On Saturday, I had a couple of events to attend, but the first thing I was able to head to was the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival, otherwise known as MoCCA. People who weren’t able to come to the city this past weekend, was definitely pretty envious as I saw from Twitter. This is a Saturday and Sunday event, that served as a fundraiser and showcase of the Museum’s accomplishments for the year. At this event, there were exhibitors, and panels. I wasn’t able to go to any panels, but I was around the exhibitor’s room, so these are pictures I took from Saturday.

Behind the MoCCA indication is the autographing area, where for an hour, artists from different publishers would be present to sign autographs.

The main activity for the exhibition room was selling and presenting products for comic consumers.

Fanfare/Ponent Mon was here! JLHLS happened to write a review for The Walking Manv. So they have became a favorite publisher of mine, to go and check out serious adult friendly titles in English. Adult friendly might not be a good way of saying their products, but the books that have been published by this company is definitely more in the tastes of adult readers. I am happy to hear that The Walking Man, is going to be getting a reprint soon, since it is a great book to know about! They had Farm 54 on hand, and other publications.

I noticed that Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, and First Second were here.

Julia Wertz! She is the author for The Fart Party (volume 1-2), and Drinking at the Movies. I was pretty happy to meet her in person, and say that I loved the architecture details in her art. There were definitely many artists to discover at this event, and to actually know one exhibiting here was definitely a cool factor!

Takashima Rica, is also another artist I was definitely aware about. As a yuri mangaka, her work recently became part of the Kyoto International Manga Museum, so meeting her was nice. She is standing with Erica Friedman, who is the founder of ALC Publishing and Yuricon. JLHLS has in the past written a review from ALC publishing.

There weren’t many people dressed up in cosplay, but I did see a person in a Superman costume, and in the distance this female convention goer dressed in lolita fashion.

Lush Comics, the type face looks cool, but definitely the name stood out for me.

This is a Jessica Rabbit type doodle shot I liked. The table was selling a Doodle type book.

I know you can’t see the detail as well as I can remember, but the Wanted posters are definitely in the style of manga One Piece. There were a variety of products being sold: posters, books, zines, even jewelry!

Even if there weren’t as many superhero type comics around, here is a Batman art that I saw. Also another one of the lesser known, but still original hero!

I definitely didn’t expect to see this booth here, normally I see them at other conventions. They are the ones with the huge squeezable and hug-able plushies, so it was a surprise to see them.

Next year’s MoCCA should be around this time, so be sure to perhaps remember of this festival next year from now.

Iron Man: Beneath the Armor

Review by Budd

Iron Man stormed into theaters in 2008 introducing him to a world that may have never known him otherwise. This history into Iron Man fills in the gaps and lets you know how the original story went down. This book is filled with interviews with a plethora of people who worked on Iron Man over the years.

The chapters are broken down into the different eras of Iron Man comics. There is a section leading into the movie with some neat trivia. Character bios take up the last third of the book and cover pretty much anyone you can think of or have read about to that point. The last section has a break down of the different armors, what they did, and when Stark wore them.

The really great thing about this book is the illustrations. They have covers and snippets from issues going all the way back. Mingled in are pictures of promotional items and toys. These illustrations give you a grasp on how the character and comic art have changed over the years. There are even some original illustrations that are beautifully done in there.

This book is great for comic fans or those who have just recently been attracted to the Iron Man Character. Not only that, but this book goes in depth on the state of the industry that caused the comic and all comics to go certain directions. This a very educational book and is very well put together. Highly recommeded.