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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 23h

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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!

A poster for the Comics Reading Roundabout designed to look like a traffic circle with road signs. The date reads Oct. 11 and the time reads 1:30pm-3:30pm at Just Book-ish at 1463 Dorchester Ave. Dorchester MA. The featured comics creators are LJ Baptiste, Sadie Saunders, Catalina Rufin, and Bryce Davidson.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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 !

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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"!

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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!

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"We've seen many people find connection and support through comics over the decades. What BCAF is doing here, I'm thrilled to say, actively demonstrates that to be true: We support each other, and we take strength in trying to lift each other up." www.bostoncomicarts.org/lightning

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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!

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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.

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ComicBuzz @comicbuzz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Announcing BCAF's Lightning Grants to Massachusetts Cartoonists comicbuzz.com/announcing-b... @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social @bpl.boston.gov #comics #comicbooks

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ComicBuzz @comicbuzz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

BCAF Presents: Boston Reads Comics comicbuzz.com/bcaf-present... @raulthethird.bsky.social @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social @bpl.boston.gov #comics #comicbooks

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If you live in Massachusetts and have previously applied to any BCAF festival, we encourage you to apply at www.bostoncomicarts.org/lightning

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Lightning Grants | BCAF

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Let us pay for that software subscription, printing costs, a phone bill, or supplies for your next project, so you can get back to focusing on your work. No lengthy review cycles, no complicated process — just fast, direct support for the comic artists who make this community what it is.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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!

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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

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

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Graphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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!

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Luna Moth Zine Fest @lunamothzinefest.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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!

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.

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Boston Comics in Color Festival (BCICF) @comicsncolor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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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BCICF 2025 Promo

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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=...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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Protect the Freedom to Read in Massachusetts!

The Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee is currently reviewing a bill that will protect against book bans in public schools and libraries and we need your help ensuring it passes!

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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.

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Due to the snow, this event has been postponed. More details about the reschedule to come!

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Vero Stewart @kineticradio.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I love weird little guys. Here’s the full art for the @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social ALYAC comics fest :) #comics #libraries

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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...

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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

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Boston Comic Arts Foundation @bostoncomicarts.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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!

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