Tuesday, June 20

Last Update!

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This blog will probably not be updated any time in the future.
I have moved on to other platforms, where ever there is social media you can probably find us.
The main sites are up top. I will include an extensive list after the break of all active sites and published work. Thank you for following this site all those years, let me know if you have any questions.

- Roho

Wednesday, May 25

The Midnight Oil #1




The first Issue of the newest Boston Comics Roundtable anthology is out.
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You can get a FREE copy today at CCCAF at the Cambridge Main Library,
at Million Year Picnic for Free Comic Book Day or any of the other locations on our live map.

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Thursday, October 15

THIRTEEN by Roho


An existential western comics about rage, life and the origins of consciousness.
This is the second title on the "Moody Melodies" Series that started with the minicomic titled "El Oso".

3x6 inches. Monotone Risograph on Newsprint. Stamped Cover.

ART & STORY by Roho.
Inspired by the song "Thirteen" by Glenn Danzig as performed by Johnny Cash.

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Friday, October 31

Hellbound V: End of Comics


Hellbound V: End of Comics

River Bird Comics

by The Boston Comics Roundtable

Edited by Stephen Cartisano

48+foldouts pages ~ $10 | Risograph 2 colors. | 9x5 inches

What is the end for you? sometimes is death sometimes is the end of a bad relationship, sometimes is just running out of rope. Hellbound V is the end of the Hellbound series with a small set of stories that will take you over the edge. Mature readers only. Returning contributors include Dan Mazur (Comics: A Global History), Ellen T. Crenshaw (Nobodies Volume II, Womanthology), Alison Burke and Tara Harris (A.R.R.O.), Patrick Flaherty, E.J. Barnes (Tales of the Ling, An Invitation to the World of Luisa Felix), and Clayton McCormack (Dead Meat, Heavy Metal Magazine). Joining them for the first time on this volume are Gary Bonesteel (Killer Ink Comics), Ben Doane (Subcultures), and Brenton Barnes (Bartkira, Mister Reusch’s Black and White Illustration Book).

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Monday, September 22

Hellbound V: Press Release


Hellbound V: End of Comics Marks the End of an Era


BOSTON, September 22 - The Boston Comics Roundtable, in conjunction with River Bird Comics, is pleased to announce the publication of Hellbound V: End of Comics. Aptly themed, this will be the final installment in a series of original horror comics anthologies from some of Boston’s most celebrated creators. No fear or phobia will be left unprovoked. 

Debuting on October 4th at the fifth annual Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE), Hellbound V will also be available at select local comics shops and conventions. This limited edition, 9 by 5 inch, two-tone Risograph printed run, geared toward “Mature Readers”, will feature seven stories and two fold-out pages, boasting a roster of familiar names and new contributors, alike. 

Hellbound series creator Roho will resume his role as designer and publisher. Stephen Cartisano, who has had a hand in every Hellbound release since the New England Art Award nominated Volume II: Box of Evil, returns as Editor. Returning contributors include Dan Mazur (Comics: A Global History), Ellen T. Crenshaw (Nobodies Volume II, Womanthology), Alison Burke and Tara Harris (A.R.R.O.), Patrick FlahertyE.J. Barnes (Tales of the Ling, An Invitation to the World of Luisa Felix), and Clayton McCormack (Dead Meat, Heavy Metal Magazine). Joining them for the first time on this volume are Gary Bonesteel (Killer Ink Comics), Ben Doane (Subcultures), and Brenton Barnes (Bartkira, Mister Reusch’s Black and White Illustration Book).

The Hellbound series has received much critical acclaim, having grown “increasingly stylish in presentation,” according to Rob Clough of High-Low. Katy England, of The Maine Edge, deemed Volume IV: GULP! to be “well worth adding to any collection,” while Brigid Alverson of Robot 6 marveled at the “impressive craftsmanship” contained within its pages. 

Featuring illustrations by Dan Moynihan (Nickelodeon Magazine, Heeby Jeeby Comix), and up and comer Jerel Dye(Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, Pigs Might Fly), Hellbound V: End of Comics promises to end the series with a bang... and perhaps some whimpering, too.

