Our posting of the missing jams is now resuming (three more big jams and many miscellaneous pages remain to post)… Here’s the sixth big jam… I believe this one is from April 2006 (although it may have been the June one… someone please confirm)… click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf.
The themes are “Tales from the Vatican Vault” and “Country Music.”
Here’s the fifth big jam… this one is from March 2006… click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf. Again around 2MB.
Only one topic this March… in solidarity with our Danish cartooning comrades I bring you “Fun With Fundamentalism.”
Here’s the fourth big jam… this one is from February 2006… click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf. This one is just over 2MB.
The themes for this month were “Süperman Vs. Albert Einstein” and “People I’ll Never Sleep With.”)
This Thursday at 5pm, a group of 4 San Francisco Cartoonists will start a 24 hour comic jam. Similar to the super big mega official 24 Hour Comic Day that happens every year, except locally organized.
We have two people signed up for sure, and would like to host two more local cartoonists for the marathon, anyone interested can contact Doc@doctorpopular.com
This even will not supersede the October 7th 24 Hour Comic day event at Last Gasp Publishing, but is just something to tide some of us over until then.
Here’s the third big jam… this one is from December 2005… click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf. This one is 1.965 MB.
The themes for this month were “Sneaky Pete Beats the Devil” and “The Dogs of War.”
Here’s the second big jam… again, I’ll be posting these for the next week. I’m not sure which month this one was done in… lets call it August 2005… I’m pretty sure it is either that or October (if anyone knows definitively, please let me know). Click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf. This one is 2.177 MB.
The themes for this month were “Godzilla Vs. Osama Bin Laden” and “Fluffy and Nice: A Fluffy and Nice Story For Children” and “Pluto is No Longer a Planet.”
We’ve let the Minneapolis jam scanning get horribly behind over the last year… I’ve decided to see what I can do to remedy some of that this week… watch the blog for a whole lotta comics this week!
Instead of posting the individual jam pages at this point, I’ve decided to post the individual months as PDF files… these will ultimately be available in the gallery in both low-res versions (for viewing online) and hi-res versions (for anyone downloading to reconfigure and print anywhere they want under our creative commons license… note that if you participated in the jam, it can be for non-commercial or commercial purposes… otherwise, it’s just non-commercial).
All scans are greyscale, unedited as-is from the original pages… print versions will be 300 DPI.
Here’s the first one from July 2005… click the image to grab the low-res, reader’s pdf. This one is just over 2MB. The themes for that month were “Obscure Stories About Blues Musicians” and “16 Pages to Live.”
Also note that I just uploaded the first 6 months of jams from the Rice, MN cell… you can grab that here. That one weighs in at 7MB.
Jam War was a blast… much blood and ink was spilled, but many gorgeous pages crawled from the wreckage at the end of it. I wish I could post some, but can’t until after judging is completed.
We want to print a book of all the Minneapolis Jam War losers as a mini-comic, so email me if you want to participate in this mini. My team almost certainly will be included… we had a blast losing, though.
Thanks! to Danno for organizing!
Thanks! to Shad for handling everything computery!
Thanks! to Drivas for funding and involuntarily lending us all his lovely visage!
Thanks! to BTA for the paper!
Thanks! to Jeff Rathermel and Book Arts for giving us such a great space to work in!
Thanks! to Wet Paint for providing supplies and letting us stock up at a discount!
Thanks! to Reiner and Grumpy’s for the drinks and discounts!
Thanks! to Nat Gertler for conceiving and organizing the national event!
Dank (aka Danno) has declared a Jam War in Minneapolis here… sharpen your pencils! Here’s the poop from Dank…
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Attn All Conspirators, and fit men and women of fighting age:
WAR has been declared on the cartooning world!!!
..no, no. Not that Danish Jihad business…
a JAM WAR!!!!
The people who bring you 24 HOUR COMIC DAY have decided that APRIL 1st, 2006 from 11am to 11pm is to be the first JAM WAR.
