#HellboundV Party Welcomes New Sponsors!

Boston, October 2014 - River Bird Comics and the Boston Comics Roundtable, in celebration of their new Hellbound V: End of Comics anthology, will be hosting a launch party. Free and open to the public, the party will be Thursday October 30th at the Cambridge Historical Society’s Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, at 159 Brattle Street.  Festivities will run from 6 to 9 pm.

With additional sponsorship from Million Year Picnic and the Cambridge Art Society, the party will feature a costume contest with prizes, Sketch Fights, complementary refreshments, and a chance to meet local comics creators.  Costumes are encouraged, but not required.  

Created in 2006, the Boston Comics Roundtable is a collective of comics creators in the Greater Boston area. Its mission: to network, teach, workshop, encourage, and publish the best and brightest artists and writers in the creation of comics.

For our Facebook Event visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1480757102199316/

For more details, and to learn more about the Boston Comics Roundtable, visit www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com.  

And this is our official poster, please let us know if you require a higher resolution version.

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Dig This: Hellbound 2

This week's Weekly Dig  recommends or latest issue on their Dig This  section. While we appreciate the inclusion on the issue before tomorrow's Boston Comic Con there is a few bits of information that may not be completely accurate. I think Bill had in mind our Art Edition when he wrote the review, which has been out since last Halloween. We will be releasing our "Regular" Edition this weekend at the convention floor, and next week to local stores. Our Editor was Jesse Lonergan (but I encourage everyone to call him Jess from now on) and the new edition is being published by Ninth Art Press. However all the praise and compliments are 100% accurate and we appreciate them very much.

Ansis Purins

Today, writer and artist Ansis Purins is spending a little time at the Hellbound blog to discuss horror and his story, Zombre.

The Bloody Curse of Sara Good by Nathan Kitler

Nathan Kitler closes out Hellbound with the quintessential New England story of fear and death: the Salam Witch Trials. Was the ironically named Sara Good unjustly targeted because she was poor and ungrateful? Or did she curse those townsfolk who failed to remain in her favor? Was Reverend Nicolas Noyes a just man, a servant of God, when he investigated the claims against her? Or did he succumb to an intolerant and fearful mob and saw evil where there was none?

Do you want me to tell you? Are you sure? Nathan went to a lot of effort. He did an excellent job. Trust me, it’s bloody good! (Come on, it had be written! You would have done the same!)

About the creator:

Nathan originated in the spooky suburbs of Connecticut, drawing cartoons and illustrating greeting cards. He later surfaced at Wheaton College, where he made editiorial cartoons for the student newspaper.
He currently resides in Somerville, MA, and can be spotted at gatherings of the Boston Comics Roundtable. Investigate further at nathankitler.blogspot.com.

The Tale of Jonathan Moulton, the Yankee Faust by Jim Roldan

Men like New Hampshire native Jonathan Moulton made American great. They were the founding capitalists, harnessing their entrepreneurial spirit to build cities out of wilderness. Okay, so Jonathan might have sold his spirit to Satan and betrayed his first wife on her deathbed to finance his goal: a really nice home. A haunted and cursed home to this day but it’s still standing! In the long run, isn’t that what really matters? Isn’t that the American Dream?

About the creator:

Born in New York City; spent the latter part of my wonder years in New Hampshire. My first memorable childhood gift was a box of 64 Crayola crayons (with the built-in sharpener). As a kid I always drew: cartoon characters, animals, comic book heroes, dinosaurs, spaceships-all the good stuff! Ignoring the concerned looks on my parents’ faces I eventually went to an art school, the Rhode Island School of Design, and graduated with a BFA degree in Illustration. After a few years of working in a graphic design studio in New Hampshire, I started my own business illustrating ads, logos, magazines, newspapers, posters, books and the occasional cartoon character, spaceship or comic book hero. I live and work in East Hampstead, NH in a house I share with my wife, two cats and a couple of hedgehogs. As an excuse to get out of the house I help run the New Hampshire Creative Club, a nonprofit organization that caters to area creative professionals. I also teach illustration part time, which allows me to mess with minds younger and even stranger than my own. http://jimroldan.com/

Manifest Destiny New Hampshire by Aaron Drew

April 20, 2010, 9:56 PM CDT.

