a mildewy 8.1 mb!

MAY: Sven Ivan O’Myron Wisnewski vs Pablo Picasso vs Lupi’s Scar vs Iron Man

Click image for pdf — an italicized 8.9 mb!

JUNE: The Hobo King, Polar bears, Plus Other Stuff!

Click image for pdf — a smarmy 7.9 mb!

JULY: Giddy School Girls, Pansies, and Portals

Click image for pdf — a fissure-inducing 11.5 mb!

APRIL: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Cartoonist Conspiracy

Click image for pdf — an ensconsive 11.6 mb!

The MIX posters and flyers have been printed!  Wanna help distribute them?

I’ll bring MIX promo materials to the ICC meeting on Thursday and I’ll leave them in my car at the LSD opening on Friday (but I’ll go get ’em if you ask — no problem).  So if you want to help us distribute, please do!  The flyers advertise MIX on one side and the after-party on the other side.  Danno made the after-party flyer — thank you, Danno!!!

You can find more ways to promote MIX on the Press page of our site: http://mplsindiexpo.com/press/

We won’t get postcards until next week, unfortunately, but when they come we will have MANY MANY postcards to mail out.  If you want a pile of those — or if you’d like to send us addresses or if you have access to a killer mailing list — let me know!  We’ll have 1000 postcards in need of homes quite soon.

Thanks!

Sarah Morean

We are taking over, and it all begins here.

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, Minnesota

Bus info here.

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.

Hey, everybody!

As was announced last week, the 2010 City Pages Comix Issue will debut on Wednesday, August 11th in anticipation of the Minneapolis Indie Xpo happening on Saturday, August 21st.

We’re offering a slight extension so you have extra time to polish your work.

Please submit your CP Comix Issue images by Tuesday, August 3rd.  We’re meeting to review submissions on Wednesday, so we can only accept submissions ’til Tuesday.

So breathe a sigh of relief.  You have an extra day.

Thanks to all the great cartoonists who have emailed their submissions so far!

If you haven’t even started yet, details about the City Pages Comix Issue can be found on the MIX website HERE.  (Hint: we could use more quarter-sized comics.)

xo,
Sarah Morean

Hello guys!
I will be happy to see you at the Hopkins Art Festival this Saturday and Sunday.
I have a tent this year and will be selling some of my art and cartoons.
Details are here:
http://hopkinsartsfestival.com/
Best!
Andrey Feldshteyn

It’s taken over 200 years, but Britain has finally figured out a way to pay America back for that insurrection thingy we did.  Yessir, every America (legal or otherwise–and earthlings in general, really) will be feeling the effects of this “spill” for generations to come…since there is a pretty good chance it’ll be leaking that long.  So if your name is JAMES POWELL you may not want to come to the jam this Thursday, or man oh man will there be a patriotic beating!!!  (Wait! No! Show up, James!  A beating in the name of misguided patriotism will land us on Bill O’Reilly for sure!  That’s great press!) 

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, Minnesota

Bus info here.

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.

Oh say, can you see by the dawn’s early light that it’s time for this month’s open studio? Take a break from taping firecrackers to beer cans and stop by to draw and socialize.

Saturday, July 3, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindry (high tables)

If you can’t find us in the MCBA building, ask the friendly person working in the MCBA bookstore. This is an open studio — all are welcome.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
(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:
August 14 – Flexi Space