September, 2007 -September CNW Meeting

FIELD TRIP!!!

August, 2007 -August CNW Meeting

The August meeting was fantastic! John Lustig and Jeff Hamill unloaded a ton of info about writing for Disney comics! They touched on everything from writing for established characters to the processes and intricacies of working for a major corporation/brand.

They took told us about the evolution of the characters over time; when Mickey was a darker mouse and how Scrooge McDuck became one of the most dynamic characters to write for. A highlight was when they took us through one of the touchstone stories where Donald, Daisy, and the boys go through the town of Omlet. Both where able to give unique insights into the story structure, reasons why certain plot points existed; real behind the scenes stuff!

What’s more, John and Jeff complimented each other well as a tag team and together gave a really compelling and interesting presentation. Thanks so much guys, it was great!

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July, 2007 -July = Fireworks, July CNW Meeting = Dynamite!

June, 2007 -Tailgate CNW style!

Well the CNW meeting for June was 1 part school, 1 part business, and all the rest was just fun! Our own Georgia Ball was good enough to navigate us through Google Analytics. This is a FREE web metrics tool which can report all kinds of information to be used for bragging rights, gauging the success of your online toon, and even qualifying your website to investors or advertisers. It was a very informative meeting and maybe if we’re lucky, an audio recording of it may magically appear online, for those of you who missed it to enjoy!

May, 2007 -Ahhh, the Toonie Awards!

We had a blast this year! Our distinguished guest speaker, Paul Chadwick graced the podium with highlights from his dazzling career as well as some poignant advice.

The CNW Quest for Answers was also a hit, as attendees had to draw random lots- some pulled questions, some answers- and they where then forced to mingle in order to be entered into the grand prize drawing! 4 winners were chosen, at random, and each received a fine piece of original, Paul Chadwick artwork and an autographed book from his heralded Concrete series.

We also raffled off tons of swag and enjoyed delicious meals with lake front views. The CNW Charity coloring book was unveiled, many awards were given and much acclaim and ego-stroking ensued. Mark Monlux swept the clay contest…again, and long time member, Sherry Flenniken , was awarded the coveted Golden Toonie.

The night even included a debut appearance by the Amazing Martin Brothers, a group of well groomed young lads whose claim to fame rested entirely on their skewed, 60's folk-rock covers.

All in all a blow out night! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to produce this truly fantastic event! this truly fantastic event!

CNW made a HUGE splash at the Emerald City Comic Con !

Our theme is Community of Creativity

To hit home the idea of community we arranged a prize-laden scavenger hunt to seek out the CNW members and affiliates who were dispersed through out the con, lots of Merch and Swag for sale, as well as a place to sit down during the con, grab a drink of water, and catch up on the latest from your favorite group of good looking, talented, CNW cartoonists!

April, 2007 - Historic RitzvilleDays and Western Art Show!

Contact Jim Lisk at lisktoons@ritzville.com

March, 2007 - Our March/St Paddy’s day meeting went really well also! Given that it was St Paddy’s, we had all of the non-green wearing attendees draw lots and Chris Routly emerged as our unlucky leprechaun! Chris was forced to illustrate at our every whim and some “interesting” sketches were the result! This ran rampant while we touched on all the club business and such. The rest of the meeting was spent in peer review groups critiquing each other’s work. It was the biggest peer review that the club has seen in a while and a major stride towards reinforcing the club’s community and spirit of collaboration!

March, 2007- CNW will be at the Emerald City Comic Con this weekend. Our theme is Community of Creativity So swing by booth #803 for a place to sit, catch your breath, grab a drink of water, and catch up on the latest from your favorite group of Good looking, talented, CNW cartoonists

March, 2007- The annual Toonie Awards (April 28) at the Rocksalt Restaurant on lovely Lake Union! www.rocksaltlakeunion.com .

February, 2007 - February's meeting was great! Our round table on con prep stemmed lots of good discussion and information. See the Forum for notes!

We concocted mad libs - CNW style! The "Fairly Fantastic Four" emerged as the victors; elegantly recounting the story of the Sasquatch engineer who saved a box of puppies from a falling planet, using his trusty shrink ray and Hummer!

We also talked about the upcoming Emerald City Comic Con and CNW's fantastic booth there! The whole thing was followed up by the traditional Hurricane run. All in all, a great meeting! Hope to see you at the next March meeting.