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Dear Students,

Soon we will begin our time together. 

Before we meet, I’d like you to do a few things…

For our first class you’ll need to bring

1 roll of scotch tape

 I like clear and shiny kind better than the ‘invisible’ tape but either will work

1 black Papermate Flair pen,

    medium point

1 box of 24 Crayola Crayons

   no less and no more than 24!

1 three ring binder

   medium size (1.5 inch spine)

100 plastic sheet protectors

   get the clearest ones they have, and get medium or heavy weight, not economy, load    them into your three ring binder.

 You will also need…

One dozen black papermate flair pens, medium point, PA8430152

One dozen Uniball Vision Stick Roller Ball Pens, Fine Point, Black ink #60126

Note: Get the one with the gray body. Fine point, not ‘micro point’ and Vision Stick not ‘Vision Elite’ –

 All your other supplies will be included with your art kit. Your lab fee for the kit is $80.00.  Payable with Wisc Card or by check to Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  You’ll need to pay your lab fee in the art office.  It’s right up the hall from our classroom.

 BOOKS YOU WILL NEED

 Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice

Ivan Brunetti

Yale University Press 2011

ISBN 9780300170993

Whatcha Mean, Whats a Zine?

Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd

Graphia 2006

ISBN 10:0618563156

CHARACTER NAMES:

In my class, we all go by different names, names of characters we chose for ourselves and we use them for the entire semester. You are free to tell each other your real names, of course, but in class we will use the name you’ve chosen. You can pick a character that exists in the image world – like Medusa or Chef Boyardee or Shrek. Or yu can pick a ‘character’ that exists in the real world —like Sophocles or Beyonce or Ruth Bader Ginsberg or you can choose a character that is an ‘entity’ of some sort, like NASA or Super One Foods, or Iceland or The Ramones.  You can choose a character of any gender, from any point in time, any genre.  Think of a name you’d like to hear said out loud over the semester. For example, I love wookies, so one semester I was Professor Chewbacca and I was so happy when anyone said my name.  In our class, I’ll be Professor SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)

You’ll keep your name for the whole semester and then your name will be retired.  You can use it again, but no other student will be able to use it.

Please let me know what character name you’ve chosen for your self before August 24th.

Finally, I’ve kept this tumblr page for my students for the last four of five years. You can go though the archives and see what sort of work students have done, what the assignments are like, and what sort of extra credit options there are for you do do.

I am very much looking forward to hearing from you about your choice of character name very soon!  Don’t over-think it.

Professor SETI

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Some of the awesome portraits I drew at the #phillypunkrockfleamarket .

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#portraits #commissions #liveart #philly #phillyart #southphilly #artsy #artist #cartoonist #illustrator #Caricatures #caricatureartist #caricaturistphilly

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Apply here!

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Tonight friends!

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Concept Art for the original Legend of Zelda drawn by Katsuya Terada

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Episode 34: Friends with Pete’s Mini Zine Fest 2018

Dre and Corey at Pete’s Mini Zine Fest 2018.

Corey’s Table.

Dre’s Table.

Ghost Rider Dre Drew At The Fest

Mindy Indy and Bill Roundy photo by Marguerite Dabaie.

Andy Pratt on the right. Photo by Marguerite Dabaie

Andy Pratt’s work Dre took home. (ATPratt)

Dre and Corey’s table at the Philadelphia Art Book Fait 2018.

Photo from Philadelphia Art Book Fair 2018.

Two Pennsy yokals Dre and Corey travel up to Brooklyn NY for Pete's Mini Zine Fest 2018. This festival is organized by zinesters Marguerite Dabaie and Andria Alefhi.  They share their experience of Pete’s and reflect a bit about their recent experience at the Philadelphia Art Book Fair. The Check out the podcast for all the details.

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Recently an article has been published about the founder of the Philly Zine Fest, Casey, and his battle with cancer. “Philly Zine Fest founder Casey Grabowski’s cancer battle has relied on medical crowdfunding. Without the GoFundMe page, his wife says, “we would be homeless and uninsured.”“

Please consider donating to Casey’s Gofund Me. We don’t want to lose him! <3 https://www.gofundme.com/casey-has-fing-cancer…

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Come to my workshop on Sunday at the Soapbox!

COMICS ZINE WORKSHOP & OPEN HOURS AT THE SOAPBOX.

March 4, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

WORKSHOP

Create a comics-based zine in this 3-hour workshop with Dre Grigoropol. $35, discount for members. Register in advance at www.phillysoapbox.org/register-for-workshops.

OPEN HOURS

Browse our library holdings and learn about upcoming workshops and volunteer opportunities. Also check our blog’s Featured Zine section to get a preview of some items in our collection, as selected by library volunteers. We welcome visitors during Open Hours to tour the space, ask us questions, and bring us your ideas. Come on over.

Date:March 4Time:1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

www.phillysoapbox.org

Soapbox May Street1323 S. May St. Philadelphia, PA 19143 United States

Website:

www.phillysoapbox.org

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Updated recently! Just note it focuses mainly on publishers who distribute via Diamond, so there may be some others not covered.

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Cosplay Life Drawing Club at Fun A Day

Hey everyone! Cosplay Life Drawing Club at Fun A Day at 34 Yoga Studio! 2-17-2018 ! Free! We will have the wonderful Lora Bloom modeling! http://cosplaylifedrawingclub.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1563715273747621/

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Comix Gab ESP 33: Goodnight 2017, Philly Zine Fest 2017 review and conversations of more zine culture events.

Philly Zine Fest 2017 review and conversations of more zine culture events and institutions with Cameron Csjones, Cory Kram, Corey Bechelli and Dre.

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Chronological Timeline

1:00 Philly Zine Fest Review. What did the Comix Gab crew find interesting at the Philly Zine Fest?

12:00  We highlight Soapbox Publishing Center and their Zine Library. 15:00 We put a spotlight on the Ritual Reading Room Art Show at Carpenter Studios. Cory and Dre had work in the show.

20:00 The crew is looking forward to Philly Fun A Day 2018. It’s non juried, all ages art show that showcases art projects that were done everyday in January 2018.

25:00 Upcoming Events! Listen to the crew’s list of upcoming 2018 events. Dre and Cameron will be at KotoriCon 2018 on January 06, 2018 teaching the awesome power of Medibang at 1:30 pm.

Zine Fest Song by Patrick Fortenbaugh.

Happy New Year from Comix Gab!

Philly Zine Fest 2017 photo bt Dre.

2017 Philly Zine Fest Flyer by Tia Guts.

Soapbox’s letterpress picture.

2015 Philly Zine Fest Flyer done via letterpress at the Soapbox.

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Come see us today at the Philly Zine Fest!

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Happy birthday, Cameron Jones! Keep on making awesome art!

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We have some upcoming events in the Philadelphia area! Come check us out and maybe even stop by for a short interview. Also, our host Dre will be exhibiting at Oddball Art Hall at the Oddity in DE in November and most likely December and have work in the Heavy Bubble’s art book RiTUAL. Single Sheet Book Show at 1241 Carpenter Studios in Philadelphia.

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We are doing a panel/workshop An Introduction to MediBang Paint! at Kotoricon in NJ 01-05 & 1-06 2018! We love Medibang Paint at Comix Gab! 

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Our gal Gabby, by artist Cory Kram!