BOSTON COMICS Roundstore

The Midnight Oil - Issue 1

by The Boston Comics Roundtable Edited by John Carvajal

14 pages ~ FREE | Full Color Newsprint. | 11x13.5

A quarterly newspaper showcasing contemporary local cartoonists.

The Rise & Fall of the Stamp Act

Massachusetts Historical Society + River Bird Comics + Boston Comics Roundtable

Edited by Roho 16 pages ~ FREE |  | 8.5x5.5 Black and White.

Written by John Bell with art by  Jesse Lonergan, Ben Doane, John Carvajal and LJ Baptiste. A collection of four short stories geared towards kids. Based on the Stamp Act history. Cover by Jerel Dye.

Spellbound #1

The Boston Comics Roundtable

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.

Hellbound V: End of Comics

River Bird Comics

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

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). Cover Printed on French Paper’s Lemon Drop.

SubCutures: a Comics Anthology

Ninth Art Press

Edited by Whit Taylor

224 pages ~ $15 | Color & BW | 6x9 inches

36 indepenent cartoonists explore the various and varied worlds-within-the-world we know as "subcultures." from Star Wars conventioneers to bigfoot hunters, from goths and gamers to record collectors and cosplayers, these stories reveal the rules, rituals and relationships that define these infinite and intricate subsets of humanity. Contributors include Sam Alden, Liz Prince, Alex Robinson, Darryl Seitchik, Noah Van Sciver, MariNaomi, Box Brown and many others!

Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS! Regular Edition

River Bird Comics

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Bob Flynn & Dan Moynihan Editors

52 pages ~ $10 | Two Color Risograph | 5x6.5 inches

GULP! features eleven funny and spooky stories geared towards children of all ages. Tales are by some of New England’s best artists and writers featuring co-editor Dan Moynihan, Rachel Dukes, Owen Heitmann, Clay McCormack, John Lechner, Ansis Purins, Jef Czekaj, Michael Lee Harris, Greg Cook, Eric Boeker with Dirk Tiede, and Hellbound III editor Jerel Dye. Collectively, they have created over a dozen children’s books such as A Froggy Fable, The Clever Stick, A Call for a New Alphabet, and Cat Secrets. In addition, their work has appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, Candlewick Press, BOOM! Studios, First Second Books, ARGH! Comics, the Boston Children’s Museum, FableVision Studios, Walt Disney Television, and Cartoon Network.

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Reviews

Jas Faukner via Sequential Tart

Andy Rench via Printed Matters

Rob Clough via High-Low

Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS!

River Bird Comics

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Bob Flynn & Dan Moynihan Editors

52 pages ~ $15 | Two Color Risograph | 5x6.5 inches

GULP! features eleven funny and spooky stories geared towards children of all ages. Tales are by some of New England’s best artists and writers featuring co-editor Dan Moynihan, Rachel Dukes, Owen Heitmann, Clay McCormack, John Lechner, Ansis Purins, Jef Czekaj, Michael Lee Harris, Greg Cook, Eric Boeker with Dirk Tiede, and Hellbound III editor Jerel Dye. Collectively, they have created over a dozen children’s books such as A Froggy Fable, The Clever Stick, A Call for a New Alphabet, and Cat Secrets. In addition, their work has appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, Candlewick Press, BOOM! Studios, First Second Books, ARGH! Comics, the Boston Children’s Museum, FableVision Studios, Walt Disney Television, and Cartoon Network.

Buy Digital Edition | First Edition Sold Out! | Preview Printed Book

Reviews

Jas Faukner via Sequential Tart

Andy Rench via Printed Matters

Rob Clough via High-Low

Katy England The Maine Edge

The Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology

Ninth Art Press

by

Dan Mazur, Jesse Lonergan

123 pages ~ $12 | Color & BW | 6x9 inches

26 independent comics creators put their minds to this challenge, and produced an assortment of stories which run the gamut from political satire to autobiography, fantasy, historical non-fiction and other genres. With subjects like the greatest rock band of all time, the greatest conspiracy of all time and the greatest spy of all time, to the greatest potato of all time, the greatest bruise of all time, and the greatest sweater of all time, the stories range from the (supposedly) factual, to the entirely fictional, to the extravagantly silly. “The idea of the theme was, on the one hand, to play with the idea of hype and success which are such big parts of our culture, or to look at the real meaning of greatness, depending on how each individual creator wanted to interpret it,” says co-editor Dan Mazur. “We just put this rich idea in front of a bunch of writers and artists and let them run with it. We ended up with a lot of unexpected things, and a really fun collection of comics. Maybe the greatest ever. No, definitely the greatest ever.” The stories in The Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology range from tantalizingly economical two pagers, to a ten-page epic about the Greatest Neck Pillow of All Time; there are also two stories in full, vibrant color. Bound in durable card-stock covers, with numerologically-significant total page count of 123, the collection sells for the astonishingly reasonable price of $12.00. There is some mature content**, making the book appropriate for ages 14 and up. Or younger, if the parents are really cool. The Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology has also been chosen by the editors of the Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology as a “top pick” holiday gift for anyone interested in off-beat independent comics anthologies.

Hellbound II

Ninth Art Press

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Jesse Lonergan, Story Editor

96 pages ~ $10 | Black and 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.

