The Boston Comics Roundtable table at MICE did gangbuster sales at MICE this past weekend, with the top selling book spot going to the debut Boston Powers spin-off The Indomitable Worm Man from the team of the Minks and Mark Borok. This was the first appearance of this highly enjoyable new comics at a convention, and all 3 creators were at the table. Also making a debut was first-time BCR exhibitor Mary Dumas, whose graphic novels The Lucky Ones and Extreme Retirement also found favor with the buying public, as did Cam Lee’s Leon X Lykos; Julie Di Salvio’s perennially popular kids series Astro Cat, James Mobius’ Punk Rock Space Girl Adventures; Jack Ryder’s Skull Force Agents, Reggie Themistocle’s Stranger on Earth; Deftbeck’s Wonder Calmers, Jesse Schuh’s Year Round Days, Dan Mazur’s Lunatic, and a whole slew of adorable mini comics from Sacha Kenton. Of course, the BCR books themselves, including Boston Powers and Inbound 5 were there as well, and as always the BCR playing cards were the best selling item overall. This is probably BCR’s last show for the year, but lots of the above titles are available at our online store, so gift shopping from BCR is still possible.
Category: Books
Comics by our members.
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BOSTON POWERS # 6!!
Kurt Ankeny’s masterful cover features The Blue Lobster and current nemesis, the Bookworm. The sixth issue of Boston Powers – BCR’s collection of superhero comics for kids, set in and around Boston – is now available! The new issue features 4 all-new stories, colorful, funny and fun, and more-than-appropriate for ages 8 and up. Kids from Massachusetts might even recognize their own hometown or neighborhood in any of these locally-set adventures.
The new issue features the return of several Boston-based heroes from previous issues:
–– Earthboy, the environmental kid-hero guided by the spirit of Henry Thoreau takes off from the Boston Aquarium to face a fiendish fisherman, The Boston Angler. Written by Scott Harris-King, drawn by Reggie Themistocle.
— The Conductor‘s heroic exploits again revolve around the “T,” this time she meets a new villain, the Forgemaster. Jason Doring, writer, with art by Ben Humeniuk.
— The Blue Lobster claws his way back to the pages of Boston Powers, this time entering the BPL to take on the ravenous Bookworm. By Dan Mazur.
— Plus a new character, The South End Avenger, premieres in a tasty adventure from the team of Deb Lang and Robert Christie.
— And once again a spectacular cover by Kurt Ankeny.
All stories are by Boston creators (with a few special guest out-of-town collaborators).
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Boston Powers year 2 Kickstarter – starts Aug 18
The “second season” of Boston Powers is already underway, and we will be funding this year’s three issues via Kickstarter — year one’s campaign was successful, and this year our target is LOWER, so hopes are high! Go on over and sign up to be notified on the launch:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bostoncomics/boston-powers-year-2
Boston Powers #4, whose cover image (by the formidable Kurt Ankeny) graces this post, is complete and will be on sale this very month! You can get your own copy (or subscribe for the whole 2nd year, or get ALL the issues from both years, and more!) via the Kickstarter.
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Boston Powers #1: Now available
Boston Powers number 1, cover by Kurt Ankeny A young superheroine and a vampire fight it out in a swamp near Salem; a boy discovers his own hidden powers while facing down his demons at the Roger Clap Elementary school in Dorchester; a group of superkids has to deal with delays on the T while hurrying to battle a pink slime monster at the Prudential. These are just a few of the locally-based superhero sagas in the first issue of “Boston Powers,” a new, all-ages comic book series from the Boston Comics Roundtable.
“What Night Conceals,” KM Whitecar & Cassidy Sulaiman 
“Hero Helper,” J.L. Bell & Brendan Tobin
The five stories in “Boston Powers” #1 were created by local writers and artists, all belonging to the BCR, an organization of comics makers that has been meeting regularly, holding events and publishing anthologies since 2006. This is the group’s first series designed specifically for kids. Three issues are planned for this year, each featuring all-new, original super-characters, taking on monsters, supervillains and evil corporations in recognizable locations.
“Dream Dialusion” by Juan R. Williams 
“Glitter Supernova” Liz Young & Catalina Rufin
“We wanted to emphasize the silly, colorful, imaginative excitement of the superhero genre, the reasons we all fell in love with it as young comics readers” says Dan Mazur, who edited the collection. “And by inventing superheroes whose turf is in and around Boston, we hope to have made something even more fun for local kids.”
“Superhero Battle of Prospect Hill Park,” by Lavinia & Troy Minkowsky and Mark Borok While the comic book promotes positive values and diversity, “Boston Powers” first goal is to entertain its readers and show them their own towns and neighborhoods as locations for adventure and fantasy.
“Boston Powers” was funded in part via a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. The first issue of Boston Powers was to have debuted at the Boston Kids Comics Fest on April 27th, an event that was postponed due to the current health crisis. The comic book will instead be available for order online from BCR at www.bostoncomics.com, as well as through local comic book shops who are doing delivery and mail-order business at present. Retail price is $6.00 for the 40 page, full-color comic.
TO GET YOUR COPY OF BOSTON POWERS # 1, click here for the link to MILLION YEAR PICNIC
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Order BCR Playing Cards online!
The BCR playing card deck can be ordered online, direct from the printer, Drivethru Cards, for $15/deck:
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Spellbound 1 & 2: reviewed!
Better late than never, we’ve just caught up with these two reviews of our Spellbound anthologies, from Graphic Policy, dating back to last December:
https://graphicpolicy.com/2018/12/09/review-spellbound-vol-1/
” a diverse collection of stories that reflects the many shades and shapes that the city possesses. The stories… are funny, enigmatic, and accessible. The art is both alluring and vivid…. an excellent set that will have readers wanting to peak around their city for those mystical clues that makes their places magical.
https://graphicpolicy.com/2018/12/16/review-spellbound-vol-2-urban-magic/
“…the comics collection is excellent and different. Readers will both enjoy and be intrigued by these new voices. The stories are fun and exciting. The art is alluring and gorgeous…. a set of stories which coalesce into an interesting narrative of a city beneath its underbelly.”