It’s awards season for mainstream American comics, and several of our local friends are getting attention from both Harvey and Eisner Award jurors. At the San Diego Comic Con, the gorgeous, gigantic anthology Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream (Locust Moon), won the Eisner for Best Anthology and Best Design; among the star-studded list of contributors to …
Joey Peters demonstrates the value of recycling for cartoonists:Peters mines the detritus of the Golden Age, namely the weird sequential outbursts of the mad genius Fletcher Hanks, using them to build his own comics empire from spare parts. Bringing his own contemporary sensibility to the material, Peters has actually drawn more pages using Hanks’ characters …
The Comics Confection, held on Saturday 20 June, marked the first event for the Boston Comics Workspace (see more here). There were mounds of baked goods for consumption, comics to examine, doodles to draw, and excellent company. A number of BCR members and friends were in attendance (pictured are Patrick Flaherty, David Marshall, Cathy Leamy, …
The Boston Comics Roundtable is pleased to present the Boston Comics Workspace. Working in tandem with the media and comics artist Heide Solbrig (also known as Whatever Floats Your Boat Productions), BCR now has access to a spacious studio and event space, conveniently located at 561 Windsor Street in the TAZA Chocolate Factory building outside …
The Planning Group of the Boston Comics Roundtable has written and adopted a policy on interpersonal behavior and speech, which will apply to our weekly meetings and online forums. While our group has been generally characterized by harmony and mutual respect, we ask that all BCR members please read these policies, and bear them in …
Another great new comic bubbles up from the BCR cauldron: “Good Morning, Gorgon” from the team of Ben Doane and Olivia Li, plus colors and tones by Jamie Koh! This book is 40 pages of adorable. It will be on sale at RIPExpo, but you don’t have to wait… What’s the book about? “Single mama …