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It’s time again for this year’s MO-KAN comics conspiracy comic show in Kansas City. It takes place August 29th-30th at the Lenexa Community Center (93rd and Pflumm). Guests include Steve Lightle, Anna Marie Cool, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Scott Beaderstadt, Rick Stasi, Nat Jones, Joshua Ortega & Jay Fotos.
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There have been a lot of local zines I’ve come across in the last few months. Let’s look at them:
Columbia, MO Zine #1: This little zine is produced by a few local people with interests in music, drawing, interviews and community building. You can pick this one up at Maude Vintage, Rock Bottom Comics or the Get Lost Bookshop.
Still-life in a field: A collaboration between poet Rich Smith and illustrated/printed by Ben Chlapek. This can be had at Ben’s Etsy store, or at the Artlandish Gallery.
Ultimate Worrier: A zine by Ben Chlapek. In his own words: “In the midst of stressing out about poster deadlines and watching CNN, I decided to put everything on hold for the night and make this. Very loosely based on swine flu, the economy, and anything else you want to worry about.” Also available at Ben’s Etsy store, or at the Artlandish Gallery.
Letters I will never send to you #3: A zine by Morgan with a cover by Ben Chlapek. This is a perzine with contributions from a great many people. This is available at Maude Vintage downtown.
Conestoga: Sarah’s zine in her own words: “…conestoga, is about coming out and queer identity. i write about childhood, family, girl scouts, trying to find the elusive ‘lgbt community’ and some other stuff.” You can get in touch with her for a copy.
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Kirstin Steitz turns out various illustrations on her blog, has self-published a few small collections, and she even ended up doing a podcast for a while. Her latest comic is called Revenants, which is a collection of short zombie stories, all drawn by local creators. She’s gladly answered some questions for us before she left town last month.
1. What are you working on now comics-wise?
I’m working on a series of sequential comics, right now. I fell upon the style during the last 24 hour comic. Typically I try to do a stream of consciousness kind of thing for the event, and four of the pages ended up being Drowning Girl. So the second one, the one I’m working on right now, in the series is about a little girl who is given the stars and the moon.
I’ve also been working on a bunch of short zombie comics with various artists. For the Revenants collection, I wrote the shorts and Katy R, David Cobb, and Andrew Kapellush worked on the art. This collection was the first time I really, truly delved into the act of writing comics, and I really loved it. Katy and I are going to, hopefully, continue collaborating on zombie comics.
I know zombies are a little… done… but I think that any medium where we get to explore a human response to our fears of the unknown and the “other”. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City is hosting a Comic Slam for teens on Aug 20th from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the Story Hour Room. I’m going to be there to give a presentation about comic jams and then create some various comic jams with teens.
Also of note is another program the library had back on March 5th on comic history. The presentation by Matt Forrester is available for download, and the seminar was covered in the News Tribune.
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University of Missouri Classes:
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Here’s some jams from the August Midmococo meeting.
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This month’s issue of Vox Magazine features a story about our own inline skating, local super hero, Keeley, created by Keith Chan. In the article, our past featured creator gives insight on how he creates his comic and why he uses Columbia as inspiration.
Fighting crime, CoMo style: Local artist gives Columbia a female superhero
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I am pleased to announce that we officially have a location for 24 Hour Comics Day 2009: Artlandish Gallery! Located on 1019 E. Walnut right next to Rock Bottom Comics, Artlandish Gallery’s Lisa Bartlett has agreed to sponsor our event this year on October 3rd. This is our 4th consecutive year officially participating in the event and we are hoping to make this our most successful one yet!
We are planning on having an informational meeting at Artlandish Gallery on September 12th (time to be announced) so everyone can have the opportunity to see the space. If you are interested in participating this year I would highly recommend attending so you can get a feel for what we are planning.
We are also accepting registration for 24 Hour Comics Day. Contact me at testtubecomics@yahoo.com. Registration is the only way to guarantee yourself a seat at Artlandish. You don’t have to register to participate but you may find yourself sitting on the floor. Also, if you want to volunteer to help out in any way please feel free to contace me. Get your sleep in now!
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