September 26, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Horror, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Top Stories, Webcomics
The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo has released their Panel and Workshop Schedule for 2012
WORKSHOPS
11:00AM – 11:50AM
April 1, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Anime, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Massachusetts, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Webcomics
Press Release:
The Boston Comic Con announces its panel schedule for the 2012 convention! Fans will have the opportunity to see some of the brightest stars in comic book history between the rare reunion of MAD artists to the youngest new talents from the pages of Womanthology. This year’s line up of talent is certainly one that is not to be missed! In addition Boston Comic Con hosts several Geek Week Events including stand up comedians, a film festival, a costume contest, and much, much more! See below for the schedule and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates!
Tickets are currently available online through the convention website. Prices are $20 for a single day pass and $35 for a weekend pass. Kids get in free with paid adult admission!
Saturday April 21, 2012
Panel Room 102
Drawing for Kids: 11am-12pm
Katie Cook (Gronk) leads a “Drawing For Kids” workshop. Kids and their parents are invited to learn to fine art of cartooning!
All Ages Comics Panel: 12pm-1pm
Skottie Young (Marvel’s Oz books), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), and Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts) talk about how to appeal to both the incoming crowd of young readers and longtime, stalwart fans of comic books.
Womanthology: 1pm-2pm
Founder Renae de Liz and contributors Cat Staggs, Ming Doyle, Ellen Crenshaw, Stacie Ponder, Megan Brennan, and Ceili Conway discuss their work on one of Kickstarter’s most successful projects and the state of female creators in the industry.
Spotlight on Jill Thompson: 2pm-3pm
The creator of Scary Godmother and Beasts of Burden speaks about her art and career. Don’t miss this opportunity to speak with one of the best in the biz!
Legends: 3pm-4pm
Legendary talents Joe Sinnott (inker Fantastic Four), Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein), Herb Trimpe (co-creator of Wolverine), Bob Layton (Iron Man), and Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin) talk about their long careers and how they’ve changed the industry.
Michael Golden, Storytelling: 4pm-5pm
Artist Michael Golden discusses his method of telling a story visually as one of the most influential artists in the business with credits on titles like Dr. Strange, Star Wars, X-Men and more.
Creator Owned Comics: 5pm-6pm
Joe Benitez (Lady Mechanika), Becky Cloonan (Wolves), Ben Templesmith (Wormwood: Gentlemen Corpse), and Geof Darrow (Shaolin Cowboy) speak about indie comics and their growing influence in the comic market.
Geek Week Events
Panel Room 108
11am-12pm: Convention Survival
12pm-1:30pm: Nerds of Prey
1:30pm-2:00pm: P. Sawyer & Hurley’s “The Complete Works of Batman Abridged”
2pm-2:30pm: Magic the Gathering: The Show
2:30pm-3pm: Quest
3pm-4pm: Star Wars “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”
4pm-5pm: Comics on Comics
5pm-6pm: Superhero Wedding
6pm-6:30pm: Anime Trivia
Sunday April 22, 2012
Panel Room 102
Legends of Mad Magazine: 11am-12pm
The “Usual Gang of Idiots” reunite to reminisce about the creation of MAD, the most influential humor magazine of the 20th century. Join Al Feldstein, Paul Coker Jr, and Al Jaffee for a rare event with the artists of Mad Magazine.
Eastman & Bisley: 12pm-1pm
Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Simon Bisley (Hellblazer) speak about their comic projects both independently and collaboratively in the pages of Heavy Metal.
DC Comics Panel: 1pm-2pm
The New 52 revitalized the DC Universe for a new generation of readers. Meet the creators who have revolutionized the comic industry includng Francis Manapul (The Flash), Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman), Jamal Igle (The Ray), Ivan Reis & Joe Prado (Aquaman).
Marvel Comics Panel: 2pm-3pm
Face front, True Believers! Artists Tim Sale (Captain America: White), Steve Epting (Captain America), Alex Maleev (Daredevil), and Mark Brooks (X-Men) speak about their projects at the House of Ideas. Make Mine, Marvel!
