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Life in the Twin Cities gets graphic

Filed under: City Pages

This week we turn our pages over to the International Cartoonist Conspiracy, based in Minneapolis, for their take on life in the Twin Cities through their words and art. Local cartoonists such as Ken Avidor, Kevin Cannon, Sara Witty, Justin "Spanky" Cermak, and many more contributed comics that can be viewed here. Check them out, then come back to tell us what you think.

Also, one of the artists, Eric Lappegard, was recently injured severely in a car accident near Seattle. Updates on his condition can be found here, and information on an upcoming benefit can be found here. Donations can be sent to: Account of Eric Lappegard, Voyager Bank, 500 Marschall Road, Shakopee, MN 55379.

UPDATE: Steven Stwalley of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy informs us in the comments section that Eric Lappegard passed away at 3:00 am this morning from his injuries. City Pages offers its condolences.

Posted by Corey Anderson at July 18, 2007 11:47 AM

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Comments

Thanks for inviting us to contribute! It was a pleasure. Readers, please note you can view our website at www.cartoonistconspiracy.com.

Steven Stwalley
Webmaster, The International Cartoonist Conspiracy

Posted by: Steven Stwalley at July 18, 2007 2:39 PM

Although Steven already beat me to it, I would also like to thank the City Pages for letting us cartoonists, whether professional or amature, to contribute.

Posted by: Daniel J. Olson at July 18, 2007 4:23 PM

I guess you can never give enough thanks, so Thanks City Pages for this opportunity and thanks to the City for the inspiration. Cartoonists...Bang-up job guys and gals!

Posted by: Dave Strong at July 19, 2007 3:05 PM

....Faithmole.....

Posted by: Avidor at July 19, 2007 3:52 PM

This was a fun project! Thanks for the feature!

Posted by: Ryan Dow at July 20, 2007 6:14 AM

Would definitely like to see more of this feature. Maybe a different theme, but yes to more cartoons...

Posted by: MJ at July 21, 2007 8:19 PM

I thought this was a good feature, and it was nice to see CP give some coverage to cartooning again - something they have been rather remiss with of late (what happened to "Troubletown" and the other good weekies they were running in the classifieds? They've totally disappeared). Some of the comics worked better than others -- with a few the writing was not quite there, although all were strong graphically -- but there's nothing better for aspiring cartoonists than to get into print, show off their stuff, and rub elbows (so to speak) with their peers. Good show, City Pages, keep it up - and bring back the regular comics again!

Posted by: rob Kirby at July 22, 2007 11:51 AM

We got word today that Eric Lappegard passed away at 3AM this morning:

www.caringbridge.org/visit/ericlappegard

You can see more of Eric's wonderful comics on his website at ericlappegard.com. Please consider giving a donation to help Eric's family with the considerable expenses they will have from this horrible tragedy.

Donations can be sent to: Account of Eric Lappegard, Voyager Bank, 500 Marschall Road, Shakopee, MN 55379

Steven Stwalley
Webmaster, The International Cartoonist Conspiracy
www.cartoonistconspiracy.com

Posted by: Steven Stwalley at July 23, 2007 12:47 PM

This comment thread is now closed. Thank you for your thoughts.

Corey Anderson
Online Managing Editor
citypages.com

Posted by: Corey Anderson at July 25, 2007 10:21 AM

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