Posted by Daniel Barlow on Monday, April 20, 2009,
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 I had a blast earlier this month at the Boston Comic Con. Trees & Hills comics didn't have a new book of its own to sell, but we did have popular new releases by Marek Bennett, Cat Garza and Colleen Frakes. SEEDS, our 2008 anthology of comics about food, was also a hit and this show was the official debut of our second printing.  There were also superheroes there! 50 more photographs of the Boston Comic Con 2009 can be found here at my Facebook page. Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel Barlow on Sunday, March 29, 2009,
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Posted by Daniel Barlow on Sunday, March 22, 2009,
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 50 more photos over at my Facebook page.
Cat Garza, Megan Baehr, Colin Tedford and I dashed down to Easthampton, Mass. Saturday morning for the first annual Webcomics Weekend.
Despite some predictions of doom (will they let us in?), everything seemed to work out fine. We saw lots of old friends and met some new ones. Hopefully, by next year this event will blossom into a real Web comics convention and summit ... Trees & Hills would have loved to get a table to sell our comics, but only a sel... Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel Barlow on Saturday, March 21, 2009,
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Posted by Daniel Barlow on Monday, February 16, 2009,
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Marek Bennett is a cartoonist, teacher, musician and also a friend of mine. His enthusiasm for comics rivals only Luke's dedication to the Force. Really. Earlier this year, Marek released his first book collecting his comics - HOUR 72!, a collection of three of his 24-hour comics. I was present for the creation of the cover story - "Cuppy and the Gang ... go on a date!" - and that experience (my first and last - for now - 24-hour comic) is also the conception of the Trees & Hills comics group... Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel Barlow on Monday, February 2, 2009,
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Posted by Daniel Barlow on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
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 Tim Hulsizer's 2008 Hourly Comic
Check it out - Greylock Arts of North Adams, MA has put up an online exhibit (with in-person viewing kiosks) of Hourly Comics made by Trees & Hills folk last year (which serves to remind us: Hourly Comics Day is coming, February 1!):
“Hourly Comics Day 2008: A group exhibition of Hourly Comics created by the Trees and Hills Comics Group on February 1st, 2008
Hourly Comic Day is an event where cartoonists from all over the world draw a journal comic fo... Continue reading ...
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About Me
| Daniel W. Barlow |
| Montpelier, Vt. |
Daniel Barlow is a writer and journalist living in Montpelier, Vt.
The co-founder of two comic organizations - Trees & Hills and Offshore Comix - Barlow has published twice-annual anthologies featuring northern New England cartoonists since 2006. Recent books include 2009's SHELTER, about housing issues, and 2008's SEEDS, which was featured in ReadyMade Magazine's Holiday Gift Guide.
When he's not making comics, he writes for two local newspapers about state politics.
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PLAY: An anthology about the imagination Featuring new comics by C. Frakes, Stephen R. Bissette and Matthew Reidsma
Ghost Town Tourism: 20 Minutes to Midnight
SEEDS: An anthology about food
"Lust-worthy Lit" - ReadyMade Magazine SHELTER: An anthology of comics about housing "Another thoughtful collection from Trees & Hills ..." - Syndicate Product Covert HQ BIG SEXY: An erotic comic anthology for all adults
Featuring Colleen Frakes, Cayetano Garza Jr, Jen Vaughn and Rachel Dukes! FIRST HARVEST: A Trees & Hills comics collection 2006-2008 " ... the whole thing is a lot of fun." - www.comicsgirl.com
Trees & Hills' first book! First Harvest collects selections form our first four sold-out mini-comic anthologies. Buy it for $10 at www.treesandhills.org I SAW YOU: Missed Connection Comics Optioned for a film by DreamWorks! "The comics that engage more with their subject matter come off really strong, specifically ... Daniel Barlow and Megan Baehr’s heartbreaking interpretation of an old, washed-out musician’s longing for Brenda, a bartender from his glory days." - www.sawcebox.com Buy it for $12.95 from your local bookstore or here. Ghost Town Tourism: ANTI-LIFE EQUATION LP Logo for this site was drawn and designed by Gregory Giordano. Please contact him and ask him to draw things for money. |