PopCultureShock recaps MoCCA

“While the festival as a whole has grown, not all of that growth consists of local or even American creators. 2009 marked the first appearance of U.K.-based Fan Fare/Ponent Mon, which specializes in translating Spanish and Japanese graphic novels, as well as an entire section devoted to Scandinavian comics.

The international exhibitors are a growing and important part of MoCCA Festival, Erickson said. This year, we not only had [Fan Fare/Ponent Mon], but also a whole section devoted to Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, as well as artists from Ireland and Romania! We hope and expect to have even more nations represented next year.”

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MoCCA Recap

MoCCA reacap from Zeitgeist. Read more here.

PW and MoCCA

PW covers MoCCA:

“This is the first year that the festival, sponsored by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, has been held at the the historic 69th Regiment Lexington Avenue Armory after many years at the Puck Building in SoHo and the move did not go smoothly. An outside temperature of 80 degrees and a lack of air conditioning led to suffocating temperatures on the floor and exhibitors complained bitterly about the conditions, including one who called the show “an endurance run.””

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MoCCA

I visited Stephen Vrattos of Ponent Mon this weekend at MoCCA. Check out these pictures:

The Manga Critic and Ponent Mon

Katherine Dacey tells readers about Ponent Mon’s attendance at MoCAA this year. Are you going?

“Among this year’s exhibitors is Fanfare/Ponent Mon, publisher of such titles as Disappearance Diary, Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators, My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill, Tokyo Is My Garden, and The Walking Man. Be sure to stop by the booth, sneak a peak at Fanfare’s summer and fall releases, and snag a book or two.”