Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Arts Festival this Weekend with Feiffer, de Seve, and Others

Posted on 2nd April 2013 in News

 

With The Society of Illustrators as co-presenters, MoCCA’s Arts Festival returns for 2013 with its traditional mix of special guests and events.  Among those  in the festival whose work has appeared in The New Yorker are Jules Feiffer, Peter Kuper, the illustrator Arnold Roth and cover artist Peter de Seve. The event is this coming Saturday and Sunday (April 6th & 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory at 68 Lexington Ave., NYC).

For all the information on the festival, including Special Guests, Events, a floor plan of the booths, all participants, and more, link here.

More on the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art / Society of Illustrators merge

Posted on 19th August 2012 in News

From graphicdesign.com, “MoCCA Merges with Society of Illustrators”

5 Questions for Roz Chast; Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection; Further news of The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) & The Society of Illustrators

Posted on 9th August 2012 in News

From The Horn Book, August 2, 2012, “Five Questions for Roz Chast”

 

From American Enterprise, August 9, 2012, “Seeing artistry in Alfred Bloomingdale’s Cartoon Collection”

 

From The Comics Journal (TCJ), August 9, 2012, Michael Dean continues his fine coverage with “MoCCA Gets a New Lease on Life at Society of Illustrators”

Comics Journal reports on the status of The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

Posted on 12th July 2012 in News

From The Comics Journal, July 11, 2012, Michael Dean reports on the sudden closing, and future  of New York’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA): “MoCCA Aims for Improved Location: Closure Not Permanent” 

New York Times: The demise of sports cartoons; Bob Staake at USC; Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Fest 2012

Posted on 25th April 2012 in News

Richard Sandomir has written a great (but sad) piece for The New York Times on the demise of sports cartooning, “Lost Occupation, Lost Art  as Sports Cartooning Declines” — sorry, no link:  check out the NYTs homepage, scroll down to INSIDE NYTS.COM and look for the sports illustration.

 

From dailytrojan.com, April 19, 2012, “Cartoonist Bob Staake began his career at USC”

 

The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Fest 2012 is this weekend (April 28th & 29th).  Check out the guests, panels etc.