CA Newsletter: Fresh Meat
Good day, gamers…
…and thanks for an incredible year! For this last Friday of the semester, we will not be holding one of our usual meetings. Instead, we invite you to join us at SVA’s annual comics marketplace– Fresh Meat!
Come to the student center this Friday, May 3rd any time from 5-9 PM to view and buy your fellow students’ self-published comics, zines, prints, and other goods!
Guests from outside of SVA can sign up to attend at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/891948250227?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please note that SVA students and faculty do NOT need to sign up in order to attend the convention.
Thank you all again for your participation this year.
See you soon!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Julia Wertz
Hello gamers!
This week, we’ll be talking with Julia Wertz! Julia Wertz is a cartoonist and the author of comic book The Fart Party, as well as graphic novels such as Drinking at the Movies, The Infinite Wait, and Impossible people. One of her novels– Tenements, Towers, and Trash– was even awarded the 2018 Brendan Gill Prize. Wertz has also had work featured in publications such as the New Yorker and Best American Comics, among others.
Our meeting will take place at 6:30 PM in SVA’s East Library at 380 2nd Ave, Floor 2.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Josh Bayer
Hello gamers!
Thanks to everyone who came to last week's talk with Silver Sprocket. This week, join us at SVA's East Library for a talk with Josh Bayer!
Josh Bayer (BFA Comics ’07, MFA Illustration ’09, BFA Comics faculty) will speak about UNENDED, his new graphic memoir. UNENDED documents Josh’s attempts to adapt an unfinished play—written by his late father—about Josh’s mother’s early death, and the resulting struggle with single-parenting four brothers.
“Heart-rending and sense-flooding, gorgeous, tragic, generous and vulnerable—UNENDED is an artwork I’ll never forget.”
—Jonathan Lethem
Our meeting will be held Friday April 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the SVA Library, 380 2nd Avenue, 2nd floor. All with SVA ID are welcome!
See you there,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Silver Sprocket
Hey Gamers!
It was great to see everyone who came to sign up for Fresh Meat last week! This week, we will be having a talk with Avi and Kyle from Silver Sprocket! Silver Sprocket is an independent publisher with a focus on social consciousness. They release lots of comics and graphic novels from independent creators, like Yugo Limbo and Alex Krokus who we had speak at our club earlier this year!
Our meeting will be on Zoom. Here’s the Eventbrite link to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cartoon-allies-guest-speaker-silver-sprocket-tickets-876092966647
See you soon!
CA staff
CA Newsletter: Fresh Meat Signups
March 29, 2024
Hey gamers!
Next week is Fresh Meat sign-ups. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE NEWSLETTER FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SIGN UP. If you do not read the information carefully, you may miss your opportunity to table at the event.
WHAT IS FRESH MEAT?
Fresh Meat is SVA’s annual in-house comics fair, where the school’s talented students have the opportunity to exhibit their self-published comics and prints. From 5-9PM on Friday, May 3rd, the SVA Student Center (217 E 23rd St) will be transformed into a bustling marketplace of unique work. Organized by your very own Cartoon Allies, Fresh Meat has been the annual highlight of SVA’s cartoonists and illustrators for over two decades.
Fresh Meat began in 2001 as the SVA Comics Festival, first organized by Raina Telgemeier, who was our ambitious student body president and is now a New York Times bestselling cartoonist (Smile, Drama, Sisters). This first event featured such exhibitors as Dash Shaw (BodyWorld) and Tintin Pantoja (Who is AC?), and has since hosted other notable alumni such as Laura Knetzger (Bug Boys) and Molly Ostertag (Strong Female Protagonist). Fresh Meat continues to be the premier event to meet the rising talent in the next generation of cartoonists.
HOW TO SIGN UP
Cartoon Allies will be hosting sign ups at our meeting on Friday, March 29th, at 6:30PM in our club room, 701G of the 380 2nd Ave (Library) building. Space is LIMITED, so tables will be first come, first serve. Please respect each other and line up for the meeting in an orderly fashion so as to not disrupt classes, faculty, and other students.
If you would like to sign up as an INDIVIDUAL, you must attend the meeting and sign up. You will have one space (1/3rd of a table) provided for you with a chair and a 2.5 by 2ft space to display your items.
If you would like to sign up as a GROUP, you must have 1-3 people from your group attend the meeting to sign up individually and write in the section provided that they represent your group. Please come prepared with an agreed upon name for your group. Groups will be seated together.
