MoCCA Festival
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MoCCA Festival | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Comics |
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Location(s) | New York City |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2002 |
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Filing status | Not-for-profit |
Website | www |
The MoCCA Arts Festival, or MoCCA Fest, is an independent comics showcase that typically includes artist booths, slide shows, and educational panels. It was created by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in 2002 by bringing together over 2,000 artists, publishers, editors and enthusiasts. It was named "Best Small-Press Comics Nexus Anywhere" by The Village Voice.[1]
Beginning in 2013, the MoCCA Fest is being produced by the Society of Illustrators, following their acquisition of the Museum the previous year.
History[]
The MoCCA Festival was held at New York's historic Puck Building from 2002 to 2008. The MoCCA Festival hosted the comics industry's 2004 and 2005 Harvey Awards.[2][3]
From 2009 to 2014, MoCCA Fest took place at the 69th Regiment Armory. The Society of Illustrators took over management of MoCCA Fest beginning with the 2013 show.
In 2015, the event was split between two locations, with the exhibitors in , and the programming at the .[4][5] Plans to convert Center548 to a residential property forced the Society to find new venues, and beginning in 2016 hosted the exhibitors, with programming taking place at .
The 2020 Arts Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Dates and locations[]
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- June 23, 2002 (Puck Building)
- June 22, 2003 (Puck Building) — guests 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, and Craig Thompson
- June 26–27, 2004 (Puck Building) — event expands to two days
- June 11–12, 2005 (Puck Building)
- June 10–11, 2006 (Puck Building)
- June 23–24, 2007 (Puck Building)
- June 7–8, 2008 (Puck Building)
- June 6–7, 2009 (69th Regiment Armory)
- April 10–11, 2010 (69th Regiment Armory)
- April 9–10, 2011 (69th Regiment Armory)
- April 28–29, 2012 (69th Regiment Armory) — guest of honor: P. Craig Russell
- April 6–7, 2013 (69th Regiment Armory) — first under the administration of the Society of Illustrators
- April 5–6, 2014 (69th Regiment Armory)
- April 11–12, 2015 ( [exhibitors], [programming]) — guests of honor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier, J. H. Williams III[4][5][7]
- April 2–3, 2016 ( [exhibitors], [programming]) — guests of honor: Cece Bell, R.O. Blechman, Phoebe Gloeckner, Sonny Liew, Rebecca Sugar.[8]
- April 1–2, 2017 (Metropolitan West [exhibitors], Ink48 [programming]) — guests of honor: Blutch, Cliff Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Drew Friedman, David Lloyd, Gene Luen Yang.[9]
- April 7–8, 2018 (Metropolitan West [exhibitors], Ink48 [programming])
- April 6–7, 2019 (Metropolitan West [exhibitors], Ink48 [programming])
- April 4–5, 2020 (Metropolitan West [exhibitors], Ink48 [programming]) — CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Awards[]
MoCCA Festival Award/Klein Award (2002 - 2012)[]
Presented to an artist whose outstanding work elevated the comic art form. In 2009, the MoCCA Festival Award was renamed the Klein Award in honor of MoCCA founder Lawrence Klein.
- 2002: Jules Feiffer
- 2003: Art Spiegelman
- 2004: Roz Chast
- 2005: Neal Adams
- 2006: Gahan Wilson
- 2007: Alison Bechdel
- 2008: Bill Plympton
- 2009: Jerry Robinson
- 2010: David Mazzucchelli
- 2011: Al Jaffee
- 2012: Gary Panter
MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence (2013 - present)[]
Under the administration of The Society of Illustrators, the Klein Award was replaced in 2013 with the MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence, intended to recognize the most outstanding work on view at the festival. Artists winning this award are acknowledged with an Award of Excellence and have their work exhibited at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art at the Society of Illustrators. All materials chosen in the jury's initial survey will be acquired by Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library for a newly established MoCCA Arts Festival collection, to be expanded annually.
2013 recipients[]
- (B+F)
- Kim Ku (Ghost Hotel)[10]
- (Sunday in the Park with Boys)
- Nicholas T. Offerman (Nick Offerman) for the comic Revenant[11]
- (Last Train to Old Town)
- (Andrew Jackson Throws a Punch)
- Honorable Mention: Simon Arizpe (OHaBEAR)
The winning artists' work was exhibited in the second floor MoCCA gallery at the Society of Illustrators May 21-July 6, 2013.
Judges for the 2013 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence included Karen Berger, Gary Groth, Nora Krug, David Mazzucchelli, and Paul Pope.
2014 recipients[]
- (Narwhal)
- (Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales)
- (Exercise the Demon)
- David Plunkert (Heroical)
- (Invisible Wounds)
The winning artists' work was exhibited in the second floor MoCCA gallery at the Society of Illustrators April 29-May 17, 2014.
Judges for the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence included (2013 recipient), , Chip Kidd, , and James Sturm.
2015 recipients[]
- (Swimmers)
- (Humdrum No.1/ 2015)
- (Conceptual Bar Mitzvah Video)
- (Commuter)
- (Nope)
The winning artists' work was exhibited in the second floor MoCCA gallery at the Society of Illustrators July 27-August 15, 2015.
Judges for the 2015 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence included Charles Burns, Annie Koyama, David Plunkert (2014 recipient), (2013 recipient) and .
2016 recipients[]
- (Alle Ego)
- (Lon Chaney Talks Part 2)
- (Becoming Rosie)
- (Vivisectionary II)
- R. Sikoryak (iTunes Terms and Conditions)
The winning artists' work was exhibited in the second floor MoCCA gallery at the Society of Illustrators May 3-June 4, 2016.
Judges for the 2016 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence included , Cliff Chiang, Charles Kochman, Mark Newgarden, and Lauren Weinstein.
References[]
- ^ The Village Voice Best Of Awards: Best Small-Press Comics Nexus (Anywhere!) - 2002, The Village Voice
- ^ HarveyAwards.org: "Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Announces 2004 Harveys Nominees" Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Press release (May 13, 2005): "18th Annual Harvey Awards Winners to Be Announced in June 11 Ceremony in NYC," Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine MoCCA official website.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Spurgeon, Tom. "MoCCA Announces Move Into Center548; Initial Guests," The Comics Reporter (September 24, 2014).
- ^ Jump up to: a b "MoCCA Arts Festival partners with the historic High Line Hotel to host weekend programming!," MoCCA Fest official Tumblr site (Jan. 22, 2015).
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi. "COVID-19 Cancel Culture: MoCCA postponed; Diamond Retailer summit cancelled: More and more events are being cancelled or postponed to slow the spread of COVID-19," The Beat (03/11/2020).
- ^ Reid, Calvin. "MoCCA Moves to Chelsea; Names First 2015 Guests," Publishers Weekly (Sep 24, 2014).
- ^ "Announcing the Guests of Honor at the 2016 MoCCA Arts Festival," MoCCA Fest Tumblr. (Jan. 28, 2016).
- ^ "MOCCA ARTS FESTIVAL GUESTS OF HONOR," Society of Illustrators website.
- ^ "MoCCA Arts Festival Award Winners May 21, 2013 - July 06, 2013". Society of Illustrators. 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Sweatshirt Weather". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
External links[]
- Comics conventions in the United States
- Festivals in New York City
- Festivals established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in New York City
- Conventions in New York City