Costume Contest: 3pm-4pm
Geek Week Events
Panel Room 108
11am-12pm: The Pop Culture Professor: Dr. Rebecca Housel
12pm-12:30pm: Run Button Podcast
12:30pm-1:00pm: The Arsenal
1pm-1:30pm: Magic the Gathering: The Show
1:30pm-2pm: Achievement Unlocked
2pm-3pm: Bump
3pm-4pm: Geek Week Comedy Collider
4pm-4:30pm: Quest
About Boston Comic Con:
The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently run comic book show committed to bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or corporate interests. Hosting over 40,000 square feet of vendors selling comic books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is a destination event for geeks of any stripe. This year’s convention will be held Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd opening at 10:00 am each day at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. For more information please go to our website atwww.bostoncomiccon.com and follow us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon) and Facebook!
March 21, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Maine, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Project founder Renae De Liz and other creators from the groundbreaking book sign on Saturday, March 24th from 2:00pm – 5:00pm at Casablanca Comics. Ellen Crenshaw said on her twitter (@etcillustration) that she’d be there!
Casablanca Comics
151 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101
March 14, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories, Webcomics
Project founder Renae de Liz and local contributors Ellen Crenshaw, Ming Doyle, Cathy Leamy, and Stacie Ponder sign at Hub Comics on Saturday March 31, 2012 from noon-4pm!
And just in case you miss them this time around be sure to catch these fantastic artists at Boston Comic Con on April 21-22, 2012!
Hub Comics – Union Square
19 Bow Street, Somerville, MA 02143
September 16, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Horror, Massachusetts, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Video Games, Webcomics
The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo has released the schedule for this weekend’s show!
Workshops & Artist Demos
Panels
Comics & …! is a day-long program of panel discussions exploring diverse topics in independent comics. Each panel will take place in University Hall’s Amphitheater, 2nd Floor.
11:00 AM - Comics such as Spiegelman’s Maus and Satrapi’s Persepolis have found a solid foothold as legitimate classroom texts. However, there are many other noteworthy graphic novels that could also find their way into the K-16 curriculum. This panel will explore specific strategies for teaching comics and teaching with comics, looking past the “canonical” texts noted above.
MODERATOR: David Marshall PANELISTS: Michael Gianfrancesco, Director, New England Comic Arts in the Classroom; Educator, North Providence High School; Maureen Bakis, author The Graphic Novel Classroom; Alexander Danner, instructor, Emerson College Graphic Novel Program; Robert Shreefter, Professor, Lesley University.
12:15 PM – This panel of writers, artists, and reviewers will discuss today’s comics storytelling for kids, the challenges of appealing to different age groups, and the changing roles of such “gatekeepers” as librarians, comic shops, publishers, parents, and digital portals.
MODERATOR: J. L. Bell, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators PANELISTS: Robin Brenner, creator of noflyingnotights.com, Jef Czekaj, author-illustrator. Gareth Hinds, author-illustrator, Shelli Paroline, artist, Colleen AF Venable, scripter and designer
1:30 PM – Our panelists discuss ways in which the comics medium can be valuable in political discourse, and how independent comics can be an important focus of community activism as well as provide voices for — and representations of — minorities and other marginalized groups.
MODERATOR: Che Salazar PANELISTS: Rebecca Migdal, World War Three Illustrated; Colin Tedford, Trees & Hills Comics Group; Tak Toyoshima, creator Secret Asian Man; Anna Mudd, Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies
2:45 PM – Since 2006 the Project : Rooftop website has examined the trend of independent illustrators redesigning superhero costumes, and now the discussion goes live at MICE! This panel will focus on a few comic book characters, looking at how they’ve been visually interpreted over the years by professionals and fans alike.
MODERATOR: Braden Lamb PANELISTS: Joe Quinones (Wednesday Comics, Amazing Spider-Man), Ming Doyle (Tantalize, The Loneliest Astronauts), and Jennifer Ngan (Instructor, Art Institute of Boston).
4:00 PM – Many of the best comics and graphic novels are created through collaboration between a writer and artist. This panel will present several experienced teams of artists and writers, to share their insights on the pleasures and pitfalls of creative teamwork. How are comics partnerships formed and successfully maintained to produce the optimum results? What surprises have writers and artists encountered in the process of collaboration? What should less experienced creators seeking collaborators look for or be wary of?
MODERATOR: Alexander Danner PANELISTS: TBA
5:15 PM – Digital creation and distribution of comics are here to stay and will only get more important to the future of the medium. What are the best platforms – currently, or on the horizon — for the production and delivery of digital comics? How can artists and writers adapt themselves to new devices and software, and what improvements can be anticipated? What are the implications of these new technologies for the artist’s work and income?
