7000 BC at Bubonicon 57

 

Bubonicon 57 | Friday, August 21, 3pm–8pm; Saturday, August 22, 10am–6pm; and Sunday, August 23, 10am–4pm | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to New Mexico’s best and longest-running Sci-Fi & Fantasy literary and arts convention the weekend of August 21–23. We will be in the Dealers Room with books from group members. We will also be working on our live rats drawing and raffle throughout the event.

Some 7000 BC members will also be on panels and presentations:

Fri. 8:30–9:50 pm
Panel # 6 – ARTIST CHAT
Jeff Benham, Aaron Campbell, Dale Deforest, Betsy James, Jerrett “Doom Kitten” Querubin, Jon Sanchez, John Sumrow
Mods: Chaz Kemp & Carolyn Kay

Sat. 2:00–2:50 pm
Panel # 14 – WRITERS WHO ART, OR ARTISTS WHO WRITE: MULTI-TASKING TALENT 
Jeff Benham, Aaron Campbell, Betsy James, T. Kingfisher
Mod: Carolyn Ka 

Sat. 3:00–4:00
ARTIST GUEST SLIDE SHOW
Jon Sanchez 

Sun. 11:30–12:20
WE MAKE COMIC BOOKS: HOW TO BREAK INTO THE ABQ INDIE COMIX SCENE
Indy Herrera, Phil Morgan, Cris Herrera

There will be a celebration of life for friend of the group Kumie Wise:

Sun. 3:00-3:45 PM
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR KUMIE WISE
David Lee Summers & Family 

7000 BC at Bubonicon 56

Bubonicon 56 | Friday, August 22, 3pm–8pm; Saturday, August 23, 10am–6pm; and Sunday, August 24, 10am–4pm | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to New Mexico’s best and longest-running Sci-Fi & Fantasy literary and arts convention the weekend of August 22–24. We will be in the Dealers Room with books from group members — and our new anthology Dreams of the Roadrunner, short comics featuring New Mexico's state bird, will make its debut.

Some 7000 BC members will also be on panels and presentations:

Fri. 8:00–9:50 pm
Panel # 6 – ARTIST CHAT
Jeff Benham, Aaron Campbell, Dale Ray Deforest, Carolyn Kay, Chaz Kemp, Jon Sanchez, John Sumrow, Jess Tucker.
Mod: Peri Charlifu

Sat. 1:00–1:50 pm
Panel # 13 – WORKING FOR A LIVIN’: GRAPHIC NOVEL & PULP MAGAZINE ARTISTS
Aaron Campbell, Dale Ray Deforest, Jon Sanchez, John Sumrow
Mod: Jeff Benham

Sat. 3:05–4:20 pm
ARTIST GUEST SLIDE SHOW
John Sumrow

Sun. 11:30 AM–12:20 pm
Fan Presentation “HISTORY OF MANGA”
Jenni Nardacci of 7000 BC
 

August 2025 Meeting

August 2025 7000 BC Meeting | Saturday, August 9 | 1:00–4:00 | Slice of Life Anime and Manga | Albuquerque, NM

We're returning to Slice of Life Anime and Manga at 11200 Montgomery Boulevard NE Suite 6 for a meeting on Saturday, August 9 at the usual 1:00. We'll have our usual socializing and sharing work, but also going to use the time to get started on the big rats drawing for Bubonicon.

("What's with the rat drawing," you ask? In honor of Bubonicon mascot Perry the Rat, we collaborate on a big drawing of a rat for each year of Bubonicon and raffle it off, with proceeds going to charity. The winner of the raffle gets drawn as a rat in the center. So this year, we need to fill it up with 55 rats before the event ends.) 

Prepare Your Rats. It's 7000 BC at Bubonicon 55!

Bubonicon 55 | Friday, August 23 - Sunday, August 25, 2022 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to Bubonicon, Albuquerque's sci-fi and fantasy literary and arts convention, on August 23–25 and there will be rats for all!  Plus longtime 7000 BC member and friend Dale Ray Deforest is this year's Artist Guest of Honor!

