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Hungry for cartoons? MSCA Dinner Meetings 1st Thursday of each month!

Lin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:12:10 +0000

The next MSCA Monthly Dinner Meeting is this Thursday, December 1st at the U of M Garibaldi’s Pizza on Walker Avenue near Highland and Southern. Dinner meetings start at 7PM and run until 9-10PM, or until Garibaldi’s employees start turning off lights on us and locking up! Guest speakers usually start around 8pm.

This month we’ll be discussing upcoming art show opportunities for MSCA members, current member projects, self-publishing comics, the cancellation of the MSCA Sat-Art-Days at Comic Cellar and more.

Dinner meetings are free and open to the public, but be sure to bring a few bucks to order off the menu- you’ll be glad you did! Great pizza, salads, sandwiches, and beverages to be had.

Spontaneous cartooning on napkins, sketchbooks and other drawing surfaces have been known to happen during dinner meetings so sure to bring something to draw with and/or on.

Don’t be shy- bring some of your work to show to others at the meetings. We’d love to see what you’ve been working on.

Next dinner meeting will be January 5th, 2012. We’ll be discussing the upcoming MSCA art show at the DeSoto Arts Council’s Art House in February 2012.

Hope to see you there.

Lin

New “Spud Salad” book on the menu at SpudComics.com!

Lin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:30:13 +0000

This just added to the cartoon reading menu by MidSouth Cartoonists Association member Lonnie Easterling-

Get your second helping of hilarity! Over 100 of the best single panel cartoons from Spud Comics in convenient print form. From giant monsters to gun-toting teddy bears, nothing is too outlandish in this second volume from the popular webcomic.

If you like what you see there’s more Spud Comics to devour! Scraped from the brain of cartoonist, Lonnie Easterling, this is the first volume of the best Spud Comics ever to grace the internet. Each turn of the page is sure to bring a chuckle. Featuring over 100 comics from 2008 and 2009.

You can order up some Spud Comics books, tees, and more at the Spud Shop online- http://spudcomics.com/spudshop/.

Feb 3rd- Ground Art Day and 6 more weeks of cartoons!

Lin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:05:30 +0000

This Thursday it’s that time again for our monthly MSCA dinner meeting at Garibaldi Pizza on Walker Ave. near the U of M.

Every 1st Thursday of the month we meet from 7-9pm to draw toons, talk shop, and eat pizza.

Bring yo’self, a sketchbook, pencil, copies of your latest project, and a few bucks to order off the menu.

The MSCA dinner meetings are free and open to the public- cartoon dudes and dudettes welcome.

Same for our Sat-Art-Days at Comic Cellar on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 9-noon.

While you’re here be sure to check out the new MSCA members gallery and sign up on our forums.

Stay “tooned” for more fun!

http://garibaldispizza.com/walker.htm

Sunday Funnies to go- on your letters!

Lin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:24:49 +0000

Whenever I go into the post office and they ask if I need any stamps I always ask them, “Do you have any cartoon ones?” and they usually reply with a “Sorry, no.”

Yesterday was different! I bought two panes of Sunday Funnies stamps!

Beetle Bailey, Calvin and Hobbes, Archie, Garfield, and Dennis the Menace!

Here’s the description on the USPS website-
These are the 44–cent Sunday Funnies commemorative stamps, available as a Strip of 5 stamps, a Block of 10 stamps, or a Pane of 20 stamps.

On July 16, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio, the Postal Service™ issued a 44-cent, Sunday Funnies commemorative stamp in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps, designed by Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Maryland.

The Sunday Funnies stamp pane honors five of our most beloved comic strips: Beetle Bailey, Calvin and Hobbes, Archie, Garfield, and Dennis the Menace. Art director Ethel Kessler selected the images that appear on the stamps.

The Beetle Bailey stamp features Beetle, smiling calmly while Sarge loses his cool.

The Calvin and Hobbes stamp captures the precocious 6-year-old and his tiger pal making scary and ridiculous faces.

The Archie stamp features Archie sharing a chocolate shake with brunette Veronica Lodge on his right and blonde Betty Cooper on his left.

The Garfield stamp features the crabby tabby standing back to back with Odie, a carefree, energetic dog.

The Dennis the Menace stamp features 5-year-old Dennis, dressed in red overalls and striped shirt, running off to some new adventure.

