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New Postcard Flyers!

It's time to make more postcards!  Made this one super quick last night.  I'm going to be doing more conventions like Boston Comic Con and Baltimore Comic Con, and because these are bigger conventions, I want to do the street team thing again to drive people to my table.  Another goal is to direct people to my social media sites more.  Last time I designed the postcards, I had The Daily Misfortune taking up the whole card, which was good to see an example of my work, but it was black and white and not very eye-catching.  This time I made it more colorful and bold.  (Almost looks like mindy indy is a club ;)  This look may or may not have been influenced by actual club flyers.  Speaking of which, the company I printed from is called clubflyers.com....)

Lately I've been eating a lot of Chinese take-out because it's too hot to cook.  I love fortune cookies (which is why I started this crazy comic) and I look forward to the fortune at the end of the meal.  Unfortunately (or should I say Mis-fortunately?), all my fortunes have been SUPER LAME and I was super disappointed each time!  I don't even remember any of them, but they didn't even make sense and I really think the fortune cookie people need to hire new writers, like me > : )  But luckily, you'll always get a SUPER AWESOME FUNNY fortune when you read The Daily Misfortune!  So yeah, do that the next time you get a dumb boring fortune from a real restaurant.

tags: Baltimore Comic Con, Boston Comic Con, comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune, Uncategorized
Tuesday 07.23.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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This happened to some people I know who wish to remain anonymous ;)  Sh*t you just can't make up.  Although the raccoon didn't break ALL the tchochkes, only the ones by the window.

Today is Carmine St. Comics Tuesdays for me!  Stop by 34 Carmine St in the Village to see what new stuff I'm working on (lettering for a freelance comic), get a sketch, or just chill.

tags: Carmine Street Comics, comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Tuesday 07.23.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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This actually happened yesterday evening and it scared the crap out of me!  I put a check in the ATM like normal, but then it made a scary crunching noise and had an error message saying the check wasn't deposited.  It didn't spit the check back out.  PANIC.  Called the number it says to call if the ATM has a problem, but it was after hours on a Sunday and nobody could help.  EXTRA PANIC.  Saw an emergency help line to call if there's a crime:  this is an emergency - it's $500 freakin dollars!  It's not like it's $25... it's $500!  Got through thank God and it took a half hour to clear things up and get a credit.  I'm so glad I thought to call that other number, and you should too if it happens to you.  Most upsetting ATM experience ever.  I guess it would be more upsetting if I got robbed though.  Thankfully, things are cleared up.  At least it inspired another Daily Misfortune.

In other news, Super Heroes for Hospice went ok on Saturday.  Not as much of a turnout as last time, but still good.  Had to do my presentation without my Power Point though, because their computer didn't have the program.  Next time I'll have to bring my own.  Luckily, I practiced beforehand and made notes, so it was still a good presentation.

In other OTHER news, I also submitted that talk as a panel for NYCC - fingers crossed that I get in!  Just found out I was approved for a professional pass, so at least I'm in there somehow, but ideally I'd love to make a presentation and I'll keep an ear out if table spots open up.

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, New York Comic Con, Super Heroes for Hospice, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Monday 07.22.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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Hopefully this won't happen to me tomorrow at Super Heroes for Hospice.  It's a lot of cookies from Brooklyn to Jersey.  If you're in the area, check it out!  10a-6p at the Barnabas Health Corporate Office, 95 Old Short Hills Rd, West Orange NJ.  FREE!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, Super Heroes for Hospice, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: Comic Conventions, The Daily Misfortune
Friday 07.19.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

Super Heroes for Hospice This Saturday!

I'm in another Super Heroes for Hospice convention this Saturday July 20th!  10AM-6PM.  95 Old Short Hills Rd., West Orange, NJ 07052.  It's their special 5 year anniversary, and should be even more awesome than the last few shows they did.  I'll also give my talk about selling your comic art at conventions at 12:30.  Each time I do this talk, I add some things I've learned, so it's a bit different from the last time I presented.  Here are more details:

Superheroes For Hospice hosts their 5th Anniversary, Summer, Charity Comic Book Sale!

Through the sale of comic books, graphic novels and other hero related items, like action figures and artwork, funds are raised to support the work of Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center.

