A Sample of the 2010
MoCCA Festival Panels and Programs

Saturday, April 10th
11:30 AM
Titans of Comics: Living Cartooning Legends
Humor comics geniuses Al Jaffee (Mad Magazine – creator of the “fold-in”), Arnold Roth!(Humbug, Trump, National Lampoon), and Gahan Wilson (New Yorker, Playboy)! We dare you to keep a straight face during this panel! Moderated by the moderately amusing Danny Fingeroth (Superman on the Couch, Rough Guide to Graphic Novels)

12:45  PM
Dash Shaw and Frank Santoro in Conversation
Moderated by: Bill Kartalopolous.
Frank Santoro, author of Storeyville and co-creator of Cold Heat, joins Bottomless Belly Button and Bodyworld author Dash Shaw for a conversation moderated by comics critic and Parsons faculty member Bill Kartalopoulos. The artists will discuss their influences, their approaches to comics, and the relationship between line and color on the printed comics page.

2:00  PM
The Art of the Superhero: When Singular Vision Meets Popular Mythology
Once upon a time, comics defenders made much fuss over how "comics are not just superheroes." We turn the notion on its head, exploring how superheroes can be not only as smart, and as much of a personal artistic expression as the more "literary" autobio and indie comix, but  when done right these new myths can be simply sublime. Join true superheroes of the art Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, Sin City), Jaime Hernandez (Love & Rockets), Paul Pope (Batman Year 100, Heavy Liquid), Kyle Baker (Plastic Man, Nat Turner) & Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, ACT-I-VATE) as they explore what they find inspiring about the genre and about each others work. Moderated by Jeff Newelt (HEEB, Smith, Royal Flush)

3:15  PM
Klein Award Ceremony
David Mazzucchelli presented by renowned graphic designer Chip Kidd.

4:00  PM
Best of the 00s: Artists On their Favorite Comics of the Decade
A cross section of comics luminaries, including Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics), Nick Bertozzi  (Houdini: The Handcuff King), Alex Robinson (Box Office Poison), Becky Cloonan (Demo, American Virgin), and more, discuss their favorite books of the past ten years.

5:15  PM
The MoCCA Live Strip Show: Actors Perform Indie Funnies
Featuring the art of: R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, Kim Deitch, Gabrielle Bell, and Emily Flake
With the voice talents of Sam Seder, Sara Benincasa and Jon Glaser!
Top talent from the world of standup comedy, animation, film, and radio come together to perform live versions of strips from Kim Deitch (Boulevard of Broken Dreams), Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed to Thrizzle), Gabrielle Bell (Lucky), R. Sikoryak (Masterpiece Comics), and Emily Flake (Things Ain’t Gonna Smoke Themselves).

Sunday, April 11th

10:30 AM
How To Create A Cartoon Character with Rick Parker
In this workshop for kids of all ages, Rick Parker (Pekar Project, Beavis & Butthead, Dead Boy) will show you how to create your own cartoon character from scratch, in one hour and that if you can draw one character, you can draw them all!  You'll learn how to draw the human figure, as a cartoon character, in action! Running, eating, even bopping another character on the head with a frying pan! Special emphasis on the face, the key to creating characters. No previous drawing experience necessary.

10:30 AM
A Special Holocaust Remembrance Day Presentation: Disney and Neal Adams Take on the Holocaust
Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams (Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Avengers: Kree Skrull War), Disney Educational Productions chief Lisa Clements, and Holocaust historian Dr. Rafael Medoff unveil their new collaboration:  "They Spoke Out: American Voices of Protest Against the Holocaust," a stunning series of motion comics that will revolutionize Holocaust education.  Featuring the premiere of the first two episodes in the series.

