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

I forgot again.

Come to DIAMONDS Thursday(the 3rd).
6-10pm
Draw Comics
Enjoy treats from BIG TIME ATTIC
Fun for most

Since David Steinlicht(allsmall.net) foolishly encouraged me (danno) to write more film reviews for the site, I’m going to keep that up (fortunatly, I don’t hit the first-run theatre that often).

David however remembered the site is called CARTOONISTconspiracy.com and actually made a comic inspired by the SWEENEY TODD review below.

Enjoy Davids cartoon at allsmall.net

Also, be sure to check out the book “Seed Queen: The Story of Crop Art and the Amazing Lillian Colton” by Colleen Sheehy that David did the cover for.
He also does cartoons and designs for some newspaper for some city no one cares about.

So, given the choice X-MAS morning of seeing SWEENEY TODD with my wife and daughter, or going to ALIENSvsPREDATOR 2 by myself, I sucked-up my hatred for musicals and relied on my love of Tim Burton/Depp/Etc and saw Sweeney.

Hindsight being 20/20, I should have saw the space monsters.

SWEENEY had playful musical numbers that bored me to tears, and more gallons of fake blood than a after-school club for vampire lovers.

Speaking of vampires, I knew I was in trouble when a third of the way in, Sasha “Borat” Cohens awesome turn as an Italian uber-barber was upstaged–in my mind– by a cameo from Anthony Stewart “GILES from Buffy” Head. Head had one line. And I was more excited by that one line than anything else in the movie.

I should note, if you’re a goth, its practically porn, so….hope you’re goth!

I could be wrong about Burtons labor of love, but I think I’m right in saying that drop for bloody drop SWEENEY TODD has little to offer entertainment-wise to the masses.
Or as my wife put it-
“I really liked that…but i NEVER need to see it again.”

do NOT seek the (national) TREASURE!!!

OY!!!!
I was “lucky” enough to see a free premiere screening of possibly the worst film of all time last night—NATIONAL TREASURE 2: THE BOOK OF SECRETS.
Sure, the first NT was a lame-brained peice of doo, but at least it was mind-numbingly entertaining.
EPISODE 2, however, was just…well…imagine having shite shot in your face by a high-powered hose for 2 hours.
It was like that.
OH! And I refer to is episode 2 since, YES!!!, they set it up for a TRILOGY.
God willing, part 3 will never happen.
But I think God may be dead–its the only explaination for this film.
Tell EVERYONE you know NOT to see this movie.
NOT in the THEATER!
NOT on DVD!!
NOT for free on TNT in a year and a half!!!
Thank you all.

First, I’d like to thank Steven Stwalley for inviting me to join this wonderful Conspiracy. I see there’s a lot going on here and I’m happy to be a part of it. I’ll do what I can to be as active a member of the online Conspiracy community as possible.

Who am I? My name is Max Ink; I’m the founder and organizer of the Columbus, Ohio cartoonists’ group Sunday Comix . For my first post I wanted to puff my chest out a bit and share with you the ways that made 2007 a great year for our group in Columbus: our membership swelled to over a dozen regular members (who attend our once-a-month meetings), we hosted a fund raiser for the ACLU, we put on our first group gallery exhibit (there are plans for more in 2008) and our group members now have an open invitation to submit their work to a local monthly arts paper.

Just so ya know: Sunday Comix meets once a month (usually on the third Sunday) at the Upper Arlington Library from 2p-4p. We spend the first hour sharing our work and the second hour doodling Jams and afterwards, we usually hang out at a nearby eatery and chill.

I DID IT AGAIN!!!!!

So…Steve asked me if I’d take over posting about the monthly jam since I’m “responsible” and “wouldn’t wait until the last minute” to post this.
…yeah….so just pretend its like Monday and not the day before the jam…

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. Afterwards, we often(sometimes) have uncaffeinated beverages somewhere else.
The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted on our website sooner or later(later) and sometimes even printed(…well…).

Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe
1618 Central Avenue NortheastMinneapolis, Minnesota
In the back hallway.
If there are D&D nerds there they spook easily so tell’em to skeedaddle.

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 is now officially hosting our monthly jam meetings at Diamond’s… they will be supplying us with a big old plate of pastries or something each month. Thanks fellas!

Sunday, December 9 | Noon | Backroads Pizza and Second Street Brewery | Santa Fe, NM

7000 BC’s monthly meeting is this Sunday, December 9 in Santa Fe. It begins around noon at Backroads Pizza (807 2nd St # 1), if not right as you walk in then up on the second floor (just follow the counter around to the stairs). It moves across the street to Second Street Brewery after 2:00. We’ll be working on a jam or two and showing up the 24 Hour Comics we’ve collected, among other things.

Send an email with any questions.