The sale will feature over 450 long comic book boxes filled with all kinds of comics that will appeal to a wide spectrum of collectors. From Archie Comics, Marvel and DC comics, to a myriad of independent titles, all age groups will find so many choices, that buyers should allow time to browse. A guest vendor will be showcasing comics from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, for those who are real serious collectors.

In attendance will also be over a dozen sketch artists and local creators, so you’ll want to leave yourself enough time to discuss their projects and/or to get their version of your favorite hero.

Two guests will present lectures for budding artists. Mindy Indy will focus her 12:30pm talk on presenting work at conventions and Paris Cullns, the original Blue Devil artist (DC Comics), will, at 2:30pm, highlight the do’s and don’ts of submitting work to publishers.

There is no admission fee to enter the sale or these discussions.

Between 11am and 3pm, the cosplay group, known as the East Coast Avengers, will have their members in costume roaming the sale and available for photos….Last time we saw Spider-man, Captain America, Thor and Iron Man; who’ll show up this time?

Superheroes for Hospice was started by Volunteer Coordinator, Spiro Ballas in 2009. To date over $48,000 has been raised to support the agency’s work. If you have a question about this sale or donating to the project, please contact him at 973-322-4866 or Sballas@BarnabasHealth.org

GUESTS:

Nadia Burgess – Artist - http://toughspirit.deviantart.com/ Paul Castiglia – Writer / Editor (Archie Comics) - Wrote the entire Archie’s Weird Mystery comic book series - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Castiglia Paris Cullins – Artist; original artist for the Blue Devil (DC Comics) - http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=467 Edward Dippolito – Writer / Artist / Creator of Frank N. Stein - http://franknsteincomic.com/ Michael Grassia – Cartoonist - www.michaelgrassia.com Darrell Goza – Writer / Artist / Creator of Spiritfist - http://ScriptGraphics.weebly.com/ Mindy Indy – Writer / Artist - www.mindyindy.com Jeffrey F. Kipnis – Writer / Creator of Lightning Squirrel - http://danokdath.tripod.com/index.html Sharon Levine – Writer / Artist - https://www.facebook.com/ThePerfectRaindrop David Earl McClain – Artist / Creator of The Artifyce Connection - https://www.facebook.com/QsGrafix Janimal Quisumbing – Artist / Writer / Creator of The Adventures of PogiBoy and Big Brown Monkey - http://thejanimal.com/ Don Smith – Writer – http://donsmith74.wordpress.com/ Edwin Vazquez – Artist / Writer / Creator of Werewolf of NYC - http://www.edwinvazquezart.com/ Emilio Velez Jr. – Artist / Writer / Creator of The Dodgeball Teens - www.dodgeballteens.com

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, Super Heroes for Hospice, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: Comic Conventions, The Daily Misfortune
Thursday 07.18.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Wednesday 07.17.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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Today I'm at Carmine St. Comics all day!  Working on the next No Tears:  Life With FD comic and maybe some of my own stuff too.  I've been slowly working on a NEW short story :)  Stop by 34 Carmine St. for a sketch, see what I'm working on, check out cool comics, and/or chill (WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!).

tags: Carmine St- Comics, comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, No Tears: Life With FD, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Tuesday 07.16.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Sunday 07.14.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

New Monthly Comic!

I'm excited to share with you a new monthly comic!  Formerly called RLS, or Restless Legs Syndrome, the WED (Willis-Ekbom Disease) Foundation has commissioned me to do a monthly comic!  You may have heard of Restless Legs Syndrome and thought "oh now they're making up diseases" (even people I told about the strip did!).  One of the goals of this comic is to spread the knowledge that this is actually a serious condition that really affects quality of life for a lot of people.  Basically, because people (it mostly affects women) who have WED get intense pain in their legs at night, they need to get up to try to relieve the pain and it causes insomnia.  Having experienced insomnia myself at times, I can relate to the tolls it can take.

