This Monday eve I’ll be in Somerville MA for a PICTURE + PANEL conversation together with Leah Hayes, sharing our graphic novel THE SHADOWER @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Thanks to @smashpages.bsky.social for the interview smashpages.net/2026/10/27/p... free event. info: @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social

Picture + Panel | Maria Hoey + Leah Hayes on Losing Your Self

The creators discuss identity, artistic reinvention and the ways we define ourselves.

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Join us and All She Wrote Books @allshewrotebks.bsky.social to welcome author and journalist Camila Kerwin to celebrate the release of her debut book, Soft Targets on 11/5 at 7pm. Camila will be in conversation with cartoonist and historian Joel Christian Gill @joelchristiangill.bsky.social

What has BCAF been up to? A lot! Celebrating the Freedom to Read act, enjoying listening to LJ Baptiste, Sadie Saunders, (and more!) at the Comics Reading Roundabout, and tabling at IC3 and Watertown Zine Fest, and more! We hope we'll see you for the next Picture + Panel, Comics Roundabout and MICE!

Come join us for a screening of the PERSEPOLIS movie on Monday, 11/23, at 6:30pm at @brattletheatre.bsky.social followed by a discussion with Liz France and Tom Hart about comics in Iran today!!! @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social #animatedmovie

Looking forward to November 2nd’s Picture + Panel evening in Boston: LOSING YOURSELF hosted by @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social | see all the details below

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Don't miss Boston Comic Arts Foundation's Picture + Panel series featuring Leah Hayes and Maria Hoey: they'll be discussing identity and the selves we inhabit with Readercon's Rae Borman at the Boston Figurative Arts Center on 11/2 at 7:00 pm! RSVP at https://ow.ly/gogo50ZZ5HS. Peter + Maria Hoey

Hope to see you at Watertown Zine Fest tomorrow! Check out the full day's activities at www.watertownlib.org/watertown-zi... @watertownpublib.bsky.social

November's Picture + Panel explores identity, and finding and losing yourself, with Leah Hayes (Identical) and Maria Hoey (The Shadower). Rae Borman (Readercon) will moderate. Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-details/picture-panel-losing-your-self

The Comics Reading Roundabout is a monthly live-reading series that brings fantastic graphic novel creators to the Greater Boston area as well as features local authors from around the Boston Area! This Sunday 10/11, we hear from LJ Baptiste, Sadie Saunders, Catalina Rufin, and Bryce Davidson!

October's Picture + Panel explores "Between Places" with Ben Hatke (@benhatke.bsky.social) and Lily Kim Qian. Register at www.bostoncomicarts.org/event-detail...

Calmer Con @calmerconboston.bsky.social is this Saturday, 9/12! It's all the fun of a con--cosplay, an artist's alley, presentations, and workshops--in a sensory-friendly environment! Register at www.calmercon.org Hope we see you there!

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We love this piece from our artist-in-residence A. Krieg from July's Picture + Panel, "Seeing Japan" with @abbydenson.bsky.social and @mattloux.bsky.social !

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"!

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