The Cambridge location is a quick walk down from Pearl and Artist & Craftsman, Utrecht carries a small general stock of pens and paper, and a good selection of paper and 3D art supplies.
For the cartoonist, Utrecht has a variety of high quality inks and technical pens. However, finding other brands of brushes, bristol board or drawing paper brands besides Utrecht’s own can be difficult. This can come down to a matter of preference.
The most generalized and non-threatening art store, Dick Blick has a large selection of art supplies, along with consumer goods items like stationary and nice pens. A clean, well-lit place for paper.
Easily the largest purveyor of comics in Boston, New England Comics caters more to mainstream crowds, though they carry a decent selection of indie comics. They’re also a publishing company, best known for The Tick comics.
Their motto of “Highbrow, lowbrow… and everything in between” sums up Comicopia pretty well. They seem to specialize in trade paperbacks, which are smartly shelved with an almost library feel.
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is hosting this year’s MoCCA Festival on June 6th & 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City. Members of the Boston Comics Roundtable including Cathy Leamy, Shelli Paroline, Dirk Tiede and Braden Lamb will be exhibiting.
General admission is $10/day or $15/weekend but is only $10/weekend for MoCCA members.
This festival celebrates the wonderful world of comic books, comic strips, graphic novels, web comics and more. The festival will feature a wide variety of comic creators, writers, artists and publishers. Located in the beautiful Ocean Gateway Building on the shores of Casco Bay in Portland, Maine.