A person that's involved with both the WED Foundation and the FD Foundation (that I do the weekly No Tears:  Life With FD strip for) made this connection happen.  And what's extra cool is that the WED Foundation is based in Minnesota!  (Go Midwest!)  I love that I'm now getting work from people I haven't even met in person.  I've heard a lot that American companies are hiring artists from other countries to work for cheap, which bothers me.  I've also heard of some language miscommunication that happens because of this, and the comic turns out ok, but some details are wrong.  But I'm happy to say that my communication has been great over phone and email for this project and another project I did previously.  Don't hire overseas artists - hire mindy indy for your comics to get the best quality of work :)

Here's an FD comic from a few weeks ago:

When they said "the setting is in a mall" I of course had to put one of my favorite stores, Hot Topic, in the background.  And Cinnabon :)  When I was drawing this I wanted a Cinnabon SO BAD!  I kind of got carried away with all the details... there's a lot of stuff in malls!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, No Tears: Life With FD, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie, WED Foundation, Willis-Ekbom Disease
categories: Familial Dysautonomia, The Daily Misfortune
Friday 07.12.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
Comments: 1
 

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I swear, this has happened to me all summer!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Thursday 07.11.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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I found out that I didn't make it into New York Comic Con.  But this happened last year, and a space opened up last minute!  I'm not discouraged yet.  Hopefully lightning will strike twice!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, New York Comic Con, NYCC, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Wednesday 07.10.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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Got this idea after discovering that someone had ripped a page out of a copy of "Mindy Indy's Daily Misfortune and Flip Book."  That's the tester book now.  The pages don't rip out easily either, so someone must have been either too excited or too strong while looking through.

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Indy's Daily Misfortune and Flip Book, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Tuesday 07.09.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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This is certainly the case whenever I change purses!

Yesterday my cartooning workshop for Make It On Myrtle went well.  Had a good turn out in the morning, and they asked me to do the second session in the afternoon as well.  But it was SO freaking HOT!  At least I didn't get sunburned though, because there were tents.  Overall, a good experience.  It's always great to see kids (and adults!) learning and being creative in their own unique ways while having fun too :)  If you know of a need for a comics teacher anywhere, let me know.

tags: comic, Make It On Myrtle, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, teaching, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: Teaching, The Daily Misfortune
Monday 07.08.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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Update:  Make It On Myrtle classes are all FREE!  Come learn how to draw comics for my class this Sunday July 7th from 11am-1pm.  In Brooklyn at the CitiBank parking lot on the corner of Myrtle & Clinton Ave.  Looks like we'll have good weather for it too :)

tags: comic, Make It On Myrtle, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: Teaching, The Daily Misfortune
Friday 07.05.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

Happy 4th of July!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Thursday 07.04.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

Make It On Myrtle: Cartooning Workshop

Make it on Myrtle

I'm teaching a cartooning workshop THIS SUNDAY JULY 7th at 11AM!  (Goes until 1pm).  You'll learn the basics of cartooning, from creating your own unique character from basic shapes, to putting that character in your own comic strip!  Go to www.myrtleavenue.org for more info to register, or just drop by.  It's $10 per participant.

It's fine in small amounts though, like any other sweets.  Yep, taken right from the label.

tags: comic, Make It On Myrtle, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, teaching, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: Teaching, The Daily Misfortune
Wednesday 07.03.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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I have witnessed this.  This is what fantastic technology is used on!  Better, faster ways to annoy people so you don't have to use as much energy.

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Tuesday 07.02.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

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Got this idea from a guy I met at Wizard World this past weekend.  This is a joke his friends used to play on him :)  Wizard was ok.  Not as great as I'd hoped, for it being a 3-day con.  I was expecting it to be similar to NYCC, because the table cost almost as much, but there just wasn't as much traffic flow.  Unfortunately many artists didn't do well and won't return next year.  I was warned about this con, but I wanted to see for myself.  At least I didn't lose money though.

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, NYCC, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie, Wizard World NYC, Wizard World NYC Experience
categories: Comic Conventions, The Daily Misfortune
Monday 07.01.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

Wizard World TODAY!

It's today!  Crazy!  Please stop by my table B4 in Artist's Alley if you can :)  Gonna be one heck of a ride this weekend!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie, Wizard World NYC Experience
categories: Comic Conventions, The Daily Misfortune
Friday 06.28.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 

Wizard World TOMORROW!

Super excited that Wizard World NYC Experience starts tomorrow!  It's going to be intense.  But if I can handle NYCC, I can handle this :)  Get a day pass for Fri, Sat, or Sun and see comic/tv stars, meet artists/creators/writers on the show floor and artists alley, see cool costumes, and most of all, get awesome new comics!

tags: comic, mindy indy, Mindy Steffen, The Daily Misfortune, The Misfortune Cookie, Wizard World NYC, Wizard World NYC Experience
categories: The Daily Misfortune
Thursday 06.27.13
Posted by Mindy Steffen
 
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