Holy Cow! MIX, the Minneapolis Indy Expo, is next weekend (November 5-6)! There are going to be a zillion great cartoonists there, and the programming looks wonderful. Hard to believe an event like this could be free to the public, but it is, you lucky dog. Enormous kudos and gratitude to the brilliant and fashionable Sarah Morean on putting this amazing event together. If you miss it, I assure you that you will regret it until your dying day.
Holy Cow! MIX, the Minneapolis Indy Expo, is the weekend after this one (November 5-6)! There are going to be a zillion great cartoonists there, and the programming looks wonderful. Hard to believe an event like this could be free to the public, but it is, you lucky dog. Enormous kudos and gratitude to the brilliant and fashionable Sarah Morean on putting this amazing event together. If you miss it, I assure you that you will regret it until your dying day.
Too much fun in Minneapolis this weekend!
Arts in Harmony, the largest international juried arts show in Minnesota, is once again calling for submissions, and once again there is a huge cash prize (courtesy of the Midwest Comic Book Association)!
There is a separate comics art category, so no, your entry won’t be duking it out with oil paintings or marble sculptures. To be honest, there weren’t a ton of entries in last year’s show, which was too bad, but if the trend continues then your odds of winning are that much better — so submit something! Check out this list of last year’s winners, including our very own Brittch.
Full details can be found on these handy pdfs:
Info about “Arts in Harmony”
Info about the comic art category specifically
Thanks to Britt Aamodt for the heads-up!
NORDEAST COMICS SUMMIT
Summary: Adrean Clark gave a lively presentation on the subject of human facial cues & gestures that, if used wisely, can make or break a comic. Best tip: Stay away from the “Uncanny Valley” — that zone inhabited by realistically rendered humans who are just slightly off enough to be creepy — unless, of course, you’re drawing a villain or a zombie.
Coming up next!:
NOV. 3: Maxeem Konrardy, “Theft & Borrowing in Comics” – and the idea of how do you write something new in a world where everything’s already been written.
NOV. 5 & 6: The Nordeast Comics Summit at MIX! Spend some time with watercolor guru Sarah Glidden and digital maestro Gordon McAlpin as they demonstrate their unique artistic processes. Both events are at 1pm, see MIX program page for full details.
DEC. 1: Steven Stwalley & Kevin Cannon, “First Annual Holiday Comix Game Show!” – Jeopardy-style quiz show with comics-themed trivia. THERE WILL BE PRIZES!
If there’s a topic you’d like to see or even lead yourself, contact me at nordeastcomics [at] gmail.com. The next available date is January 5, 2012.
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INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY
Two big names in American culture recently dropped out of the limelight — one, an American who built one of the most successful brands in world with products that enrich millions of peoples’ lives, and the other, an American who shoots animals from a helicopter. We focus on the latter:
Sarah Palin’s Retirement and People Helping People
Click image for pdf — a iRresistible 10.3 mb!
Please enjoy.
TONIGHT!
Summit No. 7: The Secret Language of People
Info on the Northeast Comics Jam here.
TIME: 6 – 6:30 pm (right before the Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam)
LOCATION: 1618 Central Ave NE, Ste. 216, Nordeast MPLS
Then the jam 6:30-?
The Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy meets at 6:30 until 10:00 the first Thursday of every month at Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe in Northeast.
Afterwards, please join us to draw some 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.
24 Hour Comics Day is this weekend!
Thanks to Carlos Merino for drawing the above poster for the Minneapolis event.
I hope you’re already asleep in preparation!
Want to participate? Just show up. Table space is available on a first come, first served basis.
Please consider bringing some snacks to share and help fuel us into the night.
Late night pizza will be sponsored by our friends at the Midwest Comic Book Association and The Source!
Wet Paint will be there to help supply you with needed art supplies early in the event!
24 Hour Comics Day Minneapolis
October 1-2 9AM-9AM
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
in the gallery, flexi space (after 12:30 on Saturday), and bindery (until 9am Sunday)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Questions about Mpls’s 24-hour Comic Day?
Write to: 24hourcomicday@gmail.com
Mpls. 24-hour Comic Day Facebook page.
Mpls. 24-hour Comic Day tweets.
The 24-Hour Comic Day Minneapolis Blog
Here is a promotional chicklet you can use for your social networking site or blog or pong or whatever.
Not in Minneapolis? Not to worry… find a location on the international event site! Click the image below to go there.
We’re having a special extra jam this Thursday at Wet Paint in St. Paul, as part of their Celebration of Sketching event. They will have new supplies for folks to try out and experiment with. The fun starts at 5:30, and goes until 7:30. Hope to see you all there!
24 Hour Comics Day is this weekend!
Thanks to Carlos Merino for drawing the above poster for the Minneapolis event.
UPDATES:
Want to participate? Just show up. Table space is available on a first come, first served basis.
Please consider bringing some snacks to share and help fuel us into the night.
Late night pizza will be sponsored by our friends at the Midwest Comic Book Association and The Source!
Wet Paint will be there to help supply you with needed art supplies early in the event!
24 Hour Comics Day Minneapolis
October 1-2 9AM-9AM
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Open Book building
(Just down the street from Big Brain Comics)
in the gallery, flexi space (after 12:30 on Saturday), and bindery (until 9am Sunday)
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Questions about Mpls’s 24-hour Comic Day?
Write to: 24hourcomicday@gmail.com
Mpls. 24-hour Comic Day Facebook page.
Mpls. 24-hour Comic Day tweets.
The 24-Hour Comic Day Minneapolis Blog
Here is a promotional chicklet you can use for your social networking site or blog or pong or whatever.
Not in Minneapolis? Not to worry… find a location on the international event site! Click the image below to go there.
CRAIG THOMPSON
Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:00 pm
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Auditorium
2501 Stevens Ave., Minneapolis
Click here for directionsAcclaimed graphic novelist Craig Thompson returns from a seven-year hiatus this fall with the publication of Habibi, an epic romance that investigates the history of religion and storytelling. Habibi is a hugely anticipated release that Thompson says looks at Islam the way his previous graphic novel, Blankets, looks at Christianity. Blankets was once banned from some libraries, and Habibi is expected to be no less controversial and no less enthusiastically received as a watershed moment in the art form of comics.
At this special Twin Cities appearance, Thompson will give a visual presentation and discussion of his work. Not to be missed!
. . . his brilliantly realized artwork transforms whatever potential for triteness lies in his message into profundity. . . . Goodbye, Chunky Rice is a heartfelt masterpiece.
—Rain Taxi Review of BooksBlankets magically recreates the high emotional stakes of adolescence. Thompson has set new bars for the medium not just in length, but breadth.
—Time MagazineCraig Thompson’s previous graphic novels include Blankets (for which he received three Harvey Awards for Best Artist, Best Graphic Album of Original Work, and Best Cartoonist; and two Eisner Awards for Best Graphic Album and Best Writer/Artist); Goodbye, Chunky Rice; and Carnet de Voyage. He lives in Portland, Oregon.