11:30 AM
How to Say Everything: Exercises and Practices for Visual Storytellers
Premiering his soon-to-be-published book, Tom Hart (Hutch Owen) hosts this workshop on "How to Say Everything."  He'll walk attendees through the process of coming up with new, fertile and personal ideas for characters and stories and then discuss ways of developing them further. Designed for creators who wonder "where do ideas come from?" as well as anyone stuck in old patterns or ideas and need a kick forward. Supplies will be provided but it wouldn't hurt to bring a pencil.

11:30 AM
James Sturm and Paul Karasik in Conversation
James Sturm (The Golem's Mighty Swing) and Paul Karasik (City of Glass)conduct an overview of Sturm's comics work as well as the founding of The Center for Cartoon Studies, culminating in a look at the creation of Sturm's latest graphic novel, "Market Day".

12:45  PM
New Genres, New Readers, New Technologies: The World of Comics To Come
Moderated by Calvin Reid (Publishers Weekly); Panelists: Leigh Walton (Top Shelf Comix), Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts), Craig Yoe  (Arf, Secret Identity), Charles Kochman (Abrams ComicArts), and David Steinberger (Comixology). Like the rest of publishing, the landscape of the comics medium is changing in dramatic and not so dramatic ways. Whether it’s the impact of Hollywood and new corporate structures at Marvel and DC; or self-published comics on the web, manga and a new generation of retailers, the medium has never seemed so strong; the variety of works so diverse nor the business and distribution possibilities so intriguing. This panel will highlight the state of the medium from the artful resilience of small press and indie comics publishing to the steady growth of graphic novels in the book industry and the proliferation of new genres and new readers  for them.

2:00 PM
Sequential Activism: Saving the World One Panel at a Time
Bill Ayers (To Teach: The Journey in Comics), Peter Kuper (WWIII Illustrated, Oaxaca), Josh Neufeld (A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge), Tom Hart (Hutch Owen), and Ward Sutton (Sutton Impact) join moderator Brian Heater (Daily Crosshatch) to explore the history of subversive political comics, from political cartoons to World War III Illustrated.

3:15 PM
A Scandinavian Comics Primer
with Johannes Klennell (Sweden, Galago), Mats (Sweden, Galago), Espen Holtestaul (Norway), Ville Hänninen (Finland) and Henrik Rehr (Denmark) moderated by Shannon O’Leary.
Ever wonder about what these rumblings of a Swedish Comics Invasion
are all about?  Or those whispers you’ve heard about the groundbreaking art comics movement coming out of Norway and Finland? And what about what’s not rotten in Denmark? Join today’s hottest cartoonists and publishers from Scandanavia for refreshments and a discussion about today’s best new comics from Northern Europe.

4:30 PM
YA? Why not!
Young Adult graphic novels are swiftly gaining popularity among librarians, teachers, and most importantly, young readers! Join Hope Larson (Chiggers, Mercury), Jillian Tamaki (Skim), Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Baby-sitters Club), and Tracy White (How I Made it to Eighteen) for a discussion about their work, their influences, and their audience. Moderated by The Beat’s Heidi MacDonald.

5:15 PM
Moving Pictures: Sunday Evening Animation Spectacular
It’s been a long weekend, hasn’t it? What better way to celebrate another successful MoCCA Fest that by taking a load off and enjoying a selection of short animated films from Bill Plympton (Idiots and Angels), Signe Baumane (Birth, Veteranarian), Michael Kupperman (Snake and Bacon), Kolbeinn Karlsson (The Troll King), and more!

MoCCA Festival 2010 Panels and programs are organized by Brian Heater (The Daily Cross Hatch) and Jeff Newelt AKA JahFurry (comics editor of SMITH, Heeb, and Royal Flush magazines.)

MoCCA Festival 2011
Address & Dates

 Saturday, April 9
and
Sunday, April 10

at the 69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY.

MoCCA Festival 2011
Exhibitor Applications

Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis beginning August 10th by fax (212-254-3590), mail email (exhibitors@moccany.org) and in person only. Registration forms are available on the MoCCA website at here!