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Mini-Comics Day 2025 Columbus! 3.15.25

March 4, 2025Uncategorizedcolumbus, minicomics day 2025Rebecca Richardson

Dates/TimesMarch 15, 2025
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

LocationWill Eisner Seminar Room, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Musuem
Room 205, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High Street
Columbus OH 43210

Mini-Comics Day is back!!

On Mini-Comics Day participating cartoonists from around the world 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.

This FREE event is open to ages 7 through adult. (children must be accompanied by an adult)
Click HERE to REGISTER for this event.

Join us at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on Saturday, March 15, from 2:00–4:00 PM for Mini-Comics Day—a celebration of DIY cartooning! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just getting started, you’re welcome to create with us! Copy paper, pencils, and colored pencils will be supplied. Please feel free to bring along your favorite art supplies. Museum educator, Rebecca Richardson, will be here throughout the afternoon to walk you through the basics and help you navigate the creative process. Already working on a comics project (and not wanting to start something new)? Bring it along and just hang out and draw with us.

Mini-comics have been democratizing the art of making comic books since the 1970s 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.

Mini-Comics Day a Success in Phoenix

March 15, 2015UncategorizedBryan Graham, Damon Begay, Denny Riccelli, Eric Mengel, Jesse James Comics, Wil HinesDenny Riccelli

Not even a bad copy machine would stop us from creating our books. (Although it did cause us to make way fewer copies than we would have.)

Bryan ‘BG’ Graham created Bryan’s Angels, a preview for an up coming series that he is working on. He was working fully digital for the first time and felt like he hit some hiccups, but I thought his work looked rad.

Eric Mengel created another 8 pages for his Ocho series. As the day began Eric asked his friends to suggest items to include in his Ocho story, he had a huge list and I believe he crammed them all in there.

Damon Begay created the Dictator of Love. A short little piece about someone who tells you which relationship is right and which is wrong. A mix of many of his influences can me found in this book.

Wil ‘Reset Survivor’ Hines created Earwig & Maggot. About an earwig and maggot that bring a dead body to life and take him out for a couple of drinks.

Denny ‘dennmann’ Riccelli created another Get That Chicken short. This book features a little girl, a rainbow and a chicken.

Xtra thanx to Jesse James Comics for host the event. Thanx to kind people at Office Max for staying open an extra 20 minutes so that we could finish copying books on their photocopier (even if it was jacked up a little). Special thanx to Birdie for bringing us some cookies on his way to work. Finally thanx to all the others who showed up and hung out with us throughout the day (and even those who followed our adventures on social media), your support is the reason we make comics.

Hope to do it all over again next year!

Mini-Comics Day Comes to Phoenix

March 9, 2015UncategorizedDenny Riccelli

Jesse James Comics is hosting a Mini-Comics Day Event featuring these fine folks –

Damon Begay, Eric Mengel, Wil Hines, Denny Riccelli and Bryan Graham.

Stop and and check out how things are going as the day progresses. We plan on being at the copy shop between 5-7pm and having our books available for sale at 8pm. Should be a whole lot of fun.

8 Minicomics Completed at ICF

March 9, 2014UncategorizedBob Corby

8 Minicomics were completed at the Columbus Indie Comics Fair today.

Ruminera #3 Fashion Follies y Canada Keck
Comic Con by Evette Langford
Ace of Cups by Molly Durst
B&D by Flor de Canela& Bill Muntner
Origin of Hat by Maryanne Rose Papke
R.A.In.B.O.W Coupon Quest by Michell A. Carroll
Nintendo Head by Jason Wright
ZZZ! by Bob Corby

“Flame Broiled: Diary of a Burger-Flipper” by Chrissy Spallone

March 27, 2013UncategorizedChrissy Spallone

Here’s my contribution to Minicomics Day: “FLAME BROILED: DIARY OF A BURGER-FLIPPER,” a 10-pager concerning the minutiae of fast food employment. In this premiere issue, Betty gets her first job at Burger Shanty and learns how to toast buns, prep shrimp salad and more! Meet the diverse Burger Shanty crew, representing an underground culture rarely depicted in the media.

Not an exploitation, not a dissertation, just an incidentally funny and honest glimpse at behind-the-scenes burger-flippin. $2, free shipping. contact me or visit my Etsy store to order your copy! Yes, it’s Xeroxed, and, yes, it shows, but don’t you miss those simple days?