Inbound 4, it's here!

Our comic book history of Boston is finally out! 141 pages of Boston history shenanigans. Get it at various comic book stores in and around Boston, or order it online: http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com/
(Cover by Shelli Paroline)

Copenhagen

Line's First Minicomic

So here it is, finally, my first minicomic! I spent the whole weekend in front of Photoshop and at my local Kinko's. Some lessons I learned in the process:
-Plan ahead and don't leave the paper purchasing until the last minute. In the end I had to go with cheap, plain white instead of the thick, wonderful eggshell I had envisioned. And don't count on your local paper store (in this case, Paper Source on Beacon Street in Brookline) for paper. They didn't carry any 11x17 paper (but they had plenty of ideas on how to decorate cupcakes and at least two books about poop...)
-On Sundays you can have the Kinkos store (also on Beacon Street) practically all to yourself. And it is possible to make 27 copies in the course of a weekend (assuming the art is already done), but you have to send the spouse and the kids out of town so they don't have to listen to all the cursing and swearing...

The mermaid Page

This is the first page of the mini comic that I am scrambling to assemble (in time for the Holiday fairs around the city). This page took me a lot longer than the others to draw, because of all the detail.

More From the Sketchbook

One More Page to Go...

Some pages I have been working on lately...I have one more page to go before assembling the minicomic. I look forward to drawing the last page, but dread the photoshopping, printing out, copying, stapling, trying & failing & trying again...

Pre-order Now...Just in Time for the Holidays!

Pre-order your copy(ies) of our awesome comic book anthology, where all the stories feature some part of Boston's history! If you pre-order now, Santa will be very pleased to see that you helped out in our publishing process and provide you with lots of extra presents. If you don't believe in Santa, at least you'll earn brownie-points with grateful cartoonists, struggling to cover their printing costs...and think of all the happy relatives who will be so delighted to find out that they have been given a copy of Boston Comics Roundtable's Inbound # 4 for (insert name of holiday here) this year! Priceless ($12, plus shipping, actually)! Order here:

http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com/inbound-4/

For a little sneak-preview, check out this radio drama-version of Cathy Leamy's contribution to the book, posted on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmBYYGW0FbA

On the radio!

If you are in the Boston area, listen to WBUR (90.9) at 1.00pm today or tomorrow! They'll be talking about our upcoming anthology, Inbound #4 (which will be out in December). Included is a radio drama version of Cathy Leamy's contribution to the book. Check out the youtube link on that, it's really neat!

http://www.radioboston.org/stories/2009/10/21/boston-the-comic-book/

Still on First Page: Ink, Pencil & Water Color

Minicomic: A Work in Progress

The first stages of a minicomic that I am working on. It will include three stories, the first a translation of a poem I wrote in Norwegian and published in a writer's collective anthology: Fra board til Baard

I have good quality paper (Bristol board), ink and nibs (and thanks to Dave M's demonstration at last week's Boston Comics Roundtable meeting, I know how to use them :-)

All I need now is some time, a bit of energy and lots of coffee.

The Dark Side of my Sketchbook

Coming soon: Inbound # 4, fourth anthology from Boston Comics Roundtable. My contribution below: