St. Paul cell meeting Thursday, June 19, 2008

The St. Paul cell meets on the third Thursday of every month, from 6:30PM – 9:30PM. 

All are welcome to join us in the creation of the customary “jam comic” at:

Cosmic’s Coffee
189 N. Snelling Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104

Afterwards, more often than not, the self-flagellation continues across the street:

O’Gara’s Bar & Grill
164 Snelling Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55104

Keep up with the monthly shenanigans of the little conspiracy cell that could, here.

Cartoonist Needed for Advertising Campaign (Red Wing, MN)

Another opportunity for someone that was forwarded to me… here are the details:

Reply to: jbecker at redwingframing.com

I need a cartoonist to help create a 4 panel cartoon for an advertising campaign. This will be done in the high drama fashion and style of either Mary Worth or Judge Parker (or as I like to call them ‘cartoon strips that take themselves too seriously’).

This shouldn’t be too complicated and could have some terrific long term exposure value (street cred), for whatever that is worth. At the bare minimum, it is a $200 gig (exactly what Jim Rockford charges per day, plus expenses).

So, if you know these strips:
Judge Parker
Apartment 3-G
Steve Canyon
The Heart of Juliet Jones

Then we are on the same frequency.

Mini-Comics Class Teaching Opportunity

Here’s another opportunity for someone to run a mini-comics class (read details below). Note that we have a “text book” for this sort of thing you can use that can be found here:

Li’l Library Volume One: How to Make Mini-Comics

Here’s the info:

I was referred to you from another librarian who said you could help me plan an event. I co-facilitate a Teen Bookclub where we read manga and graphic novels. All of the teens involved are also budding cartoonists, and I thought it would be fun to host an event where they learn how to self-publish their graphic stories. i have a small budget to compensate a presenters’ time and buy some supplies for a hands-on workshop, $200 or $300 total. Is this the sort of thing you do, or do you know someone in the Twin Cities that does? I am hoping to act quickly on this. We need to submit all our events for Fall by July 1st.

Thanks for whatever help you can give!

Lisa M. Stuart

Roosevelt Community Library

Hennepin County Library

email: lmstuart at hclib.org

San Francisco Comic Jam TONIGHT! June 12, 2008

Tonight, Thursday June 12, 2008 is the next San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam. So grab your favorite drawing tools and head on down to the Church St. Café at 6:30 pm this Thursday and draw with us. We have had an amazing turn out with more and more folks coming all the time. So why not join us.

NEW: you can also find a full schedule of the upcoming jams at our YAHOO Upcoming Group set up by the amazing Doctor Pop. You can sign up to get reminders as well as set your RSS news reader to get updates when they are added

The San Francisco jam meets on the second and last Thursday of each month at the Church St. Café from 6:30 pm to sometimes between 9 and 10 pm.

WHEN: Thursday June 12th, 2008

Where: Church St. Cafe

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 6-10PM at Church St. Cafe. Church St. Cafe 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114 Transit info for San Francisco can be found here: transitinfo.org
View Larger Map note: (the green cabin is the café and the blue markers are MUNI bus stations)

Prism Comics Guide 2008 and Rice Meeting Tomorrow

Hey guys, this is Vanesa Littlecrow W. letting you know that the 2008 edition of Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide To Comics is now out at local comic book stores across the nation.  I just wanted to let you the conspirators Lori Kozlowski did an absolutely outstanding interview of me.  To balance out my enormous ego, there is a lot of awesome artwork and features that are sure to entertain.  Yes, I did mention the Cartoonist Conspiracy.  😉

Also, the Rice Cartoonist Conspiracy is meeting tomorrow at 7:00 pm the VAS Littlecrow Studios/old Rice Print Shop at 310 Division St S, Rice, MN 56367.  Need info?  Call 320-492-0475

Finally, I have a silly contest of little consequence with silly prizes for anyone who is interested in dinner and a drawing.  It ends on Friday because I’m traveling on Saturday.
Cheers!

It’s official, Cupcakes have Jumped the Shark!

Cupcake Jumped the Shark
Based on the fun we had creating the Fail flickr set, I’ve created a new flickr group with a whole new meme. Cupcakes Have Jumped the Shark is an open group for anyone to post illustrations of cupcakes jumping over sharks. Any style is accepted, but color illustrations are preferred. So far 9 artists have contributed, and a few of them were even drawn at our most recent Cartoonist Conspiracy in SF. Continue reading It’s official, Cupcakes have Jumped the Shark! →

7000 BC at Albuquerque Collector Con

Albuquerque Collector Con | Sunday, June 8 | 10:00-5:00 (preview starts at 9:00) | Howard Johnson Inn Albuquerque | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC will have a table at the new Albuquerque Collector Con, presented by Planet X Toys and Comics. Admission is $1 for the day — or $5, if you want to get in at 9:00. We’ll have comics from the group, including issues of our new anthology string, and be signing our comics and doing sketches.