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Building
Community
through Comics

At the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, we believe in the power of comics to inspire, educate, and bring people together. That's why we help promote spaces for both creators and readers to find one another, exchange ideas, and grow as a community. 

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Upcoming Events

  • Picture + Panel: Surviving Childhood
    Picture + Panel: Surviving Childhood
    Mon, Dec 01
    Somerville
    Dec 01, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Somerville, 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
    This month, Picture + Panel confronts the weight of difficult childhoods with Melissa Mendes and Travis Dandro. From rural America's hidden cruelties to urban poverty's daily slights, we explore how graphic memoir transforms family trauma and addiction into art that breaks generational cycles.
  • MICE Presents: Comics in the Divided Age
    MICE Presents: Comics in the Divided Age
    Fri, Dec 05
    WBUR CitySpace
    Dec 05, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Join MICE at WBUR's CitySpace for a discussion with Ben Passmore, Alan Jenkins and Joel Christian Gill about how comics can be a powerful political activist tool during these heightened times.
  • MICE 2025
    MICE 2025
    Sat, Dec 06
    Fuller Building at Boston University
    Dec 06, 2025, 11:00 AM – Dec 07, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Fuller Building at Boston University, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
    The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) is the Boston area’s premiere event dedicated to the exciting and accessible art form of independent comics and graphic novels. Now returning in person and at Boston University with free admission!
  • Fenway Writes Comics
    Fenway Writes Comics
    Sat, Jan 31
    Fenway Community Center
    Jan 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston St #123, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    A comic writing course for ages 18+.
  • Cambridge Makes Comics for Foster Youth
    Cambridge Makes Comics for Foster Youth
    Fall 2026 (TBD)
    Bridges Homeward
    Fall 2026 (TBD)
    Bridges Homeward, 60 Gore St, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA
    A free comic workshop series exclusively for foster and adopted youth ages 10 - 18 in Massachusetts.

Our Mission

The Boston Comic Arts Foundation champions the comics art form, increasing excitement about and engagement with the comics medium to create opportunities for more comics, more comics readers, and more support for comics creators.

 

BCAF increases access to comics by providing high-quality events and educational opportunities, which are free and open to all, and is committed to fostering equity in a community of authors and readers that includes all voices.

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Join In

Ready to spring into action? Here are three ways to support BCAF.

Join our team by volunteering at one of our festivals throughout the year

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Supporters

Our events would not be possible without the support of these amazing organizations. If you'd like to be a part of this growing arts community, click to the right to see how you can get involved.

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