What with the deadline looming (May 1) for the Big Funny project, you could use the Saturday Open Studio time to feverishly work on your submission. Or you could just stop by to draw and chat.

Sat., April 11, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindery (the high tables)

Join us at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and draw for a while. 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 Studio schedule:
May 9 Flexi-Space (low tables)
June 6 Flexi-Space (low tables)
July 11 Bindery (high tables)
August 1 Flexi-Space (low tables)

This Thursday, April 2, in addition to the Jam, there will be a project for which I humbly request your talents.  I have been teaching a class at the Loft Literary Center about writing for comics and graphic novels, and by Thursday,  I will have in hand seventeen one-page scripts written by class members.  These class members are being treated to the undeniable thrill of seeing how their scripts will be interpreted by artists.  Those artists are YOU.   I’m hoping that we will have all of the scripts drawn over the course of the evening, one artist per script (no jams please, unless it is penciler/inker teams), and provide rich fodder for next week’s class discussion.  

Please contribute to this project; the students in the class (all experienced writers in other media) are excited to see what their words look like when made into pictures.  

I will be there early on to explain, then I’ll be back later in the evening to reconvene.  Kevin will answer questions during the main time period.  Thanks, and I hope everyone enjoys it!

Zander

One day we’ll remember to put off the post until the last minute….

One of the themes will be “BIKE ART IV”…..FOUR!?!  Geez, so I guess bring you best for the amusing worlds of bikes and the “Four-Part Trilogy”.  Kriske will also pick more topics  by rifling thru the filth of a City Pages. 

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.

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!

“March” into this month’s Conspiracy jam by clicking the image below:

I [heart] NE

Click image for pdf — a disheartening 5.8 mb!

March Meeting and Comics-making Workshop | Saturday, March 14 | 1:00-3:00 | Warehouse 21 | Santa Fe, NM

The March 7000 BC meeting will be held at Warehouse 21 and combined with a comics-making workshop. We’ll begin around 1:00 (so that anyone coming from Albuquerque can take the Rail Runner) with the basics, and then move on to getting participants creating their comics with assistance from the group. Around 3:00 we’ll move over to Second Street Brewery.

The workshop is free and new members are always welcome. Send an email with any questions.

STAPLE! | Saturday, March 7 | 11:00-7:00 | Monarch Event Center | Austin, TX

7000 BC will be returning to STAPLE! in Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 7. Comics from the group will be available, including the most recent strings and several other brand-new books. We’ll be at Table 18 in the Auditorium.

Our friend Rob Stikmanz will be next door at 65 in the hall. Friend of 7000 BC and contributor to string Marc Haines will be around and about as well.

Hey! Saturday is deadline day for Super Fantastica comics. Put your finishing touches on your submission at the Open Studio. Or just stop by to draw and chat. (Whatever you do, don’t go see the new Watchmen movie.)

Sat., March 7, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Flexi-space (the low tables)

Join us at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and draw for a while. 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

Sat. Open Studio schedule:
April 11 in the Bindery (the high tables)

Valentine’s Day? Done. President’s Day? Done. Only one thing left to do in February. Draw.
Sat., Feb. 21, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindery (the high tables)
Join us at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and draw for a while. 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

Sat. Open Studio schedule:
March 7 in the Flexi Space (the low tables)
April 11 in the Bindery (the high tables)