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(as I couldn’t attend this meetup due to a last-minute photo-assignment, Kristine Hansen, local writer, attended and wrote this up, with a…

MKE Comicbook is a Milwaukee-based meetup for teens-to-adult readers of comicbooks. It’s a discussion-based group, with each month focusing on a different…

The December MKE Comicbook was one with a fun topic – “Controversial Comics”, and was very well-attended! Since we had some new…

 (clicken to biggen) The last MKE Creatives of 2016 was a wholly appropriate one to close out the year, to send us…

The end of a year always prompts a certain amount of introspective “what did I learn? what can I do better? what…

For two years, I’ve been organizing the “MKE Cosplay 5k” – a combination geek-event, 5k run/walk, and donation-raiser-for-a-local-nonprofit. On October 23, a…

 (click ’em to big ’em) November’s MKE Comicbook at Anodyne Coffee had a topic was a one I was excited for –…

MKE Creatives, a networking group for self-employed creatives and the folks that work with, and for, them is heading into its third…

In October, I tried out something new. I’ve long been an supporter of trying to bring advocacy and fun together , believing…

The Racine Art Museum is a neat museum, whose reputation is largely built on their large collection of contemporary crafts. They host…

The MKE Creatives met up again  recently and had a seasonally-appropriate talk with Paul Akert at Anodyne Coffee in Walker’s Point. Paul…

Our October MKE Comicbook Meetup was a fun one, exploring a topic we hadn’t tried before – “Detectives and Sleuths”. Instead of…

This September’s meetup was our annual “Cull Your Collection Sale” to benefit the ComicBook Legal Defense Fund. The CBLDF is an important…

September’s MKE Creatives had a dramatic lean to it – no surprise there, as our guest was Mark Bucher, founder and artistic…

This month at MKE Comicbook we talked about the continued diversification of creators and characters in mainstream comicbooks. Through much of the…

The August MKE Creatives looked through the prism of creativity in a way it hasn’t before – how can the work of…

   (click ’em to big ’em) The July MKE Comicbook focused on a topic we haven’t covered before – the villains of…

As much as we all enjoy the monthly presenters that come to MKE Creatives, we decided some time ago that we should…

better late than never… …The June 2016 MKE Creatives at Anodyne Coffee was really well-attended, and with great reason – our presenter…

The June MKE Comicbook meetup at Anodyne Coffee had a new-to-us topic of discussion: NO SUPERPOWERS. People could share any book they…

…continuing from last night’s post… Kate had a few books to share on our “kid-friendly” theme. Thematically similar to the previously mentioned…