It’s time again for the TREES & HILLS SPRING TOUR!!!

March 20, 2010: Boston Zine Fair 11am-7pm at Cambridge YMCA, 820 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02141. This will be our fourth year tabling at this great event organized by the Papercut Zine Library - or maybe the third-and-a-half, since it’s a miniature version happening as part of the Blastfest music showcase. Come say hi to Daniel Barlow and Colin Tedford at the T&H table, and our Boston Comics Roundtable friends at theirs! Join us for a day-long  celebration of writing, art, independent media, and self-publishing, where local creators sell zines, comics, artwork, crafts, music, and all kinds of small press publications - apparently while bands rock nearby! Admission $5 (music continues for hours after the fair).

April 10-11: MoCCA Art Festival 11am-6pm at the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Ave, New York City. Our fourth year tabling at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s annual fundraiser / indie comics overload marks the debut of our new anthology Play. Come visit with Daniel Barlow, Colin Tedford, Anne Thalheimer, Marek Bennett (all @ official T&H table E9), James Kochalka, Megan Baehr, M.R. Petit, James Sturm & numerous other members of the CCS community, and our friends from the Boston Comics Roundtable (not to mention all the other amazing artists from around the country). Admission: advance $10 day / $15 weekend; door $12 day / $20 weekend; MoCCA members $12 weekend.

April 24 & 25: SPACE (Small Press And Comics Expo) at the Ramada Plaza & Conference Center, 4900 Sinclair Rd, Columbus, OH 43229. Matt Young, Denis St. John, and Colin Tedford will bring the CCS alum / Trees & Hills magic to the people of Ohio! Admission $5 day / $8 weekend.

May 1: Free Comic Book Day Festival 10am-4pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 40 Columbus Ave, Rochester, NH. Colin Tedford will bring our usual assortment of anthologies and other comics, plus Free! Comics! for our second year at the biggest FCBD event in New England, organized by Jetpack Comics and the Rochester Main Street Association. Free admission!

May 23: MECAF (Maine Comics Arts Festival) 10am-5pm at Ocean Gateway, 14 Thames St, Portland, ME. Join us for our second year at this terrifically well-organized show (also in its second year) put on by Casablanca Comics, and don’t miss the panel discussions May 22 at the Portland Public Library! Meet Daniel Barlow, Colin Tedford, Marek Bennett, numerous members of the CCS community, Mark Gonyea, the Boston Comics Roundtable, many Maine cartoonists, and more! Admission $5; free for children 12 & under.

We may add more events to this list as we confirm details.

Happy (early) Spring!