If 1 person from your group signs up, you will have one space (1/3rd of a table) provided for you with a chair and a 2.5 by 2ft space to display your items.
If 2 people from your group sign up, you will have two spaces (2/3rds of a table) provided for you with two chairs and a 2.5 by 4ft space to display your items.
If 3 people from your group sign up, you will have three spaces (one full table) provided for you with three chairs and a 2.5 by 6ft space to display your items.
THERE CAN ONLY BE AS MANY PEOPLE SEATED AT YOUR SPACE AS THERE ARE SEATS PROVIDED. Groups may represent as many artists as you like, but there is a maximum of one table (3 people signed up) per group.
What if I can't get a table?
Unfortunately, we only have so much space available. If you are unable to get a table, we will add you to our waitlist. We will then notify artists in order if a space becomes available.
Table Etiquette
Students can display work of any medium they would like at their table, as long as it’s for sale. Students are encouraged to sell original work, and to show off their individual style by decorating their table space (and wall space, if applicable to your table) as they wish. Generic tablecloths will also be provided, though if you are sharing 1/3rd of a table with other students, you may want to bring your own cloth to differentiate your section. Fanart is welcome at Fresh Meat.
The Student Center has graciously allowed us to use their space for the fair, so let’s make sure we respect the facility and its staff! Please avoid using things like glitter or adhesive (use artists tape), and be sure to clean up your space so we leave the Student Center just like we found it!
We hope to see you soon!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Yugo Limbo
March 24, 2024
Hello gamers.
Thanks to everyone who came to see us at MoCCA Fest! It was a blast to share the work of you talented people with all the con-goers.
This week we’ll have a highly anticipated guest speaker—Yugo Limbo! If you haven’t heard the Cartoon Allies officers gushing over their debut graphic novel Be Kind My Neighbor, a gorgeous, horrifying, and oddly wholesome love story featuring murder, cults, and puppets, you’re in for a treat! You may have seen let’s plays of the cult-hit indie game Smile for Me, which they created as part of the two-person game studio Limbolane. Their latest graphic novella about a humble tailor drawn to a beautiful puppet, Viscera Objectica, was recently released by Silver Sprocket. Yugo Limbo is a “peculiar cheese of the LGBT variety” whose work is a mix of 60’s psychedelia, 70’s European cartoons, and folk horror. We hope you’ll join us on Zoom for an interview and Q&A with one of CA staff’s favorite artists!
Check out Yugo Limbo’s work here: http://yugsly.weebly.com
The meeting will be hosted over Zoom this Friday, March 22nd at 6:30 PM. Sign up here to get the virtual meeting link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cartoon-allies-guest-speaker-yugo-limbo-tickets-865228189807?aff=oddtdtcreator
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Miel Vandepitte
March 15, 2024
Come and meet Miel Vandepitte and learn about how he published Centralia—his debut graphic novel—in Belgium, France and the USA!
Friday, March 15, 2024, 6:30 pm
Visual Arts Library EAST
380 2nd Avenue
SVA students, faculty, staff and alumni are welcome.
Sponsored by
Cartoon Allies
BFA Illustration & BFA Comics
Visual Arts Library
Living the Line Publishing
CA Newsletter: Spring Break
March 8, 2024
Greetings gamers!
We will not be meeting on March 8th since the campus is closed for Spring Break.
Enjoy your week, and we’ll see you when we get back!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Alumni Night
March 1, 2024
Hey Gamers,
Thank you all for coming to last week’s Con Night, co-hosted by the Business Club (insta: @svabusiness)!
This week, join us for a chat with SVA Alumni and learn what to expect after graduation. That’s right– it’s Alumni Night!
Joining us this week is:
Bowen McCurdy is a queer horror and romance cartoonist who’s currently working on two books with First Second publishing: Youth Group written by Jordan Morris and illustrated by McCurdy, and her solo graphic novel Cover Your Tracks. She also just announced that she’s illustrating a Monster High Pride comic!
Hazel Newlevant is a cartoonist and editor who published the anthologies Chainmail Bikini and Comics for Choice as well as their own graphic novellas If This Be Sin and Sugar Town. Their first full-length graphic novel No Ivy League was published in 2019 by Lion Forge. They are also co-editor and illustrator for the upcoming comics anthology Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans.