Show and Tell

Ninth Art Press

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Dan Mazur, Caitlin Plovnick, Editors

96 pages ~ $12 | Mixed | 5.5 x 8.5 inches

In these twenty short stories set in and around the classroom, independent comics creators explore the drama and humor of teaching and learning -- or at least trying to teach and learn. From elementary school to college, from the perspectives of teachers and students, these tales touch on some serious issues of education, but their main goal is to make you laugh, cry, or cringe. The book is 96 pages: 91 in elegant black and white, and 5 in glourious full color!

Inbound #5

The Boston Comics Roundtable

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Dan Mazur, Shelly Paroline and Dave Kender, Editors

176 pages ~ $12 | Black and White | 6 x 9 inches

Boston's best and brightest comics artists come together in Inbound 5 to share their reminiscences, fantasies, fears, and love of food. From the deeply personal to the fantastical, this book explores our complex relationship with what we eat. Contributors include: E.J. Barnes, Eric Boeker, Jerel Dye, Franklin Einspruch, Patrick Flaherty, Bob Flynn, Joel Christian Gill, Andrew Greenstone, Danny Gonzalez, Raul Gonzalez, Beth Hetland, Erik Heumiller, Allie Kleber, Braden D. Lamb, Cathy Leamy, Jackie Lee, Jesse Lonergan, Dan Mazur, Mar-T Moyer, Line O, David Ortega, Shelli Paroline, Adrian Rodriguez, Roho, Aya Rothwell, Katherine Roy, Adam Syzm, Laura Terry, Jason Viola, Rebecca Viola, Katherine Waddell, Ryan Wheeler, and Andy Wong.

Outbound #2

River Bird Comics

by The Boston Comics Roundtable +

Roho, Editor

120 pages ~ $10 | Black and White | 5.5 x 8.5 inches

New ongoing stories premiering alongside continuing chapters of fan favorite stories from the first issue. Featuring new stories:"The New Kid" by Dan Mazur, with chapter cover by Roho; "The Fallout Parade" by Jesse Lonergan; "Frequency: Breaking the Law of Gravity" by David Alluisi and Brian Boyles, with chapter cover by Jason Baroody; "Robot 11-Three" by Kevin Kilgore, with chapter cover by Chris Ring; "Alkehine's Gun" by Joel Gill and "Driftwood" by Morgan Pielli. Returning stories include: "Space and Time" by Josh Mills, Michael Paoloni, David Marshall, and Roho, with issue cover by Marcello Buchelli; "The Caerulean Dream" by Roho and Kevin Zimmerman, with chapter cover by Randy Valiente; "The Null Device" by David Marshall; "Flek" by Erik Heumiller; "Scientists Gone Wild" by Eric Boeker; and "Black Fuska" by Roho, Dave Myers, and Steve Willhite, with chapter cover by Paul Marquis. Also includes prose fiction: "Tin Cans and a String" by Patrick J. Flaherty, with art by Furman.

Inbound #3

The Boston Comics Roundtable

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Dan Mazur, Shelly Paroline and Dave Kender, Editors

72 pages ~ $8 | Black and White | 10.5 x 7 inches

Love Reign O’er Boston! To celebrate the season of romance, the hard-working comics artists of the Boston Comics Roundtable have released Inbound #3, a Boston Comics Anthology. Cover artist Matt Reidsma and a host of comics storytellers entertain you with our biggest issue yet! Included in this issue: “First Kiss” (Robert Sergel), Franklin Einspruch, “Puppy Love Eternal” (Aya Rothwell), “Fear” (Chris O’Neill), “Just an Old Fashioned Zombie Love Song” (Eric Boeker), “Wish Me Luck” (Donna Martinez and Joesph Peters), “Colossa” (Braden Lamb), “An Afternoon Session” (Hyun Supul), “A Winter’s Prelude” (Roho), “The Prince” (Carl Tsui), “From Afar” (Dan Mazur), and “A Gothic Romance” (James Möbius).

Outbound #1

by The Boston Comics Roundtable + River Bird Comics 96 pages ~ $3 | Black and White | Digital Comic

Science Fiction anthology. Outbound is a spin-off of sister publication Inbound, the anthology of comics from Boston. Outbound contains comics and short stories from a mix of Boston-based creators and artists all over the world, from Australia to South America, including a cover from talented Uruguayan artist Marcelo Buchelli. Each of the comic stories in Outbound #1 will be serialized, with new ongoing stories premiering in each subsequent issue.

Inbound #2

The Boston Comics Roundtable

by The Boston Comics Roundtable Edited by Dan Mazur, Shelly Paroline, Dave Kender and Ron LeBrasseur.

64 pages ~ $8 | Black and White | 7 x 9 inches

This second anthology features a wide variety of comics from Boston-based creators and a gorgeous cover by Braden Lamb. From would-be supermen to foibles in space to real-life stories from the streets of Iraq, Inbound #2 is the best of Boston! Stories include “Might” (Matt Reisdma), “Watcher Wanted” (Shelli Paroline and Jason Salzarulo), “Bad Topology” (Charles Schneeflock Snow and Erik Haines), “The Walk” (Kevin Kilgore), “Little Cody Visits the Underworld” (Rachel Maguire), “Too Many Robots!” (Ron LeBrasseur), “Endlessly She Said” (Jay Kennedy), and “unWendy” (Cathy Leamy).