For additional information about this edition and upcoming events, please visit http://hellbound.riverbirdcomics.com.
For any inquiries or to solicit a preview copy please contact hellbound@riverbirdcomics.com

Pre-Order Hellbound V here!

Tuesday, September 24

Gulp! a monster comics anthology for KIDS!




BOSTON, September 24—The Boston Comics Roundtable, in partnership with River Bird Comics, is pleased to announce the publication of GULP!, an all-ages anthology. GULP! will debut on September 28 at the fourth annual Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE http://www.micexpo.org), and be available at select comics shops in the region. The editorial team for GULP! includes the creators of Heeby Jeeby Comix (http://heebyjeebycomix.blogspot.com) and cartoonists on Nickelodeon Magazine, Bob Flynn and Dan Moynihan. This volume was designed and produced by Roho, owner/publisher of River Bird Comics and creator of Hellbound.

GULP! features eleven funny and spooky stories geared towards children of all ages. Tales are by some of New England’s best artists and writers featuring co-editor Dan Moynihan, Rachel Dukes, Owen Heitmann, Clay McCormack, John Lechner, Ansis Purins, Jef Czekaj, Michael Lee Harris, Greg Cook, Eric Boeker with Dirk Tiede, and Hellbound III editor Jerel Dye. Collectively, they have created over a dozen children’s books such as A Froggy Fable, The Clever Stick, A Call for a New Alphabet, and Cat Secrets. In addition, their work has appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, Candlewick Press, BOOM! Studios, First Second Books, ARGH! Comics, the Boston Children’s Museum, FableVision Studios, Walt Disney Television, and Cartoon Network.

The Boston Comics Roundtable’s annual Hellbound collections have won the praise of many comics critics. Roz Young at Sequential Tart called Hellbound II “a wonderful set of frighteningly fiendish stories.” Brigid Alverson at Robot 6 wrote, “The craftsmanship in this volume is impressive.” Jen Vaughn of the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont called the collection “perfect for the horror fan.” Hellbound II was nominated for a New England Art Award in the category of best book.

GULP! is the fourth book of the Hellbound Horror Anthology Series. This edition features 52 pages of risograph blue and orange art on a stapled 6.5” x 5” landscape comic with a cover designed and drawn by co-editor, Bob Flynn. The price is $15.00 and is a limited edition of 100 copies. For additional information about the first edition and upcoming events go to http://hellbound.riverbirdcomics.com for a preview visit http://gulp.riverbirdcomics.com

ABOUT THE BOSTON COMICS ROUNDTABLE

The Boston Comics Roundtable draws local cartoonists and writers to collaborate, workshop and socialize since 2006. BCR publishes Inbound, an anthology of Boston-area independent comics, Outbound, a science-fiction comics anthology and Hellbound, the horror comics anthology, for more info visit http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com. Also guided by Dan Mazur’s Ninth Art Press the educational anthology Show and Tell, the novelty tales collection The Greatest of All Time Anthology and the local comics superhero anthology, In a Single Bound. Visit http://www.ninthartpress.com for more information

Follow the link to a Gallery of the printed book, if you are interested in reading the book for reviewing purposes please contact

hellbound@riverbirdcomics.com thanks.

Friday, January 18

POST: Submission Guidelines


POST

  • Would you survive the apocalypse? 



  • How do you think a day on your life would be when all the technology and infrastructure of the modern world are suddenly and violently taken away? 



  • How about 10 years into this world?



  • If you have answers put them in the form of a comic book and mail it to River Bird Studios the most interesting entries will be published on an upcoming anthology to be published by River Bird Comics (Outbound, Hellbound).

  • There is NO format, size, page length or RESTRICTIONS.



  • NO EMAIL submissions



  • We encourage the creators to reflect the world of the story on the printed presentation of the story.



  • Do NOT mail original art.



  • The selected stories will receive a FREE copy of the Anthology and will be able to buy more copies at cost.

    Post by Deadline: June 1, 2013.-
    More about POST here!