Tomorrow (Saturday May 5th) is Free Comic Book Day!
And it is Cartoonist Day!
And it is Free Mini-Comic Day!
Today (May 4th) is No Pants Day!
Pictured above: The cover to the Free Comic Book Day book I’m most looking forward to… Lynda Barry‘s Activity Book from Drawn and Quarterly!
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 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!
We’ll be at MicroCon 2007 this Sunday. MicroCon is the little sister convention of the wonderful FallCon, both run by Midwest Comic Book Association. They are gracious and generous hosts to cartoonists, and offer free tables to all cartoonists who request them in time at both their conventions. Please stop by and see us and check out the fun. Our table will be run by Danno, Bud Burgy (selling copies of his cool new anthology Muscles and Fights) and myself. Please check out the MNCBA site for the latest info.
MCBA MICROCON COMIC BOOK CONVENTION
Sunday April 29, 2007 10AM to 4PM
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Progress Center
1621 Randall Ave
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108
(Enter through the main gate on Snelling Ave, go 2 blocks and go right)
APE | Saturday, April 21-Sunday, April 22 | 11:00 am-7:00 pm/11:00 am-6:00 pm | The Concourse | San Francisco, CA
7000 BC is returning to APE in San Francisco. There will be new comics, some seeing the light of day for the first time — stop on by table 109 to check out offerings from the group.
Sunday, April 15 | Noon | North Fourth Art Center | Albuquerque, NM
We’re back in Albuquerque at North Fourth at 4904 Fourth Street NW (map here) for April. It’s going to start up around noon and there will be another jam going on over the course of the day. Business around 4:00 to allow time for dinner at Garcia’s across the street.
Questions? Send an email.
As part of his Making Comics 50 State Tour, Scott McCloud will have a discussion and signing at Dreamhaven in Minneapolis this Wednesday, April 11th at 7:30.
Regardless of whether you can make it to that, I highly recommend Making Comics… it is the best book I’ve read on the subject, and has a lot to offer the experienced as well as the novice cartoonist.
On Thursday April 12, 2007 San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy Cell will be having our next gathering at a new location, Muddy Waters Café. This will be the last JAM before APE so it’s a good time to get feedback on your in-progress books and mini-comics before you put them into production.
The new location can easily be reached from BART/MUNI. The café is funky and high-energy and they stay open past 9pm (till 11).
The new location is:
For more information, comments, questions …. e-mail Doc Popular.
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 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!
Scott McCloud’s Making Comics 50 State Tour is coming through Minneapolis April 11th… here’s the info.
April 11
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
One day workshop
Not open to public
April 11
Minneapolis, MN
Dreamhaven Books
912 West Lake Street
Discussion & Signing
7:30 pm
Details | Directions
Speaking of McCloud’s Making Comics, it is the best book I’ve ever read on making comics… you’ll probably get a lot out of it whether you are a seasoned cartoonist or a beginner. I can’t recommend it highly enough.