Indie Comics Costume Contest : IT’S ON!

I’m back from APE and have collected an impressive batch of minis for you to win!  I hope some of you have good costumes planned for this weekend, because it’s anyone’s game! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

FIVE LUCKY COSTUME CONTEST WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Hand-made silk-screened mini pouch
2. L.A. Diary by Gabrielle Bell The limited edition release from Uncivilized Books featuring a rare glimpse into Bell’s own sketch book!
3. Milky Way Shuffle by Elio One to look out for!
4. Sour Leaves #3 by Brendan Monroe The world’s last known copies of Monroe’s beautiful 2006 mini!
5. Covered in Confusion by Will Dinski Winner of the 2009 Isotope Award!
6. Prologue by Kenan The book you unfold to read!
7. One of the following:
   • Disquietville Volume 2 by Daniel Spottswood
   • Manny + Bigfoot by Meghan Hogan
   • The Colorblind Art Teacher #2 by Mark Teel
   • Just So You Know #1 by Joey Alison Sayers
   • Ballad of the Intrepideers #1-2 by Brett Von Schlosser, Kelly Krantz and Tim Sievert

- Sarah Morean

Vincent Stall’s Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses
and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages
tied up with string
These are a few
of my favorite things
- Maria, The Sound of Music

At some point in recent history, the song “Favorite Things” was conscripted by the Christmas season. Though at first this seems surprising – the song has no mention of Christmas at all – in some ways, the association makes sense. For religious folk and heathens alike, Christmas in America has spawned a season of spending, wrapping and receiving. A song about things is a likely holiday anthem for all.

However, “Favorite Things” was originally a love song to the charming things one possesses or recalls to feel good again in hard times. There are ordinary, everyday, tried-and-true utensils and objects floating around everyone’s life and memory. In a cartoonist’s studio, however, only the best are cherry-picked for prominent display, reference or inspiration.

I asked Minneapolis’ own mini-comics legend Vincent Stall about his favorite things. King Mini is known for authoring classic, hand-made comics like Robot Investigator, pulling incredible posters for bands like Yo La Tengo and the Melvins, and recently printing and sewing a subversive family of Scumbags. Prepare for photo-heavy wonderment as King Mini’s favorite things are revealed.

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