The deadline for the City Pages Comix issue is a week from today! I know a lot of you are planning on doing something for it… I look forward to seeing what you all come up with! Note that this is a paying gig (if they use your entry)… $100 for full page, $50 for half page, $25 for quarter page, and $10 for stuff that only gets used online. Here is the info again…

Wanna be in City Pages’ upcoming Comix Issue?

This year’s theme is WHEN THE ELEPHANTS COME TO TOWN…

Editor-in-Chief Kevin Hoffman describes it like this:

“Each contributor will be asked to interpret that theme by predicting what it will be like when the Republican National Convention comes in to town in September.”

For all the submission info, DOWNLOAD THIS PDF.

Entries are due JUNE 25, so get crackin’!

Another opportunity for someone that was forwarded to me… here are the details:

Reply to: jbecker at redwingframing.com

I need a cartoonist to help create a 4 panel cartoon for an advertising campaign. This will be done in the high drama fashion and style of either Mary Worth or Judge Parker (or as I like to call them ‘cartoon strips that take themselves too seriously’).

This shouldn’t be too complicated and could have some terrific long term exposure value (street cred), for whatever that is worth. At the bare minimum, it is a $200 gig (exactly what Jim Rockford charges per day, plus expenses).

So, if you know these strips:
Judge Parker
Apartment 3-G
Steve Canyon
The Heart of Juliet Jones

Then we are on the same frequency.

Here’s another opportunity for someone to run a mini-comics class (read details below). Note that we have a “text book” for this sort of thing you can use that can be found here:

Li’l Library Volume One: How to Make Mini-Comics

Here’s the info:

I was referred to you from another librarian who said you could help me plan an event. I co-facilitate a Teen Bookclub where we read manga and graphic novels. All of the teens involved are also budding cartoonists, and I thought it would be fun to host an event where they learn how to self-publish their graphic stories. i have a small budget to compensate a presenters’ time and buy some supplies for a hands-on workshop, $200 or $300 total. Is this the sort of thing you do, or do you know someone in the Twin Cities that does? I am hoping to act quickly on this. We need to submit all our events for Fall by July 1st.

email: lmstuart at hclib.org