Student Comic Review: Edwin Reyes' The Golden Gosling

Each Wednesday (and this week, Tuesday too!), Eric and Hayley dig into a box of minicomics by SVA students and pull one out to share with the world. If you would like to submit your minis for review, please drop them off in the Reviews box at Cartoon Allies meetings and in the senior studio. This week, we'll be looking at...

Edwin Reyes, The Golden Gosling

The Golden Gosling is based off of a Grimm Brother's fairy tale, and follows a young man called Dummy who goes out to get wood for his family. This leads to him meeting the titular character, which causes him to get into adventures that amuse a beautiful princess. The king has said that whoever could make his daughter laugh can have her hand in marriage, and though Dummy must go through a series of ridiculous tests firsts, he and the princess do end up together and in love. So how well does Edwin translate the story to comics?

December 2nd - Minicomics Tutorial Pt. I

Salutations, Allies!

We hope you had a relaxing Thanksgiving! It's the final month of the semester, so the Gauntlet is finally upon us. Join us in these last three meetings for a series of fun and informative tutorials, culminating in our Digital Projection Comix Reading! But let's not get ahead of ourselves, 'cause this week we're hosting our...

MINICOMICS TUTORIAL
Part I: Digital Basics

This Friday, 12/2

6:30 - Room 703G

Learn the basics of self-publishing your own comics with just a computer, a scanner, and a printer! 
Check under the cut for specifics, coming events, and other business.

Student Comic Review: Li-Or Zaltzman's Collection of Autobio Comics

Each Wednesday, Eric and Hayley dig into a box of minicomics by SVA students and pull one out to share with the world. If you would like to submit your minis for review, please drop them off in the Reviews box at Cartoon Allies meetings and in the senior studio. This week, we'll be looking at...

Li-Or Zaltzman, Collection of Autobio Comics

Student Comic Review: Laura Knetzger's Bug Boys

Each Wednesday, Eric and Hayley dig into a box of minicomics by SVA students and pull one out to share with the world. If you would like to submit your minis for review, please drop them off in the Reviews box at Cartoon Allies meetings and in the senior studio. This week, we'll be looking at...

Laura Knetzger, Bug Boys #1 & #2, 2011

From the Frontline: Kou @ SPX2011

This year's valiant journey to Bethesda, Maryland was a first for me, so may I humbly present to you with the best of my abilities...

Laura Knetzger and Adrian James [front], Eric Alexander Arroyo and Kou [back]

The Cartoon Allies Go to the Small Press Expo 2011

Call to Arms / Operation Mini-Swap

Dust shakes from the ceiling, gliding down in a grey fog, as the building rattles from another fallen shell. The battle outside has been intense; the splotches of ink staining your coat remind you that it's not going to get easier from here. Your walk to this last bastion of resistance, a crumbling cafe run by a guy named Moe, was marked by broken nibs, empty inkwells, and recruitment posters. "Enlist today! Tomorrow's comics depend on today's youth!" "Buy Minicomics!" "YOU give us the ink! WE'LL give 'em awesome!" You're here to meet up with... oh, there he is. Major Arroyo. A fellow in a leather jacket and a fedora steps in and sits across from you. The collar of an olive uniform peeks out from under his jacket as he passes you a missive.

Cartoonist Alliance, SVA Corps

Special Orders // Operation Mini-Swap

By direction of President H. Allison, you have been recruited for active duty based on your skills and knowledge of comics, cartoons, and related media. Between marches through conventions, our operatives will be infiltrating local comic shops, training under the tutelage of highly-distinguished guest commanders, collaborating amongst each other to craft stories unrivaled in sheer radness, and participating in countless other training exercises and field operations to refine their cartooning prowess and cooperation as a unit.

We will be initiating operations on Friday, September 16th. This inaugural meeting will take place at 6:30 PM in room 703G of the East 22nd Street building (between 1st and 2nd Ave). The command staff, including Representative Mayerson, will outline our year-long campaign, organizing the major operations and addressing concerns regarding our practices and the threats ahead.

We will then exchange intelligence in the form of minicomics. Be sure to print copies of your work to trade with your allies, exposing your skills to your peers and sharing your passion with new friends. The senior staff looks forward to seeing your work.

Your participation is crucial to the success of this alliance. May we succeed in all our artistic endeavors and valiantly represent awesome in all its many forms. Stay strong, Ally.

- CA Command

After you take your orders, the Major salutes you and marches on in pursuit of the next determined soldier.

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Cartoon Allies hopes to create a fun and safe environment for sharing your art, collaborating, and learning. Our club is a communal resource for our department and beyond, aimed to help us grow as cartoonists, students, and professionals. We've got a sensational semester in the works already, so join us as we embark upon the new year.

SPX 2010: The Year We Made Contact

"My God, it's full of comics!"

Hilary Allison, Adrian James, and Hanh Nguyen man the SVA Booth

The Small Press Expo, an annual small press comics convention held in Bethesda, Maryland, is a magical land of wonder. The aisles are congested, all concept of personal space is abandoned as soon as you wander into the hall, and the convention seems to have an ongoing Charisma debuff, but it’s filled to the brim with comics. Comics and the people who love them.

(Read on to witness the awesome that was CA's trip to SPX 2010!)

Fresh Meat 2010