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Jun
29
2009

The CAM needs artist for the Sketch-A-Thon at the SDCC09

Hey all, I will be in San Diego for the Comic-Con this summer working with the Cartoon Art Museum again. If you are an artist and are at the con and want to help out….

The Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon at San Diego Comic-Con needs your help!

San Diego Comic-Con International is fast approaching, and the Cartoon Art Museum needs your help! In order to raise funds and raise awareness of the Cartoon Art Museum, we’ll be hosting our second annual Sketch-A-Thon at this year’s Comic-Con.

We’re looking for artists to sit at our table for one-hour sessions, drawing sketches for Comic-Con attendees in exchange for donations to the Cartoon Art Museum. Past guest artists included Alison Bechdel, Tom Beland, Daryl Cagle, Rick Geary, Derek Kirk Kim, Keith Knight, Batton Lash, Steve Lieber and Eric Powell, among others, and we’re hoping to put together another all-star line-up for this year. This year’s guest list already includes Marvel Comics artist & letterer Rick Parker, mini-comics creator Karen Luk and underground comix legend Bobby London, with more surprises to come.

Artists of all shapes, sizes and skill levels are welcome, so please don’t be intimidated by the list that I’ve posted. We’re hoping to have one veteran artist and one up-and-comer at the table at all times, which will allow the younger artists to learn from the older ones (and vice versa).

We set a new fundraising record at last year’s Comic-Con, and we’re hoping to top that total this year.

Thanks very much for your consideration. If you’re able to give some of your time at this year’s Comic-Con, please send me an e-mail and I’ll fill you in on the details and start working out a schedule. If you’ll be on-site but unable to leave your table and you’d still like to contribute a sketch or a signed book, please let me know and I’ll add you to our sign-up list.

Best,

Andrew Farago

Gallery Manager/Curator
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) CAR-TOON, ext. 314
www.cartoonart.org

Jun
10
2009

Update 6-10-09

Hey all. Time for another update on whats happening with the ever tall Brian Kolm.

- I will be teaching an Adult level class on this weekend June 13-14, 200:

Defining the Project
Instructor: Brian Kolm
Level: Beginning/Intermediate – Adult
Days: June 13-14, 2009

Are you thinking about working on a personal comic or cartoon project? Do you need some motivation to get the ball rolling? Come to this hands-on workshop where like-minded creators can work on their projects together. We will go through exercises that will help you explore ideas for stories, settings, and characters for your projects. We will then learn how to take our projects to the next level. We will learn how to outline our stories, as well as design the characters and settings that will help bring the story and character ideas to life.

- The following week is my first Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Musuem in San Francisco. A second class and one in July follow:

Intermediate ages 10-14:

June 15-19: Designing Superheroes

Superheroes are a big part of American pop culture with characters as diverse as Batman, Wonder Woman, Mr. Incredible and Diaperman. Students will learn to draw these and their own brightly colored lads and ladies who fight crime. The class will teach the students how to draw humanoid heroes in pose, physique, personality, costume and presentation.

June 22-26: From Storyboard to Animatic

In this class students learn to draw storyboards just like the ones used in movies and television shows. Once the storyboards are created students will develop them into an animated piece. The class will explore drawing, camera moves and lighting, timing and communication, and applying simple animation and camera moves to give a simulation of what a final film would look like.

July 13-17: Storytelling for Comics

Students will explore the process of creating a story including writing an outline, developing the structure of the story, creating characters, and making rough layouts.

Beginner level ages 7-14:

August 3-7: Cartoon Craft

Young students will participate in a fun week of cartoon and crafts combined, including the creation of projects that explore collage, flipbooks, zoetrope, paper dolls, puppets, and robots.

- I am now AllAbouttheMouseketeer  #857. ‘All About the Mouse’ is a Disney podcast I really enjoy listening too. Find out more at: www.allaboutthemouse.com

- I am also a fan of Window to the Magic, Mouse Station, and Mousetalgia!

- I have a few new freelance art gigs coming up and that makes me happy.

- I will be at the San Diego Comic-Con Thursday through Sunday at the Cartoon Art Museum booth or wondering the floor and networking.

Jul
27
2008

Sketch-A-Thon day 4 (last day Sunday) at the SDCC

Today the scheduled guest at the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon are:

Sunday, July 27 (artist and times subject to change):

12-1pm:  Alex Schumacher

1-2pm:  Ted Rall

2-3pm:  Luke Feldman

3-4pm:  Loraine Sammy

4-5pm:

5-6pm:

Visit us at: Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level

NOTE: These do not reflect any changes that have happened since they were written before the convention started.

Jul
26
2008

Sketch-A-Thon day 3 (Saturday) at the SDCC

Today the scheduled guest at the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon are:

Saturday, July 26 (artist and times subject to change):

12-1pm:  Mike Gray, Doug Gray

1-2pm:  Colleen Doran, Lisa Ann Wilson

2-3pm:  Zach Weiner, Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf

3-4pm:  Dan Piraro

4-5pm:  Josh Ellingson

5-6pm:  Debbie Huey

Visit us at: Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level

NOTE: These do not reflect any changes that have happened since they were written before the convention started.

Jul
25
2008

Sketch-A-Thon day 2 (Friday) and the SDCC

Today the scheduled guest at the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon are:

Friday, July 25 (artist and times subject to change):

12-1pm:  Keith Knight

1-2pm:  Jon “Bean” Hastings, Molly Hahn

2-3pm:  Batton Lash

3-4pm:  Scott Sava, Mark Politi

4-5pm:  Mark Todd

5-6pm:  Karen Luk

Visit us at: Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level

NOTE: These do not reflect any changes that have happened since they were written before the convention started.

Jul
24
2008

Sketch-A-Con day 1 (thursday) at the SDCC

Today the scheduled guest at the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon are:

Thursday, July 24: (subject to change)

12-1pm:  Felix Kramer

1-2pm:  Tamer Youssef

2-3pm:  Cathy Bites

3-4pm:  Urian Brown, Brian Kolm <= ME

4-5pm:  Tanya Roberts

5-6pm:  Jesse Hamm

Visit us at: Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level

NOTE: These do not reflect any changes that have happened since they were written before the convention started.

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