Do you have big ideas to share? Join artist Jerel Dye on Sat 4/25 for a zine-making workshop! This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to put their revolutionary ideas on paper and guide them through the process of creating a zine. Register at bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/69baa...
Statement in opposition to HR 7661: The freedom to speak and to read is a fundamental principle of the United States of America. That is why we have joined together--parents, students, educators, library workers, authors, free expression advocates, booksellers, and publishers-- to stand in support of our nation's school-aged children and teens and in opposition of HR 7661. HR 7661 if passed will compel nationwide book censorship. It confuses obscenity with identity and stigmatizes vulnerable young people, particularly trans children and teens based on who they are. It will continue to drain funding from our already underfunded schools and libraries. And it will threaten the creativity and critical thinking that are vital to education in the US.
A core principle of democracy, freedom, and liberty is that the government does not choose what people get to read and who they get to be. This country has a long history of protecting our freedoms. HR 7661 goes against this. Together, we say that this bill goes against the US Constitution, local self determination, access to books, and a society that is welcoming for everyone, no matter who they are. Our schools deserve better than this. Our children and teens-- all of them, without exception-- deserve better than this. We urge the US House of Representatives to vote NO on HR 7661 or better yet not to take it up for a vote at all.
A list of organizations who signed the Joint statement in opposition to HR 7661.
A continuation of the list of organizations who signed the joint statement against HR 7661
As advocates for comics creators and readers, we stand with over 100 grassroots and national advocacy organizations, publishers, booksellers, and professional associations in opposition to HR 7661. Urge your representative to vote NO or to not take it up for a vote at all at: tinyurl.com/hapf2m9r
CAMP flyer
Graphic Medicine will be hanging out with our friends from @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social at CAMP (Comic Arts Maine Portland) on Saturday, April 11th!
Swing by to learn more about comics and health, chat with @noethematt.bsky.social, and maybe even take home a book!
Huge shoutout & THANK YOU to our sponsors: @goosepoopgames.com, Wrong Brain, @xomikbuk.bsky.social, & @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social! Their support helped LMZF grow in ways we never imagined. Check 'em out—they’re doing awesome work! goosepoopgames.com wrongbrain.net @xomikbuk (IG) bostoncomicarts.org
digital flyer for the 2026 s'mores award from the Comic Arts Maine Portland. A cartoon s'more with arms and legs and eyes holds a trophy. The text reads "submissions open! mini grants for New England Emerging Cartoonists" with the dates from March 2nd to March 29th for submissions.
Have you applied for @comicartsmaineport.bsky.social 2026 S'mores Awards? This $300 mini-grant for New England-based emerging cartoonists supports two primarily self-published artists printing a new mini comic. Submissions are open until 3/29. Submit at www.comicartsmaineportland.com/smores-award!
The BOSTON COMICS IN COLOR FESTIVAL is a few weeks away!
Get your FREE tickets today to come join the fun!
#BCICF2026
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This month's newsletter giveaway comes from @bulgilhanpress.com! Bulgilhan Press is "a home for distinct, self-indulgent comics by cartoonists with voice & vision"
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To learn more about the Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day and how you can get involved visit: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/mass-fr...
Tomorrow is Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day at the State House and online! At 12:30pm, go to @nosycrowus.bsky.social's instagram to watch the press briefing on Instagram Live! Nosy Crow is an award-winning children’s publisher based in MA and member of the Mass Freedom to Read coalition.
Email your MA representatives to ask them to support An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594): act.pen.org/a/mass-actio...
Tune into the press conference through the Mass Freedom to Read's Instagram Live Tuesday, March 10th at 12:30pm
Join us online on 3/10 for Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day! Coalition members will gather at the State House in Boston and virtually. We will be meeting with legislators in support of An Act Regarding Free Expression, talking about book bands, and holding a press conference to spread the word.
In celebration of Eisner Week, Steve Weiner and Dan Mazur, the creators of WILL EISNER: A COMICS BIOGRAPHY will speak at the Maynard Public Library on Thurs. 3/5 at 7pm!
Learn more at: maynardpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/boo...
Due to the snow, this event has been postponed. More details about the reschedule to come!
I love weird little guys. Here’s the full art for the @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social ALYAC comics fest :)
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We hope you can join us on 3/3 for a panel with the @bpl.boston.gov and the Women's National Book Association teaching comics creators about what literary agents do, how they work with authors and publishers, and why it's important to have one. Sign up at bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/69963...
On Monday 3/2 Picture + Panel explores censorship and banned books with Jarrett Dapier and Joel Christian Gill.
Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/picture-panel-freedom-to-read
Join us at the Woburn Public Library for a panel discussion featuring the best and brightest upcoming Black comics creators in the Boston area! Brittney Bourne, Ingrid Pierre, and Gabriel Joy Reid will talk about their work in a conversation moderated by Cagen Luse!
Registration link below!
Attendee registration: tinyurl.com/apl-alyac202...
Young artist table application: tinyurl.com/apl-alyac202...
Back again this year: Ashland Library Young Artists Comics fest! If you know any young artists, encourage them to apply for their own table to sell their work! And if you want to support young artists, register to attend! Registration links below!
On Monday 2/2, Picture + Panel serves up a conversation about food and family with Robert Mgrdich Apelian and Shaina Lu. Deborah Norkin, Pangyrus Food Writing Editor, will moderate. Register for free at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-detail...
Come together to share the practice of creating comics every hour of the day. Join a panel of local cartoonists Damian Alexander, Caroline Hu, and Sanika Phawde in a discussion moderated by educator and comics-maker Jerel Dye.
Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/hourly-comics-day-2026
To enter and win comics from this unique publisher, sign up for the BCAF newsletter at: bostoncomicarts.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
January's newsletter giveaway comes from Frog Farm! Frog Farm is a small press comics publisher that also hosts regular comic reading and animation screening events in Brooklyn. They print and hand make all their comics, and they are always funny and weird worldbuilding stories. Entry details below!
Tomorrow! Register at: www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-detail...
On 1/5 at 7pm, Picture + Panel confronts the weight of loss with Tom Hart and Jesse Mechanic. Discussing two beautiful graphic memoirs, we explore how comics can transform unspeakable loss into art that remains. Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-detail...
It's been amazing year for comics: great Picture + Panel discussions, our first citywide read, and more incredible festivals, workshops, and talks than can fit into one post. To help us put on more events, support creators, and nurture future artists, consider donating www.bostoncomicarts.org/donate
Graphic novels, despite building bridges of understanding, are disproportionately targeted for censorship. Boldly state that you read banned comics in this t-shirt designed by MA-based illustrator Ellen T. Crenshaw. Get yours at www.bonfire.com/34i-read-banned-comics34-fundraiser/
An Evening with Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Today at 5:30 pm, we're hosting @studiojjk.bsky.social at @countwaylibrary.bsky.social (w/ @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social and @massmice.bsky.social)!
Free and open to the public - we just ask that you register ASAP:
libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15798349
$50 becomes $100! We’ve received generous pledges to match up to $2000. Give today to make a real impact on our work and the comics community.
Thank you for your support, and I look forward to seeing you this December!
In comics,
Shelli Paroline"