Cartoon Allies

CA Newsletter: Winter Break

Happy holidays gamers!

Thank you to everyone who read at last week’s Live Comics Reading Night!

There will be no more meetings this semester as the college closes for winter break. We’ll see you all in the spring!

Until next time,
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Live Comics Reading Night

We had a great time in Boston last weekend at MICE! A big thank you to our submitters– watch this space for payment and unsold merch pickup updates.

This Friday, we are resuming our normal meeting schedule for Live Comics Reading Night! Come and read your original comics in front of a live audience!

You can put a Google Slides presentation of your comic into this folder so that we can put it up on the projector during the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1297BRMf8Xg9au9wk66DQ9FvYVycZrye5?usp=share_link

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, December 13th.

See you there!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: MICE

Morning gamers!

We hope that everybody had a great Thanksgiving Break.

While we will not be meeting this Friday, Cartoon Allies will be attending MICE in Boston, Massachusetts this weekend (December 7-8)!

The submission deadline for MICE has been extended to today (December 2) at 10 PM. You can find submission forms and a drop off box for your items at the CI Lab at 380 2nd Avenue. Please make sure to read the submission form carefully when filling it out— items that do not meet the specifications outlined on our form cannot be sold.

See you guys next week!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Thanksgiving Break

Good morning gamers!

Thanks to everyone who attended our RISO Demo Weekend with the CI Lab!

The campus is closed this Friday for Thanksgiving Break, so we will not be meeting this week.

Enjoy your time off!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: RISO Demo Weekend

Good morning gamers!

Thanks to everyone who came to last week’s Zine Night!

Instead of our usual Friday meeting, this weekend, we are teaming up with the folks at the CI Lab to bring you a whole weekend of printing fun with our RISO Demo Weekend!

We will be meeting in the CI Lab at several times over this weekend (November 23rd-24th). In order to attend one of our demos, you will need to sign up for a time using this form: https://forms.gle/2ernuLM8zcz1sjyF8.

Please note that in order to attend this event, you must already have current access to the CI Lab. This facility is available only to comics and illustration majors who are in their second year or above. Additionally, our RISO Demo Weekend is not a training session for RISO certification. If you are interested in becoming RISO certified, we encourage you to independently sign up for an individual session at the CI Lab. RISO Certification is not a requirement to attend this weekend’s event.

Join us, and unlock the mysterious powers of RISO!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Zine Night

Gamers!

Thanks for coming to last week’s interview with Michael Walsh.

This week, join us for an evening of arts and crafts at our Zine Night! Wanna sell your work, but got nothing to print? Join us for mini-comics creation night! Learn how to scan and print your zines for the next convention.

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, November 15th.

November 15th is also your last chance to pick up leftover merch before we have to toss it all! If you sold with us at SPX, you need to pick up unsold merchandise at or before this Friday’s meeting if you have not already done so. To schedule a pickup time before the meeting, email us at cartoonallies@sva.edu.

See you soon!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Michael Walsh

Good afternoon gamers!/

Thank you to those who competed in our first ever OC Tournament last week, and congrats again to those who won!

This week, we will be collaborating with SVA’s Horror Society in an interview with Michael Walsh! He’s done a lot of work with Marvel and DC, as well as a horror anthology with Image called The Silver Coin. He is currently working on a Frankenstein adaptation.

Our meeting will be held over Zoom on Friday, November 8th, at 6:30 PM. Stay tuned for the Eventbrite link!

See you there,
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: OC Tournament

Hey gamers!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Halloween OC Swap! Don’t put your printed reference sheets away yet– you’re gonna need them for this week’s meeting, too.

Because this week, we are hosting an OC Tournament! Bring your OC and put your storytelling skills to the test in an epic Original Character Tournament (OCT) against other club members!

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, November 1st.

See you there!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Halloween OC Swap

Hey gamers!

Thanks everyone for coming to last week’s Con Night! We hope you learned a ton.

