From the team that brought you Hellbound, the Boston comics horror anthology, it’s … Hellbound 2!
Submissions are now open for the next issue of Hellbound, scheduled for release this coming Halloween. Completed stories are due by July 1, 2011.
Please see the Hellbound blog’s call for submissions for full details and contact information for the editorial team. Happy haunting!
Take a trip into the futurrrrrre! The January 20th issue of The Boston Phoenix looks into the Hub of years to come – what could happen, what will happen, and what writers of the past thought would happen.
And Boston Comics Roundtable also peeks in that crystal ball with a collaborative comic! Check out The Future, Illustrated on page 14 of this week’s Phoenix (print version also downloadable online) or visit their website for a special color version with bonus funnies!
Who’s behind these glimpses into tomorrow’s Boston? Here’s a full list of the creators!
Print version:
Panel 1 (automated tourism): Ron LeBrasseur
Panel 2 (time travel): Cathy Leamy
Panel 3 (Governor Affleck): Roho
Panel 4 (Rising sea level): Jesse Lonergan
Panel 5 (reserved parking): Patrick Flaherty and EJ Barnes
Panel 6 (hybrid ostriches): Eric Boeker
Panel 7 (Giant robots attack): Clayton McCormack
Panel 8 (Future archaeologists): Jaime Garmendia and Shelli Paroline
Panel 9 (Citgo sign aliens): Dan Mazur
Graytones for print version: Roho
Online version:
Panel 1: Ron LeBrasseur
Panel 2: Dan Mazur
Panel 3: Cathy Leamy
Panel 4: Joey Peters
Panel 5: Reggie Themistocle
Panel 6: Roho
Panel 7: Cherry Ogata
Panel 8: Dan Mazur
Panel 9: Jesse Lonergan
Panel 10: Patrick Flaherty and EJ Barnes
Panel 11: J. L. Bell
Panel 12: Eric Boeker
Panel 13: Clayton McCormack
Panel 14: Alejandro Yegros
Panel 15: Jaime Garmendia and Shelli Paroline
Panel 16: Dan Mazur
Colors: Braden D. Lamb and Dan Mazur
Space 242, Boston’s hub for low-brow artwork, is reopening and unleashing its latest exhibit on the world! See their group show GOOD VS EEEEEVIL! Superheroes vs. Villains Smackdown including artwork by Roundtable members.
The show is open for a very limited time – one week only! Join them for the show’s FREE opening reception on Friday, January 28 from 6-8pm. RSVP is required – see the Space 242 site for details.
WHAT: GOOD VS EEEEEVIL! Superheroes vs. Villains Smackdown art show
WHERE: SPACE 242, 242 E. Berkeley Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
WHEN: Reception on Jan. 28, 6-8pm; exhibit open Jan. 28 – Feb. 4
HOW TO GET IN: RSVP on Space 242 website
WEBSITE: http://www.space242.com
Attention geeks! Arisia, New England’s largest sci-fi and fantasy convention, will be held next weekend, January 14-17. Enjoy movies, panel discussions, costume contests, and more, all in the convention’s new location at the Westin Waterfront Hotel on the Boston waterfront (near South Boston).
Come and meet this year’s Webcomic Guest of Honor, Shaenon Garrity, and look for a very active series of comics discussion panels and plenty of Roundtable members participating!
WHAT: Arisia 2011
WHERE: Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
WHEN: Friday, Jan. 14 – Monday, Jan. 17, 2011
HOW MUCH: See Arisia’s registration fee page
WEBSITE: http://www.arisia.org
True, spooky tales from New England, rendered in thirteen one-page comics. You’ll never look at your hometown the same way again once you read some of these chilling stories.
We turn our attention once again to the skies, with over a dozen new science fiction stories, including 12 ongoing stories from Outbound #1.