Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in MICE: the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo! Reports about the show are rolling in – check out commentary from creators Alexander Danner and Jen Vaughn and a photo essay from The Harvard Crimson.
Congrats to the MICE organizing crew for a great day!
We now take time to honor the honored.
Ron LeBrasseur was praised by The Comics Journal for his book Blood Moon: A Love Story.
Joel Gill earned a great review from the Small Press Syndicate for the first and second issues of Strange Fruit. Days later, he garnered a second positive review from The Poop Sheet Foundation (a much more pleasant website then the name implies).
Cathy Leamy was called out by The Comics Journal just a few days ago for her excellent minis Greenblooded and Reggie & Brian and the Lousy Nickname.
Dan Mazur also got accolades from The Comics Journal last month for his latest mini, The Way it Crumbles.
Congratulations to everyone!
Calling all New England comics creators – Boston Comics Roundtable is now working on the fifth issue of our comics anthology Inbound! And we’re accepting submissions!
Deadline: July 1, 2010
The theme for Inbound #5 is FOOD. We’re looking for stories that use food as a dramatic or comedic narrative theme, the basis for great stories. Of course it’s a very conducive theme to slice of life, realistic stories, but food can also be the basis for fantastic, scary, weird and imaginative stories of all kinds. Food as metaphor, food as Macguffin, food as fantasy… personal stories, adventure stories, food as history ….
Artwork print size will be 5.75 x 8.625” . Black-and-white artwork; scanned files must be 300dpi at print size. Target story length is 4-12 pages, but we may accomodate shorter/longer stories (email the editorial team to confirm).
Please contact the Inbound editorial team at inboundcomics@gmail.com for instructions on how to submit your story files or if you have any questions.
It’s here! The second issue of the sci-fi anthology Outbound is now on sale! Enjoy a whopping 120 pages of serialized story fun including the next chapter of tales from issue #1, brand new stories debuting this issue, and an eyecatching cover from Uruguayan artist Marcello Buchelli.
Get your copy from the Outbound online store (Paypal-enabled) or in comic shops in the greater Boston area.
Returning stories include:
“Space and Time” by Josh Mills, Michael Paoloni, David Marshall, and Roho, with issue cover by Marcelo Buchelli
“The Caerulean Dream” by Roho and Kevin Zimmerman, with chapter cover by Randy Valiente
“The Null Device” by David Marshall
“Flek” by Erik Heumiller
“Scientists Gone Wild” by Eric Boeker
“Black Fuska” by Roho, Dave Myers, and Steve Willhite, with chapter cover by Paul Marquis
And check out these new stories:
“The New Kid” by Dan Mazur, with chapter cover by Roho
“The Fallout Parade” by Jesse Lonergan
“Frequency: Breaking the Law of Gravity” by David Alluisi and Brian Boyles, with chapter cover by Jason Baroody
“Robot 11-Three” by Kevin Kilgore, with chapter cover by Chris Ring
“Alkehine’s Gun” by Joel Gill
“Driftwood” by Morgan Pielli
Outbound #2 also includes prose fiction:
“Tin Cans and a String” by Patrick J. Flaherty, with art by Furman
Indie Spinner Rack has named Inbound #4 one of their top anthologies of the year. You can hear all about it at the end of episode #175 , the latter half of its two-parter 2010 “Izzer Awards” (listen for it at the 41:25 mark). We expect our tiny statuette in the shape of Rudolph Topffer to arrive in the mail any day.
Thanks, Charlito and Mr. Phil!
If you can’t get enough of Inbound #4 reviews, here are some more to pass the time:
Franklin Einspruch is interviewed by Public Radio Kitchen about his food-related comics
Dirk Tiede talks to Robot 6 about finishing up the third volume of his supernatural webcomic Paradigm Shift
Sci-fi blog i09 gives a shout-out for the upcoming second issue of BCR anthology Outbound
The Comics Journal‘s Minis Monday column reviews minicomics by Alexander Danner and Cathy Leamy