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June 17, 2013 The June meeting featured two renowned artists, Bobby Baker and David Small.  Baker is the author of Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me (2010); Small, the author of Stitches: a memoir (2009). Small’s presentation began with an eleven-minute trailer that he called a “short film for an almost wordless book.” The film […]

The April meeting of Laydeez do Comics Chicago starred cartoonists Jeffrey Brown and Sharon Rosenzweig. Our guest blogger for April is Sarah Morton.  First up, Jeffrey Brown describes in detail the process of making his forthcoming book, Matter of Life.  Our second presenter is Sharon Rosenzweig who presented three distinct projects. First, The Comic Torah which she […]

Our first speaker was John Porcellino. He spoke of what he calls his “psychic punctuation” and his punk/DIY philosophy. He also performed a creator’s close reading of one of his poetic comics, “Ant Crossing.” Our second speaker was Riva Lehrer. She discussed the ethical structure she establishes for her portrait collaborations, and showed many examples […]

My name is Sally-Anne Hickman and I was lucky enough to be this months guest blogger. I really enjoyed the experience and I hope I got enough information across. I write and draw my diary in comic form and doing this blog was a nice way of drawing and writing about other people.

Hi all – another snowy, cold spell here in Chicago. Despite the inclement weather plenty of excited folks turned out for Laydeez do Comics Chicago meeting two! Our guest blogger for February is comics artist and fellow nurse Mat Defiler. Our speakers, as she illustrates below, were Laura Szumowski, David Mitchell, and me, MK Czerwiec […]

This is MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. My colleague Riva Lehrer and I are proud to report on the first meeting of Laydeez do Comics Chicago! Our inaugural presenters were drawn by David Mitchell. From left to right they are:Rinko Endo, Kris Dresen and Corinne Mucha. (click to enlarge) Our meeting fell on the 52nd anniversary of the first […]

August’s guest blogger was graphic designer and illustrator, Seleem, who produced these wonderful visual recordings of the meeting. To see more of Seleem’s work visit his website: www.seleemscrapbook.co.uk The evening began with a question about euphemisms and lyrics… The first guests in August were Selina Lock and Jay Eales, publishers of anthology, The Girly Comic http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/girly/ Visit their […]