It’s fair to say that the Boston Comics Roundtable is in the very DNA of MICE – the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, we’ve been there since before the beginning, of one of the best indie comics shows anywhere! So here we are again this weekend, exhibitors at MICE for the 8th consecutive year. Come see …
On Thursday October 5, from 4:30-8:00, the annual MICE Art Show reception will be held at the 2nd floor Atrium at Lesley University’s University Hall, 1815 Mass. Ave at Porter Square. Among the artists with comic art in the show are many BCR members! Artist in the show: , Maria Photinakis, E. J. Barnes, Jesse …
No less than seven BCR members are featured in the latest issue of the Portland, Maine-based anthology, “One Page Stinkers.” As the name indicates, this is an anthology of one-page comics (stinking is optional). This is a fun anthology, risograph printed in mini-comic format. There’s always a theme, and this issue’s is “heat wave.” They …
This summer (July 27, to be precise), the BCR meeting was consumed with a collaborative/creative activity, which Levon Gyulkhasian, who introduced it to the group, calls “Double Translation.” In this timed activity, we initially select, at random, several visual “prompts” to get us started (we drew them from an actual hat!) Using the prompts as inspiration, each …
Come find us in the vast reaches of the vast reaches of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (hint: we’re at table AA402)! Strike a blow for independent comics by buying a BCR book instead of a photo with some old guy with a moustache named Stan. The show hours are Friday, August 11, 4-9 …
At our regular Thursday meeting, July 27, we’ll be engaging in a group, “creative constraint” activity, courtesy of Levon Gyulkhasyan. The exercise is called “double translation” and it works like this: Each person randomly chooses icon “prompts” (ie. little pictures of symbols, objects etc) for inspiration, then… …writes a one-page, 5 or 6 panel comics script. …