The Mid-South Cartoonists Association is a Sub-Chapter of the Southeastern Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society.  That said, we recieved an e-mail for Help the Hodges, and hope you’ll go do some bidding:

The NCS Foundation would like to remind you that the auctions to Help the Hodges continue on eBay. We currently have our FINAL 72 lots available for bidding right now. All will conclude this coming Sunday, March 21.

Here are a few items of interest:

• Original Stitch animation drawing from LILO & STITCH
• Original FAMILY CIRCUS daily art by Jeff and Bil Keane
• Original LUANN daily and book by Greg Evans
• Original BETWEEN FRIENDS daily by Sandra Bell-Lundy
• Drawing of the DENNIS THE MENACE cast by Ron Ferdinand
• BEETLE BAILEY Sunday art by Mort Walker
• BIZARRO original Sunday art by Dan Piraro
• POGO original daily by Walt Kelly
• THE NORM comic strip art by Michael Jantze
• Two early MISS PEACH dailies by Mell Lazarus from 1959
• WIZARD OF ID by Brant Parker from 1979
* B.C. by Johnny Hart from 1979
• Three original watercolor illustrations by Dan Spiegle based on his classic comics
• USAGI YOJIMBO painting by Stan Sakai
• Batman and Superman art by Tim Sale
• Darwyn Cooke BATMAN-SPIRIT original art
• HELLBOY sketch by Mike Mignola
• Original cover art to Tex Avery’s SCREWBALL SQUIRREL by Bill Morrison
• The Simpsons comic book signed by ALICE COOPER who wrote a story inside
• A Pearl snare drum signed by the group SHINEDOWN
• SPIDER-MAN 3 movie poster signed by the actors and Stan Lee

The NCSF thanks you for your support as we push for a stellar finish in our fundraiser to HELP THE HODGES!

TO VISIT OUR SELLERS PAGE ON EBAY:

http://shop.ebay.com/ncsfoundation/m.html?_trkparms=65%253A1%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1&_ipg=100&_sc=1&_sop=1&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

TO SEE ALL THE ART THAT HAS BEEN DONATED:

http://www.HelpTheHodges.com

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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

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Please renew your dues by June 15, 2009. It is only $25 for the year and should be payable to SEC NCS and sent to:

STEVE HAYNIE/NCS SEC TREASURER

423 SMITH GROVE RD

EASLEY, SC 29640-9610

The dues get you a quarterly newsletter, and entry to the Fall Meeting.

For membership information and more, please visit www.secncs.com.

MAW PRODUCTIONS UPDATE

Hey EVERYONE,

There is a cool video up at toshigawa.com that shows Brian Miller, lead
colorist and owner of Hifi Designs, painting a panel from Jetta/Shi in his
tutorial! The video is part of hs educational series of books called Hi-Fi
Color for Comics and some of my art will be featured in book 2 out this
fall!
Watch the vid here:
http://toshigawa.com/?page_id=99

Here is the rundown on the book:
It’s incredibly easy to make great looking comics with Hi-Fi Color for
Comics.
Are you curious about how comic books are colored? Want to learn how to
color comic artwork yourself? Ready to get hands-on with some cool comic
book artwork to practice coloring? With Hi-Fi Color for Comics you now
have the chance.
For more information:
http://www.hifidesign.com/

Watch Brian Miller from HiFi color a panel from Jetta/Shi: Arrow of
Destiny. See more of Jetta in Hi-Fi Color for Comics 2 coming this fall!

Also don’t forget!!
Jetta: Crucible Pre-Order Special

Until the second weekend in June, the time that we will appear at Superman
Celebration in Metropolis, IL, we will be offering a free sketch with each
“Crucible” graphic novel pre-ordered Be sure to pre-order your copy
here!!
http://toshigawa.com/?page_id=43

A WEAPON IS FORGED! Prophesy says Shianndrea Toshigawa (aka Jetta) of the
Toshigawa clan is the Chosen One, the one who will protect the earth from
the impending invasion of the demon army of the Knave. But, before she can
save the world, she has to save herself! She has to prove herself to one
of Japan’s most deadliest wariors, The killer Taki Sato.

Written by: Jason Negen with Martheus Wade
Illustrations by: Martheus Wade
Editor: Kevin Williams
Back Cover: Greg Cravens
Cover Colors: HiFi Designs

 

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From John Sheppard of the SEC/NCS:

INCOMING!!
OK everybody,calm down. Get up off the floor and brush yourself off andwipe that sheepish grin off your face. NOT that kind of incoming. We’re talking about the launch of a new military themed gag panel. It is now “live” over at www.incomingcartoons.com. It has been pre-loaded with a few cartoons. The update schedule going forward will be Tuesdays and Fridays.

In addition to the web, INCOMING! can be seen in print bi-weekly in Militay Press newspaper and bi-monthly in Purple Heart magazine. INCOMING! is a military themed single panel cartoon with no continuing characters or storyline. No service is spared as our goal is to highlight and honor our troops and veterans. Sure, these are humorous pokes at the military, but we only do so as a way of paying tribute to them.

The INCOMING! PX has original B+W art and colored prints available as wellas several greeting cards. The supply NCO says hats and tee shirts arethings he has on his list for the future.Please pass the word around about us and we thank you for stopping by andvisiting the troops.

Sgt. Shep

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