MODERATOR: Dirk Tiede (Paradigm Shift) PANELISTS: Kevin Church (Writer, The Line), Christopher Baldwin (Little Dee) Box Brown (Everything Dies)
September 14, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Art Show, Comic Books, Massachusetts, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Press Release:
From September 10th – October 16th, 8am – 10pm every day, the Atrium Gallery will present an ongoing display of original comic pages by exhibitors at MICE and other area comic artists. The exhibit will include work in traditional illustration media such as pen, brush and ink, as well as examples of watercolor and collage comics, and prints from digitally created work such as webcomics.
Opening: Saturday, September 17th 6 – 9pm
Sponsored by the Art Institute of Boston @ Lesley University and the Boston Weekly Dig
Atrium Gallery
2nd Floor, University Hall, Porter Square, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Artists
Kimball Anderson
E. J. Barnes
Cara Bean
Eric Boeker
Jim Bredt
Heather Bryant
Ellen Crenshaw
Doug DeRocher
Jerel Dye
Bob Flynn
Daniel Gessel
Joel Gill
Lawrence Gillette
Tyler James
DeAnna Marie Johnson
Patt Kelley
Renee Kurilla
Laurel Leake
Leann Leake
Cathy Leamy
Ron LeBrasseur
John Lechner
Kyle Lindholm
Joel Lolar
Jesse Lonergan
Clayton McCormack
Dan Moynihan
Adrienne Nunez
Line O
Cherry Ogata
Shelli Paroline
Hallie Jay Pope
Ansis Purins
Gabe Robinson
Roho
Aya Rothwell
Carl Tsui
Jason Viola
Matt Young
Keith Zulawnik
May 5, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Massachusetts, Movies, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Jason M. Burns, Ellen Crenshaw, and Sean Kasper sign on Saturday May 7, 2011 for Free Comic Book Day!
ELLEN CRENSHAW- Will be appearing & doing free sketches from 12 till 3pm
Ellen is a member of the Los Angeles-based illustrators’ group, Girls Drawin’ Girls; she has been published in comics anthologies Inbound and ZombieBomb!
SEAN KASPER-will be appearing and doing free sketches from 11am till 4pm
A local artist who spends most his time drawing monsters, superheroes, and mystery men. His newest comic ‘Honest Jon’ is coming out later this year.
Local comic and TV writer JASON M. BURNS
Will be appearing & signing from 12-3pm.
Jason is the writer of one of the actual Free Comic Book Day comics, the Kung Fu Panda/Richie Rich Flip book. He wrote two of the three stories in the book!
Jason has written and created: A Dummy’s Guide to Danger, Curse of the Were-Woman, and The Expendable One, which is being developed into a major motion picture by Intrepid Pictures as well as written Shrek, Megamind, Jericho, Pocket God, Kung Fu Panda, Richie Rich, Fraggle Rock, and Child’s Play comics.
New England Comics
Downtown in Guild Square
732 Washington St, Norwood, MA 02062
April 18, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Art Show, Comic Books, Massachusetts, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Press Release:
The creative folks behind FableVision are presenting our second annual art show, one night only. It will be Friday April 29th, 6-10 PM at our Boston studio. Featuring works by over 24 artists working in every medium imaginable, the title of the show is “Outside the Box – A Visionary Art Show.”
You can find more information, including the list of artists, at the official exhibit website. You can also download your own Creative Juices art show sculpture and put it together, to help get your own creative juices going!
FableVision is a media company on a 200-year mission to move the world to a better place. We have artists, programmers and producers who are all creative spirits in their own right.
FableVision Studios
308 Congress Street, 6th floor, Boston, MA
March 14, 2010 by Colin Solan
Filed under Art Show, Massachusetts, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Glovebox and the Fort Point Artist Community are sponsoring this year’s AIB illustration exhibition, featuring alumni and student work!
Artists include:
AIB Graduating Seniors:
Valerie Arruda, John Blanchette, Mary Curtin, Shane Depina, Ashley Henry, Marco Jimenez, Larissa Kimball, Robert Knowles, Roseanna Lane, Laura Mauriello, Rima Rahal, Alec Strickland, Andrea York, James Zink.
