May 26 this year marks the second annual Mini-Comics Day, which encourages people to make a mini-comic in the span of a day. Last year, Glynnis Fawkes organized an event in Burlington, VT – let’s see how many we can have in our region this year! Drop us (and the Mini-Comics Day organizers!) a line if you’d like to organize an event in your area (here is some helpful information on hosting an event).

Looking to table at some events this Spring? Try these!

• March 24 – Vermont Small Press & Comic Fair – Winooski, VT
• April 15 – Spring Zine Thing – Somerville, MA
• April 28-29 – MoCCA Festival – New York City, NY
• June 9 – Broke Affordable Arts Fair – Peterborough, NH
• June 12 – Granite State Comicon – Manchester, NH

Good luck this Spring!

The University of Massachusetts Amherst will show the documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of A Sequential Artist this Tuesday, March 6 (Eisner’s birthday) at 7:00 PM in Herter Hall Room 227. They will also show the short films “Ten Minutes” (a Spirit story) and “The Super” (a chapter from A Contract With God). Denis Kitchen will provide an introduction. The event is sponsored by the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and the Posen Foundation for the Study of Jewish Secularism, and is free, open to the public, and wheelchair-accessible. For more information, email judaic@judnea.umass.edu or call 413-545-2550. (Thanks to N.C. Christopher Couch for the tip!)

Come visit Trees & Hills at the Snow Day Celebration Gift & Craft Fair this Saturday, February 18 during the Ice & Snow Festival. Check out our comics and other local arts, crafts, food, and fun! Colin Tedford will be staffing the T&H table, and Anne Thalheimer will be selling her comics and monster hats. It’s at The Marriott Hotel, 72 Railroad Street in downtown Keene, NH from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM – see you there!

Visit Trees & Hills at the 6th annual Stars & Skulls Crafty Craft Fair! Organized by Pioneer Valley Roller Derby co-founders Pink Panzer & Bazooka Joe, Stars & Skulls is the Valley’s original DIY alternative craft fair.

The fair will features dozens of tables of locally made jewelry, clothing, knick-knacks, housewares, tasty treats, comics and much more! PVRD will also have a merch/info table.

The fair is Sunday 12/11 from 10 am to 4 pm at the American Legion Hall at 162 Russell St. (AKA Route 9) in Hadley, MA.

As always, admission and parking are free.

Come visit the Trees & Hills table at Ye Olde Lowbrow Art Faire in Thorne’s Marketplace, 150 Main St. Northampton MA, on December 4 & December 18. It’s co-organized by longtime T&H member Anne Thalheimer, so it must be good!

“For two days this holiday season, come down to the basement of Thorne’s Marketplace, for a unique DIY shopping experience featuring 20+ local artists & crafters selling quirky handmade goods, most for under $20. Support your community and buy local handmade gifts this year!

Sunday, December 4th: 10-4
Sunday, December 18th: 10-4

Here is a list of just some of the one-of-a-kind items you will find:

• Monster hats
• Mustaches
• Comix
• Cheap art
• Stuffed creatures
• Onesies
• Jewelry
• Photographs
• Tote bags and purses
• …and so much more!

This is a kid-friendly event. We will have an art area set up to keep the kids entertained while you shop.

There will also be a raffle, which you will be entered in if you bring one canned good or non-perishable food item to donate to the local food bank. The prizes will be an assortment of goodies from our vendors.

We look forward to seeing you there!”

Visit Trees & Hills at the *broke arts fair- holiday edition, which will take place at the Fellowship Hall in the Union Congregational Church Peterborough, NH from 10am til 4pm.

The broke concept was born out of the belief that art is for everybody. All *broke arts fairs are free and all ages events. *broke artists present at least 75% of their wares for under $50 on the day of the *broke show. We want to celebrate the innovative and original art that is currently being created by un/under-represented artists everywhere.

Come visit Trees & Hills at the annual craft fair at the Keene Rec Center on Saturday, November 19 from 9am to 3pm. Over 30 vendors, a raffle, and food available on site. Admission is free; location is 312 Washington St. Keene, NH. For More Information, contact Missy Lutz 603-762-2977 cccbi@hotmail.com.

24-Hour Comics was a huge success again this year in Montpelier, Vt, as about 20 cartoonists, artists and illustrators camped out in Montpelier City Hall from Oct. 1-2. Not everyone made it to page 24, although we had several people drawing comics up until the last minute.

Selections from the comics will be on display at Bagitos Bagel and Burrito Cafe in Montpelier starting this Friday as part of the city’s Art Walk event. But there was such demand to read the whole comics, so we decided to share them all with you here in PDF format. Enjoy!

Ari Elbaum

Brian Ziegler

Daniel Robert Walbridge

Denis St. John

Ed Epstein (part 1)

Ed Epstein (part 2)

Emery Brush (part 1)

Emery Brush (part 2)

Genoa H. Scherbatskoy

Ira Black Shadis

Jeff Potter

Kirsten Edey

Liz Walsh

Neil Flanders (part 1)

Neil Flanders (part 2)

Pam Watts

Phayvanh Luekhamhan

Radical Warren (part 1)

Radical Warren (part 2)

Colin Tedford

MICE, The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo

September 24, 2011 10am – 6pm
1815 Mass Ave., Cambridge MA (Porter Square)
Illustration by Jerel Dye

Come visit the Trees & Hills table (and all the other excellent cartoonists!) at MICE in Boston this Saturday – it’s a great show, well-run by our friends the Boston Comics Roundtable. T&H co-founder Colin Tedford will be on the “Comics & Social Justice” panel  at 1:30 pm.

Admission is free!