{"id":959,"date":"2009-01-07T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=959"},"modified":"2009-01-07T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T15:13:00","slug":"microcon-wants-your-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"MicroCon Wants Your Posters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our good friends at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mncba.com\/\">Midwest Comic Book Association<\/a> (organizers of FallCon and MicroCon) are looking for lots of people to make posters for MicroCon 2009. What fun! Here is the scoop:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hello Everyone!<\/p>\n<p>                  The  new year is upon us and the mighty MCBA is gearing up!\u00c2\u00a0Initial  preperations are under way for both MicroCon &amp; FallCon so we  thought it would be a good time to send out this special request!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Over  the years, we&#8217;ve had many dedicated creators that have generously  volunteered their creative super powers to help promote and enhance  MCBA events. A perfect example was last years awesome MCBA FallCon  Sketch Card promotion. The positive feedback from that effort was  nothing short of spectacular and given that success and the many  more\u00c2\u00a0recent requests that we&#8217;ve received from our creative community,  we thought it would be a good idea to offer a new volunteer opportunity  for creators to get involved. <\/p>\n<p>                Every  year, for MicroCon and FallCon\u00c2\u00a0we distribute about 15,000 flyers &amp;  150 posters into local\/regional comic book stores, libraries, book  stores, community centers, music stores, night clubs, tattoo parlors,  etc. Once again, this year we&#8217;ll not only be following that pattern,  but expanding\u00c2\u00a0it significantly. That&#8217;s where you come in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                In response to many comic book folk requests, <strong>we&#8217;d like to officially invite anyone of you would like to do a flyer for MicroCon 2009 to participate<\/strong>.  Generally speaking, we&#8217;re looking to distribute flyers promoting  MicroCon that are designed and created by the people who make the comic  book media magic happen.<strong> All flyers &amp; posters\u00c2\u00a0donated will be distributed and everyone is welcome to participate!<\/strong> Here&#8217;s the particulars&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                <strong>All flyers should probably include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                <strong>*\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>MicroCon Comic Book Party<br \/>\n                <strong>*\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Sunday April 26, 2009<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a010AM to 4PM<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Minnesota State Fairgrounds<br \/>\n                \u00c2\u00a0 1621 Randall Avenue<br \/>\n                \u00c2\u00a0 St. Paul, MN 55108<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Tickets available at the door! $7.00 per person. Children\u00c2\u00a09 &amp; Under FREE!<br \/>\n                \u00c2\u00a0 Get $1.00 Off Admission with a canned food shelf donation!<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> MCBA logo <strong>(e-mail us for a high res copy)<\/strong><br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Some sort of call to action!<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> For More Info: email MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWthfT2HrKCvS6Sy0PrPE9opd4BZ8kWA3G4UKVwpaEvwyEDz0N51k9C6pPjqswt36N7DZloJp6o2fQZJ8FPdAjXW3JMBFY9xsLGM=\" target=\"_blank\">www.MNCBA.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 612-237-1801 <br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Creator acknowledgement. Your name &amp; website and\/or contact info<\/p>\n<p>                <strong>Other elements of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>*<\/strong> Over 60 Comic Book Creators in Attendance!\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n                  <strong>*<\/strong> Huge Comic Book Marketplace!<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Door Prizes &amp; Prize Drawings!<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Gigantic MCBA Grab Bags to the First 500 Attendees!<br \/>\n                <strong>*<\/strong> Free Parking!<\/p>\n<p>                <strong>Format notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                <strong>* <\/strong>Flyers will be printed in black &amp; white (8.5&#8243; X 11&#8243;). Posters in color (11&#8243; X 17&#8243;).<br \/>\n                <strong>* <\/strong>High res Jpegs are preferred.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Creative notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                We  are not 100% committed to a specific style or content, format, layout  or presentation. We encourage you to design and implement a concept of  your own creation and that you&#8217;re happy with! If you have any  questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to e-mail us!