Saturday Open Studio
Sat., Sept. 15
noon-4 p.m.,
MCBA

Please join us at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts for cartooning and conversation. If you can’t find us in the MCBA building, ask the friendly person working in the bookstore. This is an open studio for all cartoonists, so come and hang out and draw. There’s plenty of room.

Also: The 8th installment of the 12-part 144-page graphic novel challenge will be going on during the open studio. Cheer on the page-crazed cartoonists. Or join in. They are starting today’s 12 hours in the coffee shop at 8 a.m.

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 dates:
October 20 –21 (24 hour comic day!)
November 24
December 15

The September meeting of the NCWCCC will be held at Natty Greene’s Pub in Greensboro on Sunday, September 16th from 2 to 4.

Inspired by Big Time Attic’s post on the “Re-Inking Kirby’s Thor” flickr group, the San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy decided to give it a go.

For the first attempt, 5 artists took a crack at inking over Jack Kirby’s penciled page in their own style.

Then, to take things a little further, several artists attempted to “Re-Draw” the same page based on Kirby and Lee’s notes and arts.

This was a fun experiment to work on as a group, I hope we try more like it.

As a quick reminder, the next meeting of the SFCC is this Thursday (September 13th).

You may or may not have already heard, but wemanaged to raise over $6000 on Saturday!!!
This completely blew-away all expectations I andother people organizing this had!
Thank you all so much for you time and contributionsof art, cash, gift certificates, and ability to drinkfor charity.
We done good for our late friend Eric.
We done good.
Long live cats, bikes, and vegan ninjas!!!
–danno “who needs about a week-long nap…and thenhe’ll start bothering you about 24 hour comic day”klonowski

ALLEY CAT: A TRIBUTE/BENEFIT IN MEMORY OF ERIC LAPPEGARD
What: Benefit to Honor Comic Artist & Bicycle Advocate Eric Lappegard

When: Saturday, September 8th, 2007. 2pm-10pm

Where:

Alley Cat Bike Race to begin at Behind Bars Bicycle Shop, 208 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis 2pm-5pm

Comic Art Show & Silent Auction at Altered Esthetics, 1224 Quincy St. NE, Minneapolis 5pm-10pm

A Raffle and Vegan Bake Sale will also take place at Altered Esthetics. Raffle items have been donated by local businesses and include something for everyone.

Minneapolis / St. Paul:

Beloved local comic artist and bicycle advocate Eric Lappegard passed away on July 23rd from complications following an automobile accident. Eric was in the process of moving from Minneapolis to Portland, Oregon, when the accident occurred. Originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Eric had spent the last number of years in Minneapolis, where he worked as a bicycle messenger and coffee shop java-slinger, artist, community organizer and bicycle advocate.Eric (a.k.a. Schmapples, a.k.a. Vegan Ninja) was an active member of the local comics collective The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, as well as a founding member of The Minneapolis Bicycle Federation, a group that advocates for a better cycling environment. Eric was a friendly face around town, a vegan who championed animal rights and environmental sustainability, and a friend to many people across the community. He will be greatly missed.

On Saturday, September 8th, friends of Eric are partnering with local businesses and arts organizations to pay tribute to a dear friend and important member of the art, music, and bicycling communities. All proceeds from the event will go to Eric’s family to aid them with expenses incurred as a result of this tragic accident.The Schmapples Tribute event will include a messenger-style alley cat bike race beginning at Behind Bars Bicycle Shop in Northeast Minneapolis.

Eric’s artwork, as well as donated artwork from local artists & members of the Cartoonist Conspiracy (cartoonistconspiracy.com), will be on display at Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.com) all day Saturday, with a silent auction and reception to begin at 5:00pm. Two original publications, “ALLEY CAT: A TRIBUTE TO ERIC LAPPEGARD” and “SCHMAPPLES: THE COLLECTED ONLINE COMIC by: Eric Lappegard”, have been created specifically for this event & will be on sale. Additional items for auction will be included, including gift certificates and highly-desirable items from local bicycle, comic and other businesses. Live music will be provided by the Roe Family Singers.

Raffle tickets can be purchased for $5. Prizes include artwork, comics, gift certificates and custom bicycle parts and products. A Vegan Bake Sale will also help to raise funds for the Lappegard family.For a complete schedule of events visit: http://myspace.com/ericlappegardtribute

Hey,

Danno here.
I’m trying to get this Eric benefit show ready and am need of MANY MANY frames.
Below is a list of what I need.
I don’t need exact sizes(since some sizes are pretty weird), but if you have something comperable lying around, PLEASE email me at:
staplegenius at yahoo.com
and THANKS!
See you Sept 8th at ALTERED ESTHETICS!!!!!!

9″x12″–4
6.5″x9.5″–1
5″x8.5″–1
8.5″x11″–2
7″x11″–2
10″x14″–4
11″x17″–1
11.5″x13″–1

A special second August meeting of the North Carolina WebComics Coffee Clatch will be held at Lilly’s Pizza in Raleigh, NC on the Saturday, August 18th from 2 – 4 pm. This will be a farewell Clatch for Ursula Vernon of Digger fame who is moving out of the area.

Also, to help support our growing site, the NCWCCC has just added a few small PW ads. Please stop by and have a look. Thanks!

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.)

A second August meeting will be held at Lilly’s Pizza in Raleigh on Saturday the 18th from 2 – 4 pm. This will be a farewell Clatch for Ursula Vernon of Digger fame who is moving to California later this month. We all want to give her a great send off, so be there!

Its official!
2007’s 24 HOUR COMIC DAY will be
OCTOBER 20th!!!

Locally(Minneapolis) we’ll be doing it once again at the MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, and it’ll all be sponsored by our good friends at BIG BRAIN COMICS, WET PAINT, and other various awesome businesses.

Due to the recent tragedy of Conspirator Eric Lappegard’s passing and the planned benefit show in September, actual harrassment and organization about 24 HOUR DAY won’t begin until mid-September.

But if you have any questions, feel free to email me (danno) at:
staplegenius at yahoo.com

Thanks, and see you then!