April 9, 2011, Saturday - Mini-Comics Day Event at MCBA

Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Flexispace and Gallery Space

April 9, 2011, is the first annual Mini-Comics Day, celebrating the art of cartooning and creating hand-made comic books. On Mini-Comics Day, participating cartoonists from around the world will write, draw and print copies of a mini-comic, completing the entire process from start to finish in a day or less. Anyone in the world can participate. Mini-comics have been democratizing the art of making comic books since the 70′s or earlier… With the popularization of photocopiers, it became apparent that anyone with an inclination and some spare change could print a little comic book. Wildly varying in both form and content, mini-comics are a wonderful synthesis of cartooning and hand-made art objects.