The latest Move Magazine has a story on Rock Bottom Comics.
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The latest Move Magazine has a story on Rock Bottom Comics.
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Beetle Bailey hit his 60th birthday on September 4th, but the Missouri Student Unions decided to celebrate today with a birthday cake at the new MU student center. They also posted a video from the event.
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This is a comic jam from the September 2nd midmococo meeting.
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The 12th annual Toonfest is coming Saturday, September 18th in Marceline, Missouri (Walt Disney’s boyhood town).
Here’s the 2010 guest cartoonists:
Check the website for the full schedule of programs.
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The cover of Vox Magazine this week is drawn by local comic artist Robyn Seale. She has a four page comic inside that serves as a beginners guide to Roller Derby, with a particular focus on the local Como Derby Dames. Robyn is also the artist on the webcomic the Watcher of Yaathagggu.
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Epic Conventions is putting on Project Comic Con 2 on September 18th and 19th in Maryland Heights Missouri. Their website has a guest list, panel schedule for Saturday & Sunday, plus some interviews with industry professionals. Their guest list includes:
Adam Kubert, Ethan Van Scriver, Howard Chaykin, Fred Van Lente, Mike Choi, Gail Simone, Jamal Igle, Denis Calero, Gary Riedrich, Phil Hester, Ryan Ottley, Kenneth Rocafort, Patrick Leason, Joshua Dysart, Moose Baumann, Ande Parks, Jeremy Haun, Robert Atkins, Jai Nitz, Brian Koschak, Kevin Mellon, Lorenzo Lizana, Jeff Blake, David Faught, Brian Hurtt, Cullen Bunn, Bryan Edward Hill, Bob Luedke, and Matt Kindt.
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Zinester & comic journaler Nicole Georges will be at Ragtag on September 5th as part of the High Harmonies and Tall Tales event. She’s written about stopping in Columbia before in her book Invincible Summer volume two.
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The Missouri Student Unions has posted some images of the new Beetle Bailey statue that will be inside the new Shack establishment in Brady Commons. The statue was designed by Mort Walker and his son Neal Walker.
The associated press also had a story this weekend gearing up for Beetle Bailey’s 60th anniversary which is on Saturday, September 4th.
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Mort Walker’s assistant Bill Janocha talks to the crowd.
Richard Wallace, Bill Janocha, David Martin & Beetle Bailey.
A brochure from the event stamped by the post office.
At the event, Mort Walker’s assistant Bill Janocha said that Walker should be back in October to celebrate the opening of Morts Place and the new Shack that will be attached to the new Brady Commons. The Missourian has a story with a graphic of where the new hangout will be located.
The Missourian has posted many Beetle Bailey features recently:
You can also check out news stories on the stamp event itself from the Missourian and the Tribune.
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The University of Missouri is hosting an event to commemorate the recently released Beetle Bailey postage stamp. The event is taking place at the north entrance of Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Center at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 27th. Guests at the event will include Mort Walker’s assistant, Bill Janocha, Chancellor Emeritus Richard Wallace, Columbia’s Postmaster Cindy Bolles, and a costumed Beetle Bailey himself.
Several groups are making this event possible, including the Mizzou Botanic Garden, the Mizzou Alumni Association, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Mizzou ROTC. The Missourian also mentions the event in today’s paper.
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