Hi all, here’s some regional comics news via Trees & Hills:

The PUNCHBUGGY TOUR in New England
Liz Baillie, Gabby Schulz, and MK Reed read from their comics and sing songs for you:
Wed. 3/24 @ 7pm, Ada Books in Providence, RI
Thu. 3/25 @ 7pm, Hub Comics in Somerville, MA
More info & links here.

PLAY preorder & other shop news
The forthcoming Trees & Hills anthology PLAY is now available for preorder – spread the word! We plan to print at the beginning of April. The last anthology SHELTER is in stock now, with all the other T&H anthologies, plus comics by Marek Bennett, Colleen Frakes, Sam Leveillee, Colin Tedford, and Anne Thalheimer.
It’s all right here!

TREES & HILLS SPRING TOUR continues
We had a lovely time at the mini-Boston Zine Fair this past Saturday! Coming up:
- April 10-11: MoCCA Art Festival New York, NY
- April 24 & 25: SPACE (Small Press And Comics Expo) Columbus, OH
- May 1: Free Comic Book Day Festival Rochester, NH
- May 23: MECAF (Maine Comics Arts Festival) Portland, ME
We may add more events to this list as we confirm details.
More info & links here.

Call For Submissions:
Deadline August 1:  LESSONS - a new literary journal of prose, illustrations, and comics focusing on narrative non-fiction, but open to submissions of fiction as well, looking for reflective, passionately truthful stories about learning. Edited by Matt Young & Denise Warren of White River Junction, VT.
More info here.

Hey all, my name’s Colin Tedford. I live in southwestern New Hampshire, where I self-publish my comics in a zine called Square Dance and on the internet. I also draw the strip Spinning World for neighboring Vermont newspaper The Commons.

Besides my own work, I co-founded and co-organize the Trees & Hills Comics Group. “Trees & Hills brings together cartoonists in VT, NH, & western MA to produce, publish, & promote comics, share resources, and build creative connections in our diverse communities,” as our mission statement has it. Yeah, we have a “mission statement” – but we didn’t always! We started as a way for cartoonists in the region to connect and reap the benefits of artistic community, but over time we’ve come to focus more on connecting with the larger community outside the comics world.  We publish two anthologies each year, and distribute comics for creators in our region.

It’s nice to be here!