We'll have a table in the Dealers Room where we'll be selling comics from members and promoting our workshops. We're looking for volunteers to help staff the table throughout the weekend — if you're available and interested, email jeff@7000bc.org. 

• Peter Ziomek will be hosting a drawing session this Friday, August 16 at Slice of Life Anime and Manga to get a jump on this year's raffle drawing featuring 55 Rats!
  
• The annual Artists Chat will be Friday evening at 8:30 pm in Salon A-D.
• Artist Guest of Honor Dale Deforest will show his work in a Slide Show Saturday at 3:05 - 4:20 PM in the Carlsbad Room.
• Dale will also contribute to two panels: Myth, Gods, and Monsters Across Cultures on Saturday at 12:00 - 12:50 PM in Salon A-D; and Creativity Off the Page: Other Endeavors on Sunday at 10:00 - 10:50 AM in Main Room - Salon E.
  
• Local Artists 
Jeremy Montoya and Jon Sanchez will discuss their process with Bubonicon Presents: Making a Movie Poster, Saturday 12:00-12:50 PM
 in the Carlsbad Room.
• Jeff will be lecturing on comics and activism in Truth, Justice, and the American on Sunday 1:45 - 3:15 pm in the Carlsbad Room. 

The full schedule and registration can be found HERE.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 53 - The Return of the Rats!

Bubonicon 53 | Friday, August 26 - Sunday, August 28, 2022 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to Bubonicon, Albuquerque's sci-fi and fantasy literary and arts convention, on August 26–28 for the first in-person convention since the pandemic.

We'll have a table in the Dealers Room where we'll be selling comics from members and promoting our workshops. We're looking for volunteers to help staff the table throughout the weekend — if you're available and interested, email jeff@7000bc.org. 

• The first Between the Panels workshop of the fall session - How What Why Are Comics? will be a live broadcast from Bubonicon on Saturday at 11:00 am in the Santa Fe Room.
• Jeff will be lecturing on Censorship, Bannings & Burnings in the World of Comics Sunday at 1:00 pm in the Santa Fe Room. 
•  The annual Artists Chat will be Friday evening at 8:30 pm in Salon A-D.
  

Buboni-Virtualcon and Between the Panels Workshop - Perry Needs A New Pair of Shoes

Bubonicon and Between The Panels Workshop | Saturday, August 29 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Online | FREE!

This week 7000 BC partners with Bubonicon to run a special Buboni-Virtualcon workshop!  Sharpen your pencils, pull out your papers, and join Perry and Terry Rodent as we explore a storytelling medium to end all storytelling mediums.  All are welcome!

Join us via Zoom using this link or enter meeting ID: 940 5678 9983 and password: 7geP2j

This Week's Workshop:
Saturday, August 29 - *Buboni-Virtualcon Special Workshop*

Perry Needs a New Pair of Shoes (One-Upmanshipping with The MacGuffin)

Why is Perry Rodent so deeply driven to seek his lost shoe?  Will the MacGuffin demystify the muddle?  Grab your pens and papers and join 7000 BC for a collaborative workshop in which we weave one mighty myth, through the misdirecting media of comics!

And stick around for the full day of virtual events at Buboni-Virtualcon. They'll be running from 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM, including A Style of Your Own: Developing Your Signature Art Style, featuring Artist Guest of Honor Chaz Kemp, along with Elizabeth Leggett, Betsy James, Jon Sanchez, and our own Jeff Benham.  3:30–4:25 p.m.

Upcoming Workshops:

Saturday, September 5 - Prince Joe Versus the Evil Wizard of Grammaria  (How Storytelling Functions in the Brain)

Saturday, September 12 - *Final Workshop in the Series* 

The Gestalt of It All (History, Monsters, and Show and Tell)

Everyone is welcome, but we ask that if you have means to pay for a workshop, please instead make a donation to an organization helping those in need at this time.

Stay safe, be well, and make comics!

UPDATE!

To see the comic created during this workshop, click HERE.

