MKE Comicbook Meetup Schedule 2014
…back for a second year! Come out and celebrate Free ComicBook Day with this unique event – part performance, part film debut – all comics, superheroes and more! Comicbooks are…
MKE Comicbook Meetup
Milwaukee-area fans of comic books came together last night to socialize, get some not-yet-read comic books, and to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Gravity Connect was the site…
Pride of Milwaukee: A.W.E. Truck Studio team
…go out to Milwaukee’s parks and give free art opportunities to the children frequenting the parks. Each of A.W.E.’s four vans go out to specific Milwaukee parks, providing free art…
MKE Creatives: April 2015: Susan Fry of Optimist Theatre
…hire local actors and crew (keeping all talent coming from SE-WI!)” +“we make Shakespeare accessible – it’s free, it’s in the park, it’s about communication, there’s live music, it’s very…
Milwaukee Networking: Fusion, Our Milwaukee, Newaukee, Gravity
…see their blog post HERE. Newaukee, a group for young professionals new to the Milwaukee area, and Fusion, a group for models/photogs/stylists/ADs/etc, both happened to have events at the Pabst…
pro bono: Job Camp
…free headshots for people to aid in their new employment searches. I spent the day behind the camera, working with people to get the right expression and pose for each…
MKE Comicbook Meetup 2015 Schedule
…Knights imprint, for example!) July 28: Diversity in Comicbooks – Creators and Characters Aug 25: Favorite Examples of Comicbook-Science (science that makes sense in the comics, but probably not in…
November MKE Comicbook: Turning Point Issues, and the MKE Cosplay 5k
…non-competitive run through downtown! We also gathered two large boxes of donations for Community Advocates. There’s already plans to have another 5k in May 2015, to celebrate Free ComicBook Day!…
Aug Networking at Gravity
…of Stone Creek Coffee (who always provide the free coffee at Gravity); Francis X. Vogel, of Mission-Driven, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to non-profits and sustainability groups; Susan Holtham, an…
That time in Beloit, WI when I saw the KKK
…is hard to find, but a new edition is coming . Here are some of the images I made in Beloit. I know these are just the negatives, but in…
Photo-Community: Jerry and John at Crivello’s
Mike Crivello’s has been a mainstay in the Milwaukee community for many, many years. When I graduated from Cardinal Stritch University, Mike Crivello’s provided my first full-time job in the…
MKE Comicbook Meet-Up: “Your Fantastic Four”
…moment in comics.) – Legends Of The Dark Claw #1 (Amalgam Comics. Batman + Wolverine. An amazing fusion. And DAT COVER!) – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #1: Krang…
MKE Creatives: November: Gretchen Mead of the Victory Garden Initiative
…the community and the individual. She formed VGI, then worked to get an ordinance passed in her community, allowing for front-yard gardens, and that effort found its way to NPR’s…
MKE Comicbook: June 2016: NO SUPES
The June MKE Comicbook meetup at Anodyne Coffee had a new-to-us topic of discussion: NO SUPERPOWERS. People could share any book they wanted – as long as the main character…
MKE Creatives: Dec 2015: Steve Kodis on MKE’s flag
…graphic design that he became interested in flags. He began to look at more and more flags, and began to see commonalities in the flags that seemed the best designed….
MKE Comicbook: Aug 2015: Fave Comicbook Science!
…Comicbooks often make the implausible sound possible with the use of made-up science and technology, or have used real science discoveries as a springboard to something new. Don mentioned Valiant’s…
MKE Comicbook: Feb 2017: Fave Non-Human Characters
…that brought the most laughs of the night was “Breaking Cat News” a comic that features feline newscaster reporting on “all the news that matters to cats.” Jihan brought a…
MKE Comicbook: Feb 2015: Romance/Shark Issues
…goes by too fast, I learn about comics I’d never heard of before, and I leave the building with such warm feelings for these comicbook fans of MKE. There’s some…
MAM: Street Seen preview
…“New York, 1947” (man-o-man, guys knew how to dress back in the 40s-50s) –Saul Leiter’s “Canopy, 1958” (always a classic composition with its intense use of negative space) –William Klein’s…
Race Report: Otter Creek Marathon, 2019
…running in a new state, on a trail I’d never before experienced, and it was “short” compared to what I had run in recent years – it should be EASY…right?…
Our Milwaukee Likes Coffee
…turn-out and chatted with current members like Indulgence Chocolatiers, Third Sector Creative, and The Cabinetmaker, new members like CTC Supplies, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Bolzano Artisan Meats, and potential new…