The MNCBA FallCon 2025 Cosplay Contest features four categories to compete in — Youth, Novice, Advanced, and Group — with over $600 in total cash prizes! Visit our website to learn more! #CosplayContest #Minneapolis #SaintPaul #StPaul #TwinCities #Minnesota www.mncba.org/cosplay-cont...

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🎭 Join us for 🦸‍♂️🦹‍♀️ COSPLAY SUNDAY 🧝‍♂️🧟‍♂️! 🏆 MNCBA FallCon 2025 🎤 PANEL ROOM SUNDAY 12:00PM: "It's Not Easy Being Green" with Bill Hedrick Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #MCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

🎭 Join us for 🦸‍♂️🦹‍♀️ COSPLAY SUNDAY 🧝‍♂️🧟‍♂️! 🏆 MNCBA FallCon 2025 🎤 PANEL ROOM SUNDAY 11:00AM: "501st Legion, Rebel Legion, and Mando Mercs: Info and How to Join" with Minnesota Wolfpack Garrison Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #MCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Rachel Topka (@racheltopka.bsky.social) Rachel Topka is a mixed media artist focusing on friendly and funny characters and creatures. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Amanda Meuwissen (@amandameuwissen.bsky.social) Amanda Meuwissen is a queer author of M/M or gay fiction and romance, dabbling in every subgenre but primarily fantasy, paranormal, and horror. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Turn the Paige Art Turn the Paige Studios is a queer women-owned studio. They have worked with a variety of mediums with a focus on color pencil, digital illustration, comics, and fiber arts. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Bennett Pisek Bennett Pisek is a professional Artist, with popular commissions in Fine art, Pin-up, Pop Culture, and Graphic Novels. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Noodle and Bean Noodle and Bean crafts whimsical adventures centered around the two namesake cats. It includes the creation of a growing universe of characters such as Eeps and Keepers. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: C.A. Bryers C.A. Bryers is the author of the Odyssium series, which began with THE 13th PARAGON duology comprised of SCRAPPER and FROM ASHES OF EMPIRES. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: The Art of CK The Art of CK is the creation of Twin Cities-based Christopher K who was born in St. Paul, raised in the Caribbean, and returned to Minnesota in the 90s. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Avery Walker (@monecoarts.bsky.social) Avery Walker aka Moneco Arts is a self taught, freelance artist from Minnesota. He focuses on traditional drawing and digital painting. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

The third of our MNCBA SpringCon 2025 panels is up on our YouTube channel! 🎙 Join Paul Fricke for "Comics 101: Words and Pictures" and learn about the art of making comics! #MCAD #MNCBA #MCBA #MNStateFairgrounds #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities youtu.be/09nE1ewx1dM

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Butterscotch Sympathy (@kimonojo.bsky.social‬) Kimi Johnson is the owner and artist of Butterscotch Sympathy. She has been crafting in various mediums since childhood... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Ted Anderson (@tedlyanderson.bsky.social‬) Ted Anderson is a writer, librarian, and educator from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has written original and licensed comics for a variety of publishers... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: The Evil Nae (@theevilnae.bsky.social‬) Evil Nae is the solo writer and artist for the webcomic “The Fantasy Book Club,” available on Webtoon and Tapas. Known for their semi-realistic style... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Eric D. Howell (@storyforgellc.bsky.social‬) Eric D. Howell is the writer and creator of THE REVOLUTION OF CASSANDRA, a three-issue graphic novel series launched at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Trep's Illustration (@trepinning.bsky.social‬) Ellen Griffin, also known by her artist name; Trepinning. She is an illustrator in the Twin Cities that portrays the floating world of fantasy... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Jade Lowder (@jadelowder.bsky.social) Jade Lowder is a published comic book artist and Professor of Art at Montana State University. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Chandler Lannes Chandler Lannes is a Minnesota-based illustrator and graphic designer. His illustration work focuses mainly on pop-culture and fantasy, using traditional mixed-media. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

In this issue of the MNCBA Newsletter, we share tips for those interested in becoming a vendor, visit DreamHaven Books & Comics in Minneapolis, and review FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS! 📰📨 #Minneapolis #SaintPaulMN #TwinCities #ComicShops #ComicBooks #Comics www.mncba.org/newsletter/2...

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Bri de Danann / BrightBard (@bridanann.bsky.social‬) Bri de Danann is an illustrator and content creator in the tabletop roleplaying sphere. She is best known for her work on "Terminus"... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Jay Hansen Jay Hansen is a Duluth, MN, based watercolor artist with bold, expressive brushwork influenced from the sharp, dynamic energy of modern-age comics. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Jeffery A. Dobberpuhl (@dinosaurjeff.bsky.social‬) Jeffery A. Dobberpuhl is an illustrator and cartoonist. His clients include Middle Earth Games, Airship 47, The Bronze Gazette, and others. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Armand Clark (@linkocomic.bsky.social‬) Armand Clark is an illustrator and animator based in Saint Paul, MN. He began his webcomic "Crimson Chasers" on WEBTOON CANVAS in 2020. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: A.L. Peterson A.L. Peterson is a Minneapolis-based comic and illustration artist that has been doing artist alley comic conventions in the Midwest since 2019. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

Are you a full-time student, emerging creator, or in need of assistance to exhibit at MNCBA FallCon 2025? You may qualify for a free half-table at our event! Check our "Nick Post Fellowship Application" for full details. #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities #ComicBooks www.mncba.org/creator-info...

