MKE Creatives: Nov 2015: Lauren Fox on novel-writing
November’s MKE Creatives at Anodyne Coffee drew once of the largest crowds we’ve had yet. This group just keeps on growing and…
WI in NYC: Matti
(click the pic to big the pic) New York City houses the dreams of so many people. It IS the city where…
MKE Comicbook: MKE Cosplay 5k, October 2015
October 24, 2015 was the third time in less than a year that geeky folks of Milwaukee came together to have a…
MKE Comicbook Oct 2015: Cull Your Collection Sale
In October, MKE Comicbook had its 3rd annual “Cull Your Collection Sale” to benefit the ComicBook Legal Defense Fund. Everyone brought what…
MKE Creatives: Oct 2015: Jon Henry, on direction
(click the pic, to BIG the pic!) This month’s meet-up at Anodyne Coffee is one I’ve been looking forward to for awhile….
Internet anywhere – the Verizon Jetpack
A lot of people work independent these days – calling themselves by terms like “freelance” or “self-employed”. They might be a photographer…
MKE Comicbook: Sept 2015: Fave non-Marvel/DC and Banned Books
(click the pics to biggen them!) This month’s MKE Comicbook meetup at Anodyne Coffee was a blast! The topic of the night…
MKE Comicbook: Aug 2015: Fave Comicbook Science!
Past MKE Comicbook meetups have focused on favorite characters and stories, but this month our topic went in a direction that’s often…
Milwaukee’s first ciclovia
This past Saturday was Milwaukee’s first “ciclovia” – a temporary closing of multiple lengths of city-streets to auto-traffic, and opening them to…
MKE Creatives: Aug 2015: Lessons Learned
(click ’em to big ’em) (you can also find us on Facebook) This month’s MKE Creatives featured a presenter we haven’t had…
MKE Comicbook: July 2105: Diversity in Characters and Creators
The topic of diversity/representation/appropriation has been a hot topic in the comicbook world in recent months. As it happens, this month’s MKE…
MKE Creatives: July 2015: April Reese talks about pitching to magazines
For the month of July, the MKE Creatives had an interesting discussion with April Reese of Discover Magazine. April is one of…
RUNNERS: Rachel
(click the pics to biggen them) This entry into the RUNNERS archive is looooong overdue. I have known Rachel since I…
Race Re-cap: Junkyard Dog 50k, from Trail Dog Running, LLC
Last Saturday, I ran my first trail 50k. If you spoke with me last Sunday, I’d tell you I would never run…
MKE Comicbook: June 2015: Retcons and Reboots!
(photos at the bottom) Another overdue post – June’s MKE Comicbook had a lower attendance than normal, but as ever, our discussion…
MKE Creatives: June 2015: Beth Handle and getting on the water.
This post is over-due, but better late than never, right? 🙂 The June MKE Creatives meetup featured a presentation from Beth Handle,…
MKE Comicbook: May 2015: Fave Female Characters/Creators
click ’em to big ’em! …The May MKE Comicbook meetup was one I was looking forward to. In the comicbook world, there…
MKE Creatives: May 2015: Erik Ljung on video-journalism
(more photos below) This month’s MKE Creatives meetup at Anodyne Coffee featured a talk with Erik Ljung, a Milwaukee-based, independent, multi-media journalist/artist….
MKE Comicbook: April 2015: Single Issues
This month’s comicbook discussion was a “Best Single Issues” – but we left the standards of that designation open-ended – which was…
MKE Creatives: April 2015: Susan Fry of Optimist Theatre
April’s MKE Creatives had another interesting group of attendees! There was a video producer, photographer, art consultant/writer, character performer, romance writer, software…
MKE Creatives: March 2015: Kathryn Lavey on art-directing
The MKE Creatives meetup of March was very well-attended and I’m sure that our guest, Kathryn Lavey, was a big part of…