BCR member Dirk Tiede is celebrating the printing of book 3 of his paranormal police drama webcomic Paradigm Shift!
Join him on Saturday, January 30, for the book release party at Cambridge’s Atomic Bean Cafe (904 Mass Ave, Cambridge) from 4-6pm. Enjoy an art show, sketches, and cake!
Visit the comic’s website paradigmshiftmanga.com to read the comic, order the book, or see the party announcement.
If you’re a fan of sci-fi and fantasy, then save the date for Boskone, the New England sci-fi convention! Boston Comics Roundtable will be at the con selling out-of-this-world comics by our members. See you there!
What: Boskone 2010
When: Fri-Sun February 12-14, 2010
Where: Westin Boston Waterfront hotel, Boston, MA
Website: www.nesfa.org/boskone
News, reviews, and other mentions of projects by BCR members!
The Comics Journal new site offers a review the anthology Dark Corners, including “Imaginary Friend” by Caitlin Plovnick.
Poopsheet Foundation has reviewed Outbound #1 and The First Transmission of the Minimalist Comics Collective.
Alexander Danner and Edward J. Grug III’s Gingerbread Houses is recommended by Brigid Alverson as a webcomic adaptation of a classic tale.
BCR members around town!
If you’re in the Cambridge area this coming weekend (Jan. 15-18), swing by the Hyatt Regency Hotel to enjoy Arisia, New England’s largest sci-fi and fantasy convention! Look for BCR members at comics-themed panel discussions and in the “Pro’s Nest” artist and author alley. Hope to see you there!
Inbound #4, the Boston history comics anthology, will be released this month!
Come and celebrate with us at our Inbound release party! Hang out with Boston-area comics creators and check out a display of original art from Inbound #4! Join us at Central Square’s Atomic Bean Cafe for good times on Saturday, December 5 at 4pm.
WHAT: Inbound #4 release party and art opening
WHERE: Atomic Bean Cafe, 902-904 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
WHEN: Saturday afternoon, December 5 – 4-6pm
December has another holiday fair coming up, and this one’s especially good for the comics fans! Davis Square’s own comic shop Comicazi will host its second annual Comicazicon and Bad-*ss Christmas Bazaar on December 12 – look for Boston Comics Roundtable, and come and pick up comics and crafts by our members!
What: Comicazicon and Bad-*ss Christmas Bazaar
When: Saturday, December 12, 10am-4pm
Where: George Dilboy VFW, 371 Summer St, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Website: www.comicazi.com
Join us midway through December for gift shopping at Cambridge’s oldest craft fair, the Holly Fair!
What: Holly Fair
When: December 12-13, Sat 10-5:30pm Sun 12-5pm
Where: Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Website: www.ccae.org/hollyfair.html