Princeton Comic Makers Weekly Roundup #57
Summary (6/11/2025)
🖋️IN SHORT: Masha will sell wares on your behalf at JetLAG, contact her if interested. Amy Chu will give a comics industry talk on June 11. Shannon (Comix Accountability Club) will be at Frog Farm in Brooklyn, June 14. Steve will table at the Garden State Comic Fest. Next anthology check-in is June 11, deadline (for now) is June 25.
🎤Amy Chu notes
Thanks to everyone who turned up for the Amy Chu talk! We’re very sorry we ran out of time for the portfolio review, but (without making any promises on her behalf) considering she is local, we may be able to have her come by again! Click here for a link to notes of her talk.
🎸JetLAG Festival (Downsville, NY)
Masha will run a goblin-themed market at JetLAG Fri-Sun, June 20-22. Masha is happy to sell your items on your behalf. If you would like to contribute goods to stock her market, just let her know!
📆Upcoming Events/Applications
Middle Township Savor The Arts Festival
Deadline: Sat, June 14 What: Colorful, joyful art, suitable for family audience. Pieces that tell a story, engage young minds, and inspire creativity. All mediums accepted. To apply: Register at www.middletownship.recdesk.com For more info, contact: 609-465-8732 or abecica@middletownship.com Event date/location: Sat, June 28, 12:00-5:00 (rain date June 29); Ockie Wisting Recreation Complex
🥚EGG-thology Reminders🥚
Second check-in has started. This involves checking your to-scale pencils/rough drafts.
We are extending the deadline to July 30, the last Wednesday of the month!
Our rough schedule:
Jun 11 - 3rd check-in (SOFT DEADLINE, tones/shading/lettering)⬅️ Jul 30 - All final artwork due (HARD DEADLINE) Jul 23 - Layout 1st check-in Aug 13 - Final layout due Aug 20 - Start of promos and pre-orders
🫵Your projects
Mars Lightning Kickstarter pre-launch
Luke’s comic Mars Lightning has a Kickstarter now! You can sign up to be notified of any updates.
Charlie is participating in the Princeton Arts Council Open Mic
Story & Verse: A Storytelling, Poetry, and Spoken Word Open Mic will be on the top floor of the Paul Robeson building at 7:00. No registration required, just drop by and check out people’s performances OR add your name to a hat to perform (the cut-off for this is 6:45). Charlie will be performing on Thursday, June 19.
Garden State Comic Fest
Steve is tabling at the Garden State Comic Fest, the weekend of June 28-29, 10:00-5:00 (ends at 4:00 on Sunday), at the Codey Arena. Go say hi!
🛌Old links and reminders
Tomato pins
They are $10 for members, and the proceeds go directly towards our rent. You can also just donate to rent, sans pin. No pressure, of course, and thank you to everyone who already contributed!
Email and Discord links
For the new folks and anyone who was not receiving emails until recently, please click here to access the backlog of all our email blasts.
And as always, here is the Discord invite link. Check the “about-rules” channel first, then follow the instructions there to gain full access. Let us know if the link doesn’t work.