Mpls. Sat. Open Studio, Aug. 13, noon to 4 p.m.

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[Artist water]

Hot, isn’t it? Stop by to cartoon and yap during the open studio. It’s got air conditioning. No wading pool, however.

Saturday, August 14, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA FlexiSpace (low tables)

If you can’t find us inside 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 Studios:
Sept. 11 Bindery
Oct. 2 (24-hour comics day) FlexiSpace
Nov. 27 Bindery
Dec. 18 Bindery

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World :: special screening

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JOIN us on Thursday, August 19th, for a special 6:30pm screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World + animations from Dave Sandberg and Puny Entertainment animators at the St. Anthony Main Theatre for an event we’re calling the “Precious Little Film Fest.”

MARVEL at the glorious screen-printed poster designed and illustrated by Zander Cannon and hand-pulled with love by Pretty Picture Prints.

ARRIVE early at 6pm to receive a free poster (while supplies last), buy copies of Scott Pilgrim #1-6 from Big Brain Comics and show your ticket stub for a chance to spin the prize wheel.

THANKS to Earl Lukes, Big Time Attic, Danno Klonowski, Lutefisk Sushi D, Big Brain Comcis, the St. Anthony Main Theatre and even the Minneapolis Indie Xpo for making this event possible.

LINK to this event and tell your friends!

Minneapolis Jam: April – August 2010

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Yep, it actually happened. You said it couldn’t be done, but I did it. I got off my ass (or ON it, actually) and scanned five months of Minneapolis Conspiracy jams. Eat that, Olson!

So here they are, in no particular order:

APRIL: Movies About Cuba, L.A. Law, Revenge of the Sith, and NYPD Blue

Hello, Friend.
Click image for pdf — a mildewy 8.1 mb!

MAY: Sven Ivan O’Myron Wisnewski vs Pablo Picasso vs Lupi’s Scar vs Iron Man

Hello, Friend.
Click image for pdf — an italicized 8.9 mb!

JUNE: The Hobo King, Polar bears, Plus Other Stuff!

Hello, Friend.
Click image for pdf — a smarmy 7.9 mb!

JULY: Giddy School Girls, Pansies, and Portals

Hello, Friend.
Click image for pdf — a fissure-inducing 11.5 mb!

APRIL: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Cartoonist Conspiracy

Hello, Friend.
Click image for pdf — an ensconsive 11.6 mb!

Lutefisk Sushi Volume D Opens This Friday! (August 6th)

Altered Esthetics, event, Events, gallery show, little funny, Lutefisk Sushi, mini-comics, Minneapolis, mn, St. Paul

Lutefisk Sushi Volume D opens this Friday! The show features a limited-edition (150), hand silkscreened, 3D bento box full of mini-comics by over 50 Minnesota cartoonists for only $25! See original art and other work by the cartoonists all over the walls of the gallery, including a bunch of work by featured artist Danno Klonowski (Manly Tales of Cowardice). Also, don’t miss little funny Series II, small boxes of micro-comics sold out of an old cigarette vending machine.

The show has been included in the A-List in this week’s City Pages.

Please tell your friends, blog readers, social networking website compadres, co-workers, parents, cousins, casual associates, and random people on the street of the opening this Friday, August 6th from 7 – 10 PM at Altered Esthetics!

Altered Esthetics • 1224 Quincy St NE, Mpls MN 55413   •   612.378.8888

Promotional materials below.

Postcard Resources!

Postcard front, small jpg

Postcard front, large pdf

Postcard back, small jpg

Postcard back, large pdf

Misc Show Sites

Sushi Website

Facebook Event

LSD – Facebook website

August 7000 BC Meeting

7000 BC, Events

Saturday, August 14 | 1:30–4:30 | Santa Fe Library Main Branch | Santa Fe, NM

The August 7000 BC meeting will be held Saturday, August 14 in the Community Room at the Santa Fe Library Main Branch, 1:30–4:30. This will be a working meeting — bring comics to work on, take time to collaborate, or get input on your projects.

The library is in downtown Santa Fe. There’s limited, paid (but cheap) parking in the back, street and lot parking around, and possibly the lot across Washington Street at the First Interstate Building will be open. There’s a stop at the library for the Santa Fe Pick-Up and the meeting’s timed for those taking the train from Albuquerque.

New members and those interested in making comics are always welcome. Please send an email with any questions.

(Setup for the meeting actually starts at 1:00; if you’re available to help out, stop by.)

ICC + MIX = practically a roman numeral

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MIX 2010 poster

The MIX posters and flyers have been printed!  Wanna help distribute them?

I’ll bring MIX promo materials to the ICC meeting on Thursday and I’ll leave them in my car at the LSD opening on Friday (but I’ll go get ’em if you ask — no problem).  So if you want to help us distribute, please do!  The flyers advertise MIX on one side and the after-party on the other side.  Danno made the after-party flyer — thank you, Danno!!!

You can find more ways to promote MIX on the Press page of our site: http://mplsindiexpo.com/press/

We won’t get postcards until next week, unfortunately, but when they come we will have MANY MANY postcards to mail out.  If you want a pile of those — or if you’d like to send us addresses or if you have access to a killer mailing list — let me know!  We’ll have 1000 postcards in need of homes quite soon.

Thanks!

Sarah Morean