Olympia Cartoonists Collective

Chelsea Baker Teaches Comics Class at Olyphant Art Supply

Joamette — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:52:14 +0000

“Speaking in Pictures”

Let Chelsea Baker teach you how to effectively convey stories and ideas by pairing words with pictures. Chelsea has a BA in Comics and Sequential Art and has taught comics workshops for over five years. In this program, students will learn how to structure images and writing to fit a multi-panel format. Materials include bristol board (or any available paper) and a non-photo blue pencil. Students are encouraged to experiment with a variety of pens, brushes, and inks to finalize their work. As a group, the class will select works by each student to be published in a class zine.

Ages 14 and up, all levels of drawing abilities
Tuesdays, February 21st – March 20th
3pm – 5pm
Cost: $125 for five classes
Drop-ins welcome

***Prospective students are encouraged to attend a free informational meeting on Tuesday, February 14th. Drop by anytime between 4-5 P.M. to ask questions, meet the instructor, and have the opportunity to test-drive a variety of pens and brushes.

PIRATE RADIO: An OCC Anthology

Joamette — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:16:02 +0000

In accordance with the poll we conducted earlier this year, the theme (and title) for the next Olympia Cartoonists Anthology is PIRATE RADIO!

The collective finally has a decent budget from the sales of our previous two anthologies (FRONTIERS and LAUNDRY DAY), and with it we’re hoping to make this third anthology the largest and best to date. As always, all stories are creator owned and all profits go toward funding these rad books and scoring a collective studio space open to all Olympia cartoonists! Any and all cartoonists in Olympia (or the surrounding areas) are welcome to send 1 to 12-page long B&W submissions meeting these dimensions to olycartoonists@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is February 29th 2012. This time around, the anthology cover is being designed by Aerick Duckhugger!

PS: Today is the collective’s first anniversary!!

Vegan Mofo 2011: A Cooking Zine by Angelica “Milkweed” Jones!

Joamette — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:59:23 +0000

Fellow Olympia cartoonist Angelica “Milkweed” Jones’ 2011 edition of Vegan Mofo is now available for sale online! Love comics? Love zines? Love vegan recipes? Then dig right in!

Abecedarium, Womanthology, and Jack Butchman!

Joamette — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:06:29 +0000

Three exciting updates on some of our local cartoonists here in Oly!

First up, P. Calavara is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his own serigraphy studio and a series of alphabet themed fine art prints! Check out the video below for a look into this cool project. The campaign is 58% funded with only 9 days left to go. For those of you unfamiliar with how Kickstarter works, all pledgers receive incentives related to the project (often a copy of the project itself), but if the financial goal isn’t met by the deadline, nobody gets charged and the campaigner goes back to zero!! Let’s help out our fellow cartoonists by showing our support for independent book projects locally!

Next up, the highly lauded and long-awaited Womanthology: Heroic from IDW is now available for pre-order! Local creator Joamette Gil (whose work is featured in the anthology) urges everyone who’d like to buy a copy of the massive, all-female comics anthology to pre-order before November 24th through Danger Room Comics, the collective’s biggest supporter, using NOV Previews item code NOV110296! Here is part of the massive preview released featuring a page from “Margarite and Leopold” written by Joamette and drawn by Katie Shanahan.

Last but certainly not least, our own Tucker Rzepecki has graced the world with the first full issue of Jack Butchman, Professional Man of Action! You may already remember Jack and his boy sidekick Billy from Frontiers: An Olympia Cartoonist Anthology. You can pick up their brand-new adventures at Danger Room Comics or order them online via IndyPlanet.com!

From the Danger Room: Kagan McLeod Today from 3pm – 6pm!

Joamette — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:44:39 +0000

“Hi folks,

Today (Saturday, the 19th) from 3-6 pm, we are very proud to be hosting an appearance by cartoonist Kagan McLeod!

Kagan is most well-known for his opus Infinite Kung Fu, which is the top-selling periodical comic in the history of our store! The series has finally been collected in book format by Top Shelf Comix with hundreds of new pages of story added and/or re-worked. McLeod is also known for his covers on the IDW Publishing series Kill Shakespeare, for his amazing History of Rap poster (currently available for purchase at Danger Room), and for his illustration work which has appeared in Hollywood Reporter, Juxtapoz, Family Circle, and more.

