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About Brian Kolm

Brian Kolm is a Artist and Instructor working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work can be seen at http://www.atomicbearpress.com.

Join the CCSF for the CARTOON HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE at the CAM Bookstore. Sun Nov 29th, 2009

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Looking for a one-of-a-kind Holiday Gift in the San Francisco Bay Area?

On Sunday November 29, 2009 artists will be on hand at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore for their first ever ‘Cartoon Holiday Boutique’. Partnering with the artists from the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco, they will create original one-of-a-kind hand made cards, artwork and gifts at reasonable prices. The event will feature 5.5″ X 8.5″ greeting cards and 8.5″ x 11″ artwork originals for sale as well as locally produced zines and comics and other treasures.

Imagine giving the gift of original artwork that is custom made for you in a very short time. So come on by between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm and find something special for that someone special.

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Thursday Night Comic Jam in San Francisco, October 29, 2009.

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CCSF San Francisco comic jams

Well, it’s time for another Comic Jam at the Church St. Café this Thursday Oct 29, 2009 from 6:30 to 9ish. So bring your favorite materials and come make comics and art.

This week we can discuss ‘what we learned from APE 2009’ as well as share some of the goodies we picked up.

I think it would also be cool to work on a comic that would tie into the magic of the upcoming holiday season. I have an ulterior motive that I hopefully can talk about next week and I think a book that we can sell during the festivities.

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 6:30-10PM
location: Church St. Cafe. 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114

Don’t forget to join our Google Group where you can discuss with other artists all sorts of cool stuff.

http://groups.google.com/group/cartoonist-conspiracy-sf

San Francisco 24 Hour Comic Book Day update 6am Sunday Oct 4, 2009

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Well, some of us are still drawing here in San Francisco at Comic Outpost with one finished comic and unfinished comic exiting all ready. 7 artists are striving to finish their work. We still five hours to go and we are all in for the long hall.

We will post links through out the next few weeks when the final results come online.

If you want to see photo of the Mission: Comics jam, visit Doc Pop’s flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/sets/72157622511923512/

24 HCBD 2009 San Francisco update

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Hey all, with 24 Hour Comic Book Day just three days away, I wanted to encourage folks in the area to come and out and visit the artist as they are hard at work. We are close to having a full house of artist at both locations, so it should be a pretty amazing year for drawing comics with very little sleep. Below is all the information on how to either a) Visit in person or b) Visit virtually

Saturday October 3, 2009 – Sunday October 4, 2009 from 11:00am Saturday – 11:00am Sunday

Both stores will be open for business the entire time!

First off, we would like to THANK our sponsors….

Self Edge http://www.selfedge.com/
North Beach Pizza http://northbeachpizza.com/
RoboGames http://robogames.net/
Ritual Roasters http://www.ritualroasters.com/
Anthony’s Cookies http://www.anthonyscookies.com

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INFO ON YOUR VISIT

(in-person and virtual)

Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco

Twitter: http://twitter.com/cartoonistSF (thanks Romy)

Blog: https://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire/?cat=6 (Brian and Doc)

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location: Mission: Comics & Art
3520 20th ST. STE B
San Francisco, California 94110

Twitter: http://twitter.com/missioncomics

Blog: http://blog.missioncomicsandart.com/

Live Video Feed: (thanks to Doc Pop) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/doctor-popular-does-stuff

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location: Comic Outpost
2381 OCEAN AVE.
San Francisco, California 94127

Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheComicOutpost

Blogger: http://comicoutpost.blogspot.com

Live Video Feed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-comic-outpost-live!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/San-Francisco-CA/Comic-Outpost/89701400231?sid=a59cf5bbd9a4ff8da7c45819834932a3&ref=s

AND the “Insane Zombie” sale

trade paperbacks/toys/back issues will be 50%

between the hours of 1:00 to 4:30 on Sunday October 4th!

We’ll see you on Saturday!

