Mark your calendar! Our friends at Altered Esthetics are having an opening on this Friday, the Fourth of July, that you can read more about here. Above is a detail of an immensely violent painting Danno will have hanging there.
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From Sandman to Star Trek to Sammy the Mouse
Below: Danno getting interviewed at Diamond’s.
Jam this Thursday, and Learn About Wesley Morse!
In addition to our usual jam this meeting, we will have a special presentation by Kirk Taylor on cartoonist Wesley Morse. Morse was the creator of Bazooka Joe, and an uncredited illustrator of many of the best examples of the notorious tijuana bibles. In many ways, Morse was the prototypical underground cartoonist. Kirk’s presentation will feature works from the Taylor-Morse collection, a unique collection of beautifully illustrated love letter cartoons that Morse wrote to Kirk’s great aunt, chorusgirl Avonne Taylor. Read more on the Taylor-Morse collection website. The presentation will begin at 8:00. Thanks much to Puny Entertainment for providing the space and projector for the presentation!
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
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!
Low Res Photos of Lutefisk Sushi Volume C Jam Pages
Although, we haven’t scanned them yet (along with over a year of backlogged monthly Minneapolis jams that will hopefully be posted soon), low-res photos of our jam from Lutefisk Sushi Volume C’s Art-A-Whirl event the other weekend can be seen here. The themes are Art-A-Whirl, bad traffic, zombies and mimes. Thanks to all who showed up and participated in the jam!
More Lutefisk Sushi Volume C Photos from Tom K
Blurry pics from the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C opening courtesy of Tom Kaczynski, who writes about the show here. You’ll also want to check out Tom’s website, as it is very cool.
Lutefisk Sushi Art-A-Whirl Fun this Weekend
If you haven’t seen the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C show in Minneapolis yet, this weekend (May 16-18) is a great time to do so. It’s Art-A-Whirl weekend, the biggest art event of the year in Nordeast Minneapolis!
We have some special events this weekend:
Friday night we have My Art School Summer, a feature length animated cartoon made by David and Mary Sandberg. It is showing for free at 8:30 Friday night at Altered Esthetics… if you miss it there you can catch it at The Ritz at 2:00 on Saturday. Note that this cartoon is very much adults-only, and if you are under 18, we’ll have to give you the boot when it starts.
Saturday afternoon, the fantastic Roe Family Singers (who also were nice enough to play at the opening) will be playing from 3:00-5:00 or so.
Many of the artists in the show will be hanging out, drawing and socializing throughout the weekend. There will be jam comics that anyone can participate in. People will also have the opportunity to create animations for the zoetrope Ken Avidor made for the show.
Participating artists will be stopping by at random throughout the weekend, but in addition to that, you can come and meet some of them at specific times, if you’re inclined:
FRIDAY
Vas Littlecrow 5:00-10:00
David Sandberg 8:30-10:00
Mary Sandberg 8:30-10:00
Damian Sheridan 5:00-10:00
Jon Sloan 6:00-10:00
Steven Stwalley 8:30-10:00
Mike Toft 6:00-10:00
SATURDAY
The Roe Family Singers (which includes cartoonists Quillan Roe and Adam Wirtzfeld) 3:00-5:00
Kevin Cannon 12:00-2:00
Zander Cannon 12:00-2:00
Ryan Dow 1:00-?
Mike Sgier 1:00-?
Steven Stwalley 1:30-3:30
SUNDAY
Danno All Day
Peter Groynom 12:00-2:00
August Schwerdfeger 12:00-3:00
Adam Wirtzfeld 12:00-2:00
There are still boxes available at this point, but it is very likely there might not be after this weekend… so if you want one, I strongly encourage you to stop down!
Art-A Whirl hours are:
5-10PM Friday May 16th
12-8PM Saturday May 17th
12-5PM Saturday May 18th
Lutefisk Sushi Volume C
at Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.org)
May 1-31
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Regular gallery hours are:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-7
Saturdays 1-5
Interviews with Kevin Cannon
Kevin Cannon has been getting some press for his fantastic graphic novel Far Arden that he recently printed 100 copies of… note that Far Arden can be read in its entirety online here.
Daily Cross Hatch Interview with Kevin Cannon Part 1 Part 2
Broken Frontier Interview with Kevin Cannon. Note that they have promised a second part to the interview tomorrow.
