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MoCCA Fest Through the Years 1
- Events, Con Diaries
- June 17, 2019
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA Fest) has been an annual New York City event since 2002. I have been attending it on and off for well over a decade. My time at the MoCCA Fest this year was dripping with nostalgia. Since that weekend this Spring, I have looked back at

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TCAF 2019 Diary: Calls to Action and Comics Communities 0
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events, Zines
- May 14, 2019
Ever since I moved to Toronto in 2018, I’ve heard about the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival (TCAF), which I had narrowly missed in 2018 because I arrived a month too late. So, it really isn’t surprising that the moment I got the chance, I made arrangements to attend the festival in 2019.

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Accessibility! Was it a Thing?: WonderCon 2019 Con Diary 0
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events, Reviews
- April 5, 2019
My last time at WonderCon was an accessibility nightmare. With inadequate parking, rude staff, and lack of seating, I thought I would never return to its large halls, but alas I decided 2019 would be a good year to see if WonderCon had improved on its inaccessibility, and to score some good comics, zines, and

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Con Diary: ECCC, The Convention Unconventional 0
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events
- March 22, 2019
It feels like we were just writing about convention season ending, and now here we are in the midst of a new one. I confess going into this year’s ECCC with a little trepidation. Last year, the day after the convention was the beginning of our several-week-long site outage. It was a stressful mess, coming

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The Pros and (Comic) Cons of Hope Nicholson’s Newest Anthology 0
- Comics, Con Diaries, Interviews
- December 5, 2018
Comic book conventions are wondrous opportunities for fans to find rare goodies, play dress up, attend panels and workshops, hangout with friends, discover something new, and meet the creators of the comics they love to read. We often get to see conventions from the fan perspectives, but what are these events like from the other

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To All The Cons We’ve Loved This Year 0
- Con Diaries
- November 30, 2018
We all have different criteria for what makes a convention. Some people love the huge rush of large venues like SDCC. Some like quieter, smaller things. With 2018’s convention season having finally wound down, we figured it’d be a good idea to talk about which con each of us liked best, and why.

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MoCCA Fest Through the Years
- Events
- June 17, 2019
TCAF 2019 Diary: Calls to Action and Comics Communities
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events, Zines
- May 14, 2019
Accessibility! Was it a Thing?: WonderCon 2019 Con Diary
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events, Reviews
- April 5, 2019
Con Diary: ECCC, The Convention Unconventional
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events
- March 22, 2019
The Pros and (Comic) Cons of Hope Nicholson's Newest Anthology
- Comics, Con Diaries, Interviews
- December 5, 2018