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  • Support Boundless: A Science Comics Anthology!

    Support Boundless: A Science Comics Anthology!

    Boundless Kickstarter goes LIVE on May 10th!

    What is Boundless?

    Boundless is our love letter to science: a comics anthology that celebrates, explores, and infuses science into tales about our real (and imagined) world. Our goal is to present stories that are both informative and engaging, beautiful yet accurate, and ultimately compelling in their depiction of all the wondrous allure science so regularly brings to our lives.

    The anthology consists of 32 different pieces from nearly 40 artists and writers exploring a whole host of scientific processes, technologies, methods, and historical moments in a number of fields including biology, medicine, physics, optics, and astronomy, among others. This anthology aims to examine the many facets of science as well as act as a tool for educating comics enthusiasts and science buffs of all ages.

    Our goal is to raise enough money to cover the printing costs of the book as well as pay our artists and writers. We’ll be beginning at $10 per page and increasing with each stretch goal we complete. The more we raise, the more our artists and writers can be paid!

    Help us pay the printing costs and pay our contributors by pre-ordering the book on Kickstarter!

    Who are we?

    The Boston Comics Roundtable (BCR) is the oldest and largest community of independent comic creators and cartoonists in the Boston area.

    We encourage development and collaboration and welcome anyone interested in creating or publishing comics, at all ages and levels of experience. Our weekly meetings revolve around discussions of news in comics, showing of members’ work, and the professional development of everyone involved.

    Since 2006, BCR has published a number of anthologies spanning a range of topics including urban fantasy, horror, superheroes, science fiction, romance, food, and the greatest of all time.

    This time we turn to hard science in the hopes of publishing a informative, gorgeous, and engaging anthology.

    Why Kickstarter?

    As a volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization, we don’t have much funding and so we’re turning to Kickstarter. We want to bring this beautiful book to life and we want to be able to pay our contributors for all their time and effort. With your help, we’ll be able to accomplish both!

    Boundless cover by Victoria Robado
    Boundless cover by Victoria Robado
  • Submit to Boundless + The Midnight Oil!

    There are many opportunities to publish floating around here at the Boston Comics Roundtable of late. If you’ve got work or ideas, consider submitting!

    The Midnight Oil

    The Midnight Oil is our new bimonthly newspaper showcasing contemporary cartoonists. It will be released to the general public in the Greater Boston Area, creating a great chance for cartoonists to get their work viewed by a wider audience. The submission guidelines are as follows:

    • We are only accepting 1 page comics at the time. If there is something you are considering being serialized email us with the first two pages and an outline/thumbnails for the remaining story. Please note that the story will be printed 1 page at a time bimonthly.
    • Image size is 10.5″ x 13.5″ with a live area of 9.75″x12.5″ Full Color CMYK
    • We currently can’t do full bleed, so please plan accordingly.
    • Please send files with a minimum of 300 dpi File formats we accept – JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PDF (please make sure your pdf is print ready if you submit in this format).

    The deadline to submit to the inaugural is rapidly approaching on Monday February 1st, so get those submissions in! See more information about The Midnight Oil on their website here. Questions? Feel free to contact the editor at midnightoilmag@gmail.com.

    Boundless

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    The deadline to submit pitches to Boundless, our upcoming science anthology, has been extended to Friday February 5th. The anthology will celebrate, explicate, and infuse science into stories about our (current or historical) real world and/or into the fantastical worlds of possibility, fiction, and speculation. We encourage anyone and everyone to submit from any and all backgrounds. Never written a comic before but have an amazing idea? Are you a scientist with an amazing idea? Don’t hesitate to show us your work! Some guidelines:

    • For your pitch, send a developed synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) or script and/or thumbnails along with a link to a portfolio or examples of the artist’s work that will be attached to the story.
    • We will accept examples of previous work, websites with portfolios, or samples of the story under consideration as evidence of story concept.
    • We welcome those who write and draw and also collaborations between artists, writers, and scientists. Show us that you have the chops for both the story and the art, or if you are a scientist with a great idea ask us for assistance linking up with an artist/writer.
    • Length: 1-10 pages long
    • Specs: 5.25” x 8” trim size, 5.75” x 8.5” bleed

    For more information about Boundless and what we are trying to achieve, please see our website.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact as at boundless@bostoncomicsroundtable.com.