Mini-Comics Day in McCleary, pt. 13

Although I was granted administrator power on the official Mini-Comics day website, when it comes to employing graphics on WordPress I am really inept. Thanks to Steven Stwalley for telling the McCleary story on that venue.

Another obscure link to our corner of the world up here in the Great Pacific Northwest was provided by Jim Gill, who led us to Colin Upton's effort on Mini-Comics Day.

The cover here is from Jim's Headgear, a truly impressive piece of work created in a short time with no pencils. And he modestly and quietly made this thing while visiting and telling stories in a casual manner. A cartoonist class act.

Steve Stwalley Package of Comix!

Last month I found a big packet of comix in my PO Box from Minneapolis cartoonist Steven Stwalley. You might recognize his name as the cover artist to both Morty the Blog jams We Rode With the Clowns and Terminal.

Great stuff in here! Follow the link to his name for more info. I especially liked the one-of-kind 100% Genuine Counterfeit Morty Comix # 2,368,147 ("I've got more issues than a psychopath!")

This will all be donated in turn to the Washington State University Comix Collection. Many thanks Steven!

Terminal

Terminal. June 2, 2011. 100 copies, ivory paper, regular digest size.

Cover: Steven Stwalley
p. 2: Steve Willis
p. 3: Harry Bell
p. 4: Bob Vojtko
p. 5: Dan W. Taylor and Chad Woody
p. 6: Steven Stwalley
p. 7: Ed DeVore
p. 8: Roldo
p. 9: Marc Myers
p. 10: Bob Vojtko and Anvil
p. 11: Bruce Chrislip
p. 12: Bruce Chrislip
p. 13: Brad W. Foster
p. 14: Bob Vojtko
back cover: Chad Woody

I'll be sending out contrib copies to the artists and to our fab Morty the Blog patrons who have dropped some of the coin of the realm in the donate box.

I've already got a few drawings for yet another jam. Please feel free to send me a random image and I'll see how I can make it part of story!

And Dan W. Taylor, I have not forgotten I still owe you a drawing.

Terminal

New Jam Comic Still Alive, Honest

As some of you might recall, last February I compiled and published a Morty the Dog blog jam called We Rode With the Clowns. Shortly after that I sounded a call for contributions for a second book.

Yes, that book is still alive. The script is now finished and I'm hoping to get it into print in the next month or so. The contributors are: Anvil (she created the above image), Harry Bell, Bob Vojtko, Dan W. Taylor, Steve Stwalley, Ed DeVore, Roldo, Marc Myers, Bruce Chrislip, Chad Woody and Brad Foster. Is that a great lineup or what? Hopefully my script will do these wonderful artists justice. I still have to create my linking illustration and captions.

In the meantime, any graphics that arrive from this point on will find their way into a third jam book. Basically, just send me an image, any drawing that I can present before a mixed audience, and than I'll link the randomness together into a story like the Clowns book. This next one has a tighter story than the first. So stay tuned.

We Rode With the Clowns-- Now Published

1st edition, February 2011, 200 copies, salmon cover, digest size.

I've stuffed and addressed the envelopes of contrib copies for the artists and our two faithful patrons of the Morty arts who have sent donations for the cause. The copies will be sent out on Monday.

Once again I want to especially extend thanks to Brad Foster who not only was the first to volunteer, but also spread the word I was looking for contributors.

The following artists have sent me images for the next one: Anvil, Harry Bell, Bruce Chrislip, Roldo, and Bob Vojtko. It's a great start and I hope more of you out there will send me a drawing.

We Rode With the Clowns

Here's a preview of the short digest jam comic I was badgering all you guys about. I'll be taking it to the printer this week and sending out contrib copies. I plan on distributing it as a freebie both in the mail and in person. I'm a bit rusty and in many ways am relearning some of the drawing and printing tricks.

Thanks to Steven Stwalley, Maximum Traffic, Ed DeVore, Chelsea Baker, Harry Bell, Roldo, Bob Vojtko, Brad W. Foster, and Bruce Chrislip!

Bruce sent me enough drawings to last awhile, but if any of you readers out there want to participate in future comix I'm game for creating more of these. If nothing else it is great to meet you new folks and wonderful to see the Oldwavers are still drawing!