Category Archives: Minneapolis

Raise a Glass to The Vegan Ninja October 24th at Grumpy’s Downtown

This is a repost/reminder… note that it is right next door to the Porcellino/Sally book release at Big Brain the same night!

October 22nd is our dear, departed comrade Eric Lappegard’s (AKA The Vegan Ninja’s) birthday… come raise a drink to him and celebrate his life at Grumpy’s October 24th. Some of Eric’s family will be there from South Dakota, and would love to see as many people as can make it, even if they can only stop by for a short time.

7pm Saturday October 24th at GRUMPY’S DOWNTOWN 1111 Washington Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN

John Porcellino Map of My Heart/Zak Sally Like a Dog Book Release Party this Saturday in Minneapolis

Zak Sally posted the following information on his blog

my very good pal John Porcellino has been on the road for the past 5 weeks, traversing our great nation in celebration of the release of his new book “MAP OF MY HEART: selected comics 1996 -2002” (Drawn & Quarterly) and not only that but GET THIS: also marking 20 YEARS OF KING-CAT.
i know, it’s crazy. so, yeah; John has been doing his zine for 20 years, and it’s pretty well agreed that King-Cat is perhaps the greatest mini comic, uh…ever. John has been HUGELY influential and i’m not even going to get into all that because i’d be up typing for another 2 hours, but it’s a big deal (in a very quiet, small way).
and John has said to me many times on the phone about the comics that make up “MAP OF MY HEART”…”they’re the best comics i’ve ever done”. and you know– they ARE. and with someone like John, and a magazine like King- Cat, that’s saying something. i’m not kidding, this is a VERY SPECIAL BOOK.
and not only that, but MY new collection of old stuff is coming out too– it’s called “LIKE A DOG”, and it’s a fancy hardcover book with a bunch of full color stuff in it, collecting the first 2 ‘zine issues of “Recidivist” as well as a bunch of other stuff i did for anthologies and whathaveyou, all decked out with extensive “liner notes”. my pals at Fantagraphics were nice enough to publish the thing, and i’ve got to say– i’m extremely proud of this book. i really am; it came out better than i could’ve possibly hoped.

so it’s a RELEASE PARTY FOR BOTH BOOKS!!! HOORAY!!!
michael’s puttin’ it on, so we’ll both be at BIG BRAIN COMICS (that’s 1027 Washington Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55415 (612) 338-4390) signing and shooting the breeze from 5 til 7:30 or so on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24.

then after that, we’re heading over to the WEST BANK SOCIAL CENTER (501 Cedar Ave. S (Second Floor) Minneapolis, MN 55454 http://westbanksocialcenter.org/)
from 8 to 10 or so, where Johhnny will give a presentation about 20 years of zinehood.

as always, short notice, but
come on down and say hi.
ok all, bye.
best, zak.

damn, i don’t have a pic of Johnny’s book, but here’s mine:
(whoops, that’s it up top there and i’m too tired to change it…)

Raise a Glass to The Vegan Ninja October 24th at Grumpy’s Downtown

October 22nd is our dear, departed comrade Eric Lappegard’s (AKA The Vegan Ninja’s) birthday… come raise a drink to him and celebrate his life at Grumpy’s October 24th. Some of Eric’s family will be there from South Dakota, and would love to see as many people as can make it, even if they can only stop by for a short time.

7pm Saturday October 24th at GRUMPY’S DOWNTOWN 1111 Washington Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN

Faust Comics

Ryan Hill, the Artistic Director of Sandbox Theatre in Minneapolis, sent the following information to share…

I collaborated with four artists to create original pieces of art inspired by short stories based on the Faust legends. These ‘graphic novellas’ are being released in the weeks leading up to the opening of our new play .faust opening on November 6 at the Red Eye Theatre.

Joel Vollmer created a piece called “The Summoning” that tells the story of Faust summoning Mephistopheles from the forest floor.

Jessica Boire made a comic called “The Learned Gentlemen” where a female Faust teaches three Masters a lesson when confronted about her new-found power.

Max Lohrbach painted dreamlike images for “Faust in Hell” accompanied by the story text.

Andres Guzman took a different approach for “Mephistopheles” and created a single image showing the classic Faustian demon.

“The Summoning” will be viewable on our website – sandboxtheatreonline.com – this week with the others coming after that.

Announcing….LOCAL COMICS WEEK!

textDecember 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! 
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. 

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. 
 
If you want to participate, please contact me by NOVEMBER 15th. 

Thanks to Kevin Cannon for creating the logo for the event!

Comicopolis Show Extended Until October 15th

If you haven’t yet seen the Comicopolis show… you’ll be happy to hear that it’s run has been extended until October 15th!

Comicopolis:
Low life, high art

Location:
FrameUps Minneapolis
4325 Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55409
(612) 870-1292

Featuring comic art by:
Kirk Anderson
Ken Avidor
Shannon Brady
Kevin Cannon
Will Dinski
Roger Lootine
Brittney Sabo
Andy Singer
David Steinlicht
Steven Stwalley

Wanna help promote the show? Have a chicklet!

COMICOPOLIS Facebook Page

FALLCON IS THIS WEEKEND!!! Volunteer to represent the Conspiracy at Fallcon!

Fallcon is this weekend!

Click the above image to go to the Fallcon website.

We have some volunteers for Fallcon this year, but we could definitely use some more. We’re planning to have a “Conspiracy lounge” again this year. Ideally, we would like a minimum of two people to be in the lounge at all times during the convention. It is a pretty casual and fun affair, and a good opportunity to get to know some of your fellow cartoonists better. We also need some comfy couches and chairs, if you can bring them. If you can volunteer or provide weekend furnishings for the lounge, please contact me at:

Thanks much!

Pinewood Derby at Pink Hobo — THIS SATURDAY!

This post stolen from Local Hero Kevin Cannon at the Big Time Attic blog… note that you can still build a car for the show and bring it to the gallery to compete on Saturday.

Pink Hobo Pinewood Derby Show

I was never in Boy Scouts as a kid, but I would have considered joining had I known that they get to sit around and race cars all day. The only thing I had was Odyssey of the Mind competitions, where we had to use teamwork and teacher supervision to build a car to solve some sort of science problem. The only problem I wanted to solve was how to kick the competition’s ASS. And I wanted to do it ALONE.

That’s why the new show at Pink Hobo Gallery is so rewarding. Twenty years out of elementary school and I finally have a legitimate excuse to build and race a car. Granted, I ended up going the artsy-fartsy route and built a car with non-functioning wheels. But the rest of the cars will be racing. And there will be cheering. And screaming. And blood. Well, maybe not blood, but there will definitely be wine.

OPENING RECEPTION

PLACE: Pink Hobo Gallery
ADDRESS: 507 East Hennepin Ave, Mpls, MN
DATE: Saturday, September 19, 2009
TIME: 7pm (Race starts at 10pm)
WEB: pinkhobo.com