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!

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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 …

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Hellbound II

Hellbound II cover by Jesse Lonergan

Published by Ninth Art Press

Produced by River Bird Comics

Cover Art and Editor Jesse Lonergan

92 pages ~ $10 | Black & White | 6 x 9 inches
New England’s most disturbed comic creators present a dozen nightmares in black and white: a fiend in the next hospital bed, a comic book that drives men to murder, a plague with feathers, a love-triangle in a cemetery… plus a whole unholy host of demons, psychos and misunderstood monsters. These will be your companions for a cozy evening of blood and gore and over-the-top horror as you snuggle up with the second volume of Hellbound.

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Submit stories now for Hellbound 3

Hellbound, a BCR-affiliated anthology of horror stories, is now accepting submissions for its third anthology. Details can be found on its website. This year’s theme: darkness. Line up those bottles of india ink and get to work. The deadline for finished stories of June 15, 2012.

2012 Comics Show Uber-Calendar

We’d like to give a big thanks to BCR member Franklin Einspruch for putting this incredibly useful calendar. It compiles nearly all the notable comic book shows for 2012. Most are in the U.S., but a few international shows also get a mention.

Read the original post on (the shockingly-still-available-URL) comiccons.org, a site that Franklin set up. If you have another show you’d like to add, he urges you to contact him directly.

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