<\/p>\n<p>                <strong>Timeliness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                The sooner the better! <strong><u>We&#8217;re planning to send out our first wave of flyers on January 31st, 2009<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                <strong>Please submit to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @)<\/p>\n<p>                So there you have it! <strong><u>Thanks<\/u><\/strong> in advance to those of you who will be participating and\u00c2\u00a0 for those of  you who can&#8217;t or are unable, please remember this is strictly a  volunteer thing and it ain&#8217;t no thang!<\/p>\n<p>                  <strong><u>Thanks<\/u>!<\/strong> Hope to hear from you soon!<br \/>\n                  \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                  Midwest Comic Book Association Volunteers\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>     <strong><em><u>SOMETHING YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO CHECK OUT!<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n                Local  comic book artist extraordinaire Christopher Jones is involved in a way  cool event! Seriously, take the time to check this out!<br \/>\n                \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n                <br \/>\n                \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWtgOF2mDw65ZMZtMBFx2PqqpNrHRfSuGbJFWEPd7r-KcLZbNUD232fQa51cL4uZToIv4VeGO63htCcsNfyvO_kF-RFMZdlSK7pgsK9QYokjNo6CxWOSGK_kwbk3fkSnPg4-4Pfedsn5WCw==\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=55426038472<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><u><em>2009 MCBA MICROCON &amp; FALLCON DATES<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                For those of you who like to plan way in advance, here&#8217;s the 2009 MCBA event dates &amp; times.<br \/>\n                  \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                  <strong><u>MCBA MICROCON COMIC BOOK PARTY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                  <strong>Sunday April 26, 2009 &#8211; 10AM to 4PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                  Minnesota State Fairgrounds<\/p>\n<p>                  1265 Snelling Ave<\/p>\n<p>                  Saint Paul, MN. 55108<\/p>\n<p>                  <strong><u>MCBA FALLCON COMIC BOOK CELEBRATION<\/u>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                  <strong>Saturday &amp; Sunday, October 10 &amp; 11, 2009 &#8211; 10AM to 5PM Both Days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                  Minnesota State Fairgrounds<\/p>\n<p>                  1265 Snelling Ave<\/p>\n<p>                  Saint Paul, MN. 55108<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWthfT2HrKCvS6Sy0PrPE9opd4BZ8kWA3G4UKVwpaEvwyEDz0N51k9C6pPjqswt36N7DZloJp6o2fQZJ8FPdAjXW3JMBFY9xsLGM=\" align=\"center\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>INFORMATION BITS:<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, comments or concerns!<strong><\/p>\n<p>                    E-mail<\/p>\n<p>                   MNCBA at aol.com (replace the at with an @) \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Myspace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWtgEELXPpW6VnYux9Rnz7qeTyy-wq3jbYwCc2WVtCARenE5nNmyhj_eyscxtmWYxBOj4oWdOuqKR6bS_q_bCvB-kBMKSI7JFcApGeAOCJanb_5q32Nct-OoQbrETZhBWpsBhY3psBC4J-eAGF-smPJcfj_UDe09sPnztyL3dFdPF_XnpbKZEdvaZ0GbtroPyjak=\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/profile.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=102936863<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>                        <strong>Facebook<\/strong><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWtg-MM2nacYrhuN-amvuuEgA-3KsnVq-1LKO6xmL--IirXXBtmw08vMuogCNFYbFh4-cjejLtEczk1aTH7aaP6zNrbuFVxE0OYzluy_auopGYvRR-8I5LvpLtnIETdhL0zWfWF7rk_HV1w==\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=8300987767<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <strong>Comic Art Fans<\/strong><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWtjGFXUqpgqpaQ0JN83fk_A59Q_AvPzVI0ZbEfW2Fwqa190TYVJcUZFrJS9YoaNJ5kfged1JzNrYCYrKtnVrVfIh9lI9788zeXr8CauOB2s0RROwGf7O6Age0Upt7_ADwbJjsoTOWbZqhm09_MGLy_2z\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.comicartfans.com\/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=32061<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>Website\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001GA7Hj_paWtj0PNq0M1iLxxdV5DSida1ELW_QAxl0XPF4b1IWfXEuK2N7Ikf03VSEgnBK9_9_Io6VepJAuGMRgE-WAmpnhv02NGB56y3IQbdZVEgox_1aRg==\" target=\"_blank\">www.MNCBA.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our good friends at the Midwest Comic Book Association (organizers of FallCon and MicroCon) are looking for lots of people to make posters for MicroCon 2009. What fun! Here is the scoop: Hello Everyone! The new year is upon us and the mighty MCBA is gearing up!\u00c2\u00a0Initial preperations are under way for both MicroCon &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MicroCon Wants Your Posters!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,26,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","category-opportunities","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd8gD-ft","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":962,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}