Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo
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The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo is a FREE independent Comics festival! Dec 6th and 7th 2025. Header credit: Matt Smith
Join us on November 23rd at Hub Comics for our much anticipated MICE Preview Party! Celebrate Mini-grant winners while enjoying mouse-suitable refreshments and being surrounded by comics and comic lovers. Read more below!
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Join us on November 23rd at Hub Comics for our much anticipated MICE Preview Party! Celebrate Mini-grant winners while enjoying mouse-suitable refreshments and being surrounded by comics and comic lovers. Read more below!
Get your day planners ready, because the MICE 2025 schedule is now LIVE on our website! Check out all of the great programming we have throughout the weekend. Tell us about what you’re excited to see! www.micexpo.org/schedule-2025
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Get your day planners ready, because the MICE 2025 schedule is now LIVE on our website! Check out all of the great programming we have throughout the weekend. Tell us about what you’re excited to see! www.micexpo.org/schedule-2025
Join cartoonists Eleri Harris and Shay Sarah Mirk to celebrate the release of their book, Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition. Finally, a guide into one of the most transformative ways of creating comics!
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Join cartoonists Eleri Harris and Shay Sarah Mirk to celebrate the release of their book, Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition. Finally, a guide into one of the most transformative ways of creating comics!
The Jewish Heritage Center and the Boston Comics Arts Foundation is hosting an in-person discussion about the life of Will Eisner, one of the most influential artists in comics, and their work to record it through the most appropriate medium: a graphic novel! More below⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Jewish Heritage Center and the Boston Comics Arts Foundation is hosting an in-person discussion about the life of Will Eisner, one of the most influential artists in comics, and their work to record it through the most appropriate medium: a graphic novel! More below⬇️
This week on November 12, the Lynn Museum & Art Center (located at 590 Washington St in Lynn MA) is hosting a free comics making workshop for kids 10-18 from 3:00PM to 5:30PM. RSVP online! More info below ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This week on November 12, the Lynn Museum & Art Center (located at 590 Washington St in Lynn MA) is hosting a free comics making workshop for kids 10-18 from 3:00PM to 5:30PM. RSVP online! More info below ⬇️
Hello, MICE friends! Reminder that we’re looking for volunteers for MICE 2025! More info in the link below!
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hello, MICE friends! Reminder that we’re looking for volunteers for MICE 2025! More info in the link below!
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
Hello, MICE friends! Two pieces of news, we want to show you our gorgeous poster art for MICE 2025 by Matt Smith! And…our Exhibitors Page is live! Check out the link below for a sneak preview at who’s coming to MICE!
www.micexpo.org/exhibitor-li...
www.micexpo.org/exhibitor-li...
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hello, MICE friends! Two pieces of news, we want to show you our gorgeous poster art for MICE 2025 by Matt Smith! And…our Exhibitors Page is live! Check out the link below for a sneak preview at who’s coming to MICE!
www.micexpo.org/exhibitor-li...
www.micexpo.org/exhibitor-li...
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
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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
www.micexpo.org/volunteer
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
More info in the link below:
www.micexpo.org/grants
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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
More info in the link below:
www.micexpo.org/grants
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!
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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!
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)
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)
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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)
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)
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...
More info in the links below:
www.micexpo.org/grants
www.radiatorcomics.com/collection/2...
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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...
More info in the links below:
www.micexpo.org/grants
www.radiatorcomics.com/collection/2...
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,
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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,
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
September 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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
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.
September 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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.
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.
September 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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.
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
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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
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.
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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.
Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal, Canada). In 2021, she was selected as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit,
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal, Canada). In 2021, she was selected as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit,
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.
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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.
Ben Passmore is the author and illustrator of the comics Your Black Friend and Other Strangers (2018) and the Eisner Award-winning Sports Is Hell (2020).
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ben Passmore is the author and illustrator of the comics Your Black Friend and Other Strangers (2018) and the Eisner Award-winning Sports Is Hell (2020).
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.
Keezy Young is an award-winning and Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator who writes and draws comics and graphic novels.
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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.
Keezy Young is an award-winning and Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator who writes and draws comics and graphic novels.
Attention, Exhibitors! We want to invite you to apply for our MICE Mini-Grants!
Each year MICE supports self-published comics by awarding mini-grants to our exhibitors
to helping print their work, provide marketing, and distribution through Radiator Comics.
Each year MICE supports self-published comics by awarding mini-grants to our exhibitors
to helping print their work, provide marketing, and distribution through Radiator Comics.
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Attention, Exhibitors! We want to invite you to apply for our MICE Mini-Grants!
Each year MICE supports self-published comics by awarding mini-grants to our exhibitors
to helping print their work, provide marketing, and distribution through Radiator Comics.
Each year MICE supports self-published comics by awarding mini-grants to our exhibitors
to helping print their work, provide marketing, and distribution through Radiator Comics.
Attention Applicants! Due to the overwhelming response we are extending our application announcements to August 29th. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
August 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Attention Applicants! Due to the overwhelming response we are extending our application announcements to August 29th. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
Hello, MICE friends! Did you know that we’re on other social media platforms? Following us anywhere keeps you up to date on announcements, events, and other fun updates!
August 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hello, MICE friends! Did you know that we’re on other social media platforms? Following us anywhere keeps you up to date on announcements, events, and other fun updates!