What if superheroes were also supervillains? To find out, beat a path to Josh Dahl’s table at MICE to get your hands on his alternative take on corruption and the superhero world in his exciting debut, Rapid City #11!  With stylish, high-contrast artwork by A. Kaviraj and superhero vs. superhero action on the cover by Micah Faulkner.

Rapid City #11
Written by Josh Dahl
Drawn by A. Kaviraj
Cover by Micah Faulkner
Website: monolithllc.com/rapidcity

We are very honored that several artists will be premiering new work at MICE 2011.   Check back often to find out about all the debuts!

Be the first in your neighborhood to get a copy of Broken Lines: Chapters One Through Six by Tom Pappalardo, a story about a cowboy, a spaceman, a waitress and a vampire in a stolen rental van, fighting evil.  A funny/weird mix of prose and sequential art.

Broken Lines: Chapters One Through Six
by Tom Pappalardo

Page count: 170 pages
Price: $15
Website: http://www.broken-lines.com/

Beginning this weekend, select kiosks and bulletin boards in the Greater Boston area will feature the staggering MICE poster art of Jerel Dye!  We are extremely fortunate to have Jerel as both an exhibitor and as presenter of the workshop “Foldy Comics!” at MICE 2011.  Come learn from Jerel how to make yourself a visual narrative that literally unfolds, and visit his table afterwards!

Cartoonist Jerel Dye lives in Jamaica Plain, MA.  His professional work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books, and museum exhibitions.   His love of biology, technology and art informs his comics work ranging from his webcomic, From the Clouds, to his original prints at his Etsy shop, DrawJerelDraw, and even to his conversational fabric patterns of asparagus and strawberries.  In between teaching Drawing for Comics & Cartoons to adults and teens at The Eliot School this summer, his recent work has included “The Necrocomicon” (written by Nathan Kitler for the upcoming anthology Hellbound II, published by River Bird Comics) and a series of gorgeous broadside illustrations for the Boston-based poet, Roger Hooper.   One Android fans can rejoice as Jerel is currently working on the next installment of “One Android Stories.”  Cross your fingers for a MICE debut!  See more of his work at jereldye.com.

Before we paper the town with her awesome poster art for this year’s show, we thought we’d give a little introduction to Maris Wicks! She’s also an exhibitor at MICE 2011, so be sure to stop by her table and say hello.

Maris Wicks lives in Somerville, Massachusetts where she educates the public about marine invertebrates by day and draws comics by night.  Maris has created comics for a number of anthologies (including Adhouse Book’s Project: Romantic, Make: Comics About an Intimate Act), as well as many self-published mini-comics.  Most recently, she has written an 8-page Batman story for DC Comics and illustrated the children’s book “Yes, Let’s“ (written by Galen Longstreth, published by Tugboat Press).  Maris is currently illustrating a graphic novel about the early careers of primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas, written by Jim Ottaviani for First Second Books.  You can find more of her work at dotsforeyes.blogspot.com