Note that if you are in Minneapolis and you want a copy, I’d buy it soon at the Lutefisk Sushi show at Altered Esthetics. There aren’t many left.
Mike Sgier’s The Ballad of Toby & Sara Reception this Thursday
Conspirator Mike Sgier has been hard at work at MCAD getting his MFA. Celebrate with him at SooVAC on this Thursday, May 9, 2008. Here are the details:
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition 2008
Mike Sgier
The Ballad of Toby & Sara
April 23-May 11, 2008
Soo Visual Arts Center
2640 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls (612) 871-2263
Open Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment
Gallery hours at www.soovac.org
Reception: May 9, 2008: 6-9 p.m.
Ride the reception shuttle/ MCAD > Soap Factory > SooVAC
Departing MCAD every 45 minutes; first bus at 6 p.m., final bus at 9 p.m.
Lutefisk Sushi Reviewed
Above: Photo by Tim Sievert from the Puny Entertainment blog.
The word “cartoonist†tends not to be associated with fine art, instead evoking Saturday-morning buffoonery, and not much else. The word “illustrators†might be more respectable, but in this case it would be completely off the mark: the creations on display Friday night romped through a range of visual and narrative styles and subject matter, brimming with creativity and skill.
You can see more photos from the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C opening at the l’etoile magazine blog here.
As has been mentioned here previously, the show will be up all month, with special events during Art-A-Whirl.
Lutefisk Sushi Volume C
at Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.org)
May 1-31
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Regular gallery hours are:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-7
Saturdays 1-5
Art-A Whirl hours are:
5-10PM Friday May 16th
12-8PM Saturday May 17th
12-5PM Saturday May 18th
Above: A still from My Art School Summer.
Note that Dave and Mary Sandberg’s cartoon feature film My Art School Summer will be showing in the gallery Friday May 16th at 8:30 (as well as at the Ritz Theater the afternoon of the 17th at 2:00)! Note also that it is adults-only. No one under 18 will be admitted.
Above: Photo by Tim Sievert from the Puny Entertainment blog.
CONvergence Needs Cartoonist Panelists
CONvergence (July 3-6), an enormous annual Twin Cities science-fiction, comics and gaming convention is looking for folks who want to be panelists on some of their panels. They’ve got some great comics guests this year… one of their guests of honor is the wonderful Mark Evanier, who, in addition to being co-creator of the hilarious series Groo the Wanderer, has one of the best comics and entertainment blogs around. Information on how to contact them to potentially participate in a panel can be seen below. Here is an email I received requesting our assistance:
Hi Steven:CONvergence–an annual science fiction, fantasy, comic book and gaming convention in Bloomington, MN–is looking for volunteer panelists (see below). Among the panels are Censorship in Comics, Comics as Movies and the History of Manga. If anyone’s interested, they can email Christopher Jones at cajones at winternet dot com.This year, CONvergence will be hosting some interesting comic book folks:
- Len Wein – Writer for comics and animation, creator of Swamp Thing, Nightcrawler & Wolverine.
- Greg Weisman – Creator of Disney’s Gargoyles and supervising producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man for 2008.
- Wally Wingert – Voice Actor
- Marv Wolfman – Writer for comics and animation, creator of Blade, Bullseye & The New Teen Titans.
- Bernie Wrightson – Comic Book Artist/Illustrator
- Mark Evanier
– Television and Comic Book Writer.- John Kovalic – Cartoonist and Game designer: Dork Tower, Dr. Blink, Out of the Box Games.
- Trace Beaulieu – Puppeteer, Writer and Actor from Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinematic Titanic
- Robert Meyer Burnett – Filmmaker, director of Free Enterprise, and producer of DVD extras
- Christian Colquhoun – Prop-builder and physical effects artist whose projects include Galaxy Quest, Van Helsing, and Firefly.
- Larry Dixon – Co-author of Mage Wars and Dariens Tale series, author of many short stories and game material and fantasy artist.
- Daren Dochterman – Designer and illustrator for over 35 feature films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture Special Edition.
- Kenneth Hite – Role-playing game designer for GURPS, the Star Trek role playing game, and beyond.
- Dr. James Kakalios – U of M physics professor, author of The Physics of Superheroes.
- Harry Knowles – Creator of Aint-It-Cool-News.com.
- Jay Knowles – Creator of Harry Knowles (and contributor to AICN).
