Baristas fighting monsters, fantastic creators, and hot coffee encounters- So What? Press has all sorts of things in store this month! Starting in mid-April, a new 10-page Tales of the Night Watchman story by Dave Kelly will be featured in the Park Slope Reader, a free of charge quarterly publication in Brooklyn, NY. At 2 pages per publication, […]
‘The Art of MARCH: A Civil Rights Masterpiece’ exhibit is coming to the Society of Illustrators
Here’s some exciting news! The Society of Illustrators in NYC will host “The Art of MARCH: A Civil Rights Masterpiece,” a blockbuster exhibit that will illuminate both the celebrated graphic novel trilogy (co-written by Andrew Aydin) and the story of Congressman John Lewis’s experience in the civil rights movement. The MARCH trilogy has become a […]
Nice Art: MoCCA Arts Festival unveils key art by JooHee Yoon
Comics Festival season is coming at us fast! And so the sixteenth annual MoCCA Arts Festival has unveiled the key art by JooHeeYoon. The image will adorn signage and merchandise at the MoCCA Arts Festival, to be held on April 7th and 8th, 2018 at Metropolitan West located at 639 West 46th Street in Manhattan. Why JooHee Yoon? […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/18/17: C.B. Cebulski issues a new statement
§ Nice art: Dark Horse will release a full collection of Evan Dorkin’s Milk and Cheese comics in May. This is what the 90s were all about, people. Sometimes dairy is a dish best served spoiled. Over the years, Milk and Cheese has proven to be a comic book of idiotic genius from the devilish mind of […]
Bagieu, Coin-Op, Shrestha and Chung win gold in MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence
I’m still putting together my MoCCA thoughts, but in the meantime, here are the winners of the fourth annual MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence, which are presented by a judging panel. I dont’ think nominees were ever announced, and I was given winner’s names only not the works they won for but I’ll update when I get […]
MoCCA Festival announced for April 1-2 with Blutch, Yang and more
The Society of Illustrators has just announced some details for the 2017 MoCCA Festival in New York. It will be held at the same place as last year – Metropolitan West – and will be held April 1-2. UPDATE: revealed in a tweet, Penelope Bagieu will be the badge and poster artist! https://twitter.com/PenelopeB/status/806244707693105152 This year’s […]
MoCCA Festival announces dates and new venue for 2016
Update: the correct dates for the show are April 2-3, not 3-4 as I originally wrote. MoCCA Festival, New York’s largest indie comics focused event, has announced a new venue for 2016: Metropolitan West, an event space located at West 46th Street between 10th and 11th Avenue. Programming will be held nearby at Ink48, a […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/20/15: Making money at crowded comic arts festival
§ There’s been some chatter over the last week or so over this public FB thread by Stephen Bissette about what he sees as exclusion of certain creators at indie comics shows. It sprang out of an older thread, and the conversation eventually includes Bill Kartalopoulos, who works with SPX and MoCCA, as well […]
Back from the Brink: Seth Kushner’s Secret Sauce
I’m not the kind of critic that likes to wax poetic about the production of a piece of art. I believe that, although an artist’s life always influences their creations, a work should be judged on its own merits. However, occasionally, as is the case with Seth Kushner’s comic anthology Secret Sauce, exceptions must be made. […]
Tonight @ Society of Illustrators: Is That Art?
This exhibit of works from Craig Yoe’s original art collection has already garnered stellar accolades – tonight you can see why. And that’s not all … Jeff Trexler