IMAGE COMICS

20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT

Image Expo is the premier Northern California comics convention in 2012. The three-day event takes place at the Oakland Convention Center February 24, 25 and 26. Celebrating the creative spirit of independence, Image Expo commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the formation of Image Comics. But more than just looking to the past, the event showcases the evolving the comic market by spotlighting the future of independent publishing.

The Cartoon Art Museum’s exhibition Image Comics: A 20th Anniversary Celebration features over 40 pieces of original artwork spanning 20 years, including works from all seven Image founders, Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Jim Lee (WildC.A.T.s), Rob Liefeld (Youngblood), Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Whilce Portacio (Wetworks), Marc Silvestri (Cyberforce), and Jim Valentino (Shadowhawk).  Works from Image partner Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) will also be included in this historic exhibition.

The opening reception for Image Comics: A 20th Anniversary Celebration will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 7:00-9:00pm.  Special guests include Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible), Fiona Staples (Saga), Ryan Ottley (Invincible) and many more to be announced, as well as a few last-minute surprises.  Please visit the Cartoon Art Museum’s website, cartoonart.org <http://cartoonart.org> for updates.  Admission to this party will be $5-$50, with tickets sold on a sliding scale.  This party kicks off the three-day Image Expo which will be held at the Oakland Convention Center from Friday, February 24 through Sunday, February 26.  Please visit imagecomicexpo.com <http://www.imagecomicexpo.com/> for details.

Electronic Arts Los Angeles will be looking for artists and programmers at the L.A. ACM SIGGRAPH April Chapter meeting from 6:60-9:00 pm on April 15 at Bradley International Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood. Topic of the panel is " Game Development Soup to Nuts" featuring John Botti, president/CEO, Black Ops Entertainment; Steve Anderson, CTO, EA Los Angeles and Mark Andrade, president/programmer, Sputnik Games. Bring your r

Zoom: Composers Close Up Raymond Scott Orchestrette Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 8 pm Single Tickets: $25 In the 1930s Raymond Scott's unique novelty pieces

Stream your films full screen on the internet!

Call for submission Streaming Festival {The Hague}
the progressive online film festival

The 2nd edition of the Streaming Festival accepts features, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental films.

- Deadline for submission : 15 January 2007
- No entry fee for submission

About the Streaming Festival
Films do not play in cinemas. They are streamed online full screen with high image quality.
Just like at a regular film festival, visitors can choose from several programs. However, unlike at a regular film festival, they are able to switch easily between viewing locations.

For more information and submission form please visit http://www.streamingfestival.com

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"Artists Needed," a new nonprofit group is looking for a few volunteer artists for an upcoming New York City event. CancerCare (www.cancercare.org) is a local charity that strives to improve the lives of anyone affected by cancer through counseling, financial support, and the organization of fun events that hopefully will take people's minds off illness for a while. The event we need volunteers for is a drawing table for kids at CancerCare's Valentine's Day party. Kids will come by and sit with the artists and learn how to draw whatever they like; artists who can do animated characters would be great as the kids like to request drawings of Bugs Bunny, etc. but anyone who can draw is welcome. WHEN: February 14th from 4-6:30pm WHERE: 275 7th Avenue (b/w 25th and 26th streets), 22nd Floor CONTACT: Elizabeth Winter, email: winter.edits@hotmail.com This is a one time event for just a couple hours, but there will be more events in the future, so please indicate if you would like to be put on our mailing list.

The San Francisco Chapter of International Game Developers Association will host a "Breaking Into the Game Industry" panel discussion at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco. This event is free and open to those interested in pursuing careers in the videogame development field, particularly students and newbies. The event will include networking opportunities before and after the discussion, which will be moderated Marc Sherrod of The Art Institute.

Featured panelists include representatives from some of the top game companies in the Bay Area: Wallace Poulter of Infinium Labs, Ashley Monif of Electronic Arts, Todd Fay of Game Audio Network Guild/Todd M. Fay Media Developments, Mark DeLoura of Sony Computer Entertainment America and Kjeld Pedersen of Double Fine.

Networking will start at 6:30 pm with the panel discussion beginning at 7:00 pm followed by Q&A. The Art Institute of California - San Francisco is located at 1170 Market Street (at 8th), San Francisco, California 94102. For more information, call (415) 865-0198 or visit www.aicasf.aii.edu and www.igda.org.

CARTOON COLLAGE (http://www.canyons.edu/users/sofians/cartoon_collage.htm)
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS STUDENT ANIMATION FESTIVAL

26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

SATURDAY, MAY 21st, 6:00PM

Room M-318

Reception following the screening

Organized by the COC Animation Club

Featuring traditional drawn animation, Flash animation and 3D computer animation!

Free! Open to the Public!

Free parking!

Raid Projects is hosting an exhibit called

"Comic Book Idol" is an amateur art competition hosted by CBR. The second edition will be hosted by J. Torres, author of the "Open Your Mouth" column at CBR (www.comicbookresources.com). It's a five-week, five-round contest in which contestants will be asked to complete an art assignment each week by a deadline. Their art will be posted in a CBR forum designed especially for judges to post comments on and critique said art, as well as for CBR readers to view and vote on their favorites. CBR fans select which contestants move on in subsequent rounds, and two artists will be eliminated from the competition in each round until we have the one and only "Comic Book Idol." The regular panel of judges for our second competition consists of Mike Carlin (senior group editor, DC Comics), Jeff Mariotte (editor-in-chief, IDW Publishing) and Eric Stephenson (managing editor, Image Comics). There will also be "surprise" comic creator guest judges to be announced, one per round, as the competition progresses. This year, all 10 of the contestants invited into the competition will receive a CBR T-Shirt, comic boards courtesy of BCEMylar.com and free passes to Comic-Con International San Diego 2004. The winner of Comic Book Idol will be given a pin-up assignment for an IDW publication to be selected by Jeff Mariotte based on the artist's interests and abilities, a short story assignment written by Eric Stephenson to be published in the forthcoming FOUR LETTER WORLDS anthology from Image Comics, Mike Carlin personally handing your art samples to editors at DC Comics for their review and consideration and airfare, accommodation and passes for Comic-Con International San Diego 2004. To enter, potential contestants must have samples of their work on a Website or online portfolio. Contestants must have the ability to scan in their artwork and post it online to participate, and should be prepared to draw everything from covers to actual comic pages. Contestants will be given approximately five days to complete each art assignment. The contest begins with an open call for submissions kicking off May 27, 2004. Those wishing to be considered for the five-round competition must post links to their work in the designated CBR "Comic Book Idol" forum. A selection committee consisting of five of last year's CBI contestants, including winner Patrick Scherberger, will visit all the links posted and choose 10 artists to face the judges and CBR readers. The first official round of competition starts June 3 and the event continues through till July 8 when the winner is officially announced. Visit CBR at http://www.comicbookresources for more information.