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Metropolis story in the Vox
A writer for the Vox has a story about his trip to Metropolis Illinois to see the Superman related stuff there.
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News archive September, 2007
The No Coast closing
The No Coast Collective Infoshop is calling it quits for now in their current space, so that means their lending library (which included books, zines, and comics) is packed away too. There’s a story about the closing in the September 12th edition of Move.
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Korean Comics exhibit in St. Louis
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis has an exhibit on Korean Comics currently running until December 17, 2007. From what I can see, this is the same touring exhibit that was at MU back in November 2005.
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Next meeting at Quinlan Keep
Our location for the October 7 Midmococo meeting has changed. We will be meeting at Quinlan Keep in stead of our regular place to discuss our plans for 24 Hour Comic Day. You can find Quinlan Keep at 315 North 8th St., Columbia, Mo. 65201.
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Oh, my gourd! It’s a comic jam
Another exciting comic jam from today’s monthly Midmococo meeting. It was penned by Josh, Scott and Zac, so you know it’ll be amazing and gourd-like.
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Former resident writes graphic novel with Harvey Pekar & Ed Piskor
According to the Tribune’s Cool Dry Place blog, Heather Roberson, a former resident of Columbia, worked with Harvey Pekar and Ed Piskor to create the new graphic novel Macedonia. The blog also says that Heather will be here in October to give some talks about the book.
Listen to Heather talk about the book on this archived broadcast (MP3) from local radio station KOPN during “Women’s Issues, Women’s Voices” on 07-05-07.
Update: Guess I missed this, but Heather Roberson gave a lecture about the graphic novel at the Peace Nook on October 4th.
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“The life of a Columbia prodigy”
Back in June, Vox published a feature article about a comic creating teen who grew up in the 1970’s in Columbia. It’s an interesting article, but also be sure to check out the cool slide show of this guy’s comics and illustrations.
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Graphic novels and literature
Matt Pearce of the local publication The Missouri Review wrote an interesting blog post back in July musing about graphic novels and literature.
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KC artists creating comics for cell phones
A couple of Kansas City creators are working on the “first” comic series created exclusively for North American cell phone customers. You can check out the series, or read the article.
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