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Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival

May 2, 2012
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Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival

Article by Tristian Goik. Once or twice, I have heard of people talking about how they ‘got a table’ at the MoCCA Festival. The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival is a gathering of artists (mostly illustrators) at the Lexington Avenue Armory. Only this year have I been fortunate and intelligent enough to go. It is a large, but manageable convention. The armory is filled with both young and more mature artists, who are manning their tables filled with comics, illustrations, posters, and more. Some of them are eager: smiling over their work with the confidence that they will peak your interest. Others are more extroverted and hand out a flyer or two. Some are more likely just holding the table for the artist in absentia, and fortunately only a few are too emotional to make eye contact. I drifted through this colorful reef of people and emerged with a bag full of paper-swag, which I present to you here. Please keep in mind they are just a fraction of what was available, and try not to over analyze one poor man’s experience and choices… Here are a few fun things I noticed. “The Man with F.E.E.E.T.”  is...

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Mocca Art Festival 2010

April 12, 2010
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So the Mocca Fest was this weekend – Who went?  What did you see?  What did you think?  It was my first ever trip to Mocca this year, and only my second comic fest ever.  I know, I’m a bad girl.  But, it’s better late than never, right?  I’m glad I went, and compared to my first which was just a few months ago near Penn Station, it was a much better and inspiring experience.  Instead of bins and bins full of old and dusty comic books, here were tables upon tables of independent artists showcasing their homemade comic creations and eager to tell you all about their artwork and style.  I had no idea the scope of the medium and it was a lot of fun to walk around and view all their work, everything from hardcover bound books and what they call an ashcan, to socks, hats, pillowcases, and toys.  I saw animators Alisa Harris, Will Krause, Allan Norico, Nelson Diaz, and Celia Bullwinkle at tables showcasing their work.   Amid Amidi from Cartoon Brew selling books and  old Animation Blasts.  Ray Alma and Tunde Adebimpe drawing on the spot.  Countless others who I can’t possibly all name...

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Additional report and photos from Comic Con

February 13, 2009
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Please visit Jared Deal’s Blog for another look at the Comic Conference.  It’s chock full of fun photographs of the action going on at their booth.

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Comic Con takes Manhattan

February 10, 2009
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Comic Con takes Manhattan

New York Comic Con 2009 By Justin Simonich It was my first time going to a Comic Con and I didn’t quite know what to expect.  In order to prepare for my first time I went to their website to try and see just what it was I was getting into.  To my horror one of the first things I saw was their weapons policy. THEY HAVE A WEAPONS POLICY !!!  I had no idea that comic book aficionados were so dangerous.  Here is their actual policy listed below. The following items are forbidden at New York Comic Con: Functional firearms (including air soft guns, BB guns, cap guns, paintball guns, and pellet guns) Functional projectile weapons (including blow guns, crossbows, long bows, silly string, slingshots, water balloons, and water guns) Metal-bladed weapons (including axes, daggers, hatchets, knives, kunai, shuriken, swords, sword canes, and switch blades) Explosives (including firecrackers and fireworks) Chemical weapons (including mace and pepper spray) Blunt weapons (including brass knuckles, clubs, and nunchaku) Hard prop weapons (including props made of metal, fiberglass, and glass) I decided to push through the fear and attend the convention despite the obvious danger I was placing myself in. After waiting...

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Labor Days with Rick Lacy and Philip Gelatt

October 19, 2008
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Labor Days with Rick Lacy and Philip Gelatt

ASIFA-East presents Labor Days with Rick Lacy and Philip Gelatt Article by Sam Marlow Labor Days is a creator owned comic by writer Philip Gelatt and artist, Rick Lacy. They gave a talk for on Thursday, October 16th at NYU about the origins of their comic, and how they fell into their collaboration, as well as the comic book world. Philip Gelatt was a film studies major at NYU, with a minor in archeology, which might have something to do with his published Indiana Jones Adventure comic book. But like many success stories in the comic book world, Philip didn’t originally intend to be a comic book writer. After graduating from NYU he worked in the film industry, specifically on feature documentaries. He says most of his jobs consisted of driving vans and answering phones. But with a connection through friends over at SVA, he met Rick Lacy. He was an animation student, and after graduating, he worked as a storyboard artist for the Venture Bros. He did have a couple of side jobs for the comics industry. He illustrated the Clone Wars comic and Hellboy Animated for Dark Horse. After Rick and Philip became good friends, it was...

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