28°44′12″N 88°21′58″W / 28.736628°N 88.365997°W / 28.736628; -88.365997

No, I’m sure it won’t happen again. How could it? We never make the same mistakes twice…

About the creator:
I think and create as a mode of scrutinizing my own existence and how I may or may not be a part of the world around me. I work in different media as a means of serving diverse issues, connecting the various materials and treatments to my thoughts as they shift and summate. I am interested in relationships from the microcosm to the macrocosm; my work is witness to the interconnectedness of personal and global perspectives. I view these issues as being same where the concept of “sameness” is the key to solutions; dwelling on differences leads to further segregation and isolation with no clear end in site.Aaron Drew

The Legend of Mount Chocorua by Mark W. Slater

Within the White Mountains of New Hampshire, stands Mount Chocorua. Its bare summit, a popular destination of hikers is more than a vacation spot. It’s a place of hatred and vengeance, of a final confrontation. Centuries past, the lives of two men, friends and fathers, are torn apart due to a tragic accident. Happiness and harmony are overcome by death and violence. Mount Chocorua is its legacy.

About the creator:

Birthed in Illinois, Bred in Utah, balanced with mid-west and western upbringing. Has varied education from Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Design (Dover, NJ) to Bachelor of Art Degree from Utah State University (Logan,UT)
Since completing school in the early 21st Century he has been using his acquired skills to enhance his extensive and continuous life experiences and traveling habits.

More at  http://www.naturallinestudio.com

The Pukwudgie by C. Ché Salazar and Andrew Abbott

“Pukwudgie.”

“Puk! Wudgie!”

“PU-PU-PU-UUUUK! wudgie.”

“puk. WUUUUUDGIEEEEEE!”

“Pukwudgiepukwudgiepukwudgiepukwudgiepukwudgiepukwudgiepukwudgie.”

“What fun word! Pukwudgie. I wonder what it means… Puck*wud*gee- (noun) 1. From Native American, folklore a two or three foot tall troll-like being from Cape Cod area. Pukwudgies’ features resemble those of a human, but with enlarged nose, fingers, and ears. Their skin is described as being grey, smooth, and at times has been know to glow. They are notorious tricksters and are never to be trusted!!”

“Crud! Er… Sorry Mr. Pukwudgie. No hard feelings, right? Heh, right?”

About the creators:

Ché Salazar is from the South Shore of Massachusetts, and grew up with the book The Good Giants and the Bad Pukwudgies. His comics have appeared in The First Transmission of the MCC, The Ska-Vengers, and Inbound 4 : A Comic Book History of Boston. He will be launching his webcomics platform, www.production3c.com, sometime in November.

Andrew Abbott is a local illustrator and animator who graduated from the Art Institute of Boston. He is originally from Annapolis, MD but moved up to the Allston/ Brighton area after graduating. He works at the Million Year Picnic Comic Book Shop in Harvard Square surrounded by one of his true loves, comic books. He also loves cheesy horror movies and counts them as one of the great influences in his work. Andrew has collaborated with Ché Salazar on a couple projects including Hellbound, and looks forward to future collaborations. Andrew's other work includes the minicomic Boston Gastronauts in NYTV Blues, his webcomic The Box, and his children’s book Danny the Dung Beetle. If you liked what you saw in Hellbound more of Andrew's work can be found at http://www.theabbsman.com.

Faking It by Lindsay Moore, Matt Stumpf, and Charles Schneeflock Snow

How do you stand another day in the cube farm? The boss who is never around except to torture you with his inane comments and demands. The recent college grad to your right who babbles incessantly about the PGA; that kid doesn’t have enough hair on his chin to be so cavalier about his job. And the coffee sucks! What good is it being free if it’s not worth drinking?

You need to be your own boss! Make your own hours and drink the coffee you like! Private detective, yes, that’s it! Solving mysteries and righting wrongs; stake outs, car chases, and saving day! That’s the life you’re seeking… Or the death you’re not.

About the creators:

Lindsay Moore and Matt Stumpf were, at one point, private detectives. When not out fighting crime, they enjoy writing about it. You can enjoy Lindsay's Vlog at The Fan Fiction Critic.

Charles Schneeflock Snow is the creator of the web comic Sordid City Blues. His comics have also appeared in the anthologies Inbound and Secrets and Lies. He lives in Somerville, MA.

