I’m screening Spinal Tap at Ae tomorrow night to benefit Rock Ink Roll. The movie will start at 7. Come hang out, meet the Rock Axe in person, and be ready to laugh.
Suggested donation $5
I will be live-tweeting from the Rock Ink Roll twitter account, and you’re welcome to join in. Suggested hashtags: #RockInkRoll #SpinalTap #11
Mention @Rock_Ink_Roll and @alteredesthetic
Address:
1224 Quincy St Ne
Minneapolis, MN 55413
A Kickstarter campaign is underway for Cartozia Tales, an all-ages fantasy series based on a collaboratively-created map. The comics in the anthology are filled with imaginative creatures, memorable characters, secret messages and fantastical landscapes. It has been incredibly fun to work on, and the contributors’ enthusiasm really shows in the final product. Our regular contributors are Sarah Becan, Lucy Bellwood, Isaac Cates, Shawn Cheng, Tom Motley, Mike Wenthe, Jen Vaughn and me, Lupi. Each issue also contains stories by FABULOUS GUEST ARTISTS, including Dylan Horrocks, Jon Lewis, James Kochalka, Adam Koford, Kevin Cannon, and more.
For a pledge of only $28, you can get a full color 8×10 print of one of our covers or promo images.
For $36, you get an original custom watercolor portrait on a trading card from ME!
Also, digital subscriptions are now being offered as a reward, for those of you who don’t want to pay for shipping, or don’t have a lot of room on your shelves for books. Great option for readers outside the U.S.!
For the last few months, I have been lucky enough to work on Cartozia Tales, an awesome new indy comics project.
Cartozia is a quirky fantasy world created collaboratively by a group of cartoonists with runaway imaginations. Each issue will contain 9 all-ages stories set in different sectors of a map (see below; art by Sarah Becan). You can read more about the process and the contributors at cartozia.com.
Two upcoming shows at Altered Esthetics need your art: Physique & Technique (our July show) and Rock Ink Roll (this year’s comic art show).
Physique & Technique
Submission Deadline: May 15
Flex your creative muscles and let your body do the talking. Show us your artistic and athletic prowess with works that embrace the physicality in art and performance.
To submit art for Physique & Technique, create an account at www.alteredesthetics.org and fill out the submission form, or email exhibitions@alteredesthetics.org
Rock Ink Roll
Submission Deadline for Comics: July 15
Submission Deadline for Poster Art: Sept 15
Read the submission guidelines at the Altered Esthetics website
Rock Ink Roll is a celebration of art and rock music, brought to you by Altered Esthetics, The International Cartoonist Conspiracy, and Big Time Attic. We are producing an anthology of music-themed comics to be released at the Rock Ink Roll gallery show at Altered Esthetics in November 2013. The anthology will be a 8.5 x 8.5†full-color book of comics packaged to look like an LP, with cover art by Xeric-winner Brittney Sabo. The gallery exhibition will consist of original comic art and rock posters.
Party with Ae, and show us some love. Proceeds from this event will help us keep our doors open so we can have more comic art shows!
Date/Time:
Saturday, April 20, 6-11pm
Place:
Altered Esthetics! 1224 Quincy St Ne, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Tickets:
$10 (get free beer when you purchase your ticket before 7pm on Saturday)
This year, our big fundraiser will feature the Brewers’ Craft beer art exhibit, Comic Artists at the Opera, games, caricatures, and a variety of local beers.
See James Powell’s beer label caricatures of the Ae board here:
http://www.alteredesthetics.org/blog/beer-caricatures
RSVP on the facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/events/221525601320079
The results of the poll are in.
The featured artist of next year’s comic art show at Ae will be
Britt is a Minnesota native and MCAD graduate, best known for Francis Sharp in the Grip of the Uncanny. If you’re not already familiar with her work, be sure to check it out!
Here are the featured artist nominees for next year‘s comic art show. They are all awesome, and I wish they could all win, but…well, we have to choose just one. Voting will take place on the conspiracy message board. The poll will be open for 7 days.
Please only vote if you intend to participate in the project. Note that you do NOT have to be a resident of Minnesota to submit work to the 2013 project.
NOMINEES:
Britt Sabo
Bsabo.com
Xeric-winning cartoonist!
From her website:
“After graduating from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in 2007, she went on to co-author and draw Francis Sharp in the Grip of the Uncanny! with her friend Anna Bratton. They were awarded a Xeric Grant in 2010 to publish this book, and are currently working on the next in the series.”
Dan Murphy
Murphycommadan.com
Musician and illustrator!
From Dan’s bio at Crowded Comics:
“His work has appeared in publications including the City Pages and The Rake. When he’s not drawing, he plays music in a few local bands, and acquires more books than he has shelves for.”
DWITT
Dwitt.com
He does rock posters!
From his website:
“Witt’s illustrations, paintings, and limited edition screen prints have been exhibited around the globe and reproduced in books and publications including The Art of Modern Rock, Gigposters Vol. 1, I Want Your Skull, German collective Bongout’s anthologies, and the series of graphic novels he’s illustrated for Lerner Publishing.
Gordon McAlpin
Multiplexcomic.com
Creator of Multiplex! Illustrator guru!
From the Multiplex website:
“Multiplex is an online comic about the movie-loving and customer-weary staff of your local movie theater. It is written and illustrated by Gordon McAlpin. It has been running continuously since July 2005, and serves over 60,000 unique visitors per month (or over half a million per month).
Click this link and login to vote!!!
http://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=5495
REMEMBER TO NOMINATE SOMEONE!
Nominations will be open until August 24, 5:00pm.
Eligibility: any Minnesota cartoonist who has not already been the featured artist of one of our comic art shows. To nominate a cartoonist, please send the following info to lmcginty(at)alteredesthetics.org:
– The artist’s name
– The artist’s website
– The artist’s email (so I can ask them if they want to run)
The poll will open on August 25 (sometime in the afternoon) at cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire.
Next year’s comic art show at Ae will be the big music project. (Comics Fuckin’ Rock? Big Funky? Just Add Instruments?) The show is slated for November 2013. I know it sounds like it’s a long way off, BUT we need to vote on a featured artist ASAP!
NOMINATE SOMEONE! DO IT TODAY!
Nominations will be open until August 24. Eligibility: Any Minnesota cartoonist who has not already been the featured artist of one of our comic art shows. To nominate a cartoonist, please send the following info to lmcginty(at)alteredesthetics.org:
– The artist’s name
– The artist’s website
– The artist’s email (so I can ask them if they want to run)
If an artist does not wish to be nominated, or does not respond before August 24, they will not be listed as a nominee.
CALENDAR:
August 24: Nominations close
August 25: Voting begins
August 31: Voting closes at midnight
September 1: Winner will be announced
VOTING PROCESS:
As in past years, voting will take place on www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire. Voters must register on the Cartoonist Conspiracy website (it’s free). Voters may vote only once.
