The Cambridge River Festival is coming! The annual outdoor arts celebration will be held on June 5 by the Charles River, and Boston Comics Roundtable will be one of the art vendors. Come for a day of music, dance, food, arts and crafts … and comics from local creators!
What: Cambridge River Festival
When: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Where: Along Memorial Drive between JFK St. and Western Ave, near the Harvard Square stop on the MBTA’s Red Line
Website: www.cambridgema.gov/CAC/Community/river.cfm
If you’re a comics fan around New Jersey, come on over to the WildPig Comics Convention on May 15 and 16! Boston Comics Roundtable member Roho will be there, selling Roundtable anthologies Inbound and Outbound. Look for a great lineup of indie and webcomic creators as well as thousands of back issues and trade paperbacks!
What: WildPig Comic-Con
When: Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16, 2010 (Sat: 12-8pm; Sun: 10-5pm)
Where: Springfield Holiday Inn, Springfield, NJ (hotel website with directions)
Website: www.wildpigcomics.com/pigcon.html
Franklin Einspruch is interviewed by Public Radio Kitchen about his food-related comics
Dirk Tiede talks to Robot 6 about finishing up the third volume of his supernatural webcomic Paradigm Shift
Sci-fi blog i09 gives a shout-out for the upcoming second issue of BCR anthology Outbound
The Comics Journal‘s Minis Monday column reviews minicomics by Alexander Danner and Cathy Leamy
Convention season continues! Our next show will be the Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, Maine. Come by on Sunday, May 23 for a day of indie comics fun, and bring the little ones – kids 12 and under get in free! This year’s fest also offers a day of panels and workshops on Saturday, May 22 – check out the festival website for more details.
What: Maine Comics Arts Festival 2010
When: Sunday, May 23, 2010 (with free panels and workshops on Saturday, May 22)
Where: Ocean Gateway, Portland, ME (directions)
Website: www.mainecomicsfestival.com
The Boston Comics Roundtable, in partnership with River Bird Studios, is pleased to announce the release of the second issue of Outbound, a Science Fiction anthology. Outbound is a spin-off of sister publication Inbound, the anthology of comics from Boston. Outbound contains comics and short stories from a mix of Boston-based creators and artists all over the world, from Australia to South America, including a new cover from talented Uruguayan artist Marcello Buchelli.
Outbound #2 retails for US$ 9.99 and will be available in every comic book retail location in the greater Boston area and is currently available for pre-order online at http://OutboundMagazine.blogspot.com/ (payment at website via Paypal). This issue introduces the new, perfect-bound, bookshelf-friendly format for Outbound. After such a great reception to the first issue, the Outbound team decided to up the ante, increasing the page count to 120 pages!
A complete galley preview of Outbound #2 will be available at MoCCA and Boston Comic-Con this coming weekend (April 10-11, 2010). The book will officially be released at the end of April. Interested press and retailers may contact Outbound staff to receive a PDF edition for pre-publication review.