A Haunting at Boston University by Joel Christian Gill

With undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs offered through its 17 schools and colleges and more than 250 fields of study, Boston University is the fourth-largest independent, nonprofit university in the United States. The combined student body averages at 32,000 with a faculty of 2,600, a student/faculty ratio15:1, and a class size of 27. Current and past instructors include Nobel Prize winners, a U.S. Poet Laureate, a two-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, a National Book Award winner, and a winner of the Broderick Award for Excellence in Research. In addition, B.U. offers 23 athletics programs and nearly 500 student organizations And one ghost. Yes, you read that correctly. If you don’t believe me, read it again. One ghost.

About the creator:

Joel Christian Gill is the founder, CEO, exclusive board member, sole shareholder, administrative assistant, mailroom clerk, director of development, doorman, elevator operator and janitor of StrangeFruit Comics. He is also the Chair of the Foundations Department at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, in Manchester New Hampshire where he lives ( not at the Institute, but in the city) with his wife, three daughters, one son. He is not currently in a bad mood."

Dogtown by Nathan Boucher

Tired of Cape? The crowded roads and beaches; tourist with their ice coffees and screeching children; chewing on salt water taffy and smearing fried clam grease on every door handle possible. Yes, it’s important for the local economy but as Massachusetts resident, where to do you go for a vacation from them? How about Dogtown? Cape Anne’s hidden gem has a historic history of wild dogs, suicides, outcasts, pirate treasure, hiking, inspirational boulder carvings, and witch queens. Tell them Thomazine Younger sent you! (It’s a sign of respect. You’ll still need to pay her toll. Everyone pays the toll… one way or the other.)

About the creator:

Nathan Boucher grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts so as a child he drew on aluminum siding with ball point pens. As an adult he jumped around, landed in Fairbanks, Alaska doing comics for the Fairbanks Square, and finally bounced back to Allston, MA to stay close to family. He also illustrates album covers for P-Funk band member Danny Bedrosian and the Secret Army. He likes watching C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate and his milk steak boiled over hard. This is his first spooky story but will not be his last... muhahaha! More of his work can be found at www.pushevolve.com

It Crawled From the Swamp by Nik Gulacsik

It craved and stalked at will; breeding fear and mayhem in its murderous wake. For weeks, the residents of Abington, Massachusetts knew no peace. They nervously watched the nearby Hockomock Swamp wondering what role it played in their nightmares. Would the horror ever end?

About the creator:
 Nikolaus Gulacsik was probably born on December 17, 1980 at Boone County General Hospital in Booneville, Missouri. We say probably due to the consistent presence of forged and dubious documentation among his immediate family. His parents were believed spies of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. They met a suspicious end in a car accident in 1984, leaving their child to the American foster care system. Nikolaus grew up in Michigan, Florida, Kansas and Pennsylvania. He began drawing comics during one of many stays in juvenile detention facilities as an adolescent. A persistent Gulacsik got his GED in 1999 and enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned degrees in English Literature and Philosophy, graduating in 2003. Since moving to Boston sometime during 2004, he has been consistently involved in making art and living dangerously. At the time of producing "It Crawled from the Swamp", he was employed by R. Dalton and Son's Shipping. Believed to be a front for arms smugglers, the company is no longer operational. He has no known address. His work can be viewed at www.gulacsik.com

Sweet Dreams by Jesse Lonergan

Whether we want to or not, we’ve all been there. We can’t help remember when our bedroom, our haven away from all our fears, betrays us. It allows the night to creep in and darkness does not travel alone. Something hides within it. Cloaked, it peers out from the closet and waits. Hunger, claws, and fangs ready for sleep to overtake you. Or fear. Whatever you give into first. Poor Kevin, now it’s his turn. And you know that you can’t turn away. Go ahead. Read.

About the creator:
Jesse Lonergan (Jessus lonerganorius) is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. Jesse Lonergan is widely distributed throughout North America, but is primarily found in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts. He is the state bird of California, Illinois, and Vermont and has seven subspecies all of which reside exclusively in his own mind. His diet consists of invertebrates (such as beetle grubs and caterpillars) and he is one of the first bird species to draw comic books, beginning to illustrate shortly after hatching. His nest consists of long coarse grass, pens, pencils, erasers, P.G. Wodehouse books, a baseball glove, a guitar, twigs, paper, and feathers.
You can read some of his comics or enjoy his dancing superheroes at http://jesselonergan.blogspot.com/

Lady in Black by Line O

Among the 34 islands that make up the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area lies Georges Island, home of Fort Warren; a structure that served as a prison for Confederate officers during the Civil War. Learn of the story that rivals anything Shakespeare penned: an incarcerated officer, the love of his life, a daring escape, a showdown, and a haunting that refuses to die. Experience the history now before Hollywood makes the Lady in Pink 3-D staring Miley Cyrus. (That’s not joke. I read it on the interweb. Don’t believe me, look it up… If you dare!)

