BCR’s Lindsay Moore announces the formation of her new press, Hellcat Press, and is seeking submissions for a new anthology: Hellcat Press is currently accepting submissions for our premier anthology, Dark Lady. Dark Lady is an all-female horror anthology. If you are a woman with a horror story to tell, then Hellcat Press wants to read it! Further details at http://hellcatpress.com.
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Graphic Novel Industry Night at Emerson: tomorrow!
Shelli Paroline, Alexander Danner and Dan Mazur will appear on a panel for Emerson College’s Graphic Novel Industry Night. The event is from 6:00-7:30, Tuesday, November 18, at the Little Building, 80 Boylston Street in Boston (in the Charles Beard room). The panel will “will explore the differences between today’s comic books and graphic novels, look into the inspiration that drives comics creators and graphic novelists, and talk about the Boston-area comics/graphic novel community.”
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NEWS | Press
Boston area comics in the news: Ninth Art Press’ SubCultures in the Dig… Maris Wicks on her upcoming First Second Book, Human Body Theater in an interview at Comics Alliance.… Raul Gonzalez’s Lowriders in Space is reviewed in New York Times Book Review!! Jason Rodriguez, editor of Colonial Comics (including entries by several BCR and area creators) on Multiversity. The book also gets a nice review on the blog It’s All Comic to Me. …. BCR art maven Franklin Einspruch reviews “Calder and Abstraction” at Peabody Essex Museum.
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NEW Comics
“Cafe Racer” featuring Clay McCormack’s work from the Sean Murphy internship program is available at Million Year Picnic ($15, hardover), and Clay will have copies at upcoming BCR meetings.
Ink Brick: A Journal of Comics Poetry No 2 including work by Kimball Anderson premiered at CAB (Comics Art Brooklyn) this past weekend.
Holly Foltz announces two recent minis, Brain Parts 5 and Private Parts.
River Bird Comics‘s Hellbound V: End of Comics is now available at Million Year Picnic, Comicazi, Hub Comics and Comicopia.
Three new minicomics by Jesse Lonergan are now available on Etsy.
Webcomics updates this week include new page posted of Oblivion Suite, by Tony McMillen and Catalina Rufin.
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NEWS | Upcoming Events
- Liz Prince will be talking about her latest graphic novel Tomboy at the Cambridge Public Library Teen Room 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM next Thursday, November 20, 2014.
- Joel Christian Gill will be doing his first Ted Talk on November 15, talking about his experiences and working on Strange Fruit and Bass Reeves:Tales of the Talented Tenth both available at book stores everywhere courtesy of Fulcrum Books.
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NEWS | Announcements
Check the BCR Tumblr for announcements and events of interest to BCR, and Boston-area comics folk in general:
Lindsay Moore announces open submission call for her ALL-FEMALE HORROR ANTHOLOGY.. Jerel Dye’s “Food Chain Avengers” Kickstarter is live!… Robert Sergel is notable in BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2014… RIPexpo panels featuring KIMBALL ANDERSON, WHIT TAYLOR, LAUREL LYNN LEAKE and others are online…