Apollo Baltazar is a New York based Filipino-American cartoonist from southern California, who has done work for The Washington Post (What’s in a Name), The Nib (Morena, Interlocking Pieces), and Quindrie Press (When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria).
We have also begun planning for this year’s MoCCA Fest! If you have merch that you want to sell at our table, you will be able to find our submission box in the Comics and Illustration Lab, room 704-G, 380 2nd Ave. Just complete the form by the box labeled "SVA Cartoon Allies", put it and your items into a secure container, and leave it in the dropoff box. The deadline to submit is Monday, March 11 at 10 PM.
We are also seeking volunteers to help us run our table at MoCCA. If you’re interested, you can sign up here: https://www.slottr.com/sheets/18282168
Our meeting will take place over Zoom, on Friday (March 1st) at 6:30 PM. Please sign up via this eventbrite with your SVA email address. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/851025790047?aff=oddtdtcreator
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Con Night and Art Swap
February 23, 2024
Hey Gamers,
Thank you for sharing your story ideas at last week’s Pitch Night!
This week, we will be having Con Night. Learn all there is to know about tabling at a convention! There will be an example table setup by the CA Staff for you visual learners out there. Take this opportunity to increase your tabling smarts!
Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, Friday (February 23rd) at 6:30 PM.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Pitch Night
February 16, 2024
Hey Gamers!
Thank you all for participating in our Valentine’s Day OC Swap!
This week, we’ll be meeting for Pitch Night! This is a chance for you to get some practice pitching a project you’ve been working on and get feedback from your peers. If you want to pitch something, you can drop your presentations into this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/149N3cl35s1PxjHIQBr0nsBfqSYaurnKB?usp=share_link
Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, Friday (February 16th) at 6:30 PM.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Valentine's Day OC Swap
February 9, 2024
Hey Gamers!
We hope that you all enjoyed Cartoon Allies Jeopardy!
This week, we will once again be having our annual Valentine’s Day OC Swap! Bring references of your OCs to receive fanart and draw fanart for other students! Make sure to bring a reference! Physical reference sheets are recommended so we can share them and pass them around.
Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, Friday (February 9th) at 6:30 PM.
See you there!
CA Staff
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CA Newsletter: Jeopardy!
February 2, 2024
Hi Gamers!
We hope that you all had a great time at our Critique Night last week! This week we have something very special coming!
“Hey Alex, I’ll take Cartoon Allies Events for 500”
“A trivia game show full of fun questions about comics”
“What is Cartoon Allies Jeopardy?!”
That’s right folks, we’re having our very own Jeopardy event! Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, this Friday (February 2nd) at 6:30 PM.
See you there,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Critique Night
January 26, 2024
Hey Gamers
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s meeting, our 2 Hour Comics Night. It was so fun to see what everyone did with the challenge!
This week we are putting together a Critique Night. Giving and receiving feedback on your artwork can be a super important part of improving your craft! Critique Night should help you to see your artwork from a different point of view, while also giving you an opportunity to support your peers.
If you want to have your work critiqued, you can either bring a print copy of your piece or submit a digital copy to this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tDoy8aEGfW7mKVMTenxSiTfR7epDcWJ6?usp=share_link
Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, this Friday (January 26th) at 6:30 PM.
See you there,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: 2 Hour Comics Night
January 19, 2024
Hey Gamers!
We hope that everyone had a fun and restful Winter Break.
This Friday, we are resuming our weekly meetings with 2 Hour Comics Night! Need something to submit to INK magazine or sell at conventions? Come speed-cartoon with us and get those ideas out before they’re gone.
Our meeting will take place in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St, this Friday (January 19th) at 6:30 PM.
See you there,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Devin Elle Kurtz
December 15th, 2023
Hey Gamers!
Thank you all for coming to our Script Doctor Night last week! We loved hearing everyone's perspectives on their favorite and least favorite media.
This week, join us for a chat with Devin Elle Kurtz, a digital illustrator, visual development artist, and background painter for animation who has worked with Dark Horse, Disney, HarperCollins, Netflix, Simon & Schuster, and SyFy! Her art book, Windows to Worlds, was published in 2021, but you most likely have seen her work on social media. Check out her website, or her Instagram (@devinellekurtz) to see more!
This week's meeting will be held on Zoom! We ask that you pre-register for this meeting on Eventbrite!
