BostonComicsRoundtbl

Boston #Comics Roundtable news of the day: Steve Higgins at the Outer Limits comics shop in Waltham has announced that the business will remain in operation under new ownership after he retires this summer.

Boston #Comics Roundtable news of the day: Steve Higgins at the Outer Limits comics shop in Waltham has announced that the business will keep operating under new ownership after he retires this summer.

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The shortlists of nominees for the 2026 Graphic Medicine Awards in the long-form, short-form & educational categories – graphicmedicine.org/announcing-the…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The shortlists of nominees for the 2026 Graphic Medicine Awards in the long-form, short-form, and educational categories – graphicmedicine.org/announcing-the…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: If you’re an author-illustrator with a proposal for a graphic novel for readers aged 6 to 18, Chronicle Books is open to submissions until May 17 – chroniclebooks.com/pages/submissi…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: If you’re an author-illustrator with a proposal for a graphic novel for readers aged 6–18, Chronicle Books is open to submissions until May 17 – chroniclebooks.com/pages/submissi…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Countway Library hosts the launch of A. David Lewis’s new book, “Body, Soul, and Comics: Graphic Religion and Graphic Medicine,” with a discussion, signing & light refreshments, Thurs, May 14, 530–630pm – libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/16717697

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Countway Library hosts the launch of A. David Lewis’s new book, “Body, Soul, and Comics: Graphic Religion & Graphic Medicine,” with a discussion, signing & light refreshments, Thursday, May 14, 530–630pm – libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/16717697

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: Wikipedia’s list of the best-selling comics series of all time – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_b…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: Interview with Byron Canady, presently Texas’s sole black owner of a comics store. “At our core, the mission of GCC Comics is to expand the narrative of comic book fandom and comic book creators.” – rollingout.com/2026/05/09/byr…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: Conversation with Byron Canady, presently Texas’s sole black owner of a comics store. “At our core, the mission of GCC Comics is to expand the narrative of comic book fandom and comic book creators.” – rollingout.com/2026/05/09/byr…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: Interview with Charles Ardai on scripting Hard Crime Case crime comics. “We think of the movies as ‘the big screen’ and TV as ‘the small screen,’ but in some ways comics are the smallest screen of all!” – crimereads.com/charles-ardai-…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: Interview with Charles Ardai on scripting Hard Crime Case crime comics. “We think of the movies as ‘the big screen’ and TV as ‘the small screen,’ but in some ways comics are the smallest screen of all!” – crimereads.com/charles-ardai-…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Beat reports that Amazon has laid off the last employees at Comixology, completely folding its operations into other divisions & handing inquiries about its Originals program to a PR firm – comicsbeat.com/the-last-comix…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Beat reports that Amazon has laid off the last employees at Comixology, completely folding its operations into other divisions and handing inquiries about its Originals program to a PR firm – comicsbeat.com/the-last-comix…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry (Ringo) Awards, celebrating the creativity, skill & fun of comics, are open to nominations through May 28 – ringoawards.com

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry (Ringo) Awards, celebrating the creativity, skill and fun of comics, are open to nominations through May 28 – ringoawards.com

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary (successor to the prize for editorial cartooning to reflect the spread of graphic journalism) went to “trAPPed,” a report on digital crime in India – bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting & Commentary (successor to the prize for editorial cartooning to reflect the spread of graphic journalism) went to “trAPPed,” a report on digital crime in India – bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

Boston #Comics Roundtable pointer of the day: All She Wrote Books hosts Maia Kobabe and Swati “Lucky” Srikumar speaking on their middle-grade graphic novel “Opting Out” at the Connexion United Methodist Church in Somerville, Saturday, May 09, 10am – allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/aswb-…