MoCCA Festival
mocca art festival mocca fest independent comic showcase typically includes artist booth slide show educational panel created museum comic cartoon art bringing together artist publisher editor enthusiast named best smallpress comic nexus anywhere village voice since mocca fest produced society illustrator following acquisition museum previous year mocca festival held new york historic puck building mocca festival hosted comic industry harvey award mocca fest took place th regiment armory society illustrator took management mocca fest beginning show event split two location exhibitor center programming high line hotel plan convert center residential property forced society find new venue beginning metropolitan west hosted exhibitor programming taking place ink festival cancelled due covid pandemic festival held online event six day virtual event society illustrator announced plan hold event inperson new venue metropolitan pavilion new york city chelsea neighborhood june puck building june puck building — guest include jessica abel signe baumane amanda conner howard cruse evan dorkin phoebe gloeckner klaus janson denis kitchen james kochalka peter kuper jason little patrick mcdonnell mike mignola bill plympton ted rall jeff smith art spiegelman craig thompson june – puck building — event expands two day june – puck building june – puck building june – puck building june – puck building june – th regiment armory april – th regiment armory april – th regiment armory april – th regiment armory — guest honor p craig russell april – th regiment armory — first administration society illustrator april – th regiment armory april – center exhibitor high line hotel programming — guest honor aline kominskycrumb scott mccloud raina telgemeier j h williams iii april – metropolitan west exhibitor ink programming — guest honor cece bell ro blechman phoebe gloeckner sonny liew rebecca sugar april – metropolitan west exhibitor ink programming — guest honor blutch cliff chiang becky cloonan drew friedman david lloyd gene luen yang april – metropolitan west exhibitor ink programming april – metropolitan west exhibitor ink programming april – metropolitan west exhibitor ink programming — cancelled due covid pandemic april – metropolitan pavilion presented artist whose outstanding work elevated comic art form mocca festival award renamed klein award honor mocca founder lawrence klein jules feiffer art spiegelman roz chast neal adam gahan wilson alison bechdel bill plympton jerry robinson david mazzucchelli al jaffee gary panter administration society illustrator klein award replaced mocca art festival award excellence intended recognize outstanding work view festival artist winning award acknowledged award excellence work exhibited museum comic cartoon art society illustrator material chosen jury initial survey acquired columbia university rare book manuscript library newly established mocca art festival collection expanded annually recipient gregory benton bf kim ku ghost hotel jane mai sunday park boy nicholas offerman nick offerman comic revenant kenan rubenstein last train old town andrea tsurumi andrew jackson throw punch honorable mention simon arizpe ohabear winning artist work exhibited second floor mocca gallery society illustrator may july judge mocca art festival award excellence included karen berger gary groth nora krug david mazzucchelli paul pope recipient alexandra beguez narwhal luke healy monstrous picture whale greg kletsel exercise demon david plunkert heroical jess ruliffson invisible wound winning artist work exhibited second floor mocca gallery society illustrator april may judge mocca art festival award excellence included gregory benton recipient tracy hurren chip kidd chris pitzer james sturm recipient tyler bos swimmer keren katz humdrum greg kletsel conceptual bar mitzvah video kris mukai commuter daniel zender nope winning artist work exhibited second floor mocca gallery society illustrator july august judge mocca art festival award excellence included charles burn annie koyama david plunkert recipient andrea tsurumi recipient alexandra zsigmond recipient glynnis fawkes alle ego pat dorian lon chaney talk part shreyas r krishnan becoming rosie kate lacour vivisectionary ii r sikoryak itunes term condition winning artist work exhibited second floor mocca gallery society illustrator may june judge mocca art festival award excellence included calista brill cliff chiang charles kochman mark newgarden lauren weinstein official website mocca festival tumblr