The next round of creator apps for MNCBA FallCon 2025 -- for non-comic artists, illustrators, writers, and others -- begin processing tomorrow! #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities #ComicBooks www.mncba.org/creator-info...

The second of our MNCBA SpringCon 2025 panels is up on our YouTube channel! 🎙 Join Bill Hedrick for "Let's Go Ape" and watch him transform his model into a "Planet of the Apes" Chimpanzee. Link in comments! #MNCBA #MCBA #MNStateFairgrounds #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities youtu.be/dRJGexP-MqI

Meet Rocky this October at MNCBA FallCon 2025!

⚡️ VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Comic Book College Minnesota's oldest comic book store! Open since 1974, Comic Book College has the best selection of new releases, back issues, variant covers, graphic novels, and comic book supplies... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Hot Comics and Collectibles (@hotcomics.bsky.social‬) Hot Comics and Collectibles has been the Twin Cities Friendly Neighborhood Comic Shop for over THREE decades. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #MCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Data Red Comics (@dataredcomics.bsky.social‬) Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Justin "Spanky" Cermak has been releasing oddball and zany... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Steven Stwalley (@squirmish.bsky.social‬) Steven Stwalley is a cartoonist and animator who is probably best known for making "Squirmish: The Card Game of Brawling Beasties," a beast-battling card... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Zander Cannon (@zandercannon.bsky.social‬) Zander Cannon is an award-winning American cartoonist who has been writing and drawing (and lettering and coloring) comic books since 1993. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

The first of our MNCBA SpringCon 2025 panels is up on our YouTube channel! 🎙 Join MNCBA President Jen Bateman for "Behind the Panels" along with MNCBA Secretary and Panel Moderator Eric Childs. #MNCBA #MCBA #MNStateFairgrounds #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities youtu.be/_7RtT4Zee80?...

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Rae Lundquist aka The DreamStitcher Rae Lundquist, The DreamStitcher, brings over 50 years of costuming experience to the table wherever she goes. If you can name it, she has probably sewn it... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Heroes with Paws Jacqueline began making art as a young child drawing horses. She practiced and developed her skills as an artist in classes throughout High School. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Kevyn Lenagh Kevyn Lenagh is a 72 year-old trans cartoonist. She started seriously cartooning with the independent comic book, "Domino Chance," in 1981. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Scott Luhmann A Minnesotan native, Scott Luhmann has been a cartoonist his entire life. He had just started his web comic career when he was inured in a medical mishap at the young age of twenty-six. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Tyler Brown (@tylerbrownart.bsky.social‬) Tyler Brown is a passionate cartoonist and illustrator who excels at creating imaginative and emotionally resonant works. He skillfully blends cartoon energy... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Jacki Crabbng (@crabbng.kingsofsorts.com‬) Jacki Crabbng is fascinated with fantasy and sci-fi, magic, and fantastical future tech. Their work features eye-catching colors, drawn and colored... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Patric Lewandowski (@marvelouspatric.bsky.social‬) Patric Lewandowski has been the creator of "Freaks N Squeaks" for more than twenty years! He has also written a few other webcomics... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Bottomless Coffin (@bottomlesscoffin.bsky.social‬) Bottomless Coffin is a comic artist and illustrator from Minneapolis. His webcomic, "Guts County," is a comedy about a farmer living in Hell. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Illumiknobi (@illumiknobi.bsky.social‬) Illumiknobi is a Minneapolis based comic artist, illustrator, and video production specialist. He is currently working on an on-going horror thriller webcomic... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Dave Wheeler (@davewonder.bsky.social‬) Dave Wheeler aka Dave Wonder is a jack of all trades when it comes to comics and design: working as an inker, colorist, letterer, writer, and book designer... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

There's ⌛️ a bit less than two weeks ⏱ left for comic creators to complete their MNCBA FallCon 2025 applications before spaces open up to other kinds of creators as well! We expect to sell out quickly, so don't delay! #SaintPaulMN #Minneapolis #TwinCities #ComicBooks www.mncba.org/creator-info...

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Raden Studios (@radenstudios.bsky.social‬) A L Raden is a multidisciplinary storyteller who loves exploring layered, character-driven storytelling, especially with an emphasis on magic, myth, and nature. Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Tyler Page (@tylerpage.bsky.social‬) Tyler Page is an Eisner-nominated and award-winning cartoonist and educator. He is the author and artist of "Extra Large" and "Button Pusher"... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities

⚡️ CREATOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Matt Hansel (@matthewhansel.bsky.social‬) Matt Hansel is a pop culture cartoonist, having worked on "The Pink Panther," "Rocky and Bullwinkle," "Casper the Friendly Ghost," and "The Three Stooges"... Read more: www.mncba.org/archive/MNCB... #MNCBA #FallCon #TwinCities