- Mercedes Lackey – Author of many popular novels, including the Valdemar and Bardic Voices series and folk music lyricist.
- Bridget Landry – Engineer on the teams of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Pathfinder project, the Cassini Mission to Saturn, and other space missions.
- Peter Mayhew – The actor who played the beloved Chewbacca in the original Star Wars Trilogy and in Episode III.
- Andrew Probert – Production Designer for Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Airwolf.
- Vincent Truitner – Animation and CGI artist.
- David Weber – Author of the Honor Harrington series and other military science-fiction.
CONvergence Programming Needs Panelists!All the panels are tentatively scheduled into our 2008 Programming Grid, but some still face the danger of cancellation due to lack of panelists, including many panels in the gaming and science tracks. The #1 Reason panels are scratched from the line up is a lack of panelists to sit them.Go to http://www.michaell.org/schedule.phtml to sign up for panels that you’d like to be a part of, or just browse to start making plans of what to attend.PANELS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCKThese are panels that currently have NO panelists signed up for them, and they WILL BE CANCELLED unless we have panelists in the next week.
- Censorship in Comics – The Past and Future (Comics)
- Ultimate Home Theatre – How to Build It (Science)
- Blurring of the Lines – CGI Backgrounds in Movies (Movies)
- Exploring FTL Drives (faster than light travel) Science
- The Pixar Panel – Wall-E and Pixar Movies (Movies)
PANELS ON THE BUBBLEThese are panels that have at least one panelist assigned, but we’d like to see more panelists on them to secure their place in the schedule.
- Scrapbooking (Project Room)
- Thrown a Controller or Manual Across the Room Lately? (Gaming)
- Comics as Movies (Movies)
- Young Adult Literature (Literature)
- Hogwarts’ Graduation (Harry Potter) (Literature)
- Closet Geeks… Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are! (Hot Dish)
- Dream Casting (Movies)
- Not all Munchkins Live in Oz – Collectable Card Games (Gaming)
- Backyard Astronomy (Science)
- History of Manga (Arts)
- Thunderbirds are Go! (Television)
- Homophobia and Racism in Online Gaming (Gaming)
- Gadget Gossip (New Electronics) (Science)
- Gosh, Golly Gee Whiz (Teen Noir Mysteries) (Literature)
- Imperfect Heroes (Hot Dish)
- Film Remakes – Exhuming the Past (Movies)
- Dangerous Days – How to Survive Zombie Attacks (Movies)
- Sci-Fi Saturday – Cult B Movies (Movies)
- Comics for Mature Audiences (Comics)
- Club Fan Faire – Come Promote Your Local Club (Hot Dish)
- Trilogy Limitations: What happened to the franchise? (Movies)
PANELS IN NEED OF PANELISTSThese panels have more than one panelists attached, but they are still open and we’d like to see more panelists added.
- Return of the Satellite of Love – MST3K spin-offs (Television)
- Wii: The Changing Face of Gaming (Gaming)
- Heroes: Volume Two (Television)
- Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition (Gaming)
- Fanzines Invented the Internet (Literature)
- Videogame Blogs and Podcasts (Gaming)
- 6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast (Literature)
- Star Trek: New Voyages – Fan Made Productions (Television)
- Songwriting and Filking (Arts)
- Emergent Genres and Movements (Literature)
- Paranormal Investigation as TV Journalism (Television)
- Geek as an Ensemble Character (Hot Dish)
- Which Non-Genre Films Should You See? (Movies)
- Etiquette at the Gaming Table (Gaming)
- Whither Open Gaming License (Gaming)
- Time Management 101 (Hot Dish)
- Where’s My Flying Car (Science)
- Cell vs. Chip – 2D vs. 3D animation (Hot Dish)
- Digital Distribution Debate (Science)
- Where to Shop? (Hot Dish)
- Weaponry of Star Trek (Science)
Again, you can sign up for panels at http://www.michaell.org/schedule.phtml. CONvergence programming is what our members make of it, so we encourage you to participate and get involved. Email us at programming at convergence-con dot org if you have questions or would like to be involved.___________________Contact InformationThe Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy1437 Marshall Avenue, Suite 203 St. Paul, MN 5510424-hour voicemail: 651-MISFITS (651-647-3487)CONvergence web site: http://www.convergence-con.orgMISFITS web site: http://www.misfit.orgIf you would like to be removed from this mailing list, simply emailand let us know.Thank you.
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