MoCCA Art Fest is coming sooner than ever! The classic indie comics festival and fundraiser will be held this year on April 10-11 at the 68th Regiment Armory in downtown Manhattan. Look for Boston Comics Roundtable – we’ll be there, selling our anthologies and comics projects by our members!
What: MoCCA Art Fest 2010
When: Sat-Sun April 10-11, 2010
Where: 68th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Website: www.moccany.com/mocca_festival.html
Boston’s own comic show is moving up in the world, and the Roundtable will be there! This Spring’s con will take place at a new, bigger location (Westin Boston Waterfront) with high-profile guests (Jim Lee, Sergio Aragonés, Mike Mignola, and more). Boston Comics Roundtable will have a table – come by and check out our anthologies, graphic novels, and minicomics!
What: Boston Comic Con (Spring 2010)
When: Sat-Sun April 10-11, 2010; 10am-5pm
Where: Westin Boston Waterfront hotel, Boston, MA
Website: www.bostoncomiccon.com
If you’re looking to learn how to make comics, Roundtable member and comics writer/illustrator Dave Marshall has a hands-on class for you: The Art of the Comic Book, an 8-week course offered through Mass. College of Art and Design’s Continuing Education program (class starts March 16 – register now!).
Art of the Comic Book is a studio workshop for making comics with traditional ink-on-paper media. Focus includes storytelling, character design, working with scripts, lettering, inking, figure drawing, sketchbook practice, and group critiques. Study the comic book industry’s current production methods, business environment, and history.
When:
Thursdays, March 18 — May 6 (Spring 2010 term); 6:30 pm — 10:00 pm
Where:
Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Tower 555
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115
Credits and fees:
1.5 Credit class; tuition $440.00
More details:
Art of the Comic Book course website (includes syllabus)
Online Registration (Class Number CDIL2X6)
Comics and writing by Dave Marshall, course instructor
Cringe in terror of Hellbound, a new Boston Comics Roundtable horror anthology!
The Hellbound team is seeking New England comics creators to create single-page horror stories based on true or legendary New England murders, urban legends, and creepy tales. The anthology will span 24 total stories/pages.
15-25 special screenprinted handbound editions of the anthology with a glow-in-the-dark cover will be produced in fall 2010; profits will go towards funding the first full print run.
Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 (participants to be notified on May 1)
Guidelines: Artwork colors limited to black and red (no grays please). The anthology will be printed at tabloid/Wednesday Comics size of 14″x20″ (but may be reduced in size for future print runs). Please submit finished stories as Photoshop PSD documents with colors separated in layers (e.g. black on one, red on another) and with all text flattened.
Questions? For more information, contact joelchristiangill @ mac.com, or keep an eye on the Hellbound blog for further details about the anthology and related events.
Interested in making graphic novels? Learn about the creative and publishing processes at an event co-hosted by Massachusetts College of Art and the Graphic Artist Guild. Join them on February 6 from 1-5 for presentations and panel discussions, followed by a portfolio review. Panelists include Roundtable members Gareth Hinds (King Lear, Beowulf) and Dave Kender (Roundtable founder and writer of The Ragbox). For more details and registration information, see the full write-up below.
Location: MassArt
621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Tower Building, 11th floor
Part 1: Developing a Graphic Novel
A presentation by illustrator/author Gareth Hinds
Part 2: Getting published
A panel discussion with:
• Gareth Hinds- The Odyssey, Beowulf, King Lear…
• Liz Prince- Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?
• Joe Quinones- Amazing Spider-man and Green Lantern. Marvel and DC comics
• Dave Kender- The Ragbox. Creator and editor of Boston Comics Roundtable.
• Matt Lehman- Owner of Comicopia- a 2009 Eisner Retail Store Finalist.
Part 3: Portfolio Review
Have your portfolio reviewed by one of our panelists
(Snow date: February 27)
1:00-1:15 p.m. Networking
1:15 p.m. Presentation begins
App. 4:00 p.m. Portfolio Reviews begin
Reservations | By January 28 for discount price:
Guild members and MassArt Alumni: $10
Students with valid IDs: $5
Public: $15
After January 28:
Guild members and MassArt Alumni: $18
Students with valid IDs: $10
Public: $25
15 minute Portfolio Review: $15 (Sign up by sending an email to adminbgag@gmail.com)
To register and pay, go to http://boston.gag.org/GNevent
Robot attack! Space 242, Boston’s gallery for “pop surrealist and ‘low brow’ artists,” is opening a new exhibit of robot-inspired artwork, I…YOU…WE…ROBOT!. Look for pieces by two Roundtable members, Ron LeBrasseur and E.J. Barnes!
The exhibit will run from January 29 through February 19 with an exhibition opening party on Friday, January 29, 6-8pm. RSVP required for the party – please use Space 242’s RSVP contact form. See Space 242’s website for gallery hours and directions.