It’s HERE! Our new anthology, Spellbound Volume 2, made its debut at MICE last weekend. Join us in celebrating its release on Sunday, November 12th 2:00 – 5:00 PM at the Boston Comics Workspace, 561 Windsor St, Somerville.
Buy Spellbound Volume 2 (and all other BCR anthologies that are still in print) in the “Store” section, or at http://bostoncomics.storenvy.com/products/22077479-spellbound-volume-2-urban-magic
It’s fair to say that the Boston Comics Roundtable is in the very DNA of MICE – the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, we’ve been there since before the beginning, of one of the best indie comics shows anywhere! So here we are again this weekend, exhibitors at MICE for the 8th consecutive year. Come see our table chock full of members’ work and group anthologies. Table D01, the first table at the show, you can’t miss us!
MICE: The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo
October 21 10-6/ October 22 11-5
Lesley University Hall
1815 Mass. Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge
This summer (July 27, to be precise), the BCR meeting was consumed with a collaborative/creative activity, which Levon Gyulkhasian, who introduced it to the group, calls “Double Translation.” 
In this timed activity, we initially select, at random, several visual “prompts” to get us started (we drew them from an actual hat!)
Using the prompts as inspiration, each person write a short essay or story in about 20 minutes, then passes it to the person to their right, who adapts it as a comic (in about 45 minutes), who then passes the finished comic to the person to their right, who writes a written adaptation of it (in about 20 minutes again).
Pieces of paper were being passed around the BCR meeting tables, with each member having a chance to write, draw, and “rewrite” on a different story.
At the end of the meeting, there was a little time left to pin the work on the walls and discuss/admire what we’d done.
Here are the results of this fun and challenging exercise, by each of the three-person “teams” — a lotta good work for 2 hours! (Click TWICE to enlarge an image):
Soyoon/Levon/John:
Bryan Cavalier/Ty/Tony:
Pat Flaherty/Dan Mazur/Beth Barnett:
Renad Khalid/Ben Rutberg/Sarah
Chloe/Kaiser/Sarah:
Dan Mazur/Beth Barnett/Chloe:
Kevin/Bryan Cavalier/Ty:
Ben Rutberg/Kevin/Bryan Cavalier:
Sarah/Soyoon/Levon:
EJ Barnes/Renad Khalid/Ben Rutberg:
Levon/John B./EJ Barnes:
Kaiser/Sarah/Soyoon:
JL Bell /EJ Barnes/ Renad Khalid
Kaiser/Sam/Cat:
Cat (no essay 1?)/Sam
Tony L. / ? /Pat Flaherty:
An “orphan” text… maybe the artist brought their work home before it could be scanned…
PHOTO ALBUM:
Come find us in the vast reaches of the vast reaches of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (hint: we’re at table AA402)! Strike a blow for independent comics by buying a BCR book instead of a photo with some old guy with a moustache named Stan. The show hours are Friday, August 11, 4-9 PM, Saturday, August 12, 10-7, and Sunday August 13, 10-5. Please come say hello, we’re begging you! Info on the show at: http://bostoncomiccon.com/
