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  • Spellbound: An Urban Fantasy Comics Anthology

    Spellbound: An Urban Fantasy Comics Anthology

    Spellbound: An Urban Fantasy Comics Anthology

    Spellbound #1

    Edited by Olivia Li, Heide Solbrig, Ben Doane, Jamie Koh
     40 pages ~ $ 8 | Black and White | 7 x 8.5 inches

    The latest installment in the Boston Comics Roundtable’s ongoing anthology series, delves into city life through the lens of urban fantasy. This collection contains over a dozen stories by Boston-area independent comics creators who challenge the way we view the world by adding a dash of the supernatural into life in the big city. Visually diverse, these tales reveal the magic in both the extraordinary and the mundane of life in Beantown. The stories span from imaginative solutions for the challenges of the immigrant experience, to the dark rites of Patriots fans, to larger-than-life musings of inanimate objects along a Boston skyline. This anthology takes our city and pulls it through the looking glass, and along the way creates a sometimes serious, sometimes silly wonderland of local comics.

    Spellbound contains work from L.J. Baptiste, J.L. Bell, W.B. Clem, Patrick Flaherty, Mehitabel Glenhaber, Levon Gyulkhasyan, Paul Hanna, Youngjin Hur, Patrick Jordan, Anthony Lathrop, Dan Mazur, Greg Moutafis, John Quirk, Roho, Catalina Rufin, and Adam Tutkus. The anthology was edited by Olivia Li, Heide Solbrig, Ben Doane, and Jamie Koh.

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  • Roundup: Comics Confection

    Roundup: Comics Confection

    The Comics Confection, held on Saturday 20 June, marked the first event for the Boston Comics Workspace (see more here). There were mounds of baked goods for consumption, comics to examine, doodles to draw, and excellent company.

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    A number of BCR members and friends were in attendance (pictured are Patrick Flaherty, David Marshall, Cathy Leamy, Catalina Rufin, Heide Solbrig, Donna Martinez, James Mobius, Olivia Li, Dan Mazur, Ludgy Jean-Baptiste, Jesse Schuh, and Jesse Lonergan, among others). Quite a few people brought their own work to share and add to our growing comic library. The collection contains not only BCR anthologies, but also the work of our members, some of which includes Inaction Comics published by Kimball Anderson, The Jenergan Solution by Dan Mazur, Highland Girl by Catalina Rufin, The Dandelion King by Heide Solbrig, Late August by Neil Johnson, Inky Stories #4 by David Marshall, and so many more, all available for perusing and purchase in one convenient location! Is your book not featured? Feel free to stop by the Workspace and drop a few copies off.

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    Besides flipping through comics, those in attendance took up ink and crayon and set to doing what they do best! It was wonderful to see the doodles and collaborations decorating our table. The food was good, the comics were many, and the conversation was engaging and plentiful, running the gambit from brush strokes to Doctor Who. I cannot think of a better way to have spent an afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open for news of our next event!

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    Photos are courtesy of  Dan Mazur (danmazur), David Marshall (inkydavid), and Olivia Li (lovianart).

  • Hellbound V: End of Comics

    Hellbound V: End of Comics

    Published by River Bird Comics

    Edited by Stephen Cartisano

    48+foldouts pages ~ $10 | Risograph 2 colors. | 9x5 inches

    What is the end for you? sometimes is death sometimes is the end of a bad relationship, sometimes is just running out of rope. Hellbound V is the end of the Hellbound series with a small set of stories that will take you over the edge. Mature readers only. Returning contributors include Dan Mazur (Comics: A Global History), Ellen T. Crenshaw (Nobodies Volume II, Womanthology), Alison Burke and Tara Harris (A.R.R.O.), Patrick Flaherty, E.J. Barnes (Tales of the Ling, An Invitation to the World of Luisa Felix), and Clayton McCormack (Dead Meat, Heavy Metal Magazine). Joining them for the first time on this volume are Gary Bonesteel (Killer Ink Comics), Ben Doane (Subcultures), and Brenton Barnes (Bartkira, Mister Reusch’s Black and White Illustration Book). Press Release.

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  • Hellbound II

    Hellbound II

    Hellbound II cover by Jesse Lonergan

    Published by Ninth Art Press

    Produced by River Bird Comics

    Cover Art and Editor Jesse Lonergan

    92 pages ~ $10 | Black & White | 6 x 9 inches
    New England’s most disturbed comic creators present a dozen nightmares in black and white: a fiend in the next hospital bed, a comic book that drives men to murder, a plague with feathers, a love-triangle in a cemetery… plus a whole unholy host of demons, psychos and misunderstood monsters. These will be your companions for a cozy evening of blood and gore and over-the-top horror as you snuggle up with the second volume of Hellbound.

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  • Hellbound II in Cambridge Chronicle and Party TONIGHT!

    See you tonight in costume at 7:00pm at Tommy Doyle’s (96 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA) in Harvard Sq. for the Hellbound II Launch Party!

    To whet your appetite, Hellbound II is featured in an article in this week’s edition of the Cambridge Chronicle. It includes nice quotes from Hellbound II editor Roho and contributors E.J. Barnes, and Gabriel Robinson, alongside mentions of E.J.’s collaborator Patrick Flaherty and Jesse Lonergan’s cover artwork. Go, Roho and everyone in Hellbound II!

    Want more? Latest batch of interviews from the matchless Hellbound blogger Steve Cartisano:

    Interview with Gregery Miller
    Interview with Joshua Hoaglund
    Interview with Roho, Jesse Lonergan, and Steve Cartisano

  • Hellbound II Launch Party

    See you tonight in costume at 7:00pm at Tommy Doyle’s (96 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA) in Harvard Sq. for the Hellbound II Launch Party!

    To whet your appetite, Hellbound II is featured in an article in this week’s edition of the Cambridge Chronicle. It includes nice quotes from Hellbound II editor Roho and contributors E.J. Barnes, and Gabriel Robinson, alongside mentions of E.J.’s collaborator Patrick Flaherty and Jesse Lonergan’s cover artwork. Go, Roho and everyone in Hellbound II!

    Want more? Latest batch of interviews from the matchless Hellbound blogger Steve Cartisano:

    Interview with Gregery Miller
    Interview with Joshua Hoaglund
    Interview with Roho, Jesse Lonergan, and Steve Cartisano