About the creator:

Line O was a Lady in Black during the height of the gloomy 1980’s Copenhagen Goth scene, and has probably scared a person or two. Italian painter, Vittoriano Delgado tried in vain to teach her about fine arts, but during the time in which she was supposed to study Picasso’s genius, Line drew underground comics that largely revolved around drugs, sex and Dead Kennedys. In the 1990’s she moved back to her native Norway to study the more marketable subjects of philosophy and English literature, until a tall, handsome American lured her away to his native New England in 2000. She eventually stumbled upon the Boston Comics Roundtable, and surrounded by all the creative energy of this group, she dusted off her old nib pens and resumed her interest in making comics. Line has contributed to BCR’s anthology, Inbound, and currently works on a variety of creative projects. You can check out some of her shenanigans at http://outoflinecomics.blogspot.com, and can contact her at outoflinecomics@gmail.com

A House with a Past by E.J. Barnes

Boston is a city of history but not all history finds it way into text books or Duck Tours. In a state synonymous with witch burnings and 86 year old curses, writer and artist E.J. Barnes investigates the questionable ancestry of a Massachusetts home. Did the previous owners engage in highly questionable practices? Were they demonic or pharmaceutical in nature? With the housing market being such a beast, they should have just said no.

About the creator:

E. J. Barnes is a comic writer and artist, painter, gag and political cartoonist, and animator. Her cartoons have appeared in Funny Times and Fortean Times. In 2009 she received an award from the New England Newspaper and Press Association for illustration work she did for the (Greenfield, MA) Recorder. Her comic work includes Blaster Al Ackerman's Tales of the Ling Master, an adaptation of the short stories of humorist "Blaster" Al Ackerman. She collaborated with Patrick Flaherty on a short comic piece for the Boston Comics Roundtable's anthology Inbound #5. She lives in Cambridge and has experienced nothing supernatural in her current residence.
http://www.ejbarnes.com/

Evil Clowns of Boston by Eric Boeker

I wasn’t the original blogger asked to review this story. The first one claimed he wouldn’t lower himself to even read a story featuring clowns. He was loud about it; didn’t care if Eric knew. Yeah, that was a wise move. We haven’t seen or heard from him since.
I, on the other hand, know better. Read Eric’s story. Tell him you love it. Give him money in appreciation. It’s for your own good. Trust me. You don’t want to make Eric angry. He knows clowns; lots of them. AND they’re very NICE people. Not EVIL at all and you would be a fool and an idiot to think otherwise. The clowns are very fond of Eric. They listen to him.

About the creator:

Ever since he can remember, Eric Boeker has wanted to grow up to be a cartoonist, which is why he (like all other aspiring cartoonists) studied German Literature and grew up to be an engineer. Thanks to the recent zombie invasion in corporate America, he has finally found an outlet for his repressed cartoonist tendencies. He documents the trials and tribulations of the ever-growing, Generation-X, coffeehouse-loving, zombie horde in the "Commute of the Living Dead".
e-mail: eboeker@aol.com
web: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eboeker/

What Really Happened to Betty and Barney Hill by Dan Mazur

I know what you’re thinking and it’s not what happened to Betty and Barney Hill, but who are Betty and Barney Hill? “I don’t know any Betty and Barney Hill.” But you do! Before there was Roy Neary’s mad trek to Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, there was Betty and Barney Hill fateful drive home through northern New Hampshire. What began as innocent vacation lead to two lost hours that will for ever change how we look at the night sky and those stars that seem… to be following us… as we drive. Why settle for Spielberg’s made up close encounters when you can witness the real thing!

About the creator:

Dan Mazur grew up in and still lives in Cambridge Massachusetts, interrupted by a 23-year visit to Los Angeles, which he sometimes considers "missing time." He writes, draws comics, and is available for alien abductions.
His strip "Canyon Comics" ran in the Topanga Messenger for 5 years, and his comics have appeared in the anthologies Inbound (which he also co-edits), Outbound and I Saw You. He is the creator of the webcomic, "Palindramas.
Web: www.danmazurcomics.com