Basically, teams around the WORLD(US and Canada so far)have 12 hours to complete 8 pages on a theme to be chosen that day. The winning 3 teams recieve cash and prizes!
EIGHT PAGES!!!
TWELVE HOURS!!!
Minneapolis can so sweep this whole contest!
Big Brain has elected to sponsor us, and Book Arts will once again be providing us space(THANKS GUYS!).
What I need from you is a firm commitment to fight for truth, liberty, and cash prizes.
I also need you to “register”
Do so by sending a draft card(or a quick e-mail saying you’re in) to:
staplegenius@yahoo.com
Please respond by March 10th.
Michael Drivas over at Big Brain has asked we work in teams of 4, so on March 10th, all the registered participants will be randomly drawn into said teams.
If you wish to be a TEAM CAPTAIN, please also indicate
that in your e-mail of interest.(what will a team captain do? I dunno yet. But its always good to have a field commander in battle.)
Finally, Michael also requests a confirmation fee of
$5.00 from each soldier (to help offset the $150 he’s gotta throw down to sponsor us, as well as to help with snacks and such.) The fee will not have to be payed until after final teams are announced on the 10th of March, but please try to stop by Big Brain and pay up by St Patricks Day(the 17th).
Ummm…I think thats it. If you have any more questions, either
1) contact me, danno, at staplegenius@yahoo.com
2) check out comicsjamwar.com
or 3) read the info below
May Mohammed be with us as we lay waste to our hated cartooning enemies around the globe and(did i mention) WIN CASH PRIZES!!!!
–danno
Comics Jam War is a collaborative cartooning competition which will be held in comic book shops across the U.S. and Canada. Teams of 2 or more cartoonists will be given some starting information about the story they have to create, and will then each have 12 hours to create an 8 page comic book story. The stories will be judged by a group of comics professionals.
Prizes (all prizes are per-team):
First place: $300 US, plus copies of an anthology comic that includes all the winners and honorable mentions (50 copies or $395 worth at cover price, whichever is more )
Second place: $200, plus copies of the anthology (30 copies or $245 worth at cover price, whichever is more )
Third place: $100, plus copies of the anthology (30 copies or $245 worth at cover price, whichever is more )
“Honorable mentions” chosen to appear in the anthology (numbers to be determined): copies of the anthology (30 copies or $245 worth at cover price, whichever is more )
Teams can have anywhere from 2 to an infinite number of people on them.
Teams must work at an official sponsoring event host site.
At noon Eastern time (9 AM Pacific time), the details for the story content will be posted on the event website. 12 hours later, all work on the story must be complete, and the story must be 8 black and white pages (no more, no less) in the standard American comic book format.
The work should not include vulgarity, nudity, obscenity, or other material that would keep it from seeming appropriate for general audiences. It also should not violate any copyrights and trademarks.
Participants must promise not to publish their finished work in any form (including, but not limited to, print and online comics) until the judging is complete and the winners are announced. In the event that your story is selected for the anthology, you may not publish the work in any other form through December, 2007. About Comics retains the rights to publish the material in Jam War-related collections. (There will be a participant form at the event. All members of the team must sign this form or the work will not be considered in the judging.)
Each team must include a designated captain. All prizes will be sent to this captain whose responsibility it will be to distribute the money and copies to the team. About Comics takes no responsibility for this distribution.
Entrance fee (if any) and other details will be set by the event host.
NOTES ADDED JANUARY 28th:
Bring your own art supplies! Rather than supplying something that doesn’t meet your needs, we want you working with the materials that you’re most comfortable with. So bring your drawing tools, your favorite paper or board, or even computer. Just remember to keep the height-to-width ratio appropriate for the typical American comic book.
The food situation will vary from location to location, so if you don’t know that your store is supplying food, be sure to bring enough munchies to last you through the 12 hours.
