Congratulations! The First BCR Eisner Winners Shelli and Braden!
BCR’s Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb won Eisner Awards for their works on Adventure Time. Congratulations!
Artists VS The World (Or Does the World Need Me?)
Those who still watch the Simpsons complain that the recent seasons have lost the bite of the yesteryears. Still, one of my favorite not-so-old episodes involved Lisa getting inspired by a pair of artists (played by the Flight of the Conchords). When Lisa runs away and reunites with her inspirations to become an artist, she gets disillusioned by the abject (or comically abject) poverty they live in.
Given that we all enjoy doing art and creative works, (more…)
Registration Details for MICE 2013 now up
The registration details for the MICE 2013 comics show are now up. Registration itself doesn’t open until April 14th, but you can read all about it here: http://www.micexpo.org. Remember that MICE 2013 is a two-day show this time around. We’re really looking forward to it.
Superheroes for Boston and Beyond
Our own Dan Mazur is pleased to have written this press release for the new BCR anthology, In a Single Bound.
The Boston Comics Roundtable and Ninth Art Press announce a new anthology comic book:
IN A SINGLE BOUND: Superheroes for Greater Boston and Beyond
First there was Inbound, then Outbound, Hellbound and now… In a Single Bound, the Boston Comics Roundtable’s anthology dedicated to superhero stories set in (and around) Boston. Featuring all-original characters created by local artists and writers, In a Single Bound presents superheroes with an independent comics flavor, but suitable for readers of all ages. True to the eclectic spirit of the Roundtable – a collective of Boston-area cartoonists founded in 2006 – the eight stores in the collection cover a wide range of tones: from satire, to light-hearted adventure, to nostalgic elegy. With masks and capes and the Citgo sign!
Hellbound 3 premieres at MICE 2012
It’s that time again. As MICE and Halloween approach, the horror masters of Boston are back with another Hellbound comics anthology. Here’s the official word: “The Art Edition features a wraparound full color cover nearly a yard long, designed by Roho and featuring art by Jerel Dye. This volume continues in the same horrifying tradition …
MICE 2012 is this weekend!
In case you’ve been living under some rock that doesn’t broadcast news about the underground comics scene (I know, what are the odds, right?), MICE 2012 is this weekend, September 29th. What is MICE, you ask? Why it’s the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, a huge event celebrating comics and the people that make them. MICE …