This week, join us for our Halloween OC Swap! Bring printed reference of your OCs to receive fanart of and draw fanart for other students! Come in costume… if you dare!

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, October 25th.

See you there,
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Con Night

Good morning gamers!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Telephone Comics Night. We had a blast making some goofy comic strips with you all. (If you missed the meeting, most of the finished comics from last week can be found on our Discord!)

This week, learn the ins and outs of tabling at a convention at our Con Night! We’ll be showing you how to organize your space with our example setup, as well as discussing pricing and manufacturers.

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, October 18th.

See you there,
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Telephone Comics Night

Hey Gamers!

Thank you all so much for coming to our Comic Shop Crawl on Saturday! We hope you all had a great time exploring the city with us!

This week, we will be having Telephone Comics! What’s Telephone Comics? Much like a game of Telephone, you make a panel of a comic and pass it down. Then the next person has to move forward with the story only seeing the panel that came before!

This meeting will take place on Friday October 11th at 6:30 PM in Room 701G, 310 E 22nd St.

See you there!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Comic Shop Crawl

Hi Gamers!

Thank you to everyone who came to our guest speaker meeting with Shen Comix. It was a fun and insightful meeting and we’re glad to have had lots of people there for it!

Our next meeting will be our annual Comic Shop Crawl! We will be going to Kinokuniya, Forbidden Planet, and The Strand. The meeting will take place Saturday, October 5th at 12PM and we will be meeting outside the Student Center (217 E 23rd St).

We hope to see you all there!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Guest Speaker Shen Comix

Hello gamers!

Thanks to everyone who attended our Maid Cafe Mixer Event last week! We had a lot of fun sharing snacks and playing games with you all.

This week, join us for an evening with legendary internet cartoonist Shen Comix! Creator of series such as Owl Turd Comix and Public U. Art Club, Shen has been posting comics online since 2013. If you aren’t already familiar with his work, you can find him @shencomix on Instagram.

This meeting will be held over Zoom on Friday, September 27th at 6:30 PM. To get access to the video call, please SIGN UP on Eventbrite! The link will be sent out this Wednesday.

SPX SELLERS: Thank you for selling with us! Payment information will be going out very soon. We appreciate your patience with us!

Looking forward to seeing you all,
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Maid Cafe Mixer Event

Good evening gamers!

Thank you to our SPX submitters, and to everyone who attended our first meeting! We look forward to getting to know everyone over the next few meetings.

This week, come grab a bite at the Cartoon Allies Maid Cafe-Mixer Event! Have a snack and learn more about your fellow comics enthusiasts!

We will be meeting in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, September 20th.

See you there!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: Small Press Expo

Hey Gamers!

Thank you all so much for coming to our first meeting!! It was great to see so many faces, both new and old.

This week, we will not be having a meeting due to us being at Small Press Expo (SPX) this weekend! Our deadline for submissions is tomorrow, Wednesday September 10th at 10PM. Here is what we ask for your submissions:

• We do not accept any fan art or non-original pieces.
• No one-of-a-kind items.
• No variations of the same item under the same item name. (ex: blue poster, red poster with same design are two different 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.
• One of each of your items will be used as a display copy.

Some of our professors and alumni will also be doing portfolio reviews at SPX on Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 PM.

We’ll see you all next week for our Maid Cafe Mixer event next week!

See you soon!!
CA Staff

CA Newsletter: First Meeting

Hey gamers…

…and welcome to our Fall 2024 newsletter! This week, please join the Cartoon Allies in our first meeting of the new school year.

Meet us in room 701G at 310 E 22nd St at 6:30 PM on Friday, September 6th to introduce yourself and learn more about SVA’s comic and convention club. Draw comics, meet friends, and learn about opportunities throughout the coming semester! We have a lot planned for this year that we can’t wait to share with you all.

Also— the Allies will be at SPX this year! If you want us to sell one of your prints or other items, we are accepting submissions until Wednesday, September 11th at 10 PM. Scan the QR code on the poster below for more information.

See you soon!
CA Staff