Mid-Missouri Comics Collective

The mid-Missouri area has a diverse group of creators making unique work in print and on the Web. This section features some of these creators, comic jams from Midmococo meetings and links to some of the comics created at our 24 Hour Comics Day event.

Featured Creators

Periodically, Midimococo will highlight the work of a mid-Missouri creator with a short interview about their current projects.

Dan Magee — featured creator

Posted on May 11, 2009

Dan Magee is the creator of Bad Guy High, which is featured on the Drunk Duck webcomics website. He’s also done quite a few illustrations for the Maneater during his college years. We decided to throw some questions his way before he graduates from MU this month

1. What are you working on now comics-wise?

For the past five years I’ve been working on my webcomic Bad Guy High. It’s a project that I keep very close to my heart and I want to see it through to the end. Unlike most web and print comics I don’t plan on doing it indefinitely. I have a very specific course of events and ending all planned out, and I won’t give up on Bad Guy High till I reach it. After college I eventually plan on doing a semi autobiographical graphic novel based around the rocky love life I’ve had here at school. I’m just narcissistic enough to believe it might actually be interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

More featured creators

• Emily Warren — featured creator » March 16, 2009
• J.B. Winter — featured creator » October 20, 2008
• Fading Aura — featured creator » June 2, 2008
• Ladydarke — featured creator » April 6, 2008
• Zac Crockett — featured creator » January 10, 2008
• Scott Ziolko — featured creator » November 7, 2007

See all our featured creators »

Comic jams

During each Midmococo meeting, we create create what is known as a comic jam. One person begins by drawing a single comic panel and passing the page onto someone else, who draws the next panel. There is no planning involved and we never know how it's going to tun out until we reach the end of the page. Check out our last few jams.

June jams: Watchmen & Apes

Posted on June 10, 2009

A couple of jams from the June midmococo meeting:

More comic jams

• May jam: Robot bump » May 8, 2009
• April jam: Post modern heros » April 5, 2009
• March jam: displaced jam » March 13, 2009
• February jams: lost pencil jams » February 5, 2009
• December jams: no comment jams » December 14, 2008

See all our jams »

24 Hour Comics Day comics

Cartoonists all over the globe take the 24 Hour Comics Day challenge of trying to create a 24 page comic story in 24 straight hours. Midmococo participates each year as a group. Below are some links to a few of the comics created at the event

24 Hour Comics Day 2008

24 Hour Comics Day 2008 was a huge success. It was hosted by the Columbia Art League in their excellent classroom space. We had a record turnout of 16 participants and most stayed the entire 24 hours. You can see photos, video and press coverage on our follow-up post.

• And More » Kirstin Steitz
• Runner » Dainty Rhino
• Trapped » Scott Ziolko
• Bad Guy High pages » Dan
• Superbeast » Koko
• The Dragon’s Horde » John Fortman
• Stuck in an Elevator » Keith Chan
• Untitled space story » Josh Nichols
• Imaginary Food » JB Winter

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24 Hour Comics Day 2007

This year, our 24 Hour Comics Day event was held at Quinlan Keep in Columbia, Mo. We had a great turnout and even though it was homecoming weekend, we got some pretty good media coverage and pictures. A few of the finished books have been scanned and put online for your viewing pleasure.

• Battle Planet/Fail » Scott Ziolko
• The Antidote » Pocky Imp
• The Watch » Josh Nichols & Winter
• Selective Pressure » Keith Chan
• And Stuff » Kirstin Steitz