7000 BC and Between the Panels workshops are supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Between the Panels Workshop - Caught Up in the Moment

Between The Panels Workshop | Saturday, August 15 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Online | FREE!

7000 BC continues Between the Panels, our ongoing series of free online comic workshops for teens and adults every Saturday.  Sharpen your pencils, pull out your papers, and join us as we explore a storytelling medium like no other.  Drop-in students are welcome!

This Week's Workshop:
Saturday, August 15 - Caught Up in the Moment (Time in, Around, and Between Panels)

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana — and comics time flies like nothing else.

Upcoming Workshops:

Saturday, August 29 -   *A Special Buboni-Virtualcon Workshop!*

   Perry Needs a New Pair of Shoes (One-Upmanshipping with MacGuffins)

Saturday, September 5 - Prince Joe Versus the Evil Wizard of Grammaria  (How Storytelling Functions in the Brain)

Registration is required.  To register, please email Jeff.  Once registered, you'll get a weekly invitation to upcoming workshops unless you tell us to stop.  We won't send you anything else.  We use Zoom for workshops, so you'll have to sign up for a free Zoom account here as well.

Everyone is welcome, but we ask that if you have means to pay for a workshop, please instead make a donation to an organization helping those in need at this time.

Stay safe, be well, and make comics!

7000 BC and Between the Panels workshops are supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Between the Panels Workshop - Turning Over a New Leaf

Between The Panels Workshop | Saturday, August 15 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Online | FREE!

7000 BC continues Between the Panels, our ongoing series of free online comic workshops for teens and adults every Saturday.  Sharpen your pencils, pull out your papers, and join us as we explore a storytelling medium like no other.  Drop-in students are welcome!

This Week's Workshop:
Saturday, August 15 - Turning Over A New Leaf  (The Importance of Page Turns)
Breathing life into the desire to see the next page.

Upcoming Workshops:

Saturday, August 22 - Caught Up in the Moment (Time in, Around, and Between Panels)

Saturday, August 29 -   *A Special Buboni-Virtualcon Workshop!*

   Perry Needs a New Pair of Shoes (One-Upmanshipping with MacGuffins)

Registration is required.  To register, please email Jeff.  Once registered, you'll get a weekly invitation to upcoming workshops unless you tell us to stop.  We won't send you anything else.  We use Zoom for workshops, so you'll have to sign up for a free Zoom account here as well.

Everyone is welcome, but we ask that if you have means to pay for a workshop, please instead make a donation to an organization helping those in need at this time.

Stay safe, be well, and make comics!

7000 BC and Between the Panels workshops are supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 51

Bubonicon 51 | August 23–25, 2019 | Friday: 3:00–8:30 / Saturday: 9:30–7:00 / 9:30–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is at Bubonicon 51 with books from artists across New Mexico — entrance to the Dealers Room is free.

update:  Kevin Zander won the Bubonicon 51 Rat Raffle!

7000 BC at Bubonicon 50

Bubonicon 50 | August 24–26, 2018 | Friday: 3:00–8:30 / Saturday: 9:30–7:00 / 9:30–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to Bubonicon — celebrating 50 years this year! — in the Dealers Room with independent comics from group members.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 49

Bubonicon 49 | August 25–27, 2017 | Friday: 3:00–8:30 / Saturday: 9:30–7:00 / 9:30–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to Bubonicon in the Dealers Room with independent comics from group members.

Some of our comics creators will be running the Mechanics of Time in Comics, Sunday at 11:00 in Carlsbad.

We'll also be doing our annual rat poster live drawing — stop by for a raffle ticket for a chance to win it with yourself as the 49th rat!

7000 BC at Bubonicon 48

Bubonicon 48 | August 26–28, 2016 | Friday: 3:00–8:30 / Saturday: 9:30–7:00 / 9:30–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to Bubonicon in the Dealers Room with independent comics from group members. Some of our comics creators will be involved in panels over the course of the convention:

• Sunday at 11:15 in Carlsbad: Storytelling and Your Brain: Creating Comics
• Sunday at 2:30 in Carlsbad: How to Create Your Own Web-Comic

We'll also be doing our annual rat poster live drawing — stop by for a raffle ticket for a chance to win it with yourself as the 48th rat!

