The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo has released their Panel and Workshop Schedule for 2012
WORKSHOPS
12:00PM – 12:50PM
Character Drawing with
Bob Flynn: Bob will demonstrate the importance of bringing life and movement into your drawings and characters. Drawing fast, posing characters, using a line of action, loose construction—merging energy with draftsmanship.
1:00PM – 1:50PM
Fold-Out Comics with
Jon Chad: If you thought that a book is just made up of a cover, back cover, and all the business in-between, think again! There is a wide variety of folding and book construction techniques that can help create a truly unique reading experience. Jon Chad from the Center for Cartoon Studies will walk through the basics of comic-making and how to make your own unfolding minicomic!
2:30PM – 3:20PM
Digital Tools for the Comic Book Artist with
David Marshall: Do you draw comics but are afraid of digital art programs? Comics veteran David Marshall shares his techniques. Digital tips include cleaning up scans, prepping for print or web, color, production and lettering. Learn comics-specific tricks for Photoshop and Illustrator.
3:30PM – 4:20PM
Drawing with NO PAIN! Injury Prevention for Cartoonists with
Kriota Willberg: Many cartoonists and artists suffer from pain and injury caused by hours and hours of drawing. Are you one of them? Are you afraid that you will become one of them? This workshop describes common injuries and their causes, presents guidelines that can help prevent drawing injuries, and teaches simple exercises that can help reduce the risk of getting injured.
PANELS
11:00AM – 11:50AM
Comics and Medicine
Health, illness, and the physical body are major themes in many graphic novels (such as
Cancer Vixen,
Epileptic, and
Stitches). Doctors, patients, and health educators are getting involved with comics as teaching tools and as a method of self-expression and exploring physical and mental conditions.
Moderator: Cathy Leamy Panelists: Kriota Willberg, LB Lee,
Paige Warren.
12:00PM – 12:50PM
Comics and Creative Careers
You have your first paid drawing gig … now what? A panel of working cartoonists discuss the challenges and rewards of drawing for a living in the fields of comics, illustration and animation. Topics will include how to balance creativity and professionalism, what to expect in various fields of employment, and some helpful anecdotes from the artists’ careers.
Moderator: Zack Giallongo
Panelists: Shelli Paroline (artist, Kaboom! Studios),
Keith Zulawnik (artist, Fablevision),
Renee Kurilla (artist, Fablevision, Simon & Schuster),
Ming Doyle (artist, Marvel, IDW)
1:00PM – 2:15PM
R. Sikoryak: Classics and Career
For twenty years, stylistic chameleon
R. Sikoryak has been producing literary adaptations in comics form that parody the tics and tropes of classic cartoons; these are collected in
Masterpiece Comics (Drawn and Quarterly). He will discuss his work and process, as well as his varied freelance career for Nickelodeon, The New Yorker, The Daily Show, and much more, in a special slideshow presentation.
2:30PM – 3:20PM
Iron Cartoonist
MICE pits top cartoonists against each other in a live drawing event. Utilizing theme “ingredients”
KC Green,
Ellen Crenshaw, and
Braden Lamb will each compete to win prizes for the audience and the ultimate cartooning title.
3:30PM – 4:20PM
Comics and Religion
Religion intersects comics and comics intersect religion in a multitude of ways. Enter into a discussion with regional comics creators and scholars on the promise and the peril of these engagements. Moderator A. David Lewis asks the panel whether comics is just another medium and religion just another topic — or whether the two are innately bound to each other.
Moderator: A. David Lewis Panelists: Charles Schneeflock Snow,
Box Brown,
David Wolkin
4:30PM – 5:20PM
Mixing Media
Artists who use “fine arts” techniques to make comics… artists who use comics techniques to make “fine art” …an art gallery director who hangs comic art on her gallery’s walls… What are the boundaries between fine arts and comics? Are there any? Should there be any? Whatever the answers may be, we’ll look at and discuss some fine comics art and some comical fine art.
Moderator: Tim Finn Panelists: Doug De Rocher,
EJ Barnes,
Adrienne Nunez,
Ansis Purins,
Raul Gonzalez, Cathi Chang
Tags: #comicmarket, A. David Lewis, Adrienne Nunez, Adventure Time, Ansis Purins, Bob Flynn, Boldly Gone, Box Brown, Braden Lamb, Cathi Chang, Cathy Leamy, Center for Cartoon Studies, Charles Schneeflock Snow, David Marshall, David Wolkin, Doug De Rocher, EJ Barnes, Ellen Crenshaw, Fablevision, Jon Chad, Kaboom! Studios, KC Green, Keith Zulawnik, Kriota Willberg, LB Lee, Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Masterpiece Comics, MICE, Ming Doyle, Paige Warren, R. Sikoryak, Raul Gonzalez, Renée Kurilla, Shelli Paroline, Tantalize, The Loneliest Astronauts, Tim Finn, Zack Giallongo
Press Release:
If you like spooky New England-themed stories, fantastic comics, crazy costumes and creative fun and games, you won’t want to miss “Hellbound: the Party,” a fundraiser/Halloween ball at Tommy Doyles in Harvard Sq. on Thursday, October 28th to celebrate the upcoming indy comic book, “Hellbound.”
“Hellbound” is a unique project, even in the unpredictable world of independent comics: a limited edition, giant-sized (13″by 19″), silk-screened collection of one-page horror stories, all based on actual New England legends, printed in black and white and RED… and drawn by some of the area’s best comics artists. The gruesome narratives include works by Dan Mazur, Eric Boeker, E.J. Barnes, Nathan Boucher, Jesse Lonergan, Nathan Kitler, Lindsay Moore, Matt Stumpf, Charles Schneeflock Snow, Mark Slater, Line O, Jim Roldan, Joel Christian Gill, C. Che Salazar, Andrew Abbot, Aaron Drew and Nil Gulacsik. Following this initial printing, a normal-sized offset edition will be available at local comics stores and shows.
To help launch this collection of illustrated madness, Hellbound’s editors Roho and Joel Christian Gill of the Boston Comics Roundtable, are inviting the public to an evening of enjoyably horrific revelry. Events will include sketch fighting (two artist compete on a battle of skills for glory and cake), zombie/monster caricatures and a costume contest in which the party guests will compete to win their favorite comics and more! And to cap the festivities off, the last 10 copies of the over-sized silk-screened edition of “Hellbound” will be auctioned off. All proceeds will go toward funding all the Boston Comics Roundtable publishing endeavors.
Like a scary comic book come to life, “Hellbound” will be a Halloween party you’ll never forget.
RSVP on Facebook!
What: HELLBOUND Boston Comics Halloween Party!
Where: Tommy Doyles Harvard Sq. 96 Winthrop Street Cambridge, MA
When: October 28th from 6PM to 10PM
How Much: $5
Ages: 21 up
Tags: Aaron Drew, Andrew Abbot, Boston Comics Roundtable, C. Che Salazar, Charles Schneeflock Snow, Dan Mazur, E.J. Barnes, Eric Boeker, Hellbound, Jesse Lonergan, Jim Roldan, Joel Christian Gill, Lindsay Moore, Line O, Mark Slater, Matt Stumpf, Nathan Boucher, Nathan Kitler, Nil Gulacsik, Roho, Tommy Doyles