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Saturday September 19 – Talk Like A Pirate Day in San Francisco at the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore

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Some of  your artist pals from the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco will be at the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore for Talk Like a Pirate Day on Saturday September 19, 2009. We will be on hand drawing pirates for the 100 pirate challenge as well as selling our books and chatting with guests. Plus some folks might be in costume too. The event is Free (does not included admission to the museum) so come and join us from 11am to 5pm.

– The bookstore will be giving a 10% discount for anyone in pirate costume!

BTW: the artwork for the event is by me as well. ©2009 Brian Kolm

24 Hour Comic Book Day 2009 with the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco

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OK, folk, here is the official info complete from Doc Pop:

24 Hour Comic Book Day 2009 with the Cartoonist Conspiracy San
Francisco

(via Doc Pop)

Saturday October 3, 2009 – Sunday October 4, 2009 from 11:00am
Saturday – 11:00am Sunday

location: Comic Outpost
2381 OCEAN AVE.
San Francisco, California 94127

location: Mission: Comics & Art
3520 20th ST. STE B
San Francisco, California 94110

24 Hour Comics Day is an event where cartoonists all over the world
attempt to create their own 24 page comics in 24 consecutive hours.

The San Francisco event is being put together by the San Francisco
Cartoonist Conspiracy and hosted by Comic Outpost and Mission Comics.

If you are interested in taking part in this years event, please email
Doctor Popular at at yoyogenius at gmail dot com with your name and
phone number. Space is limited to 20 seats (per shop), so serious
inquiries only, please. Additionally, we are asking for a $5 fee to
reserve a space, this money goes to the shops to help cover costs.

Artists should bring their supplies, but leave your ideas and
storyboards at home. The goal of creating a 24 hour comic is to push
your boundaries, and learn just how much you can create in just one
day.

We are also looking for any sponsors (pizza, art supplies, etc) and
press. If you can help us out, or would like to take part in the
event, please let us know.

CCSF Thursday night Comic Jam in San Francisco – Sept 10, 2009

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Hey hey hey you comic drawing folks…

it’s time for our regular Thursday night comic jam at the Church St. Café, (These jams run the Second and Last Thursday of every month and are easy to get to from public transportation.)

With 24 Hour Comic Book Day coming in a bit less then a month, maybe we could practice and talk about strategies for getting our comics done at the event. Or how about bringing your APE projects in and getting feed back.

The Jam runs from 6:30 on September 10th and all artist are invited to attend. So bring your favorite drawing tools and come on down and draw
a spell. Hey even better bring a friend or two!

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 6:30-10PM
location: Church St. Cafe. 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114

Getting there: I have started a thread on the Google group that we can post ideas on getting to the Jam on MUNI, BART and driving/parking. There is not driving/parking info yet since I do not do that, so if you have some knowledge please go and add it.

http://groups.google.com/group/cartoonist-conspiracy-sf

Thursday night Comic Jam (Aug 27, 2009) in SAN FRANCISCO

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Hello all you cartooning cats,

it’s time for our regular Thursday night comic jam at the
Church St. Café, (These jams run the Second and Last Thursday of every
month and are easy to get to from public transportation.)

We would like to welcome all the great new folks who found out about
us at Zinefest 2009. Romy did an excellent job of promoting.

The Jam runs from 6:30 on August 27th and all artist are invited to
attend. So bring your favorite drawing tools and come on down and draw
a spell.

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 6:30-10PM
location: Church St. Cafe. 260 Church Street San Francisco, CA 9411

COME AND JOIN OUR GOOGLE GROUP http://groups.google.com/group/cartoonist-conspiracy-sf

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER http://twitter.com/cartoonistSF

READ: CCSF comix jamboree 1- stickynote comics

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OK all. Here is another E-Comic to download and read from the artists at the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. This was our first attempt to create comics with each panel being a Sticky Note. This process has since been refined at other Jams.

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.

CLICK below to DOWNLOAD the COMIC (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

HERE> CCSF comix jamboree 1- stickynote comics

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