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Super Art Fight on the Horizon

Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm by Jami

You heard me, Super Art Fight is on the horizon. I will report back with the exact date when we get official confirmation, but the plan is to head back to Ottobar sometime in September to unleash Super awesomeness!

So, what makes an Art Fight Super? For starters, we bring the fight to the main stage. We will implement an audience voting system so we can declare a winner. There will be a opening art jam before the main fight. More audience participation. An actual website for the event itself. Stickers, buttons, and posters. Screen printed special editions posters. Possibly custom toys. Prizes for all. And much more awesomeness!

The details are coming fast a furious and I’ll keep you updated on our progress. I am also working on a run of limited edition screen prints for all the folks who submitted a suggestion for our first Art Fight. The ones I don’t give out, I will be selling here with proceeds going towards Super Art Fight.

Once we lock down our date and get a poster up and running, we’ll need as much help as possible spreading the word. So get ready folks, this could be the start of much amazingness!

11 Responses to “Super Art Fight on the Horizon”

buzzlefett
Posted: Jun 9th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

Maybe you should send a link to the new website to MC Chris and tell him that your art show was so popular that you were asked to come back in less than 6 months and ask how long it will be before they will ask him back.

BAMikeyD
Posted: Jun 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

How do I apply to be an under card fight?

Ghostfreehood!
Posted: Jun 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

To be fair on MC Chris…

I was talking to a guy who works Ottobar yesterday while I was out buying comics. He happened to work the night of the show and happened to mention that he knew Chris. Basically the story goes that Chris was told about Art Fight last minute without a heads up from his booking guy. Unfortunately, no one could tell him what AF was so- since he approves all of his openers- we got the boot. To be fair to us- it was our first bout. It’s not like we had done this in that setting before.

MC Chris was also quoted giving an open mind and interest to Art Fight. Saying that he didn’t know and-Was it something that might go along with the show? One of the ideas that came to mind was a music act. Since it was held at a rock club, you don’t expect a live comic related art demonstration/battle (even though that’s what it was billed as).

Still, he did call us Art Fags and Lame on stage. There is no reason for that. However this was a comment made at the carelessness of the club’s upstairs dj- not us. I made sure Art Fight was finished by the time he took the stage. I was enjoying the show when Chris made those comments. There was loud distorted bass coming from the direction where we just were. Which coincidentally, was not my fault. The noise was interrupting his show. I’ll give him that.

It sucks that all of this is a huge misunderstanding. His problem lies with a shitty circumstance that has nothing to do with us. It sucks but what are you gonna do?
I’m going to go see him at Warped Tour. So you can see I am a fan. I love his new album.
I’m just happy I can get back to enjoying it.

It was fun to be caught up in a psychotic art nerd drama but it’s useless to soil a name that doesn’t need to be soiled. For all parties involved. The Ottobar loved Art Fight. That’s why we’ll be back soon. The Ottobar loves MC Chris as well. It was the first venue he ever sold out. Hopefully Art Fight will have a similar story.

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Posted: Jun 9th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

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BAMikeyD
Posted: Jun 10th, 2008 at 1:50 am

Yeah Ghost, I got a similar story from the mc chris official forums. Everyone there is super cool, and most were wondering the same deal about the art fight, no one had ever heard of this type of thing, and most wanted to check it out off of curiosity alone, and most thought it was pretty cool.
I’m sure if mc had been given a chance/better explanation of what Art Fight was he might have checked it out before he went on.

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