Granite State Comicon presents two days of comics artists, dealers, gaming, costumes, events, and media personalities this September 13 & 14 in Manchester, NH. Artists appearing there who we know live in the T&H area (though no doubt there are plenty more): Blair Shedd, Jesse DuRona, Liz Plourde & Randy Michaels, Randall Drew, and Rich Brunelle & Josh Belanger.

Admission: $20 for one day or $30 online / $35 at door for both. Children ages 7-12 get in for $10 for one day or $15 for both (only available at door). Children 6 & under get in free. There are also some VIP packages that include extra bonuses.

Visit the Trees & Hills booth this weekend at the 19th annual Southern Vermont Garlic & Herb Festival! Colin Tedford & Madsahara will have garlic-themed comics and art for your enjoyment as well as the usual selection of comics from around the region and assorted art-bearing merchandise.

August 30 & 31, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Camelot Village, 1545 Route 9, Bennington, VT

Admission is $5 per day or $8 for a two-day pass. Children 12 & under get in for $1.00.

“Super Friendly Garlic” by Colin Tedford

The new date for our Trick or Treat Comics-making event in Keene, NH is September 6. A brief how-to, a little story idea brainstorming, then we draw! Colony Mill Marketplace (ex-)food court, 222 West Street, Keene, NH, Saturday, September 6 12:30-5:30 pm. Full details: http://treesandhills.org/events/trick-or-treat-comics-making/

Trick or Treat Comics submission details: http://treesandhills.org/2014/05/trick-or-treat-comics-3-call-for-submissions-boo/

If you plan to attend please comment, email (organize@treesandhills.org), or RSVP on Facebook so we can have a sense of how many people to expect.

“Candy Corn!” by Madsahara from Trick or Treat Comics #2

Updates

September 3: Linked to Facebook event, separated out updates.

3:04: Request to RSVP.

We haven’t sent an email newsletter in quite a while, mainly because Mailchimp by default requires more work from me than sending them the old way. I’ve finally set it up to generate emails from our site feed, so now it should take less work than the old way, and those of you who’ve subscribed can actually get some updates.

I’ve also simplified our newsletter categories. Previously we let people subscribe to updates about events, creator opportunities, and publications; we’ve now simplified it to “Everything” and “Publications only” to reflect actual usage.

In the (hopefully near) future I’ll add a newsletter signup form to the site. Until then, if you want to subscribe just email us at organize@treesandhills.org and let us know if you want “Everything” or the “Publications only” version.

A brief how-to, a little story idea brainstorming, then we draw! Colony Mill Marketplace (ex-)food court, 222 West Street, Keene, NH, Aug. 9 Saturday, September 6 12:30-5:30 pm. Full details: http://treesandhills.org/events/trick-or-treat-comics-making/

Trick or Treat Comics submission details: http://treesandhills.org/2014/05/trick-or-treat-comics-3-call-for-submissions-boo/

If you plan to attend please comment, email (organize@treesandhills.org), or RSVP on Facebook so we can have a sense of how many people to expect.

Updates

September 3: Added request to RSVP, reformatted updates.

August 17: Rescheduled to 9/6, moved deadline to 9/13.

August 8:: Sorry, we have to reschedule; will post the new date Monday but it’ll be either next weekend or the one after. If you have a day preference, leave a comment or email organize@treesandhills.org.

Four outstanding Jewish women graphic novelists are coming to the University of Massachusetts to present talks on their work and to offer four days of workshops on writing and drawing comics and graphic novels. These events are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.

The talks (all at 7 PM):

June 15th: Professor N. C. Christopher Couch talks on The Jewish Tradition in American Comic Art, Yiddish Book Center, on the campus of Hampshire College.

June 16th: Leela Corman discusses her work, including her feminist graphic novel about the Yiddish world of the Lower East Side in the 1910s, Unterzakhn, at the UMass Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies.

June 17th: Sarah Glidden discusses How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, her widely-praised graphic novel on her Birthright trip to Israel and her work as a comics journalist in Syria, Iraq, et al., Modern Myths, 34 Bridge St # 4, in Northampton, across from the Post Office.

June 18th: Panel Discussion, Jewish Women and the Graphic Novel, artists and scholars discussion moderated by Israeli cartoonist Keren Katz, Cape Cod Lounge, UMass.

June 19th: Liana Finck discusses her graphic novel A Bintel Brief, just reviewed in the New York Times and exhibited at the Yiddish Book Center and signs books at Amherst Books, 8 Main St, in downtown Amherst.

The four artists will offer four days of workshops on writing and drawing comics and graphic novels open to high school, college and graduate students and recent graduates. The workshops will be from 10 AM to 2 PM, June 16th to June 19th, and all will be held at the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Art supplies will be provided, and no previous experience in comics is required. Any student who is interested in this artistic medium is welcome, and students may attend any or all of the workshops. To register, email the chair of the organizing committee for the event at nccouch@gmail.com.

These events are sponsored by the Posen Foundation for the Study of Jewish Secularism; the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies; the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies; the Department of Art, Architecture, and Art History; the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; and the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more information, email nccouch@gmail.com or call 347-206-8974.

Holyoke Arts Bazaar has moved to City Hall (536 Dwight Street) due to the morning rain. Come see us there — it has stained glass windows and everything!

If you find yourself in New Zealand feeling homesick for Trees & Hills comics, buck up — Wellington’s city library system has you covered with their copy of Play!

Watch the eighth group of students graduate from the Center for Cartoon Studies on Saturday, May 17 in White River Junction, VT. Kazu Kibiushi is the commencement speaker, and afterwards you can view the students’ art at the school gallery.

Apply to exhibit at MICE, the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, by May 19. MICE is the excellent fall convention run by our friends and neighbors at the Boston Comics Roundtable!