Thanks to the hard work of Stan Heller we have last weeks comic jam all ready to read on-line. The challenge was to use a randomly chosen page layouts (thanks to Stan) as well as a randomly picked Gerné and a Classic Story (on scraps of paper) and have each artist draw a page or more with these elements.
Click below to see the final result. (note: Flash required to read the comic on-line.
The second comic jam of February (we meet the second and last Thursday of each month) is going to be on Thursday Feb 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM AND at a new location.
The upcoming jam will be again at the Borderlands Cafe (next to the Borderlands Sci-Fi Books) on Valencia St. Hardwood floors, old sci-fi paper packs, great snacks and drinks and some great art from all involved.
So, why not join us.
Location: 870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110(415) 970-6998‎
Here is their site http://www.borderlands-cafe.com/and here is the store next door http://www.borderlands-books.com/
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm ish
What to bring: drawing materials, sketchbook, your latest work, samples of favorite artists and artwork, stuff.
See you there.
The third comic jam of January 2010 (we meet the second and last Thursday of each month) is going to be on Thursday Feb 11, 2010 at 6:30 PM AND at a new location.
The upcoming jam will be again at the Borderlands Cafe (next to the Borderlands Sci-Fi Books) on Valencia St. Our first time at this location at our last meeting was great. Hardwood floors, old sci-fi paper packs, great snacks and drinks and some great art from all involved.
So, why not join us.
Location: 870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110(415) 970-6998‎
Here is their site http://www.borderlands-cafe.com/and here is the store next door http://www.borderlands-books.com/
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm ish
What to bring: drawing materials, sketchbook, your latest work, samples of favorite artists and artwork, stuff.
See you there.
The second comic jam of January 2010 in San Francisco CA(we meet the second and last Thursday of each month) is going to be on Thursday January 28, 2010 at 6:30 PM AND at a new location.
The next jam will be at The Boarderland Cafe (next to the Boarderland Sci-Fi Books) on Valencia St. The place is new with hardwood floors and big tables. Should be a nice change.
Location: 870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110(415) 970-6998‎
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm ish
What to bring: drawing materials, sketchbook, your latest work, samples of favorite artists and artwork, stuff.
See you there.
Maxeem pulls ahead (for now) in the RACE TO END EPIC FANTASY EXTREMELY RAPIDLY (Updates continue at: http://comiclusion.blogspot.com )
WARNING: This comic is NOT work/religion/science/family friendly
But that should probably be expected from our crowd. ;P
On Dec 10, 2009 we the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco held our last Comic Book Jam of the year. It’s been an interesting and exciting year for our group with an expanded 24 Hour Comic Book Day event arranged by Doc Pop and group collaborations that took us outside of our regular bi-monthly Thursday Night meeting times. Many members of the group have also been expanding there work into new areas including video games and art prints.
For this last comic jam we had our second annual Cheap Ass White Elephant Gift Exchange with all sorts of cool surprises. The group also was inspired by artist Rick Lucy to do an art trade. Each drawing is on a small sheet of drawing paper and were handed out randomly once a mass of them were created. We then started traded them and created additional new ones too. It was a huge success.
Local Comics Week is a chance to show off local and independent talent.
Other cities besides Minneapolis have organized their own events
nationwide, and have even joined forces to create Indy Comic Week
(http://www.indycomicbookweek.com/index.html) which is aiming to do what we
have all set out to do with our event.
Our event is changing a bit. The Source Comics and Games in Roseville, MN
(http://www.sourcecandg.com/) is participating in Indy Comics Week and
after a few discussions with Nick, the organizer of their event, we have
decided to join forces and allow our event to be folded into Indy Comics
Week.
What does this mean? Quite a lot, actually.
Big Brain Comics is stepping out of the event, and our comics will now be
sold at the Source. Nick is also preparing for a signing event for
participating artists.
So, here is what you need to know:
-I will no longer be collecting the comics that you would like to submit
for the event. Instead, any material (mini comics, zines, trade
paperbacks, graphic novels) must be brought to the Source between December
21 and December 26th. Mind they will likely have shorter hours on
Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas. The nice thing is that the Source
WANTS to purchase your hard worked creations. How much they will purchase
items for, quantity, etc is up to the Source.
Remember, what you bring to the Source does NOT need to be new material!
-The material will be put out on the racks on Sunday December 27th and will
remain there until January 2nd.
-Wednesday, December 30th is the BIG event. The Source will be hosting a
signing for indy cartoonists. Space IS limited. In order to be a guest at
the signing, you MUST email Nick at the Source
http://www.sourcecomicsandgames.com/?page_id=10 with “Attention Nick/Indy
Comis Week in the first line of ‘your message’ to request a spot. The
signing will be 4pm until 8pm.
-You DO NOT have to provide anything to the Source to sell in order to be a
guest at the signing.
-You DO NOT have to be a guest at the Source in order to sell them your
comics.
That’s about it. If there is anything you want to know, please email me (bob(at)uptowngirlcomic.com)
Film maker and former owner of Comic Outpost in San Francisco created this short documentary about 24 Hour Comic Book Day 2009 in San Francisco. The documentary was filmed at Comic Outpost and Mission: Comics and Art. There are tons of CCSF artist on hand so give it a look and let Gary know what you think.
The video does not seem to show up in the post so visit: 24 Pages from Gary Buechler on Vimeo.
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
December 27th – January 2nd will be….LOCAL COMICS WEEK!
Diamond Distribution, the biggest (and pretty much only) comics distributor will be taking a long winter’s nap that week and will not be shipping new comics…leaving comic fans without their weekly fix.
But not to worry, because as with a lot of comics, there are heroes to count on! Those heroes, ladies and gentlemen, are US!
We will create and sell our own comics and provide the city with comic books and save the planet once and for all!Â
Here’s the plan:  Big Brain Comics has generously allowed the Conspiracy to take over their New Release racks for the week. Customers who are looking for their weekly comics will be introduced to the world of local comics.
Here’s the info: If you want to participate, have 20 copies of a mini comic printed by DECEMBER 3RD. You can bring your comics to the jam that month or you can arrange to have them mailed to me by contacting me at bob (at) uptowngirlcomic.com. The mini comic should have a cover price of $3.  Consignment details are still being worked out.Â
The comics will be delivered to Big Brain on December 28th
and will go on sale the next day on December 30th (new comic day!)
The comics will be on sale until January 5th.  Any money made will be able to be picked up January’s jam on the 7th.Â
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If you want to participate, please contact me by NOVEMBER 15th.Â
Thanks to Kevin Cannon for creating the logo for the event!