It's always a treat to look back on Picture + Panel through the art of our artist in residence A. Krieg! This piece is from May's panel "Love Stories"!
Boston Comic Arts Foundation
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At BCAF, we believe in the power of comics to inspire, educate, and bring people together. That's why we help promote spaces for both creators and readers to find one another, exchange ideas, and grow as a community.
BCAF is pleased to shine a spotlight on one of our amazing volunteers Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social! Get to know Caroline and what she does for us in this little Q&A!
Mass Cartoonists, there's six days left to apply for a Lightning Grant! (www.bostoncomicarts.org/lightning) Of the program, BCAF Grant Program Coordinator A. David Lewis writes...
It's a comics-filled Saturday! Tomorrow, join BCAF for a public drawing meetup inspired by the practice of this year's Boston Reads Comics creator, Raúl the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social and then head on into the BPL for Raúl's talk!
On Sunday July 12th, make your own comics at the MFA in this drop-in workshop with esteemed local author Raúl the Third! Inspired by his graphic novel The Snips, create comic book characters and send them out on an adventure. This event is part of the Boston Reads Comics program.
Announcing BCAF's Lightning Grants to Massachusetts Cartoonists comicbuzz.com/announcing-b... @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social @bpl.boston.gov #comics #comicbooks
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Massachusetts cartoonists: if a professional expense is standing in your way, BCAF wants to help you keep moving! We're launching Lightning Grants — six microgrants of $250 designed to get money into creators' hands quickly and without red tape.
We're thrilled to be part of the Boston Children's Museum Juneteenth Celebration! At 1pm tomorrow, in a collaborative live-drawing program, local comics creators Cagen Luce, Brittney Bourne, and Joy Reid create art to share their own stories — with help from the audience!
In July's Picture + Panel, Abby Denson @abbydenson.bsky.social and Matt Loux @mattloux.bsky.social explore Japan through an outsider's eyes. Join us for a conversation about travel, fandom, and curiosity. Omega Au, Convention Chair of Anime Boston 2026, will moderate.
Hey, Western Mass! Kick off summer on 6/22 with a talk from award winning graphic novelist Jarrett Krosoczka @studiojjk.bsky.social about his journey as a writer and artist! Register for FREE at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/sunderland-talks-comics-with-jarrett-j-krosoczka
Young participants will be guided through the process of creating a zine to express their own revolutionary ideas by local comics creator Jerel Dye ( @jereldye.bsky.social ) This workshop aims to provide participants with the opportunity to put their ideas on paper and share them through a zine.
This Sunday, as part of @icaboston.bsky.social Play Date, free family art days, Raúl the Third (@raulthethird.bsky.social) will talk about he creates his graphic novels, draw live, and answer questions about being an artist! Raúl's book THE SNIPS is this year's Boston Reads Comics selection.
June's Picture + Panel (6/1 at 7pm) explores queer bodies and medical autonomy with Jared Sarnie and Violet Kitchen. Noah Glick from Fenway Health will moderate. Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-detail...
This National Library Week, BCAF stands with the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition in support of H.3594. H.3594 protects students, supports librarians, and ensures access to diverse perspectives in our schools and libraries against censorship efforts. Show support: act.pen.org/a/mass-action-alert-h3594
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...
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
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
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 youtu.be/JKEvFlHo1cM?...
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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" Enter the giveaway at docs.google.com/forms/d/1WaW... Sign up for our newsletter at bostoncomicarts.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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.
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!
Boston Comic Arts Foundation@bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 6mo agoJoin 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!
I love weird little guys. Here’s the full art for the @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social ALYAC comics fest :) #comics #libraries
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!