See you all on Zoom!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Script Doctor Night
December 8th, 2023
Hey Gamers!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Mini-Comics Creation Night!
This week, we have a special new event: Script Doctor Night! Is there a piece of media you hate to love or love to hate? Join us to showcase how you'd fix all the world's problems in 5 minutes or less.
Time to share all of your favorite series to complain about. Whether it be plot holes, bad writing, or bad art direction, we all have something that bothers us about a movie, show, or comic. Come in and air your grievances.
We will be having our meeting in our usual spot, room 701G at 310 22nd St, this Friday (December 8th) at 6:30 PM.
See you then!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Zine Night
December 1st, 2023
Hey Gamers!
We hope you had a restful and relaxing Thanksgiving break. Wanna sell your work, but have nothing to print? Join us for Mini-Comics Creation Night! Learn how to scan and print your zines for the next convention!
Making and printing your own comic can be an overwhelming experience, especially if you don't have a guide or have anxiety about asking for help! We're hoping to relieve some of that and to help you get prepared to be able to sell your own comics in the future.
We'll be meeting in 701G at 310 22nd St, this Friday (December 1st) at 6:30 PM.
See ypu soon!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Thanksgiving Break
November 13th, 2023
Hey Gamers,
Thank you all for coming to Art Block Be Gone last week!
This week, we won't be having our regular meeting because it's Thanksgiving Break time! We hope you enjoy the well deserved time off, whether it's with family or with some alone time.
We'll see you next week!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Art Block Be Gone
November 13th, 2023
Hey Gamers,
We hope you all enjoyed our last meeting, our Live Comics Reading.
This week, we're hoping to alleviate some of the hardship of being in art school with Art Block Be Gone! Got art block? Can't find the right pose reference for your project? Join us for a night of drawing challenges to get those creative juices flowing, and pose the CA officers for the perfect reference photo!
We'll be meeting in room 701G at 310 22nd St, this Friday (November 17th) at 6:30 PM.
See you soon!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Live Comics Reading
November 6th, 2023
Hey everyone,
Thanks to everyone who came to our guest speaker meeting with Mark Newgarden!
Have an original comic that you want to share with everyone? Well, this week is Live Comics Reading! We urge everyone to submit their comic to Google Drive! Remember to submit them panel by panel for ease of reading!
Here is a link to the Google Drive folder!
This meeting will be held at room 701G at 310 22nd St this Friday (November 10th) at 6:30 PM.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Mark Newgarden
October 30th, 2023
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for coming to our Halloween OC Swap last week! We hope you had a great time sharing your OCs and drawing others!
This week, join us for a chat with Mark Newgarden, author of How to Read Nancy, an in-depth look at the Nancy comic strip. Mark Newgarden is also a professor here at SVA and has a lot of insight on different parts of comix (independent comics) history!
This meeting will be held at 380 2nd Ave room 701G this Friday, November 3rd at 6:30 PM.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Halloween OC Swap
October 23rd, 2023
Hello everyone,
Thanks for coming to OC Creation Night last week! Wondering what to do with your new characters? Don't fret! We have an exciting event planned for this week...
It's time for our one and only Halloween OC Swap! Bring printed reference sheets of your OCs, both new and old, to share with the club! It'll be an OC fanart free-for-all!
Be sure to print your reference sheets, and keep in mind that characters with more information, expressions, and dynamic poses on their reference sheets are more likely to be drawn.
We will be in our usual spot, 380 2nd Ave room 701G this Friday, October 27th.
Come in costume, if you dare...
See you soon,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: OC Creation Night
October 16th, 2023
Hey everyone,
Thank you all for joining us at the SVA Library West last week for our guest speaker meeting with Alex Krokus!
This week we have a new event scheduled: OC Creation Night! We'll be challenging ourselves by making new original characters to share with each other! Get your imagination flowing, because this meeting is preparing us for next week's most beloved meeting, OC Swap Night!
We'll be back in our usual room this week, 380 2nd Ave room 701G this Friday, October 20th.
See you there,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Alex Krokus
October 9th, 2023
Hi everyone,
We hope you enjoyed our first ever collaboration with SVA Horror Society!
This week we have a very special guest speaker: Alex Krokus, creator of Loud & Smart!
Alex Krokus is a cartoonist with a background in both comics and animation. His comics work has been published by Vice, Buzfeed, and The New York Times. He's also worked in animation for clients including Google, Crunchyroll, and Adult Swim.
