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A little while back Alexander Danner and I collaborated on a short story "Lending Can Openers." Turns out that the folks as The Boston Comics Roundtable has printed it up in their first issue of their anthology series, Inbound. There's also a bonus page in there that's not featured online. Can't wait to see it myself. Here's the press-release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INBOUND #1 PUTS BOSTON COMICS ON THE MAP
Boston Comics Roundtable releases its first anthology

BOSTON, MA (JUNE 10, 2008) – The Boston Comics Roundtable is pleased to announce the release of its premiere publication, Inbound, a Boston Comics Anthology (#1). The 60-page book, the first of many installments to come, contains seven comics from Boston artists. Inbound #1 retails for $7.95 and will be available in retail locations throughout the Boston area and online at www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com.

The Boston Comics Roundtable (BCR) is the only organization of its kind in Boston. It was created in 2006 to unite Boston-based comics creators in the spirit of camaraderie and professional development. With a strong grassroots sprit, the group focuses on promoting local talent and supporting local business. Growing steadily since its inception, the group now includes about 25 artists and writers, with roots in both print and web comics.

Inbound #1 contains several stories from a number of creative individuals and writer/ artist teams, including Alexander Danner (author of Character Design for Graphic Novels) and a beautiful full-color cover from Shelli Paroline. The contents includes:

• Lending Can Openers – Alexander Danner (writer) and Steve Harrison (artist)
• The Ragbox, Ch. 1 – Dave Kender (writer) and Mark Hamilton (artist)
• After the Plague – Ryan Wheeler (writer) and Braden Lamb (artist)
• Deconstruction – Hyun Supul (writer & artist)
• Body Blues – Jaime Garmendia (writer) and Justin Mattarocchia (artist)
• The Daytime Sky – Susan Chasen (writer) and Dan Mazur (artist)

The inaugural issue of Inbound marks the start of an exciting new chapter for the BCR. Three times per year, Inbound will be delivering the best of Boston to comics readers everywhere.

Fans should expect issue #2 and #3 in the late summer and fall of this year. Issue #1 of Inbound is available now.

The Boston Comics Roundtable is an independent organization of comics creators in the Greater Boston area. The group meets weekly for workshopping, teaching, and social gathering. Meetings are open to the public. Information regarding publications, artist galleries, and meetings can be found at www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com.

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For more information or to contact for interview, email Dave Kender at dave@bostoncomicsroundtable.com.

A couple weeks past, my buddy Grant Thomas posted an early take of his song Great Rainbow in the Sky along with chords and lyrics. I'm kinda infatuated with how folks can write songs that don't depend on rhyming and still make it sound like a proper song. I took a crack at it, but still can't hit all the notes right. But it was fun - I got through a couple stanzas.

http://www.fabricari.com/music/great-rainbow-in-the-sky.mp3

http://www.fabricari.com/music/with-gain-2.mp3

OK, forget that last one I posted, this one's a full song and much much better, I think. My arm's killin' me, but I think it was worth the finished product. I'm not really well practiced on the electric guitar, but I tried to apply some of the technique I learned from the banjo to make it work.

http://www.fabricari.com/music/with-gain.mp3

It wasn't long ago my buddy nvonflue commented on all the folksey acoustic shit we'd been grinding out, asking "so, where's the rock?"

After dumping half the contents of my basement, my old electric guitar surfaced. I cleaned it off, tied up some new strings and plugged it into my shitty old amp for a musical sketch with some banjo and acoustic guitar.

Even though all of the technique contained within is cliche, I've always wanted to crank up the gain and record some feedback like some 90's grunge ballad.