Issue Date: July 16, 2010

I didn’t realize these came out this summer, so hopefully your local post office still has some in stock. If not you can get them on-line.

Hope they do more toon stamps!

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Usually around the holidays the dinner meetings tend to have a lighter attendance, but this month’s was an exception.

We had about 16 folks show up at Garibaldi’s Pizza to discuss cartoons, member news, the association’s website, and more.

MSCA dinner meetings are the first Thursday of each month from 7-9pm at the U of M Garibaldi’s Pizza location off Walker and Highland. If you love cartoons we’d love to have ya!

The meetings are free and open to the public, but feel free to bring a few bucks to order off the menu, as well as some art to show or news to talk about.

Also be sure to sign up in the MSCA forums and get to posting about industry news, your art work, or to check out what others are doing. A new members gallery will be going up on the website soon and info on how to submit art , links, and bio info will be posted there in the clock tower thread by our webmaster Nicki.

Lin

November art events and meetings

Lin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:58:24 +0000

Don’t forget that this Thursday is the MSCA Dinner Meeting at 7 pm. We’ll gather at Garibaldi’s Pizza on Walker Ave (across from Tiger Bookstore).

The second gathering is on November 20th at 9 am for Sat-art-day for those who can’t make the Thursday meeting, and to give us an opportunity to get some artwork done with the group as opposed to doing it by ourselves. I can tell you, I draw better when I’m with my artist peers. Meet us at Comic Cellar on Austin Peay Hwy (Ste. 2) north of Yale and the Raleigh Springs Mall.

MSCA Meetings are open to professionals, amateurs and cartooning enthusiasts; writers, artists, editors…if you’re in it, come join us!

Other Memphis happenings:

Fri, Sat November 5 & 6 – Memphis Comics & Fantasy Convention – Cook Convention Center www.memphiscfc.com

Sun November 7 – Davis Kidd Booksellers – David: The Graphic Novel is being signed by the artists: Martheus Wade, Andrew Chandler, Adam Shaw, Dean Zachary, and more!

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Just south of Memphis in Desto County-

DESOTO ARTS COUNCIL

WINTER SHOW Fine Arts Exhibit & Sale

Sponsored by Brian Henry, D.C. for Henry Chiropractic Clinic

EXHIBIT DATES:

Sunday, November 14, 2010 – Saturday, March 12, 2011

(end date subject to change due to anticipated gallery move in 2011)

Regular gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

OPENING RECEPTION:

Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Lin Workman will be doing an airbrush demonstration from 1-4pm Sunday.

660 West Commerce Street, Hernando, Mississippi 38632

http://www.desotoarts.com/

Anderson’s Pottery is having its first ever
“Studio Show & Sale”

November 20, from 8 till 5

Wide selection of handcrafted, functional stoneware pottery

2701 Scott Rd – Hernando, MS

The art show is afoot!

Lin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:19:15 +0000

This October MSCA member Lin Workman will trade his usual black and white “monsterpiece” portraits for the many faces of Sherlock Holmes.

“Elementary: The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes” art show will run from October 15th-31st at Theatre Memphis.

Artist reception is October 20th from 6-8pm and is open to the public.

The show will feature several airbrushed portraits in the lobby and run in conjunction with Theatre Memphis‘ production of “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” starring MSCA member and Lil’ E creator Jim Palmer as Professor Moriarty.

For more info check out Lin’s website at LinWorkman.com.

In other art show news…

“Press Start” Art Show Delayed‏

The committee has decided to delay the fall MSCA art show for now. Please continue to work on your art pieces, though, because it isn’t completely canceled–just delayed.

When we have updated deadlines for submitting art, show dates and location information we will re-notify everyone.

Some good news, the first Sat-art-day Drawing Session at Comic Cellar was a hit. We will have another next month (third Saturday of each month) on Oct. 16th from 9am-12pm. Come out to draw, share ideas, talk techniques and tools of the trade, discuss industry news, and find time to be productively creative!

Thanks to Jason and the Comic Cellar staff for hosting our new monthly event and continuing to support local comic creators.

If you have member news about yourself, please submit it (with pictures or drawings if you wish) so we can share it.