AIB Alumni:
Amanda Atkins, Kate Castelli, Ellen Crenshaw, Russ Gossett, Kevin Hebb, Keith MacLelland.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 ~ 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Midway Studios, 15 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA
August 27, 2009 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
SPACE 242 , Boston’s lowbrow destination, proudly announces its August 2009 exhibitions: DIRTY DUALITY featuring new work by Scott Murry; GRAMPS & SCAMPS, featuring new work by Ellen Crenshaw; and THE FOXTROT CODE, featuring new work by Amanda Atkins. The exhibition, on view August 28 through September 18, features a variety of new work by these three illustration artists. The opening reception, Friday, August 28, runs from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Boston’s South End, 242 E. Berkeley Street, 2nd floor (between Albany Street and Harrison Avenue). The artists will also host an artist talk Tuesday, September 15, from 7:00 to 8:00p.m. RSVP required for attendance at either event at ww.space242.com. Regular gallery hours are Friday evenings, 6:30-8pm, and by appointment. No RSVP is necessary for visiting during regular gallery hours.
Scott Murry
Murry works in a variety of mediums (pencil, Micron pen, watercolor, colored pencil), but prefers acrylic paints. He most favors “wood stumps and panel surfaces, due to their smooth surface, but rich, textural grains.” His work is largely character based, presented in a humorous manner, depicting apathetic expressions. This exhibition, Dirty Duality, according to Murry “focuses on the duality of characters. There is a public persona that everyone chooses to present, but there is also another side. There are habits, guilty pleasures, and secrets that aren’t always openly shared.” This body of work will show both sides of characters. Murry cites influences including Jeff Soto, Shag, Michael Sieben, Picasso, Egon Schiele, punk rock, smut, and Sesame Street. He has shown in the Boston area, as well as in Los Angeles and Cincinnati. He studied at both the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and the Art Institute of Boston, earning his B.F.A. in Illustration. Originally from Ohio, Murry, a designer and illustrator for The Weekly Dig and Beer Advocate, lives in Boston with his fiancé and cat, Waffles.
Ellen Crenshaw
Her first solo exhibition, Gramps & Scamps is a survey of Crenshaw’s illustration work. According to the artist “It’s a showcase of quirky characters in silly, sometimes awkward situations.” Inspired by imperfect people, she tries to “infuse a bit of gracelessness in my characters—like the nose is too big, or the haircut is geeky, or the proportions are off.” Most of her illustration is fairly innocent, although according to her “I do have a healthy fascination with sex and violence, which at times shows in my work.” Crenshaw works primarily in brush-and-ink and watercolor on hot press watercolor paper. “I like the finality of watercolor,” she notes, “if you put a color down, you can’t take it back. It allows for thoughtful, deliberate painting, with some happy (or not-so-happy) accidents. It also panders to my impatience, as it is so quick-drying.” Crenshaw cites influences including comedy, history, fashion, animals, PBS, Peter de Seve, Chuck Jones, Craig Thompson, Dupuy and Berberian, Graham Annable, Jen Wang, and Tom Barrett. She has exhibited in Massachusetts and Florida, and her artwork has been published in The White Eagle, The Weekly Dig, The Sketch Report, and upcoming issues of Inbound #4. She studied visual arts at Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and earned her B.F.A. in illustration at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University (Suma Cum Laude), where she helped teach Conceptual Development. Originally from North Palm Beach, Florida, Ms. Crenshaw resides in East Boston.
Amanda Laurel Atkins
In The Foxtrot Code, most of Atkins’ paintings depict curious women in elaborately filled, wallpapered, and decorated rooms, often with an animal companion. According to the artist, “I want viewers to wonder what lies beyond the borders of the painting, what the characters are thinking and doing, and to vicariously feel the joy of the characters’ surroundings.” Primarily, she paints with acrylic on masonite, which according to Atkins “it creates a something-you-can-hold-in-your-hands feeling.” Atkins sites influences including Michael Sowa, John Currin, and Ray Caesar. A great lover of books, and also a writer, she also finds inspiration in trees, notebooks, dresses, real and plastic animals, opera stage sets and clipper ships. Additionally, when not painting, she works in sculpture as well as illustration. She has exhibited her work regionally, including the Teeny Tiny Art Show in Portsmouth, NH, and last year, was a featured artist at Glovebox’s One Art Show, benefiting One Home Many Hopes. Her artwork has been featured as album art for the musical group Jerry Fish and The Mud Club. Ms. Atkins earned her B.F.A. from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.
SPACE 242′s August exhibitions are sponsored in part by Southern Comfort, Harpoon, The Weekly Dig, and ArtScope Magazine
SPACE 242 | 242 E. Berkeley Street, 2nd Floor | Boston | MA | 02118
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