In typical Danger Room fashion, we plan this to be more than a simple “stand in line, get the autograph, move along” type of event. We will also be chatting with Kagan and taking some Q&A, and Kagan has told us he’s happy to do sketches (for folks who ask nicely).

So come down, should be a good time!

Video interview with McLeod discussing Infintie Kung Fu and History of Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2sJY2CeWQw

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Danger Room Comics
201 W 4th Ave.
Olympia, WA 98501
360 705-3050″

Happy (belated) Birthday, Aerick!

Mr Rzie — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:36:46 +0000

(I hope he doesn’t mind me stealing this from his DA page)

OCC member Aerick Duckhugger turned thirty-four yesterday. I’m sorry I missed the party. I’ve also made a long over-due update to the Meet the ‘Toonists page and added Aerick’s profile. Man, I’m being a lousy webmaster.

Just a reminder, if you are a member of the OCC and want your profile on the site, e-mail me at bobrzie@gmail.com. Make sure your banner is 604 x 120.

In other news, Laundry Day, our second anthology, is set to arrive September 20th. Expect to see copies appear at Northwest conventions and Danger Room shortly thereafter.

The meetings continue to be held at Chelsea Baker’s place at 5pm on Wednesdays. Unless otherwise noticed. (Here’s hoping I get notified in time for a timely blog update.)

Yet Another Late Update

Mr Rzie — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:05:19 +0000

I haven’t heard anything as to where we are meeting today if at all. If I don’t hear anything I’ll be headed over to Danger Room at 5 anyway so maybe I’ll see someone. If I do hear from someone I’ll be sure to update you on the proper location.

Scratch That

We’re meeting at Chelsea Baker’s again. 5pm as usual.

A Late Update

Mr Rzie — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:33:41 +0000

This week we are NOT meeting at Chelsea’s. We are meeting at the library downtown – I think. The meeting time is today at 5. If things should change I’ll try to be a good web guy and let you know instead of the lazy bum I’ve been lately

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An Even Later Update!

Ignore what you just read up there! Yes, we are not meeting at Chelsea’s. HOWEVER, we are NOT starting out at the library. Today we are kickin’ it oldschool by meeting up at Danger Room, 5pm of course.

See, I did make good on my promise to update things when they changed. Yay me!

This Week’s Meeting

Mr Rzie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:52 +0000

Will be hosted at Chelsea’s house at 5pm on Wednesday. Here’s how to get there:

Help Joamette Get Published

Mr Rzie — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:16:41 +0000

IDW is publishing an anthology for women but it’s not for profit. It needs money before it can see the light of day.

Here’s what Joey has to say:

That’s right! I’m one of dozens of female comics creators who will be contributing their talents to Heroic, a collection of comics exclusively by women and the first publication of its kind! It’s going to be published by IDW, one of the largest comics publishers in the country and the folks that brought you 30 Days of Night and Spike Vs. Dracula. The story I write is going to be drawn by Katie Shanahan, a prominent animator and comics artists (Shrub Monkeys, Flight), and will have one of the longer page allotments in the book!

We’re talking a 300 page, 9×12, hardcover, FULL COLOR book of comics.

Now here’s the kicker: we need to raise $25,000 to get it printed! IDW is publishing it, but they won’t see any of the profits. All the money is going to the Global Giving Foundation, so we have to help them pay for printing costs.

Please help us make this massive and amazing project become a reality by donating to our Kickstarter fund! Through Kickstarter, you will receive rewards for donating (the higher the donation, the bigger the incentive), and your donations will be tax deductible. If we make it to our monetary goal within 31 days, then we can go ahead and bring this epic collaboration of women of all ages into the world; if we fall short of the $25,000 at the end of 31 days, no harm no foul: Kickstarter won’t charge your card.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/renaedeliz/womanthology-massive-all-female-comic-anthology

The minimum donation is only $1 – please help support this effort to show the comics industry just how much women love comics!