Squid Row

The Funnies Extra! is a free, 16 page, weekly, full-color humor newspaper with 40+
comics, eight puzzles, fun faces and a humor column. Each Funnies Extra edition is
operated as an independent business by the individual publishers. (If YOU’d like to be an individual publisher, you very well can!) 

Okay… now that you know what the Funnies Extra is… I would like to put this out there… Squid Row is in this fine publication, and therefore, I’d like to ask for your help in the donation area. We’re looking to have some spiffy stands for these toon-papers… (ya know, to put them next to that weekly what’s-happening-guide). Any amount will be most graciously accepted. BUT if you push the donate button next to MY comic you’ll get the following:

For the donation of $10-24.99…. a an numbered screen print of Randie and Harold.

For the donation of $25… a signed and tooned Full Color, 128 page Squid Row: Welcome to the Neighborhood book

For the donation of $50… you get all the above goodies and a mystery (????) Squid Row watercolor.

Sounds pretty groovy, non?

Okay, so here’s what you do… Go to The Funnies Extra donation page, and you’ll see a buncha cartoonists names. Scroll down to the donation button next to Squid Row. PUSH DA BUTTON! This takes you to a Paypal situation. Slap down some money there… and the magic donation fairies will make sure YOU get what YOU want from ME! Yay!

So thank you for reading this all the way to the end! Smiles upon you!

Hey, Squiddies…

SO I told you guys I was conspiring with the International Cartoonist Conspiracy people. This organization was conceived in Minnesota… and the organization is entirely open and non-constrained to anybody anywheres in the world (thus the international part). You could join! Anybody can… and as a matter of interest, I thought you might wish to see how Minneapolis’ Mini-Comics Making Day went. 

Last Saturday, after a fine day of exploring the Carmel Art Fest, I was bouncing around the internet (thanks to a late afternoon coffee and a rather ample piece of Chocolate Granache cake). I found a couple of things that got my attention.

I stumbled upon the International Cartoonist Conspiracy… an open cartoonist organization meant to inspire cartoonists to get together and do their thing… cartoon. I liked that there was no membership, no rules per say… and no hoops to jump thru. So I signed in (there’s a blog and a message board and what not)… and am ready to encourage others to participate.

So first off is the Making Mini-Comics Day… which is May 26th… this Saturday. What are mini comics? Well, they are comics in a small format (click the link for more info). So at my local coffee establishment, Rollick’s in Salinas… I will be at a table making the comics from 10 am to noon on Saturday. If you are local, like me, stop by… bring some pens and some paper (regular printer paper works well) and make yersef a comic of mini-ness.  Be not afraid. It will be fun.

If you are not local, like me… find yersef a local coffee establishment of your preference or a center of artiness… and conspire to the mini-comics with a group of pals or whatever… Go to the above links for more details. Most of all… have fun!