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:
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
RSVP on Facebook!
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
Tags: Art Institute of Boston, Braden D. Lamb, Cathy Leamy, Cherry Ogata, Dan Moynihan, Daniel Mazur, Ellen Crenshaw, Jerel Dye, Keith Zulawnik, Kyle Anderson, Lesley University, MICE, Rebecca Viola, Renée Kurilla, Shelli Paroline, Weekly Dig
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.
RSVP on Facebook!
FableVision Studios
308 Congress Street, 6th floor, Boston, MA
Tags: Allie Biondi, Bob Flynn, Brian Grossman, Doug Gastich, Ellen Crenshaw, Fablevision, Hannah O'Neal, Jason LaCouture, John Lechner, Julia Young, Keith Zulawnik, Marli Mesibov, Matt Bargar, Naomi Greenfield, Outside the Box, Paul Reynolds, Peter H. Reynolds, Renée Kurilla
