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---------------------- What the hell is a "comic Jam"?A Comic Jam is when a bunch of cartoonists get together and draw comics together. There are jams in a lot of major cities here in the states and across Canada. There is a monthly Montreal jam, on which ours is based, that has been going on for several years and is hosted by our old friend Salgood Sam. There are others in Maryland, San Francisco and Seattle, that I know of. There are also two other infrequent ones here in New York, those I don't know too much about, sadly, if anyone does, lemme know! ----------------------- Why would you do this, what are you? A retard?That's it exactly actually. There was a no organization in the New York comics community. With the suspension of the yearly Cartoon Art shows and constant infighting it was getting pretty hard to be a cartoonist in the city without having to hate someone, or everyone. I suggested on the comics Journal message board (tcj.com) that some people get together at Max Fish for a few beers and hang out. It quickly turned into this whole mess that now has a life of it's own. ----------------------- Why did you call yourselves a 'Bowel Movement'?Good question. When we were coming up with a name for this monster at the very first meeting at Max Fish in late August of 2001 the question was raised what would we call ourselves. K. Thor Jensen said it should be called some sort of movement, like the Dadaist movement, or underground comics movement, etc. So He slurs, "What kind of movemenat should we be?" and I wheezed, "A Bowel Movement." And thus the name was born. It actually makes sence since most everything we make is crap. Yuk, yuk, yuk! I ended up changing it in 2004 since we hadn't been in the bowery (ever really) but hadn't even been down town for two years. ----------------------- Did you say "beer"?Yes, while some other jams are sobering, Mormon social gatherings with grape juice and triscuts, we are on the other side of the spectrum. We're booze drinking, cigarette smoking, hard living artists. Alright, that's an exaggeration, sorta. But yes, I have found people are more willing to come out when there is more then just comics going on, and seeing that we hold the damned thing in a bar, it seemed obvious that drinking should be going on. It also keeps the participants 21 or over. ----------------------- Can I draw "Spiderman"?I dunno, can you? Most of the time we tend to stray away from the superhero genre. The group we usually run with are mostly underground and indie comic artists. If you take a look around you'll see the type of stuff we do and that should speak for itself... in other words, it's all dick and fart jokes. ---------------------- How does it work?We have no real format, but 9 out of 10 times it goes along the lines of, I draw a panel, pass it off to another person and they draw the next panel, keeping the story going, when done he passes it to another, and another and another until everyone has drawn in it and then it comes back to me and depending on what time it is, we start all over again. There are usually 4-8 stories going around at once so depending on the size of the group, no one really waits longer then 10-15 minutes for a strip. ---------------------- How many people actually show up to this thing? 2?Actually we've been pretty lucky, while the group has grown and shrunk and grown again, we usually get somewhere around eighteen to twenty two people on average. The largest we've had was 24 and the smallest was 5. ---------------------- Can I be a complete dick? I mean it's funny to be a dick, right?Well, yes and no. We are all extremely casual. We all talk like sailors and get more vulgar as the night goes on. But there has been occasions where some people get outta hand and are asked to leave. I've really only banned one person so far, Reid Harris Cooper, aka Lord Rexington Fear. After months of people complaining to me about him, and some people not coming because he was there, he took it to the next level by insulting me personally as well as someone I was close too. I asked him not to come back and he lost his shit and threatened to kill K. Thor Jensen and I at last years Small Press Expo. You can read all about it here. So he can go suck a porno cock for all I care, the talentless fuck. (bitter cheese? Well, I don't like to be threatened) ---------------------- I am scared to be greeted with hoot and hollers.You should be, Evidence. ---------------------- OK, so I think I'm going to attend, what do I need to bring?Most importantly yourself. But on top of that, it might be good to bring the basic cartooning stuff, pencils, erasers, pens. You can go nuts and bring brushes and ink, or nibs and ink, or whatever you think you might need. And Paper, cheap paper. I use laser paper from my office, I grab 50 sheets and pay kinkos 2 bucks to bind it for me, instant cheap jam book. ---------------------- Do you have publishing rights to my fine art?No one does. It has always been an unwritten rule that whatever is done at the jams, becomes the property of the jam and has no copyright and is public domain. This is our gift to the world, or we're too stupid to fill out paperwork. What becomes of my drawings?It depends on whose book you drew in. If it was one of mine (I bring 2-3 each month and they all have the House of Twelve logo on them) they have a pretty good chance of getting scanned and posted here. The actual books themselves are stored in my battle wagon parked on the New Jersey Turnpike, exit 14c. Alright, that's a lie. I keep everything in a box really. |
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