Dec 08, 2009
The Cross Hatch Dispatch 12.08.09
Categories: The Cross Hatch Dispatch
[Above, Jess Fink makes a movie. Below, the Dispatch b-roll.]
- Jess Fink is getting two books published by Top Shelf! Her erotic, robotic Chester 5000 and her time travel memoir, We Can Fix It. Both are due out in 2010.
- SLG Publishing has announced a new series of indie-focused comics festivals.
- Help publish two of Box Brown’s independent comics!
- Portland State University Library recently acquired Dark Horse Comics’ archives.
- Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here, a new comic series based on the infamously well-endowed porn star John Holmes’ movie character, has gone into a second printing. Get yourself a copy before Johnny exhausts himself.
- Patrick Wensick is holding a coloring contest in honor of his new book, Sex Dungeon for Sale! If that title doesn’t inspire you to pull out a marker set, nothing will.
- The Spring 2010 Independent Seminar with Matt Madden and Tom Hart will be enrolling soon. The course will meet Saturdays (Jan. 30, Feb. 27, April 24) from 11:00AM–5:30 PM.
- The History of Boston: now in comic form! Finally. This 144-page trade paperback from the Boston Comics Roundtable is filled with work from dozens of contributors, all telling true tales of their hometown.
- Australian cartoonist Jessica McLeod, creator of comics Mungo Bean and Working Class Elf is now offering adorable holiday gift packs through Etsy. Each of the two gift packs includes a cuddly hand-made plushie of her main characters, plus their corresponding comic books (signed and sketched), button, and a custom gift bag.
- BREAKING NEWS: MoCCA Fest 2010 panels and programming are to be organized by Jeff Newelt and Brian Heater. The 9th annual art festival of comics and cartoon art is sure to be a smashing success. BE THERE Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11.
Hi Cross-Hatcher,
Just wanted to let you know about a limited time sale on MoCCA Fest tables.
MoCCA Festival 2010 is coming sooner than you think: April 10 and 11!
We have a special Holiday Sale on tables for just a limited time. Reserve your exhibitor space before January 1st and get more than 15% savings off the 2010 prices! That’s $375 for a full table and just $225 for a half.
Prices are due to go up on January 1st, so act now! Prices rise to $440 ($405 for members) for a full table and $275 ($240 for members) for a half table.
Don’t miss your chance to join great exhibitors like Abrams ComicArts, ACT-I-VATE, Bear Party Collective, Buenaventura Press, Blurred Books, Candle Light Press, Comics Bakery, Drawn + Quarterly, Dumbrella, Evil Twin Comics, Fantagraphics, Pantheon, Secret Acres, Sparkplug Comics, Top Shelf, and Tugboat Press among many others.
MoCCA Festival 2010 will take place over April 10-11, 2010 at the historic 69th Regiment Armory in New York.
“The best small-press nexus (anywhere!)” says the Village Voice.
The annual two-day event attracts thousands of comic art lovers and creators from around the globe to celebrate the world’s most popular art form in the heart of New York City. Since 2002 the MoCCA Festival offers a unique venue to experience comics, mini-comics, web comics, graphic novels, animation, posters, prints, original artwork, and more. Each year, the Festival invites dozens of established and emerging creators, scholars, and other experts to participate in two days of lecture/discussion panels on a variety of comics and cartoon topics.
Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis beginning by email, fax, mail and in person only. Application forms are available on the MoCCA website.
MoCCA Fest 2009 Exhibitors