So, your guy Saturday JackBauerstein went to Day 1 of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival in New York City yesterday and let me tell you, the event was pretty amazing.
Now for this year’s event, MoCCA had a location change. Once stationed at the Puck Building, the event had grown too big and just too awesome to be contained in such a small space. Enter: The 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street. This massive building would be perfect for such a large gathering of indie comic fans and as usual, I had to be front center, smack-dab in the middle of the event.
I arrived at the location 20 minutes before the event was about to begin and already there was a line in front of me.
Fans of such big indie names as Evan Dorkin, Seth, and Adrian Tomine are some of the most loyal bunch around and gathered early, a fact I knew beforehand so I did not mind waiting. But, if you have ever been to MoCCA before, you would know that something always delays the beginning of the show. Last year, someone on the show floor needed medical assistance and the show was delayed slightly. This year, apparently there was an issue with the cash registers that stopped the show from starting for at least an hour. The line of people remained calm though, since the weather was so nice and not hot at all. Plus, we were treated to a bunch of marching army folk, on what appeared to be their daily exercise.
Posted By: Daniel Moss
Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 3:22PM
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