{"id":30852,"date":"2025-03-13T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852"},"modified":"2025-03-15T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:26:30","slug":"indie-comics-come-alive-at-mocca-arts-fest-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852","title":{"rendered":"Indie Comics Come Alive at MoCCA Arts Fest 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mocca-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30854\" width=\"855\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mocca-1.jpg 1020w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mocca-1-300x138.jpg 300w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mocca-1-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Preview by Brad Balfour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Society of Illustrators presents MoCCA Arts Fest<br>March 15 &#8211; 16, 2025<br>Metropolitan Pavilion<br>125 West 18th Street<br>New York, NY 10011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York\u2019s indie comics festival is back. Presented by the Society of Illustrators, the MoCCA Art Fest runs March 15 &#8211; 16 at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W 18th St, New York, NY).<br><br>MoCCA fest has assembled legendary greats and new up-and-comers from the world of independent comics and zines.<br><br>Special guests include:<br><br>\u2022 Badiucao (You Must Take Part in Revolution)<br>\u2022 Charles Burns (Final Cut, Unwholesome Love)<br>\u2022 Michael DeForge, Holy Lacrimony<br>\u2022 Bim Eriksson<br>\u2022 Olivia Fields<br>\u2022 John Hankiewicz (Hot House)<br>\u2022 Jaime Hernandez (Life Drawing)<br>\u2022 Frances Jetter<br>\u2022 Aidan Koch (Spiral and Other Stories)<br>\u2022 Mattie Lubchansky<br>\u2022 Mar\u00eda Medem (Land of Mirrors)<br>\u2022 John Vasquez Mejias<br>\u2022 Anders Nilsen (Tongues)<br>\u2022 Katie Skelly<br>\u2022 Kay Sohini<br>\u2022 Linnea Sterte (World Heist)<br>\u2022 Adrian Tomine<br>\u2022 Chlo\u00e9 Wary (Season of the Roses)<br>\u2022 Lale Westvind, Grand Electric Thought Power Mother<br>\u2022 Bianca Xunise, Punk Rock Karaoke<br><br>MoCCA Fest also includes programming and panel discussions exploring professional development for artists, the careers of artists such as Jaime Hernandez and Adrian Tomine and more.<br><br>To learn more, go to: https:\/\/www.moccafest.org\/<br><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-30852\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-30852\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-30852\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=30852\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview by Brad Balfour The Society of Illustrators presents MoCCA Arts FestMarch 15 &#8211; 16, 2025Metropolitan Pavilion125 West 18th StreetNew York, NY 10011 New York\u2019s indie comics festival is back. 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