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  • Roundup: Boston Comic Con 2015

    Roundup: Boston Comic Con 2015

    Boston Comic Con! What an adventure! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the con. It was such a pleasure meeting you all!

    We’d also like to give a huge thanks to our Featured Artists Eric BoekerGreg MoutafisBob FlynnJoey PetersCatalina RufinCory LevineHeide SolbrigJerel Dye, John Carvajal, and Joel Christian Gill. It was wonderful having you all at our table.

    See below for some photo highlights from the event:

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    ©Jordan Stillman
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    ©Dan Mazur

    Did you miss us at Boston Comic Con? Not to worry! We have a few more conventions in the pipeline. We will be exhibiting at TopatoCon September 26-27th in Northampton, MA, and at the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo October 17-18th right in Cambridge, MA! We are looking forward to seeing you all this fall.

  • Boston Comic Con 2015

    Boston Comic Con 2015

    The Boston Comics Roundtable is very excited to be an exhibitor at Boston Comic Con 2015. We will be launching our latest anthology Spellbound, which will be available for purchase for only $8! Our past anthologies will also be available along with an assortment of work from our members.

    We will also be hosting a number of featured artists, including:

    Eric Boeker

    (Fri. July 31, 12−1 pm)
    Ever since he can remember, Eric Boeker has wanted to grow up to be a cartoonist, which is why he (like all other aspiring cartoonists) studied German Literature and grew up to be an engineer.   Thankfully, his cartoonist tendencies could not be repressed, and in 2005 he began to actively work on various independent cartoon projects, including creating the weekly, Gen-X, zombie sitcom comic “Commute of the Living Dead,” which can be seen on-line as part of Dig Boston’s Sunday Comics Project and at www.commuteofthelivingdead.com.  He is also known to draw giant monsters and cute animals wearing dashing hats, when under extreme duress.  Eric is a proud member of the Boston Comics Roundtable, a Boston-based collective of comic book artists and writers.


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    Greg Moutafis

    (Fri. July 31, 2−3 pm)
    Greg Moutafis has illustrated an eclectic mix of projects for Cengage, Caliber Comics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Jetpack Press, and Lollipop music magazine. His current release is the full color miniseries Boom!Squad with writer David Crouse.


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    Bob Flynn 

    (Fri. July 31, 4−5 pm)
    Bob Flynn is a cartoonist and character designer known for his work in SpongeBob Comics, Nickelodeon Magazine, and Heeby Jeeby Comix. He heads up the art team as Director of Art & Animation at Boston-based FableVision Studios. Bob has also served as lead character designer on the animated series, Bravest Warriors, having designed fan-favorite characters including Catbug, Impossibear, Jelly Kid, and Plum…as well as shaping the look of all sorts of cute little creatures and weird monsters.


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    Joey Peters 

    (Sat. August 1, 11 am−12 pm)Joey Peters is a writer, cartoonist and beauty contest champion. His work has appeared in In a Single Bound, Leftovers of the Living Dead, a few alt-weeklies, and all across the internet. His latest work is The Super Wizard Returns, a reinterpretation of Fletcher Hanks’ mad genius.


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    Catalina Rufin 

    (Sat. August 1, 12−1 pm)
    Catalina Rufin is an illustrator, cartoonist, and zine-maker from Boston. Her work is inspired by Celtic culture and mythology, Studio Ghibli films, and 1970s rock. She tells stories about hope, and healing. She draws LOTS of fairies.


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    Cory Levine

    (Sat. August 1, 1−2 pm)
    Writer, editor and graphic designer Cory Levine is a former editorial staffer for Marvel Comics where he edited hundreds of collected editions of comic books, encyclopedic handbooks, special edition magazines, and foreign-licensed comics including the company’s well-received line of Soleil graphic album adaptations. In 2010 he founded First Edition Publishing, Inc. — a publishing solutions firm offering editorial packaging, graphic design and pre-press production services. His writing is featured in the VIZ Media graphic novels Monsuno Combat Chaos Vol. 2: Revenge/Sacrifice and Ben10 Omniverse Vol. 1: Ghost Ship. He lives and works in New Hampshire.