You can find some of his comic Loud & Smart here.
This very special meeting will be held at SVA's West Side Library, located on the lower level of the 133 W 21st Street building on Friday, October 13th at 6:30pm.
See you there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Horror Society Collab
October 2nd, 2023
Hello everyone,
Thank you all for coming out to our Comic Shop Crawl! It was great to see everyone in the outside world. We hope you all had a good time exploring some of the comic shops the city has to offer!
This week, join us for an early Halloween spectacular in collaboration with Horror Society! We will be having a special viewing of The Crow (1994)!
This meeting will be at our usual time and place at 6:30PM on Friday, October 6th at 310 E22nd St, Room 701G.
See you soon,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Comic Shop Crawl
September 25th, 2023
Hey everyone,
Thanks to everyone who came to Gallery Night last week! Seeing everyone's work and sharing with each other was awesome! It was nice to see so many new faces.
Our next meeting is going to be a big one! It's the one and only Comic Shop Crawl! We will be meeting at 3PM at the Student Center (217 E 23rd St) and going to Forbidden Planet, Midtown Comics, Kinokuniya, and The Strand. We'll be traveling around Manhattan, which is a great way to familiarize yourself with your surroundings and to share your love of comics with other students! It's sure to be a blast!
We're excited to see you all there!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Gallery Night
September 18th, 2023
Hi everyone,
Thank you all so much for coming to our first meeting! It was great to meet so many of you and to see so many new faces!
Our next meeting will be Gallery Night! This means that you'll be able to show off your work to everyone and see what everyone else has in the works! As mentioned in our last newsletter, we ask that everybody please print your work. We'll be using sticky notes to leave compliments on everyone's work, so having your pieces printed will help you know which piece they're complimenting! We also encourage you to show off your sketchbooks.
If you're a Freshman and wondering where you can print since you don't have access to the CI Lab or Digital Imaging center yet, worry not! The library (380 2nd Ave, 2nd Floor) is an open printing source for all years and majors.
Our meeting will be in room 701G at 310 22nd St, this Friday (September 22nd) at 6:30 PM
Can't wait to see everyone's work!
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: Introductions & Fave Comics
September 11th, 2023
Hello everyone,
This week we're having our very first meeting of the school year! We're excited to kick things off with our introductory meeting, an opportunity to learn what Cartoon Allies is all about, learn about our events for this year, and make some new friends!
We'll be having a short presentation about the club and our events, followed by making and sharing comics! Be sure to bring drawing supplies and a copy of your favorite comic or graphic novel to talk about. We're so excited to see your faces again!
The meeting will take place at 310 E 22nd St, Room 701G this Friday, September 15th at 6:30pm!
We will also be at the Club Fair this Thursday at 3pm in the Student Center! The Student Center is located at 217 E 23rd St. We'd love if you came by to say hi!
We have an exciting year ahead of us!
See you soon,
CA Staff
CA Newsletter: SPX Submissions Open!
August 23rd, 2023
Hey everyone,
It's almost September which means it's almost time for the Small Press Expo! The Small Press Expo or SPX is a convention focused on Graphic Novels, Comics, and Cartooning. It is also home to the Ignatz Awards, an awards ceremony that recognizes outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning. But most important for you all, it is an opportunity to sell your work! Here are some rules and guidelines:
- The deadline for drop-off is Wednesday, September 6th at 10pm.
- We do not accept any fanart or non-original pieces.
- No one-of-a-kind items.
- Due to limited space, we cannot accept more than 2 items per person.
- There is a limit of 15 copies per item.
- We ask that your prints not exceed 11” x 17”.
- Be sure that your NAME and WEBSITE are printed or written on the front or back of your items.
- We ask that you include a small info card for each item to be displayed next to it.
- One of each of your items will be used as a display copy.
Please put your items plus a completed SPX Merch Submission form in a secure container like a ziploc bag or large envelope, and drop it off at: The Comics and Illustration Lab, room 704-G, 380 2nd Ave. Look for a plastic tub labeled MERCH FOR SPX. If you don't see it, please ask the lab manager or student assistant.
We know this is very early in the school year, but we ask that all items be delivered promptly so we're able to keep everything organized and done in a timely fashion.
Don't be afraid to email us with any questions. We're excited to see you all come the fall!
See you soon,
CA Staff
