St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam! This Thursday, May 20th, 2010!

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Join the St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Cell and create a jam comic at Cahoots Coffee! This newish space provides us with not only a spacious room in the back of the shop, but also they have tasty mediterranean food for sale!

The jamming is easy and it’s a fun time! Just bring some drawing utensils, an idea for the jam, and a few bucks to get a tasty beverage or some chow — don’t forget to tip, the baristas really do appreciate that!

The jam will start promptly at 6:30 and run until 10:30 at the latest. Come earlier to reserve your space! Seating can be limited at times!

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results will be posted here at some date yet to be determined.

To join us come to:
Cahoots Coffee
1562 Selby Ave
St Paul, MN 55104
(Southeast 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
(Right next to Cahoots!)

Bus info here.

Hope to see you there!

Need a Script for your Lutefisk Sushi Minicomic?

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Lutefisk Sushi D is coming up fast, and many of you are no doubt racking your brains for an idea.  Check this out: local writer Jack Phinney (writer of F*** You Paris, Love Wagner, which appeared on the Big Time Attic Blog) has written an 8-page script just for this occasion.  He has declared that he will pay the printing and do the collating; it merely falls to you to draw the thing.

Give it a read, then if you’re interested, contact Jack at jack dot phinney at gmail dot com.

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Why This is Looking to be the Best Year Ever to Be a Minnesota Cartoonist

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There is a lot of evidence piling up that this will be the best year ever to be a Minnesota cartoonist! Open your calendar now and write yourself down some dates…

I’ve heard rumor of some other things as well. Get ready to be busy and have a lot of fun.

Graphic Novel & Comic Book Writing and Illustrating Conference June 19th in Minneapolis

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Our friends at The Loft Literary Center (along with the Hennepin County Library) are putting on “The Graphic Novel & Comic Book Writing and Illustrating Conference” June 19th. The event is free but registration is limited. Registration opens May 22nd. Presenters will include Gene Yang, Barbara Schultz, Zander Cannon, Robin Schwartzman, Lars Martinson, Jude Nutter and Linda E. Davis. Also, the Cartoonist Conspiracy will be having a special jam at the end of the conference, open to anyone who wants to participate, as always.

CLICK THE IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF FOR MUCH MORE INFORMATION.

Mpls. Sat. Open Studio, May 15, noon to 4 p.m.

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Okay. So the scheduled Open Studio happens to fall right on top of SpringCon. That means attendance will probably be light. And that means not so much talking! Fewer distractions mean that you will probably be able to get a lot of work done on your Lutefisk Sushi submission! Nice.

Sat., May 15, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA FlexiSpace (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 Studios:
June 12: Print Studio (basement)
July 3 – Bindery
August 14 – Flexi Space

SPRINGCON is THIS WEEKEND in the TWIN CITIES! (May 15th and 16th)

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The Midwest Comic Book Association’s Springcon event is this weekend, and you won’t want to miss it. They decided to do Fallcon in the Spring this year… it will be all weekend long at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Our friends at the MCBA know how to put on one hell of a fun and friendly convention… you won’t want to miss it.

READ MORE ABOUT THE EVENT HERE.

Here is a promotional chicklet I made you can put on your site, social network, or whatever it is you kids do with these things these days to help promote good things…

We could use some additional Conspiracy volunteers to hang out at our space over the weekend. If you can help out please email me at:

Hope to see you there!

Reminder: San Francisco Comic Jam this Thursday MAY 13, 2010

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Reminder that the ‘Second Thursday’ Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco meet up is in a few days on May 13, 2010

When: The SECOND and LAST Thursday of the Month

Time: 6:30pm to 10pm
note: The café will not be making coffee drinks after 9pm since they need to clean-up the equipment, but we can stay and draw.

Location:
Borderland Cafe
870 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 970-6998

Upcoming MAY 2010 Comic Jams in San Fransico.

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This is your monthly reminder for the MAY 2010 Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco meet ups, so mark your calendars.

May 13, 2010 (second Thursday)
May 27, 2010. (last Thursday)

When: The SECOND and LAST Thursday of the Month

Time: 6:30pm to 10pm
note: The café will not be making coffee drinks after 9pm since they need to clean-up the equipment, but we can stay and draw.

Location:
Borderland Cafe
870 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 970-6998