A new CAF is coming in November: NOCAZ Festival in New Orleans
The CAF (comic arts festival0 circuit continues to expand and here's a new show in New Orleans, called the NOCaZ Festival for "comics and zines." The event will be held November 14-15th at the New Orlenas Public Library. According to their mission statement:
2015 MoCCA Festival announces first guests and move to a new venue
After years of awkwardness regarding temperature, comfort and general feng sui, MoCCA is leaving the Lexington Armory for a new venue in 2015. Mocca Fest's new home is Center 548, which based on the photos on its website, looks like an open, airy modernish venue more like The Puck Building, where MoCCA was born.
How to Survive Micro-Press Publishing at SPX
by Zachary Clemente
This past weekend, the 20th annual Small Press Expo (SPX) brought an explosion of independent and small press comics to the Marriott...
SPX was lovely, as usual
The indie comics world and The Beat are recovering from the yearly love in also known as the Small Press Expo. You can see...
“A Cosmic Fairytale” – D.J. Kirkbride incites The Bigger Bang [Interview]
Author D.J. Kirkbride has been an important force in the comics’ industry for years now spearheading projects like Amelia Cole for Monkey Brain...
Denis KItchen on The Best of Comix Book–“One of the Greatest Things Stan Lee...
The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Went Underground
is in B&W/ and Full color, HardCover an exclusive Kitchen Sink Press imprint under Dark Horse ISBN:978-1-61655-258-9
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The Beat Podcasts! – Mike Dawson interview
Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The...
Announcing Comic Arts Los Angeles on December 6.
As the indie show/CAF circuit gets more popular, one market seems to be without its own show and that's Los Angeles. It's always Los Angeles. They have book fairs and Comickaze but indie shows tend to founder there. Well, a new kid just hit the block and it's called Comic Arts Los Angeles. Like the best CAFs it has an acryonmic name that makes shandy shortcut: CALA.
SDCC 14: Batman’s 75th, My 20th, and a Lot of First Experiences
By David Nieves
We're all still recovering from copious amounts of walking around taking pictures with people and wishing the people in front of us...
The Beat Podcasts! – SDCC ’14 Day 1: Eric Powell & Richard Starkings
Live from San Diego Comic Con, it's More To Come! Publishers Weekly's podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate...
Interview: The Whole Creative Team for ‘And Then Emily Was Gone’!
Who even is Emily and where did she go? Those are the first two questions that spring into the mind when reading 'And Then...
TCAF news: 2015 dates, 2014 attendance drew 22,000
Director Chris Butcher has a wrap-up post for the 2014 TCAF that has many thanks and observations. Also the news that next year's fest...