    Heide Solbrig

    (Sat. August 1, 2−3 pm)
    Heide Solbrig, the mind behind WhateverFloatsYourBoat Productions, is a writer, filmmaker, and media artist. Solbrig’s scholarly and media work examines the history of capitalism and concentrates on what some have described as ‘economic storytelling,’ i.e., stories about how economics, history, and politics impact us in deeply personal ways. While Solbrig’s work engages with politics, personal narrative, and experimental media forms—she will admit to liking accessible serial narrative quite a bit as well—she is a fan of Joss Whedon as well as other independent fantasy, science fiction, and comic book forms. Her graphic novel The Dandelion King is available for purchase.


    Jerel Dye

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    Jerel Dye is a cartoonist, illustrator, and artist living and working in the Boston area. He has several self published mini comics and has stories in anthologies like Inbound, Minimum Paige, Hellbound, and the Little Nemo tribute Dream Another Dream. His first graphic novel Pigs Might Fly is due to be released in 2016. Jerel also teaches courses in drawing, cartooning and comics, at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, and does graphic design and media work for local non-profit organizations.


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    Joel Christian Gill

    (Sun. August 2, 3−5 pm)
    Joel Christian Gill is the chairman, CEO, president, director of development, majority and minority stock holder,  manager, co-manager, regional manager, assistant to the regional manager,  receptionist, senior black correspondent and janitor of Strange Fruit Comics. He is the author/illustrator of 2 forth coming books from Fulcrum Publishing Strange Fruit vol I Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History May 2014 and Tales of the Talented Tenth Fall 2014. In his spare time he is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs at the New Hampshire Institute of Art and  member of The Boston Comics Roundtable. He received his MFA from Boston University and a BA from Roanoke College. His secret lair is behind a secret panel in the kitchen of his house (sold separately) in New Boston,  New Hampshire where he lives with his wife, four children a 2 talking dog and 2 psychic cats.


    Please see the complete schedule of featured artists below:

    Friday July 31

    • 12:00 PM: Eric Boeker
    • 2:00 PM: Greg Moutafis
    • 4:00 PM: Bob Flynn

    Saturday August 1

    • 11:00 AM: Joey Peters
    • 12:00 PM: Catalina Rufin
    • 1:00 PM: Cory Levine
    • 2:00 PM: Heide Solbrig
    • 4:00 PM: Jerel Dye

    Sunday August 2

    • 3:00 PM: Joel Gill

    We’ll be at table numbers 812 and 813. Do come by and say hello!

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  • Boston Creators Recognized by Harveys and Eisners

    Boston Creators Recognized by Harveys and Eisners

    It’s awards season for mainstream American comics, and several of our local friends are getting attention from both Harvey and Eisner Award jurors.

    At the San Diego Comic Con, the gorgeous, gigantic anthology Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream (Locust Moon), won the Eisner for Best Anthology and Best Design; among the star-studded list of contributors to the book is long-time Roundtabler Jerel Dye, whose stories have appeared in BCR anthologies Inbound 5 and Gulp!; Jerel also co-edited BCR and River Bird Comics’ Hellbound III:Darkness. Also in the Little Nemo anthology is Raul Gonzalez, whose stories appeared in the BCR’s Inbound 4, Inbound 5, and In a Single Bound #1, as well as Boston-area cartoonists Maris Wicks, Joe Quiñones, and Andrew MacLean. The Harvey awards have recognized Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream in their nominations as well, with a chance at both Best Anthology and the Special Award for Excellence in Presentation.

    A panel from Jerel Dye's entry in the anthology Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream
    A panel from Jerel Dye’s entry in the anthology Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream

    Another friend of BCR received an Eisner nomination this year: comics writer and scholar A. David Lewis (who co-edited the Colonial Comics anthology in which several BCR members were represented) got the nod for his tome American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife (Palgrave Macmillan).

