News archive July, 2010
Posted by Winter on July 20, 2010
Mick Beyers started his webcomic Buster Drake in April and has been busy posting updates three days a week. Beyers took some time from his schedule to answer some questions for us.
What are you working on now comics-wise?
So, besides desperately trying to keep up with my web-comic, which isn’t working out as well as I had hoped, I’m working on a ten-page story for an anthology being put together by an online group. I’m also trying to write up a second web-comic, one that I wouldn’t draw. Buster Drake is more of a learning project, I don’t have any specific goals with it, but this second project is much more of a vanity thing that I’m excited about, and want to say something with. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Winter on July 18, 2010
Last Monday, Harvey Pekar died at the age of 70. A lifetime resident of Cleveland Ohio, his comic career had a couple of significant ties to Columbia Missouri:
A recent Washington Post article has a few words from Frank Stack about Pekar’s passing. It was also mentioned by Pete Bland earlier this week, and a LA Times piece on Pekar is in today’s Columbia Tribune.
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Posted by Winter on July 17, 2010
The Columbia Daily Tribune is currently running a contest to caption a comic by artist John Darkow. The captions must be entered by July 25th, and the voting for the best caption will take place July 26th to August 8th. They are offering a couple of good prize packages for the Judges Choice and People’s Choice winners of the contest.
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Posted by Winter on July 16, 2010
The United States Postal Service is releasing a Beetle Bailey stamp nationwide today as part of a series of Sunday Funnies stamps. The other characters getting stamps include Archie, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. This year is the 60th anniversary of the comic strip Beetle Bailey, which has roots in Columbia Mo. because Mort Walker attended college at MU. Walker is celebrating Beetle Bailey’s 60th anniversary with special comic strips, a reader contest, art exhibits, and a commemorative book due in October.
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Posted by Winter on July 15, 2010
The St. Louis Examiner has a short story by Elizabeth Lang covering different places to find comics in Mid-Missouri.
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Posted by Winter on July 14, 2010
Gary Lister created an unusual Tiki version of Batman recently. Go check his blog to see the process of creating it.
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Posted by Winter on July 13, 2010
This is a jam from the July 4th midmococo meeting in the form of a political cartoon. 
Posted in: Comic jams
Posted by Winter on July 12, 2010
I recently came across a comic anthology called HIVE that has regional roots. The HIVE anthology is published by Grimalkin Press, which was started by Springfield Missouri creator J.M. Shivley. The anthology editing duties have recently shifted to a local named Ingrid Bohnenkamp (though she’ll be leaving Columbia soon). She is currently the distributor of the past HIVE issues, including issue #4 which just came out in May. You can buy the anthologies online at their Etsy site.
The anthology features many up and coming cartoonists in its several volumes. If you think your work can pass the Grimalkin Press editors, you can submit a story to HIVE #5 by July 15th. It’s a quarterly anthology, so if you miss the deadline you might be able to submit to the next one.
Ingrid was also recently involved with publishing a zine anthology called i.e. that collects various prose, poetry and comics (including some comics from Chicagoan Jefffery Brown). If you’d like to get your hand on a free copy, you can get in contact with her.
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Posted by Winter on July 12, 2010
The TRYPS theatre group will perform the play Annie Jr. July 15th – 18th at the Rock Bridge High Schools’ Performing Arts Center. The play is based on the Tribune Media Service comic strip that was cancelled in June after its 85 year run in newspapers. For more Annie related stuff, the Columbia Public Library has four Annie collections you can check out covering the strip from 1924 to 1933.
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