The third Thursday this month is JANUARY 17, 2008. It’ll be our first meeting of the new year, open to any St. Paul or St. Paul-curious cartoonists.
Like always, we meet between 6:30PM – 9:30PM at:
Cosmic’s Coffee 189 N. Snelling Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104
Afterwards, if we haven’t left it all on the page, we cross the street to:
O’Gara’s Bar & Grill 164 Snelling Avenue North St. Paul, MN 55104
Now available for download — Sugar Frosted Amoebas, the jam comic produced at the January 7000 BC meeting.
That’s right! Sunday Comix members’ artwork will on display during the month of February at TWO gallery shows:
“Komics @ Kerouac” is a Sunday Comix specific show featuring members Matt & Ellen Wyatt, Ray Tomczak, Max Ink and others’ framed art on display as well as their books for sale all thru the month of February at the Kafé Kerouac (2250 N. High St. Columbus). Kafé hours are Mon-Fri, 8am to 11pm, Sat, 10am to 11pm, and Sun, Noon to 10pm. The opening reception will be held at the Kafé on Friday, Feb 1 from 7-11p.
A few members of the Sunday Comix group will also be participating in the National Cartoonists Society, Great Lakes Chapter sponsored show, “LAUGHS AT LAKESIDE” at the High Road Gallery (12 E Stafford Ave, Worthington) from January 30 to February 23. Gallery hours are Wed-Fri, 12-4pm and Sat, 11:30am-4pm. Sunday Comix will be hosting a Comix Jam during the Opening Reception on Sunday, February 3, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.
Craig Thompson (author of Blankets) has a post on his blog about creating his latest work Carnet De Voyage, drawn entirely in his sketchbook.
It’s pretty cool that technology (desk top publishing) allows us to draw our comics in so many different ways and you don’t need fancy art materials to do it.
Have any of you folks drawn a comic in your sketchbook? Comment below.
Next Saturday, January 19th, at 10am, the San Francisco cell will be hosting a pseudo-24 hour comic jam. I say psuedo because it seems many people have scheduling conflicts at some point in the day, (including an annual sketch crawl launched by some Pixar animator,) but all still want to participate as much as possible. Therefore, I have secured a location for a full 24, but anticipate that enough short jammers may influence the crowd into calling it in early.
If I am wrong and we rock it, win-win.
The jam will be at Tree Frog Treks, 2114 Hayes St, (@ Cole,) from 10am-10am, Jan. 19th-20th.
Space is limited, so please RSVP to Kraig: kraigcomx@gmail.com, by Friday 1/18.
As always, keep up the conspiring.
K
Sunday, January 13 | 2:00 | Winning Coffee Company and Brickyard Pizza | Albuquerque, NM
The first meeting of 2008 wlll be Sunday, January 13 at Winning Coffee Company at 111 Harvard Dr SE at 2:00 in the afternoon. We’ll be working on a jam and planning for the year’s teaching activities and conventions. Around 5:00, the meeting will move around the corner to Brickyard Pizza at 2216 Central for dinner.
Send an email with any questions. New members and interested folks are always welcome
**The commentary of our segment begins with Ian saying: “Speaking of drunken buffoons…”
and he goes to suggest we were “not familiar with bars or drinking…except (Avidor).”
**He points out “Danno is the only one coherent…intelligible, and can talk….but has no mike.”
As well, Danno is a “Good guy (Ian) still see(s) around town.”
**They sat Ken next to Ian because of his long history in comics and his plan to run for (drunk) mayor of Minneapolis, hoping that would produce good interview material. However Ken was so inebriated the interview was “not spectacular”.
**Ken is “Funny, despite how embarrassing he is”. All of Ken’s comments are “drunken gibberish” that was painful to edit.
**Sean had done a pre-interview with lots of good stories that were “gone” by the time we took the stage.
**The audience “couldn’t give a shit” and Ian “couldn’t blame them”.
**The people doing the commentary wished they could just fast-forward thru our interview.
**Kens drunken rant on enviormentalism at the end is the “best part of the interview” but it’s “no wonder he didn’t get elected”.
**Ian rated it as for sure one of the “fifteen bad interviews”.
There you have…cartooning, drinking, and talking don’t mix.
And thats one to grow on!
The Belfry Center and Bat Annex Free School Library are looking for donations to their zine library. The Belfry Center is a DIY-type place that hosts art shows, bands, and other good stuff. I’ve been there a couple of times and give the place a thumbs-up.
You can mail books to them at:
The Belfry Center
3753 Bloomington Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55407
For more info, check these:
www dot belfrycenter dot wetpaint dot com
belfrycenter at gmail dot com
612-724-4293
Conspirators Dave and Mary Sandberg have completed a feature length cartoon, Art School Summer, which is having its US premiere in Minneapolis on the 12th! Bill Plympton is the only other animator I’m aware of that has made feature length animated films basically on his own (although their probably have been some others), so big congratulations to them on this amazing and rare accomplishment.
Art School Summer
Saturday Jan 12th at 7:30
Premiering at:
MCAD
2501 Stevens Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
In the big auditorium 150
The screening is free but seating might be in short supply.
Note that my understanding is that the film contains a whole lotta content that is not suitable for people under 18… so if you are under 18, please don’t try to attend. If you are 18 or over, you won’t want to miss it.
There will be a reception afterwards in NE… information on that at the event.
Upcoming jams from the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. We meet 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. The group is intimate and fun and any artist is welcome to come and draw with us. So grab your favorite drawing tools and come and join us. Don’t forget to visit this blog to find the latest artwork and updates.
WHEN: Thursday January 10, 2008 and Thursday January 31, 2008.
Here is where we are: (the green cabin is the café and the blue markers are MUNI bus stations)
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