    Bob Flynn has contributed stories to Inbound 4, Inbound 5, and Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS! (which he co-edited); he’s also a frequent contributor to Spongebob Comics, which was nominated for a Harvey Award in the Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers category — we wish the best of luck to the two Bobs!

    An excerpt from Bob Flynn's story in Spongebob Comics #37
    An excerpt from Bob Flynn’s story in Spongebob Comics #37

    Congratulate Bob and Jerel in person — buy their comics and even get a sketch! — when each appears as Featured Artist at the BCR Table at the Boston Comic Con (Bob Flynn from 4:00-5:00 on Friday, July 31st; Jerel Dye from 4:00-6:00 on Saturday, August 1st).

  • A Day in the Live of Nickelodeon Magazine.

    A Day in the Live of Nickelodeon Magazine.

    Bob Flynn (Inbound 5, Gulp!) shares on his Facebook an original comic a ‘day in the life’ of what it was like to work at Nickelodeon Magazine. Featuring editor (and MICE special guest) Chris Duffy.

  • Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS!

    Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS!

    The Boston Comics Roundtable proudly presents GULP!  a monster comics anthology for KIDS!

     

    BOSTON, September 24, 2013—The Boston Comics Roundtable, in partnership with River Bird Comics, is pleased to announce the publication of GULP!, an all-ages anthology. GULP! will debut on September 28 at the fourth annual Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE http://www.micexpo.org), and be available at select comics shops in the region. The editorial team for GULP! includes the creators of Heeby Jeeby Comix (http://heebyjeebycomix.blogspot.com) and cartoonists on Nickelodeon Magazine, Bob Flynn and Dan Moynihan. This volume was designed and produced by Roho, owner/publisher of River Bird Comics and creator of Hellbound.

    GULP! features eleven funny and spooky stories geared towards children of all ages. Tales are by some of New England’s best artists and writers featuring co-editor Dan Moynihan, Rachel Dukes, Owen Heitmann, Clay McCormack, John Lechner, Ansis Purins, Jef Czekaj, Michael Lee Harris, Greg Cook, Eric Boeker with Dirk Tiede, and Hellbound III editor Jerel Dye. Collectively, they have created over a dozen children’s books such as A Froggy Fable, The Clever Stick, A Call for a New Alphabet, and Cat Secrets. In addition, their work has appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, Candlewick Press, BOOM! Studios, First Second Books, ARGH! Comics, the Boston Children’s Museum, FableVision Studios, Walt Disney Television, and Cartoon Network.

    The Boston Comics Roundtable’s annual Hellbound collections have won the praise of many comics critics. Roz Young at Sequential Tart called Hellbound II “a wonderful set of frighteningly fiendish stories.” Brigid Alverson at Robot 6 wrote, “The craftsmanship in this volume is impressive.” Jen Vaughn of the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont called the collection “perfect for the horror fan.” Hellbound II was nominated for a New England Art Award in the category of best book.

    GULP! is the fourth book of the Hellbound Horror Anthology Series. This edition features 52 pages of risograph blue and orange art on a stapled 6.5” x 5” landscape comic with a cover designed and drawn by co-editor, Bob Flynn. The price is $15.00 and is a limited edition of 100 copies. For additional information about the first edition and upcoming events go to http://hellbound.riverbirdcomics.com for a preview visit http://hellbound4.tumblr.com

    ABOUT THE BOSTON COMICS ROUNDTABLE

    The Boston Comics Roundtable draws local cartoonists and writers to collaborate, workshop and socialize since 2006. BCR publishes Inbound, an anthology of Boston-area independent comics, Outbound, a science-fiction comics anthology and Hellbound, the horror comics anthology, for more info visit http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com. Also guided by Dan Mazur’s Ninth Art Press the educational anthology Show and Tell, the novelty tales collection The Greatest of All Time Anthology and the local comics superhero anthology, In a Single Bound. Visit http://www.ninthartpress.com for more information

    Below is a Gallery of the printed book, if you are interested on reading the book for reviewing purposes please contact

    hellbound@riverbirdcomics.com thanks.


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