Join the St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Cell and create a jam comic! It’s easy and fun! Just bring some drawing utensils, an idea for the jam, and a few bucks to get a tasty beverage — the baristas really do appreciate that.

The jam will start promptly at 6:30 and run until…whenever.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner rather than later.

To join us come to:
Cosmic’s Coffee Shoppe
189 Snelling Ave N.
St. Paul, MN 55104
(Northwest corner of Snelling and Selby)

More not than often we head on over to grab a brew at:
O’Gara’s Bar and Grill
164 Snelling Ave N
St. Paul, MN 55104
(Southeast corner of Snelling and Selby)

Bus info here.

Hope to see you there!

OK, folk, here is the official info complete from Doc Pop:

24 Hour Comic Book Day 2009 with the Cartoonist Conspiracy San
Francisco

(via Doc Pop)

Saturday October 3, 2009 – Sunday October 4, 2009 from 11:00am
Saturday – 11:00am Sunday

location: Comic Outpost
2381 OCEAN AVE.
San Francisco, California 94127

24 Hour Comics Day is an event where cartoonists all over the world
attempt to create their own 24 page comics in 24 consecutive hours.

The San Francisco event is being put together by the San Francisco
Cartoonist Conspiracy and hosted by Comic Outpost and Mission Comics.

If you are interested in taking part in this years event, please email
Doctor Popular at at yoyogenius at gmail dot com with your name and
phone number. Space is limited to 20 seats (per shop), so serious
inquiries only, please. Additionally, we are asking for a $5 fee to
reserve a space, this money goes to the shops to help cover costs.

Artists should bring their supplies, but leave your ideas and
storyboards at home. The goal of creating a 24 hour comic is to push
your boundaries, and learn just how much you can create in just one
day.

We are also looking for any sponsors (pizza, art supplies, etc) and
press. If you can help us out, or would like to take part in the
event, please let us know.

Join us for drawing and socializing at Minnesota Center for Book Arts. And drawing. You could look at this as a warm-up for the Oct. 3 event at MCBA — 24-hour Comic Day. Or not.

Sat., Sept. 12, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindery (Flexi Space, the metal tables)

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

Future Sat. Open Studio schedule:
Oct. 31 Oooh! – Bindery (high tables)
Nov. 28 – Flexi Space (metal tables)
Dec. 12 – Bindery (high tables)

Hey hey hey you comic drawing folks…

it’s time for our regular Thursday night comic jam at the Church St. Café, (These jams run the Second and Last Thursday of every month and are easy to get to from public transportation.)

With 24 Hour Comic Book Day coming in a bit less then a month, maybe we could practice and talk about strategies for getting our comics done at the event. Or how about bringing your APE projects in and getting feed back.

The Jam runs from 6:30 on September 10th and all artist are invited to attend. So bring your favorite drawing tools and come on down and draw
a spell. Hey even better bring a friend or two!

Description: The San Francisco cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy meets twice a month from on the second and last Thursday of the month from 6:30-10PM
location: Church St. Cafe. 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114

Getting there: I have started a thread on the Google group that we can post ideas on getting to the Jam on MUNI, BART and driving/parking. There is not driving/parking info yet since I do not do that, so if you have some knowledge please go and add it.

http://groups.google.com/group/cartoonist-conspiracy-sf

Pg 1 of the GUEST ARTIST SPECTACULAR drawn by Jesse Gillespie

The MANLY TALES OF COWARDICE “GUEST ARTIST SPECTACULAR” has begun!!!! 

http://staplegenius.wordpress.com/category/guest-artist-spectacular/

For TWO WEEKS  writer BRIAN BASTIAN and a cadre of artists  including  BUD BURGY, KEVIN CANNON, ZANDER CANNON, RYAN DOW, DEAN FRASER, JESSE GILLESPIE,  BRITT HAMMERBERG, BOB LIPSKI, EARL LUCKES, LUPI MCGINTY, DAN MURPHY, ERIK NELSON, DANIEL J OLSON, DAVID STEINLICHT,  and MIKE TOFT  will lend their talents to the MANLY TALES legend!!! 

Check it out today!  www.staplegenius.com

Now available for download — the latest issue of string, the regular anthology of comics from group members.

Download a PDF of string #16 and check out future issues every month. Among the comics in this issue, the latest installment of Raised By Squirrels, and Jeff and Jamie present very different views of outer space.

Note: ugh, we may be having trouble displaying the PDF in some browsers — please send an email if you have problems.

Previous issues: string #1 | string #2 | string #3 | string #4 | string #5| string #6 | string #7 | string #8 | string #9 | string #10 | string#11 | string #12 | string #13 | string #14 | string #15

you MUST click to enlarge this kick-ass 24 HOUR DAY poster by DANIEL J OLSON (www.bewilderedkid.com/blog)

     That’s right!  24 HOUR COMIC DAY is nearly upon us again.  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd from 10 am until 10am  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th (or whenever you get done, whichever comes first). 

     Once again we will be taking over the MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS to do this, and ALL are encouraged to participate whether you’ve attempted 24 HOUR COMIC DAY before or not–and remember, if 24 hours seem too daunting, you can always try a 4, 8, or 12 hour variation. Whatever you like.  The more the merrier.  We also collate a box of 24 HOUR COMIC DAY mini-comics a few weeks afterwards, to commemorate the good times.  

    Bring your own art supplies, a treat to share for the “POT LUCK”, and a love of drawing comics. 

    If you’re interested in participating, please drop an email to  24hourcomicday@gmail.com (please note, this is email and the 24-HOURCOMICDAYwebsite are for people participating at the Minneapolis BOOK ARTs location only. Please see the official 24 HOUR COMIC DAY for all other inquiries.) 

   HOPE TO SEE YOU BY 10am ON OCTOBER 3rd! (Get there early and stake out a good spot!)

As always, a THANKS to all our usual sponors:

The St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Cell has, over the last two months, consecutively beaten its own attendance record! We aren’t as big as Minneapolis and definitely don’t have all of the “resources” to “fly in” the stars that our sister does (see David Lloyd appearing at the last Minneapolis jam), but maybe some day “the little cell that could” will shock the hell out of the Twin Cities comics scene. You never know what September might bring, right!?

Anyhow, enjoy August’s jam!

Click image for pdf — an almost too large 8.9 mb!

Yep.  The artist of V FOR VENDETTA stopped in to see what the CONSPIRACY was up to.

Ted Anderson posted a nice review of David Steinlicht’s In This Corner compilation over at examiner.com. Thanks, Ted!

“Cornered!” is available at Big Brain, The Source, Frame Ups, Common Good Books and the bookstore at the Minnesota History Center — and online at cornercomic.com.