After last year's rough experience (heat, delays, confusion, one trash can), this past weekend's MoCCA Fest ran much smoother, helped along by the absolutely stunning real spring NYC weather. Exhibitors were also able to set up their tables the night before, which allowed for an on-time opening. And, there were plenty of trash cans... although they probably shouldn't have been plopped right in the middle of the aisles. High table prices prevented the entire show from being sold out, and several prominent small press names (e.g., Adhouse), didn't exhibit.
As an attendee, I had a lovely day, buying more comics than planned. What amazes me about shows like MoCAA Fest (and SPX), is that my friend and I purchased almost entirely different stacks of comics. There's so much variety! Reading show reports on blogs today, it seems that there was a lot that I missed, too! And I got to tell Lucy Knisley how much I loved her book FRENCH MILK, in person!
Here's this year's haul, which I'll be reviewing in the upcoming weeks (months?).
Books:
- Craig Yoe's Weird but True Toon Factoids
- Make Yourself Happy / Lucy Knisley
- Smile / Raina Telgemeier
- The Troll King / Kolbeinn Karlsson
- Hey Princess / Mats Jonsson
- The 120 Days of Simon / Simon Gardenfors
- Love is the Reason / Tim Fish
- Drawing on Yourself / Ursula Murray Husted
- To Teach: The Journey, In Comics / William Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner
- Radiator Days / Lucy Knisley
- Snake Pit 2009 / Ben Snakepit
- I'm Crazy / Adam Bourret
- Apollo's Song / Osamu Tezuka
- Sword of My Mouth (1/6) / Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard
- Adventures of Nikki Harris #3 / Carter Allen
- Star Wars Fanbook comps: Harvest is When I Need You Most, And Don't Forget the Droids, Only What You Take With You
- Invincible Summer #16 / Clutch #21
- Green Blooded / Cathy Leamy
- Losers Weepers #1 and #2 / JT Yost
- Snake Pit #16 / Ben Snakepit
- Troop 142 #1, 2, and 3 / Mike Dawson
- Kick Ass Jews / Allan Dorson
- My Goddamn Upstairs Neighbor / Chris Brown
- Zoo Force / Thomas & Smith
- Tales of Good ol' Snoop Doggy Dog / JT Yost
- Old Man Winter / JT Yost
- When I Was a Mall Model / Monica Gallagher
Crafty:
- Pretty notecards from Pickle Hill Letterpress at the Coin-Op Studio Table
- Set of cat and bird screened pillow cases from Celia B Designs (Celia Bullwinkel of the Meathaus collective)
1 comments:
Hey man, thanks for picking up so many of my comics! If you want to know when I put new stuff out, please head over to http://www.birdcagebottombooks.com and sign up on the mailing list (that includes Snakepit stuff). See you at SPX!
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