7000 BC at Bubonicon 47

Bubonicon 47 | August 28–30, 2015 | Friday: 3:00–8:30 / Saturday: 9:30–7:00 / 9:30–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to Bubonicon in the Dealers Room with independent comics from group members. Some of our comics creators will be involved in panels over the course of the convention:

• Friday at 6:00 in Cimarron: Making Sense of Comics
• Saturday at 6:00 in Carlsbad: How to Create Your Own Web-Comic
• Sunday at 11:30 in Carlsbad: How to Comics: Create One of Your Own

7000 BC at Bubonicon 46

Bubonicon 46 | August 1–3, 2014 | Friday: 3:30–8:30 / Saturday: 10:00–7:00 / 10:00–4:00 | Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to Bubonicon in the Dealers Room with independent comics from group members. We'll also be leading a Self-Publishing Q&A panel on Sunday at 11:30 in Carlsbad.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 45

Bubonicon 45 | Friday, August 23–Sunday, August 25 | 3:30–8:30 / 10:00–7:00 / 10:00–4:00 | The Albuquerque Marriott Uptown | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to Albuquerque's annual science fiction and fantasy convention Bubonicon. We'll be back in the Dealers Room (AKA the Flea Market) with a table full of comics from the group.

We will run a panel on The Process of Going From Text Script to Completed Artwork, Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in Acoma, by the Art Show.

We'll also continue our tradition of creating drawing of 45 rats — live, in front of your eyes — to be raffled off on Sunday afternoon, with the winner(s) to be drawn as the final rat; tickets available at the table.


Update: and here's Roslee as the winning rat!

43 Rats from Bubonicon 43

This year's live drawing — 43 rats for the steampunk-themed Bubonicon 43 — with our longtime friends and neighbors at the convention the Summers family in the winning portrait spot. Click for larger.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 43

Bubonicon 43 | Friday, August 26-Sunday, August 28 | The Sheraton Albuquerque Airport | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC returns to Albuquerque's annual science fiction and fantasy convention Bubonicon. We'll be back in the dealers room with a table full of comics from the group.

Jeff will present a history and appreciation of Monsters in Comics on Saturday at 1:00 and our friends Robert and Amanda will discuss what goes into inventing a language Friday at 7:00, both in the Rio Grande Room. Full programming information is here.

We'll also continue our tradition of creating a drawing of 43 rats — live, in front of your eyes — to be raffled off on Sunday night, with the winner to be drawn as the final rat; tickets available at the table.


Update: photos!


Created with flickrSLiDR.

Don't Panic! — It's The 42 Rats Jam From Bubonicon 42

Another great year at Bubonicon, some photos at the Flickr stream. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, our friends, and attendees to our presentations.

Again, we created a jam drawing, 42 rats in honor of Bubonicion 42, and raffled it off. This year's winner is our neighbor Charmaine.

7000 BC at Bubonicon 42

Bubonicon 42 | Friday, August 27-Sunday, August 29 | The Albuquerque Grand (Sheraton) Airport Hotel| Albuquerque, NM

Once again, 7000 BC is happy to be a part of the annual science fiction and fantasy convention Bubonicon. We'll be in the dealers room next to Jamie.

In addition to our table of comics from the group, Chuck will be leading a panel Friday evening at 7:30 on our comic convention proposal; Paul, Pete, Jamie, and Bram will present the Comics Collaboration panel Saturday morning at 10:00; and Jeff will share his theatrical set design experience Sunday morning at 10:00.

We'll also continue our tradition of creating another live rat drawing — to be raffled off on Sunday night, with the winner to be drawn as the final rat; tickets available at the table.

41 Rats Run Rampant at Bubonicon!

This year's 41 Rat Raffle at Bubonicon was won by (ratty little drum roll please — skrikkitta skrikkitta)... Harriet Engle! Here's hoping those nasty little ratties won't be nibbling her in her sleep.  Click on the image to see them rats up close.