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Leland Frog Fest 2011 this Saturday- 9/24/11

Lin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:48:22 +0000

Coming up this weekend is the Leland Frog Fest- a Festival of the Arts in historic downtown Leland, MS on Saturday, September 24, 2011, which would have been Jim Henson’s 75th birthday.

Special guest Fran Brill from Sesame Street will be on hand for the dedication of the Rainbow Connection Bridge. The MSCA’s Kevin Williams, Muley The Mule, and Lin Workman will be driving down to take part in the frog festivities. Be sure to stop by Kevin and Muley’s table to check out some of Kevin’s art, and visit the The Jim Henson Delta Boyhood Exhibit on the banks of Deer Creek in Leland. (You can see pics and a travel blog about Leland, MS Kermit’s homecoming at Have Geek, Will Travel.)

For more info visit http://www.lelandfrogfest.com/ or email: frogbirthplace@att.net

If you can’t make it down to Leland, there’s still plenty of events going on this weekend in Memphis. A couple are-

Memphis Ronald McDonald House’s 17th Annual Big Scoop Ice Cream Festival- Saturday, September 24 Downtown at Auto Zone Park 11:00am- 4:00pm. Variety of ice cream, frozen treats, snacks, and drinks from many local vendors. Children’s Activity Land with games and activities for children big and small. Advance Tickets are $7.00 and $10.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at all area YoLo Frozen Yogurt and SUPERCUT locations.

Brooks Museum’s Chalk Art Festival Saturday, September 24 10am-2 pm -free to celebrate the Brooks’ 95th birthday by drawing on the plaza! 11am – 1pm live music and 12pm birthday cake. (Rain date is 9/25); bring your own street chalk or pastels, or $3 at the Brooks. Hotdogs and drinks will be available for sale. Overton Park- Memphis, TN.

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

Elementary: The Many Faces of the MSCA

Lin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:19:22 +0000

The artist reception for the art show “Elementary: The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes” was a big success this past Wednesday night.

Several members of the MSCA were in attendance.

And some like Ronnie and Jane Shenks came bearing gifts!

The Sherlock Candy Bouquet was awesome!

Nicki, her mom, and sister Regina got all of the refreshments together.

Tim Brown as “Isaac your bartender” did a great job with the liquid refreshments.

We had lots of friends attend as well.

The paintings looked great on the walls and were hung by David Lusk.

The paintings are located in the upper and lower lobbies and can be seen during Theatre Memphis business hours.

The art show and play run through Halloween, and MSCA member Jim Palmer is “Prof. Moriarty”.

For more info got to TheatreMemphis.org or LinWorkman.com.

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped set up and promote it.

Lin

Con Season 2010

Lin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:58 +0000

Here are a few conventions and events members of the MSCA will be attending next year-

Shadowcon XIV

January 8th & 9th, 2010

Holiday Inn Select

2240 Democrat Road

Memphis, TN 38132

http://www.shadowcon.org/

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Midsouthcon

March 12-14, 2010

Whispering Woods Hotel and Convention Center

11200 Goodman Road

Olive Branch, MS 38654

http://www.midsouthcon.org/

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CGS Super Show

March 27 & 28, 2010

Greater Reading Expo Center

Reading, PA

http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/supershow/

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Cape Comic Con (Cape-Con)

April?

Cape Girardeau, MO

http://www.capecomiccon.com./

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Free Comic Book Day

May 1st, 2010

Comic Cellar

3620 Austin Peay HWY Ste 2

Memphis, TN 38128

http://www.comiccellaronline.com/

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

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Phoenix Comicon (Cactuscon)

May 27-30, 2010

Phoenix Convention Center & Hyatt Regency

Downtown Phoenix, AZ

http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/

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Metropolis Superman Celebration

June 10-13, 2010

Metropolis, IL (off I-24 north of Paducah, KY)

http://www.supermancelebration.net/

I’ll add more as I get the info.

Lin

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

Pod-people Invade Memphis!

Lin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:49:19 +0000

Well, sort of… PKD Media’s Shawn Pryor and Memphian Jon Carroll (The Oblivion Bar blog) give me and Antone Wade (Jetta:Tales of the Toshigawa) a call to talk about self-publishing comics, distribution, this site, ninjas, M.C. Hammer pants and more!

The PKD Black Box Podcast

You can get it (Episode #3) at http://pkdmedia.com, http://pkdmedia.com/thepkdblackbox, or via iTunes. Since we discussed so much Shawn Pryor split our conversation into two parts.

Lin

Broad Avenue Art Walk- Big Success!

Lin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:34:43 +0000

And a lot of fun!

Here are some pics from October 2nd’s Broad Ave. Art Walk-

Setting up the space.

Entrance to Adam’s studio.

My wall of toon paintings.

One of Adam Shaw’s paintings.

Kevin loves Cookie!

Greg Cravens’ with a couple of his paintings.

A couple more of Greg’s paintings.

Some of Marco’s photos.

Some comic book illustrations by Martheus Antone Wade.

Some Jetta work by Antone and Janet Wade.

Jetta and Bushi Tales banners flank Lana’s Vampy painting.

Penny and Adam work the MSCA merch table.

It was 6pm and people started to show up and check out the show.

It got dark quick outside but more folks continued to fill the space.

Antone and Anakin Wade stop to talk to comic artist Dean Zachary.

Lana works on the MSCA jam piece.

So does Greg.

Dean checks out some of Antone’s comic pages.

Adam talks with some comics fans about his painted Bloodstream comic pages.

Michael and Lana “Vamp” it up.

Marco, Anakin, and Janet take a break from it all.

Penny talks comics with some guests.

Now this is a crowd!

Our hosts- Penny and Adam Shaw.

Freddy Kruger and MSCA president Kevin L. Williams.

Me and Nicki.

Greg and Paula Cravens.

Paula had a show of her own down the street at West Memorials.

She had her photos on display alongside many of West Memorials custom monuments.

All the galleries and studios were jumpin’!

There were demonstrations like this one at Metalworks.

Next show at Adam’s studio will be mine on Oct 23rd.

Scare ya there!
Lin

Kim’s Story

Lin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:24 +0000

New Jetta Web Comic

There is a new web story starting up this Friday at www.toshigawa.com. This one is called Kim’s Story.

If you picked up the graphic novel, Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa-Defiance, then you will notice that Kim’s Story fits right in the middle of that book.

Synopsis:
Kim, the young leader of the Toshigawa ninja clan, is on a secret recon mission in the heart of new Tokyo. His back-up is a young group of ninja excited to begin their first mission. However, can the inexperienced group of warriors make it back from this mission alive when they encounter the demon army of the Knave?

Written by Janet Wade and illustrated by Sean Izaakse with colors by Kevin L. Williams (creator of Muley The Mule and editor on Jetta).

This is a free web story that will be running at toshigawa.com. Each Friday they will post a new page of this exciting story. Each story is illustrated and written by guest artists and ties in with the main Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa graphic novel series.

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Don’t forget to send in any member or industry news to me, and also check out our new forums. Lots of great topics to talk about, or feel free to start your own. You can also share your art with the group.

I’ve also started “Pimp It Friday” on my Comic Whore site. Your news could be a part of it, but only if I know about it!

Lin

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

Lin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:45:48 +0000

Today is our El Prez’ birthday!

Hope you have a great birthday, Kevin!

The MSCA gang