MSCA – Art Show, Signing, Hockey, Sam, Songs‏ and Pod-People

Lin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:55:57 +0000

Looking for something fun to do on Friday night? There will be an art show on Friday, December 11, 2009, at the studio of Adam Shaw featuring some of his art in a show titled “The Heidi Series.” There will also be other artists on display, so be sure you show up! The show is at 2547 Broad Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112.

www.abshaw.com

But, the “Adam” fun times don’t end there! On Saturday, December 12, you can meet and greet with Adam Shaw, the artist of the new graphic novel, HARPE (about the first serial killers in the U.S.), at Comics and Collectibles from 2 – 4 p.m. Comics and Collectibles is located at 4730 Poplar Ave. #2 Memphis TN 38117.

http://www.memphiscomics.com/

But, wait! Your Saturday fun isn’t over just yet–you can also see Kevin Williams performing as Riverthing, the favorite mascot of the Mississippi Riverkings at the Desoto Civic Center. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. on December 12. If you’ve never been to a Riverkings game before, you should. Skate on down to the DCC and watch an awesome game, and if you show up and find Riverthing that night and mention you’re with the MSCA, you’ll get a special photo opportunity!!

www.muleythemule.com
www.riverkings.com/

Watch the MSCA site for frequent updates, like this week’s very fun text version of “Mule on the Street” when Muley the Mule interviewed none other than our own Sam Ray! Ever wanted to know more about an original member of the MSCA? Sam Ray is one of the guys to talk to. If you missed his talk at the December dinner meeting, this is your chance to get caught up.

We’ll be looking for a speaking member in January, so if you are interested in discussing more about who you are and your work, technique, tools and business, send me an e-mail. The next dinner meeting is January 7, 2010, at 7 pm at Garibaldi’s Pizza on Walker Ave., and would be the night you would speak. And you know me: If someone doesn’t volunteer I will have to appoint!

(It’s weird to already be typing 2010!)

Now, to add some Holiday cheer, our good friend Sean Taylor (writer for such comics as Gene Simmons’ “Dominatrix”) has shared an e-mail with us regarding music from his very awesome band:

Happy holidays! Hope you’re having a relaxing and fun season. Maybe this will help. Enjoy two free mp3s from my musical past:

- The first, a Nothing Regal recording from 2006, a Ramones-esque version of “O Come All Ye Faithful”: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8441196

- The other, a Nothing Regal original, but an alternate recording, “So Long Awaited”: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8441194 (the CD version has Jeff singing lead, this is the demo version with me taking lead vox).

- And a bonus song, a cover of “Christmas Must Be Tonight”: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8441195 (this one just streams, no download, sorry)

Take care, and have an enjoyable celebration this season, no matter the name of it (except for you Festivus folks, ya’ll are nuts, heh).

Later,

—-
Sean Taylor
Writer & Editor

Be Safe, Be Happy, Be Well,
Kevin and the Mule

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Hey gang-

The second part of the interview Wonton and I did with Shawn Pryor and Jon Carroll for The Black Box podcast is now available. We talk more about digital comics, distribution, web comics, Jetta, Bushi Tales, my B/W art show and Comic Whore site.

http://thepkdblackbox.podbean.com/

Type at ya later,

Lin

Business As Usual

Lin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:22:31 +0000

Last night at the monthly MSCA dinner meeting at Garibaldi’s Pizza our guest speaker was cartoonist Sam Ray, MSCA member and creator of the “Business As Usual” comic strip.

Sam discussed how he got into cartooning, writing for “Hagar The Horrible”, and sending cartoons to the syndicates and magazines.

After I saw the above cartoon in the Commercial Appeal (the newspaper here) this summer I told him I really dug it and said that if he ever wanted to sell the original to let me know. He said, “Heck, if you like it that much I’ll give it to you.” and he did last night at the meeting! I asked if I could at least buy him a beer. He said, “Ok, you twisted my arm.”

Sam’s one of the original MSCA members and a great guy to talk toons with. You can read more about Sam here.

Thanks, Sam!

Lin

Dinner Meeting This Thursday!

Lin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:15:48 +0000

Hey gang- don’t forget that this Thursday, November 5th is the first Thursday of the month and that means it’s time for another MSCA monthly dinner meeting at-

Garibaldi’s Pizza

3530 Walker Ave

Memphis, TN 38111

We’ll be there from 7-9pm’ish. Bring a few bucks to order off the menu and don’t forget to bring along anything you’ve been working on, reading, or found to show/tell the rest of the group.

Hope to see you there!

Lin