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This year's MoCCA Festival is being eagerly awaited to see how changes made under the new Society of Illustrators management will affect a show that has yet to take the place on the...

Well, the year is winding down, and with it comes the annual "Best Of" lists from various websites and media.  Publishers Weekly led the charge, issuing an actual graphic novel listing within their greater...

This was the third indie show of the year—TCAF and SPX were the other two—where I experienced the complete rapture of falling in love with comics all over again for the first time. Love, death, mystery—when the first time happens all over again, you know you're in the right place. I wasn't the only one feeling the love.

Take a look at some excerpts from Liz Hickey's new comic, JAMMERS, which will be available at the Hic and Hoc table at The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival tomorrow (for more info about...

A HUGE list of books that will be debuting at Saturday Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest. Gas is a little short but mass transit is working so get yourself over to Williamsburg! And yes...

Too much to choose from! A French Comics Celebration: Discussion and Cocktail Party Thursday, November 8, 7pm, FREE The Cultural Services of the French Embassy / 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075 Featuring Blexbolex, Françoise Mouly, and more… Complimentary refreshments /...

Cartoonist, Malachi Ward, is debuting his new comic, The Reverie, at The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival this weekend and was kind enough to send over a five page preview. Check it out! The...

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest, top be held November 10, has announced its programming and also satellite events

Even as you read this, an amazing event is underway in Portland called THE PROJECTS -- it's billed as "a festival of experimental comics and narrative arts, happening at the IPRC in Portland on October 19-21, 2012" and is only the latest in a year filled with impressive comics symposiums and events that go far beyond the "What inspired you to create the Avengers, Mr Lee," paneling that has represented many comics events. With this, the G-17 meeting in Chicago, MIX in Columbus, NYC's ongoing scholarly events , comics are being looked at in creative and social context that significantly enhance and deepen both their media standing and our own understanding.

Much has been written and lauded about this year's SPX, and I'm late to the game but I have a few thoughts I wanted to put to pixel before the memories fade. It was a great time for just about everyone, I think. I had a blast at TCAF this year and came away from it completely optimistic about The State of Comics. That mood was only deepened by SPX, and I don't expect it to fade any time soon. A few little notes:

Photo via @eee Possibly the best SPX ever—and definitely the most financially successful one. That's what everyone was saying last night. By 4:30 Fantagraphics had made more money than they did at all of last...

This weekend The Small Press Expo takes place in North Bethesda, MD, offering what seems to be a once in a lifetime lineup of guests: Dan Clowes. Chris Ware. Both Hernandez Brothers. No one ever seems to remember seeing them all in one place before. They won't all be on the same panel, but there is one featuring Clowes, Los Bros and Adrian Tomine. Get there early.