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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 8m

Hello, MICE friends! We’re looking for volunteers for MICE 2025, we’ve got a wide variety of roles for anyone to help out with! Check it out at the link below:

www.micexpo.org/volunteer

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Tim Graham @timgrahamart.bsky.social · 7d

The comic creator group I’m a part of got accepted to appear at @massmice.bsky.social !

Cape Cod Comix Collective @capecodcomixcllctv.bsky.social · 18d

Guess what... WE'RE GOING TO MICE!!!

That's right, our collective was accepted among over 600 applicants to exhibit at New England's premiere comics event THIS DECEMBER.

Will we see you there?

This photo is from April 4, 2025. this image of the cape cod comix collective: a group of people who live on cape cod, MA and who make comics, illustrations, AND OTHER THINGS! we are at our weekly meeting, at our headquarters at the Cordial Eye in Hyannis.

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 6d

Exhibitors! Applications for our Mini-Grants close tomorrow! Friday, October 3rd, 11:59 PM. This is your last chance to get your submissions in!

More info in the link below:

www.micexpo.org/grants

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Last Chance to Apply!
MICE Mini-Grants
Application Deadline: October 3rd, 2025

The logos for Brookline Booksmith and Radiator Comics are at the bottom.

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 8d

Hello, MICE friends! We want to share a free workshop that combines comics and coding on October 4th! Create an engaging mini-comic enhanced with interactive elements using a pocket-sized computer. This workshop is based on one we had at MICE 2024 that was so popular we decided to make it longer!

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Comics and Coding Workshops
Sat, October 4th.
Session 1, For Youth and Adult Pairs, 12-12:30 PM.
Session 2, For Individuals 12 and up, 3-5:30 PM.
Free for All Ages
The Foundry
101 Rogers Street, Cambridge MA 02142
Register now!
bostoncomicarts.org/workshops

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Radiator Comics @radiatorcomics.bsky.social · 9d

The fall is full of fests! Graphic Novel Fest, Pretty Good Fest, Philly Comics Expo, A2CAFSIP, @slicexpo.bsky.social, Short Run, Non-Fiction Comics Fest, @miamibookfair.bsky.social, @massmice.bsky.social, @comicartsla.bsky.social & probably tons not yet on our radar! www.radiatorcomics.com/event/

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 8d

Sessions for both youth and all ages.
Spots are limited and registration info is below:
www.bostoncomicarts.org/workshops

Workshops | BCAF

Events

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 8d

Hello, MICE friends! We want to share a free workshop that combines comics and coding on October 4th! Create an engaging mini-comic enhanced with interactive elements using a pocket-sized computer. This workshop is based on one we had at MICE 2024 that was so popular we decided to make it longer!

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 11d

clean, accurate, and up-to-date across every phase. You’ll work closely with both the Exhibitor Relations team and festival leadership to keep information moving smoothly.

More info in the link below:
www.micexpo.org/staff-openings

Staff Openings | MICE

Home

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 11d

Hello, MICE friends! We have a volunteer opportunity!

We’re looking to bring on a volunteer Exhibitor Data & Systems Manager to handle the behind-the-scenes exhibitor workflow leading up to the festival. This role is all about keeping our systems (Sheets, Salesforce, and Sched)

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 13d

BOSTON!
Raina and I are coming your way in December—for MICE!

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels

MICE, Dec 6th-7th

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 12d

Exhibitors! Applications for our Mini-Grants are open until October 3rd. We want to see your mini-comics! Looking for inspo? Check out our distribution partner Radiator Comics for last year's winners!

More info in the links below:

www.micexpo.org/grants

www.radiatorcomics.com/collection/2...

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One Week Left to Apply!
MICE Mini-Grants
Application Deadline: October 3rd, 2025

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ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social · 14d

That’s me!!

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out and the cocreator of Lumberjanes and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

ALT: Colorful graphic with two cartoon characters. The text says, Guest Appearance: ND Stevenson; Scarlet Morning, LumberJanes, Nimona

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

in 2021, was inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. His art and stories are available in over 30 languages and on the web at scottmccloud.com. His most recent graphic novels are The Sculptor from First Second Books and The Cartoonists Club with Raina Telgemeier from Scholastic Graphix.

