Get Your Comics to the Source for Indy and Alt Comic Week Before December 23rd!

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The Source is putting a lot of effort into the upcoming Indy and Alt Comic Week, and they want your books to sell before December 23rd! It is a great opportunity to have your work reach an audience that may not normally check it out… and they are offering to buy at least 4 copies of your publications outright! I hope a lot of you take advantage of their extreme generosity and hospitality!

SOURCE COMICS & GAMES
1601 West Larpenteur Avenue
Falcon Heights – Minnesota – 55113
651.645.0386 – bobsource@aol.com – www.sourcecandg.com

A Message to our Creative Community
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Hello Everyone,

We want to feature your Independent & Alternative Comics/Comic Books for our special event starting the week of December 28, 2009! As you may have heard, Diamond Comics has decided that in the last week in Deecmber this year, there will be very few new comic books shipping from major publishers to comic book stores across America. As a result, the Source has decided to take this opportunity to showcase and promote local/regional Independent & Alternative Comic Books and Cartoonists. That is to say we plan on using our entire new comic book rack to feature their works for the entire week of December 28-January 3. The reason I’m writing to you today is to invite you to participate and get your book on the rack.

Here’s the general outline:
1) We’d like to buy 4-10 copies of your most current published work to put on the rack.
We’re limiting each creator to a maximum of two spots to insure as much access by as
many different creators as possible.
2) We’d like to have it delivered here ASAP with December 23 being the drop dead date.
3) We are limited to 155 display spots on our new rack. First come first served.
4) We love all formats! Mini-Comics, Tear Sheets, Printed Peculiarities all welcome!

Further Info:
1) One of our staff members, Burl Zorn, is going to be the main contact at the Source for
this event. All activity, questions and contacts should be directed at him (see contact info
above). Call Burl at 651-645-0386
2) Before you send or deliver any comics, please make sure that you’ve spoken to Burl about
it!

I sincerely hope that you’re able to participate. What a great opportunity! We’re going to encourage fans to break from their buying habits and try something new. Now is the time and this is the place!

Thanks for your time! Hope to hear from you!

Respectfully,

Dominic Postiglione
Source Comics & Games

Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award Winner
ComicsPRO Member

UPDATE:

A Message to our Creative Community
Indy Comic Book Logo
Hello Everyone,

Time is of the essence! We want to feature your Independent & Alternative Comics/Comic Books for our special event starting the week of December 28, 2009! There seems to be some confusion regarding participation in the Source Mini Indy Con and us buying your books. You don’t have to be part of the Mini Indy Con for us to feature your books! We’re planning on using our entire new comic book rack to feature their works for the entire week of December 28-January 3. There’s still time for you to bring your books up and get involved!

Here’s the general outline:
1) We’d like to buy 4-10 copies of your most current published work to put on the rack.
We’re limiting each creator to a maximum of two spots to insure as much access by as
many different creators as possible.
2) We’d like to have it delivered here ASAP with December 23 being the drop dead date.
3) We are limited to 155 display spots on our new rack. First come first served.
4) We love all formats! Mini-Comics, Tear Sheets, Printed Peculiarities all welcome!

Further Info:
1) One of our staff members, Burl Zorn, is going to be the main contact at the Source for
this event. All activity, questions and contacts should be directed at him (see contact info
above). Call Burl at 651-645-0386
2) Before you deliver any comics, please make sure that you’ve spoken to Burl about it!

I sincerely hope that you’re able to participate. What a great opportunity! We’re going to encourage fans to break from their buying habits and try something new. Now is the time and this is the place!

Thanks for your time! Hope to hear from you!

Respectfully,

Dominic Postiglione
Source Comics & Games

Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award Winner
ComicsPRO Member

St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam! This Thursday, December 17th, 2009! RETURN OF KING KRAMPUS!!!

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A tradition three years in the making. The annual ALL-KRAMPUS jam! Come on over to Cosmic’s Coffee, that is if you can brave the cold….sissy. Just bring some drawing utensils, an idea for the jam, and although I already complained about pressuring consumption, please bring along a few bucks to get a tasty beverage — the baristas really do appreciate that.

Oh, you don’t know who Krampus is? Check out these links:

Krampus Intro

2008 Krampus Jam — The Return of Krampus 2008

2007 Krampus Jam — Krampus Returns

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.

We hope to see you!

Results of the last CCSF Comic Jam of the Year 2009

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Art Trade art from the CCSF

On Dec 10, 2009 we the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco held our last Comic Book Jam of the year. It’s been an interesting and exciting year for our group with an expanded 24 Hour Comic Book Day event arranged by Doc Pop and group collaborations that took us outside of our regular bi-monthly Thursday Night meeting times. Many members of the group have also been expanding there work into new areas including video games and art prints.

For this last comic jam we had our second annual Cheap Ass White Elephant Gift Exchange with all sorts of cool surprises. The group also was inspired by artist Rick Lucy to do an art trade. Each drawing is on a small sheet of drawing paper and were handed out randomly once a mass of them were created. We then started traded them and created additional new ones too. It was a huge success.

To see the results of our Art Trade, visit out BLOG.

“Cornered!” signing Sat. Dec. 12, 4-6 p.m.

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[Cornered signing Dec. 12]

Now available: “Cornered!” A collection of comics from the Pioneer Press newspaper by David Steinlicht — published by Nodin Press.

This Saturday, from 4 to 6 p.m., you can buy the book and get it signed by the author, at Big Brain Comics in downtown Minneapolis.

Great Christmas gift. Excellent Chanukah gift. Perfect Kwanzaa gift. Super solstice gift. Nice stocking stuffer. Use ’em for holiday party favors. Just the thing for grads. Mom will love it — Dad, Sis and Junior will, too.

And at $19.95 per copy, it’s budget friendly. Color cover, 274-page B&W interior.

(Note to those of you who purchased the self-published edition of “Cornered!”: Don’t get all worked up. It’s the same book, mostly. There are 11 additional comics, one more intro page, another index page, a Library of Congress number, a ISBN number, a bar code, an author picture and a snappy new cover design.)

Mpls. Sat. Open Studio, Dec. 12, noon to 4 p.m.

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[At the Drawing Board]

Ho-ho-ho. Join us for drawing and socializing at Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

Sat., Dec. 12, noon to 4 p.m., MCBA Bindery (high 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:
January 9 in the Bindery (the high tables)
February 13 in the Bindery (the high tables)
March 20 in the Bindery (the high tables)
April 24 in the Bindery (the high tables)