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  • Presenting… MICE Exhibitors!

    Do you suffer from not knowing who will be tabling at this year’s MICE? Sleepless nights waiting for the list of MICE Exhibitors to be posted? Well, quit with the coffee and get some shut-eye because the MICE Exhibitors list is up!

    Yes, the anticipation you’ve all been anticipating has finally dissipated for the ogling! See 80+ links to independent comics artists, writers, publishers, distributors and dealers all on one page! Click away to your heart’s delight, and tell all your friends, too!

  • Call for Submissions: Comic Art New England

    Calling all cartoonists! The Boston Comics Roundtable and The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University are pleased to announce a call for submissions for its first ever MICE Comic Art Show, Comic Art New England, in conjunction with MICE 2011. Email submission deadline is August 24, 2011. Details here.

  • We’re going underground tonight, August 11th

    Join us for a subterranean meeting tonight. Same time, same place–7:30pm at the Democracy Center (map) in Harvard Square–except in the basement for a change.

    Tonight, SEE Jerel Dye show original poster art for our upcoming MICE event! FEEL handmade paper that ROHO & other BCR members made only days ago at the Boston Paper Collective for the forthcoming limited art edition of Hellbound 2! The excitement is pulpable! Er…palpable…rather.

    Join us again next week, also, when everything returns to normal.

  • M.I.C.E. 2011

    The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, a show dedicated to independent, alternative, small-press and self-published comics, webcomics and ‘zines, is happening September 24th, 2011.  The event has moved to a new venue conveniently next to Porter Square station:

    University Hall
    Lesley University
    (Porter Campus)
    1815 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA (map)

    Admission is free and the hours are 10am – 6pm.  For more information, visit the MICE website or email the MICE organizers with any questions.  Hope to see you there!

    Addendum: The call for submissions for the MICE Comic Art Show is now up! Details here.

  • Maine Comics Arts Fest 2011

    One of our favorite New England comic shows is this coming weekend! Join us in Portland, Maine, on Sunday May 22 for Maine Comics Arts Festival. Boston Comics Roundtable and many of its members will be there to sell our anthologies, minicomics, graphic novels, and much more! Admission is just $5 and kids 12 and under get in for free – bring the whole family for a day of comics fun!

    What: Maine Comics Arts Festival 2011
    When: Sun May 22, 2011
    Where: Ocean Gateway, Portland, ME (directions)
    Website: http://mainecomicsfestival.com

  • Free Comic Book Day 2011!

    This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! That’s right – you can stroll into your local participating shop and pick up some great comics, FREE!

    Come and visit members of Boston Comics Roundtable, who’ll be helping celebrate the day at their local shops!

    New England Comics in Brookline and Cambridge’s Harvard Square will be hosting Roundtable artists and writers from 12-3. They’ll be doing sketches, signing books, and chatting about comics.

    Dirk Tiede (Paradigm Shift) will be sketching and signing at Harrison’s Comics and Collectibles in Salem from 10-2. The first 10 fans to visit Dirk will get a FREE copy of Paradigm Shift volume 1!

    Dave Marshall, webcomic creator and comic art teacher, will demo inking, lettering, and other comic skills at Hub Comics in Somerville’s Union Square.

    Cathy Leamy (Geraniums and Bacon, Greenblooded), will be sketching and signing minicomics at Boston’s Comicopia along with local creators Kevin Church and Ming Doyle.

    See you at the shops on Saturday!