Scott McCloud | Journal

Coming April 1st, 2025, Raina Telgemeier and I are proud to finally release our new middle-grade graphic novel from Scholastic: The Cartoonists Club!Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn’t know…

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

Scott McCloud is the award-winning author of Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Zot!, and other fiction and nonfiction comics spanning thirty years. He's a frequent lecturer on the power of visual communication, creator of the 24-Hour Comic movement,

ALT: Colorful graphic with a cartoon character. The text says, Guest Appearance: Scott McCloud; The Cartoonist Club, The Sculptor, Understanding Comics

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

and, with Scott McCloud, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Her newest work, Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier, is based on an exhibition that was held at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 14d

ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out and the cocreator of Lumberjanes and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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Killer Bees Mure @bmure.bsky.social · 15d

hey GUESS WHUT

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

B. Mure is a Bristol-based comic artist and illustrator from Nottinghamshire, with a love of drawing animal people, fantasy worlds and exploring the human condition. His Ignatz-nominated graphic novel series Ismyre explores unrest and everyday life in a pre-industrial fantasy landscape.

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

Later that year, MIT appointed Desmond a 2023/2024 Residential Scholar in recognition of his work in comics. His second graphic novel, The Horrors of Being a Human: A Cola Pop Creemees Comic, was published by Microcosm Publishing in June 2025. Desmond is represented by Daniel Lazar of Writers House

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

Desmond Reed is an award-winning Boston-based cartoonist best known for his web comic The Cola Pop Creemees. His debut graphic novel, The Cola Pop Creemees: Opening Act, was published by Birdcage Bottom Books in April 2023.

ALT: Colorful graphic with cartoon character profiles. The text says, Featured Guest: Desmond Reed; The Horrors of Being Human, Opening Act, Lefty

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

visibly Muslim woman in America and was encouraged by her older sister to turn these stories into comics. Huda, her husband, Gehad, and their children reside in Houston, Texas.

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

Huda Fahmy grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and has loved comics since she was a kid. She attended the University of Michigan where she majored in English. She taught English to middle and high schoolers for eight years before she started writing about her experiences as a

ALT: Colorful graphic with a cartoon character wearing a pink boa and saying, "Am I the drama?". The text says, Featured Guest: Huda Fahmy; Huda F Wants to Know, Huda F Cares, Huda F Are You?

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

B. Mure is a Bristol-based comic artist and illustrator from Nottinghamshire, with a love of drawing animal people, fantasy worlds and exploring the human condition. His Ignatz-nominated graphic novel series Ismyre explores unrest and everyday life in a pre-industrial fantasy landscape.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 15d

I'm gonna be a ghost at MICE!!!

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 16d

It’s time to announce the guests for MICE 2025!

Keezy Young is an award-winning and Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator who writes and draws comics and graphic novels.

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Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com · 15d

Right on time for the re-release of Jesse's magnificent racing comic FASTER, published by us!

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 15d

Jesse Lonergan was born in California, raised in Saudi Arabia and Vermont, and spent two years in Turkmenistan teaching English with the Peace Corps. His first published work was Flower and Fade from NBM ComicsLit in 2007.

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Jesse Lonergan was born in California, raised in Saudi Arabia and Vermont, and spent two years in Turkmenistan teaching English with the Peace Corps. His first published work was Flower and Fade from NBM ComicsLit in 2007. In 2020, his wordless sci-fi comic Hedra was published by Image Comics and nominated for an Eisner Award for best single issue. His graphic novel DROME was released in 2025. He has worked as an artist on various projects with Dark Horse, IDW, DC and others. He likes bad coffee, bad TV, and movies about sad robots.

ALT: Colorful graphic with cartoon characters that says, "Featured Guest: Jess Lonergan; Drome, Man's Best, Arca, Ghosts of Science Past

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