July 2, 2007

Wondering what you missed at this year’s MoCCA Art Festival? Lucky for you, our very own Pam Mullin was there taking notes.

Here’s what she had to say:

The MoCCA Art Festival was once again a success. The festival has grown so much that it now not only takes place in the three first floor rooms of the Puck building, but it has taken over the 7th floor and author events were moved to the museum itself over on Broadway. I was skeptical about this move, but am happy to report that everything went smoothly.

On Sunday Austin Grossman spoke to an enthusiastic crowd about his new novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible. Kim Deitch had a tightly packed audience, which I was a part of, for his talk and slide show about the origins of Alias the Cat.

Both authors spent some time at the Pantheon Booth and signed copies of their books for all of the fans, and there were lots of them. In fact, many praised Chip Kidd’s design for the Soon I Will Be Invincible jacket and hard case. There were many comics artists milling around including Art Spiegelman, R. Kikuo Johnson, Charles Burns, Aaron Renier, Jessica Abel, Alison Bechdel, among others.

Thanks to all who stopped by. See you again next year!