Princeton Comic Makers Weekly Roundup #61
Summary (7/23/2025)
🖋️IN SHORT: In August — 2 days off, one of which will be a plein air session; also a lock-in day for anthology contributors to work on their submissions. 2 conventions coming up: Wellsboro and ANYC. PCM members will be tabling at most of them. ACP Sketchbook Club pre-sales are live. Rent cycle ending with August, so we are taking donations for the next cycle (no pressure of course).
🌞August Schedule
We will not have a room rented in the Arts Council on August 6 or August 20. On one of those days, we will do a plein air meeting, weather permitting. Besides the Princeton University campus, we are also considering the Westminster Conservatory and the Princeton Shopping Center (where McCaffrey’s is). We are of course open to location suggestions!
🔥Anthology Lock-In Day
Saturday, August 2 is our dedicated day to work on your anthology submissions. We will be at The Gravity Vault, a climbing gym in Plainsboro. It is $14 per person, which grants us a large table for working space as well as free gear rental. Come if you want to draw, but also come if you want to climb for cheap!
ACP Sketchbook Club
It’s back! $10 per sketchbook (plus extra if shipping to your door); they are available starting late July and are due Wed, Dec 10, 5:00 so that the Arts Council can display them all upstairs.
🔥UPCOMING CONVENTIONS🔥
🦸Wellsboro Comic Con
Amy Chu (with Chris and Masha!) will be tabling at the Wellsboro Comic Con. This is also an event that attracts lots of industry professionals, so if you are willing to drive ~5 hours, we recommend checking it out. This free event is on Saturday, August 9, from 10:00-6:00. It is town-wide, but formal comic con activities will be at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, the Warehouse Theatre, and the surrounding yard. Check here for parking info.
🍎Anime NYC
Anime NYC is coming up again at the Javits Center, August 21-24. Check their website for details on hours and prices. Lucy (@opal_lines on Instagram) will be tabling there!
🖼️Armory Show
The Armory Show will also be in the Javits Center, September 5-7. Contemporary and Modern art galleries from across the world come to show art by some of the most exciting fine artists working today! General admission is $59.
📆Upcoming Events/Applications
Deadline: Sat, August 30 What: Collab between Create! Magazine and Art Queens for their quarterly collectible catalogue of contemporary women artists. This edition has guest curator Danielle Krysa. Open for women and NB artists. To apply: Visit this page and pay $35. Additional $99 publishing fee if accepted. Contact: N/A Date/location: Releases Nov 2025
🥚EGG-thology Reminders🥚
We are currently in the 3rd check-in stage, ie. looking at tones, lettering, and general polish. You have about a month til the final deadline, July 30, the last wednesday of the month.
Our rough schedule:
Jul 30 - All final artwork due (HARD DEADLINE)⬅️ Aug 02 - Lock-in day at The Gravity Vault Aug 13 - Final layout due Aug 20 - Start of promos and pre-orders
🫵Your projects
Yari is in a film festival
Yari’s short film “Laughing Through Life” will be screened at the 2025 Princeton Student Film Festival! This will be in the Princeton Public Library, Wed, July 30 at 6:00. Hang around after for a Q&A.
Vinny’s also in a film festival
Vinny’s short film “Mikey’s Crash” will be at the Philly Unnamed Film Festival, happening October 1-5. Vinny will be there in person to talk about his work!
This is a nation-wide network of resources (including professional) for comic artists and cartoonists. Feather and Shannon are part of it! Visit their page to subscribe to their newsletter or follow their Instagram.
Mars Lightning Kickstarter SUCCESS!
Congrats to Luke for a successful Kickstarter! Luke also got a review on Mid-Life Gamer Geek and an interview with The Comic Book Yeti.
West Windsor Arts Council exhibition
West Windsor Arts has an exhibition on long-time local artist Priscilla Snow Algava, who made monoprints using clay. If you want to visit in person, make sure to call ahead, since the exhibition space is also used by camps. You can also purchase works, the sales of which go towards the Priscilla Snow Algava Scholarship Fund, which makes classes at the Arts Council accessible to children from low-income families.
🛌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.