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 …
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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog has a great writeup on Jesse Lonergan‘s new graphic novel Joe and Azat, based on his time in Turkmenistan with the Peace Corps. The Boston Globe highlights Gareth Hinds and discusses the process behind his graphic novel adaptations of the classics, including his recent version of King Lear and upcoming …
The Somerville News Blog has a fantastic writeup about our Wild Ink fundraiser event from this summer! Thanks to everyone who attended the party at P.A.’s Lounge in Somerville and who egged on the artists in the “Fastest Artist” competition. And the Boston Phoenix recently published a list of recommended graphic novels, which included a …
Your radio just got very, very cool. This week, the Boston Comics Roundtable was invited into the studios of WBUR to talk about the upcoming publication of Inbound 4. The interview, led by Radio Boston host Jane Clayson, wraps up a special episode with a “Literary Boston” theme. But there’s more…. the producers of WBUR …