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We are only 5 days away from 24 Hour Comics Day! Again, please email me beforehand if you want to guarantee a spot at the event this year. If you have any tables or chairs you’d like to contribute to the event please be at Artlandish Gallery between 4-5 this Friday so we can set up. Thanks, and hope to see you all there!
Posted in: 24 Hour Comics Day
After a year in the making, the Mid-Missouri Comics Vol. 1 is in print! The 54-page, perfect bound, anthology features some great work by local artists:
The book looks awesome and the comics in it look even better. Thanks to all the creators who submitted work and thanks to Mizzou Media for doing a great job with the printing.
Copies will be for sale at the 24 Hour Comics Day event for $5 each, so stop by Artlandish anytime between 12 p.m. Oct. 2 and 12 p.m. Oct. 3 and pick up a copy. If you can’t make it to the event, you can snag a copy at a Midmococo meeting or by contacting us.
Posted in: Local comics
We’ve already had 8 participants reserve their spots at the 24 Hour Comics Day event at Artlandish on October 2nd. Again, please remember that the only way to guarantee yourself a spot is by making a reservation via email to testtubecomics@yahoo.com. Otherwise it will be first come/first served for anyone who comes the day of the event.
Here’s the specifics about our 24 Hour Comics Day: It is recommended to arrive at least 20-30 minutes before the event in order to set up your space and get settled in. We will provide space, seating and some refreshments. You must bring your own supplies and anything else you feel you will need. We usually have non-participant volunteers to make a dinner run, which is usually determined by everyone at the event (please bring some cash if you plan on pitching in to make it easier on our runners), and last year Ernie’s made for an ideal spot to have breakfast and get away from staring at the art for a while. You do have the option to fend for yourself if you prefer to dine alone, but it’s always more fun to eat with the group.
It is recommended to bring healthy snacks to the event. Overdosing in sugary stuff can hurt your chances at completing the project. It is also recommended to get a full night sleep and eat a big lunch/brunch before the event so you have plenty of energy the day of.
I will be setting up Friday, October 1st, and would greatly appreciate any assistance. Please email me if you can help out. There is also a Facebook event page created; if you are on Facebook and would like to be invited please let me know. On the other end if you’ve confirmed you will attend the event on Facebook but haven’t emailed me at testtubecomics@yahoo.com please do so I can have all my bases covered.
I am really looking forward to our 5th consecutive year of participating in the 24 Hour Comics Day event and am hoping we can maximize the amount of people participating this year! Ideally I would like everyone starting out at noon Saturday to be there at noon Sunday, even if they have to leave for a few hours or early that night, for a proposed “Caffeine Toast” at the end of the event to celebrate everyone’s accomplishment. I’m sure will talk more about it the day of but I wanted to throw that out there now.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Again, PLEASE reserve your spot if you want a guaranteed seat!
Posted in: 24 Hour Comics Day, Events
At a press conference yesterday the Columbia Public Schools Foundation announced a plan to attempt to break the world record for the most people dressed as superheroes in one location. The Be a Superhero for Columbia Public Schools event starts at 11 a.m. on Oct. 30th at the Hickman High School football field. The Guinness book of world records count will be taken at 12:15 p.m. to determine whether the record of 1,245 costumed attendees has been broken. People must be dressed as a recognizable superhero or villain from a published book, comic, television program or film. The event will be free to attend, but donations & sponsorships will be accepted to benefit Columbia public schools.
KOMU has a video about the event, and the Missourian has a story as well. According to the news story, volunteers are needed for the event to break the world record. For more information call 573-823-1308 or e-mail seanspence@earthlink.net.
Update: I’ve posted more details about the event & changed the main link above to their official website instead of their planning website.
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Join us for the 5th consecutive 24 Hour Comics Day event in Columbia Missouri! 24 Hour Comics Day gives artists a challenge to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. This year’s location is again at Lisa Bartlett’s Artlandish Gallery at 1019 E. Walnut right next to Rock Bottom Comics. The event starts Saturday October 2nd at 12 noon and ends Sunday October 3rd at noon. Feel free to come by and take a look at the artist’s progress throughout the event.
Artists, sign up for your seat by contacting event organizer Scott Ziolko at testtubecomics@yahoo.com. You can also contact him with any questions about the event.
Event poster created by JB Winter.
Posted in: 24 Hour Comics Day
The latest Move Magazine has a story on Rock Bottom Comics.
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Beetle Bailey hit his 60th birthday on September 4th, but the Missouri Student Unions decided to celebrate today with a birthday cake at the new MU student center. They also posted a video from the event.
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This is a comic jam from the September 2nd midmococo meeting.
Posted in: Comic jams
The 12th annual Toonfest is coming Saturday, September 18th in Marceline, Missouri (Walt Disney’s boyhood town).
Here’s the 2010 guest cartoonists:
Check the website for the full schedule of programs.
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The cover of Vox Magazine this week is drawn by local comic artist Robyn Seale. She has a four page comic inside that serves as a beginners guide to Roller Derby, with a particular focus on the local Como Derby Dames. Robyn is also the artist on the webcomic the Watcher of Yaathagggu.
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Epic Conventions is putting on Project Comic Con 2 on September 18th and 19th in Maryland Heights Missouri. Their website has a guest list, panel schedule for Saturday & Sunday, plus some interviews with industry professionals. Their guest list includes:
Adam Kubert, Ethan Van Scriver, Howard Chaykin, Fred Van Lente, Mike Choi, Gail Simone, Jamal Igle, Denis Calero, Gary Riedrich, Phil Hester, Ryan Ottley, Kenneth Rocafort, Patrick Leason, Joshua Dysart, Moose Baumann, Ande Parks, Jeremy Haun, Robert Atkins, Jai Nitz, Brian Koschak, Kevin Mellon, Lorenzo Lizana, Jeff Blake, David Faught, Brian Hurtt, Cullen Bunn, Bryan Edward Hill, Bob Luedke, and Matt Kindt.
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Zinester & comic journaler Nicole Georges will be at Ragtag on September 5th as part of the High Harmonies and Tall Tales event. She’s written about stopping in Columbia before in her book Invincible Summer volume two.
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