Category Archives: Minneapolis

MOMEntum at MCAD March 6th!

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Quite a week coming up at MCAD… they are also having a show featuring the work of the artists in Fantagraphics’ MOME anthology (including locals Tom Kaczynski and Zak Sally). MOME is the best ongoing comics anthology around these days in my view, and the talent in it includes many of the best cartoonists working today. Needless to say, you won’t want to miss this.

MORE INFO HERE.

When: March 6 – April 19, 2009
Where: MCAD Gallery: Concourse Gallery
Reception: Friday, March 6, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk with Tom Kaczynski and Zak Sally: Thursday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.
Note that MOME editor and cartoonist Eric Reynolds will be speaking Friday March 6th at 1PM in MCAD auditorium 150.

mome noun (1553) 1. archaic: fool; blockhead. 2. a quarterly anthology showcasing the best new talent of this decade’s rising cartoon generation.

MOMENTUM: The New Comics presents a retrospective of comic artworks published in the Harvey and Eisner award-nominated quarterly Mome (Fantagraphics Books), one of the industry’s leading contemporary anthologies. Anchored by an ever-evolving core roster of contributors, the lauded series showcases comic art’s best emerging talent alongside some of North America and Europe’s most respected creators. MOMENTUM artists include rising stars such as Sophie Crumb, Tim Hensley, R. Kikuo Johnson, Tom Kaczynski, Zak Sally, and Dash Shaw. Check out a gallery of sample work from MOMENTUM.

The Made at MCAD/MOMENTUM opening reception on March 6 will feature live music by hip-hop duo Elliot Looney and DJ Danny Sigelman, snacks and refreshments, and much more. No tickets required–fans of all ages are welcome to join in the fun, connect with other comic heads, and check out exciting new work.

Also on March 6 is an afternoon lecture with Mome editor Eric Reynolds. Find out more about this related event.

Just added! Join us for a gallery talk with comic artists Tom Kaczynski and Zak Sally on Thursday, April 9, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the second-floor Concourse Gallery.

To get caught up with Mome, read interviews with Mome artists, view galleries of their work and more, head to the anthology’s page at Fantagraphics Books.

The exhibition and gallery reception are open to the general public. Admission is complimentary. Click for gallery hours and directions to campus. E-mail gallery@mcad.edu or call (612) 874-3803 for more information.

Free Screening! Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist

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I received information this afternoon from Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s Assistant Professor Barbara Schulz about Will Eisner Week events and the free screening of Montilla Pictures’ Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist.

Will Eisner Week public events are beind held all around the United States including venues such as The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, The Savannah College of Art and Design, and by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in New York City.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Comic Heads Scheduled of Events: Lecture Series and Documentary Screening

Will Eisner his influence and spirit. by Guest Speaker N.C. Christopher Couch, author of the Will Eisner Companion.

Special Screening: Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. Directed by Andrew D. Cooke

March 1st. MCAD Main Auditorium 150. 1 p.m.

MCAD: Minneapolis College of Art and Design. 2501 Stevens Ave., Minneapolis MN

Jam in Minneapolis This Thursday! (February 5th)

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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

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

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!

Kirk Anderson Book talk and cartoon presentation in St. Paul Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 pm

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Here is a press release for an upcoming book talk and cartoon presentation by Twin Cities’ cartoonist Kirk Anderson.

“Is Your Country a Banana Republic?”
Banana Republic: Adventures in Amnesia, by Kirk Anderson
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 pm
Common Good Books
165 Western Ave N, St. Paul
(beneath Nina’s Coffee Cafe at the corner of Western and Selby)

“Is Your Country a Banana Republic?”: Local author and political cartoonist Kirk Anderson will show cartoons from his latest book, BANANA REPUBLIC: Adventures in Amnesia, discuss its timely themes and sign and illustrate books. With America’s funny little banana republic quirks like torture, rendition, surveillance, secret evidence, indefinite imprisonment without charge, an unstable currency and unsupportable foreign debt, we’re not getting rid of our banana republic ways, we’re only getting used to them — even as our republic gets used to its new top banana.

BANANA REPUBLIC is a collection of the weekly, quarter-page cartoons of the same name that ran on the Star Tribune’s opinion page for years. Come on down for a fun, provocative and irreverent presentation.

For more about the book, visit Molotov Comix Press at www.MolotovComix.com

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NEW FROM MOLOTOV COMIX PRESS
The latest collection from political cartoonist Kirk Anderson
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BANANA REPUBLIC
– Adventures in Amnesia –
the small backward Third World nation
with hearts of silver and mines of gold

BANANA REPUBLIC follows the mischievous death squads and hilarious junta hijinks of Amnesia, a zany Third World dictatorship that is the polar opposite of America! In Amnesia, Generalissimo Wally engages in roughhousing practices we would consider unconstitutional in our own country, such as torture, warrentless surveillance, and imprisonment without charge! Why, even secret prisons are not unheard of! Unlike the advanced American system, the Amnesian regime only serves the wealthy elite, not the peasant classes; in fact, politicians openly take money from wealthy businessmen with direct financial
stakes in pending legislation! From the Amnesians’ overflowing prisons to their state propaganda, from their crippling foreign debt to their questionable elections, from their privately contracted paramilitaries to their millions without basic health care, you’ll be chuckling, “Thank God WE don’t live in a banana republic!”

“Kirk Anderson is an outrageously bold and talented cartoonist. [Banana Republic] entertained me hugely… a hilarious education in recent history.” – Howard Zinn, historian and author of A People’s History of the United States

Mpls. Sat. Open Studio, Jan. 24, noon – 4 p.m.

Minneapolis

[Cartoonist with inky brush]

Keep your ink from freezing — draw indoors.
Sat., Jan. 24, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindery (the high tables)
Join us at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and draw for a while. If you can’t find us in the MCBA building, ask the friendly person working in the MCBA bookstore. This is an open studio — all are welcome.

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

Sat. Open Studio schedule:
February 21 in the Bindery (the high tables)
March 7 in the Flexi Space (the low tables)
April 11 in the Bindery (the high tables)

Is Your Country a Banana Republic? Talk by Kirk Anderson Saturday, January 31st in Minneapolis

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Kirk Anderson has another presentation coming up Saturday, January 31st…

Saturday, Jan. 31, 10:00 am
Book talk and cartoon presentation
“Is Your Country a Banana Republic?”
Banana Republic: Adventures in Amnesia, by Kirk Anderson
St. Martin’s Table
2001 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis

“Is Your Country a Banana Republic?”: Local author and political cartoonist Kirk Anderson will show cartoons from his latest book, BANANA REPUBLIC: Adventures in Amnesia, discuss its timely themes and sign and illustrate books. With America’s funny little banana republic quirks like torture, rendition, surveillance, secret evidence, indefinite imprisonment without charge, an unstable currency and unsupportable foreign debt, we’re not getting rid of our banana republic ways, we’re only getting used to them — even as our republic gets a new top banana.
BANANA REPUBLIC is a collection of the weekly, quarter-page cartoons of the same name that ran on the Star Tribune’s opinion page for years. Come on down for a fun, provocative and irreverent presentation.

For more about the book, visit Molotov Comix Press at www.MolotovComix.com

JAM THIS THURSDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS (January 8th)

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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

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

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!