CAKE satellite show?

Cut Fold Crumple Paste is up through CAKE. And four of the artists are cartoonists. Is there really such a thing as coincidence? Come check it out because after that its gone forever. Work by Emilie Plateau, Sara Drake, Kayla Risko, Cheryl Weaver, Lilli Carre, and Marijpol (all pictured) as well as Stephen Eichhorn and Diana Guerrero-Maciá. Lula Cafe, 2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago.

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I just did the cover for the first publication of student writing from the Mid-continent Oceanographic Institute – the new 826 chapter here in the twin cities (formerly the Rock Star Supply co.).

Here's a sample. Order a copy and support the MOI. They're doing great work.

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Had a little strip in the NYT today, illustrating an essay about a scientist, some mice, and a syringe full of HIV. This is the one that appeared in the paper:

Here's an alternate version in color:

New Findings

This is cool

So Zak Sally (Recidivist, Sammy the Mouse, Autoptic) and Dan Ibarra (Aesthetic Apparatus) are starting an experimental school for design and comics and printing and the like. As they say: Stop worrying and learn to love the halftone. I know Zak is a great teacher because I've heard the students at MCAD talk about him (and done a couple joint critiques with him, too). And Dan is one of the most ridiculously talented designers on the planet. The Winters here suck, but there are some really great things happening in Minneapolis.