#mocca19

via: https://www.societyillustrators.org/events/mocca-2019-sunday and https://www.societyillustrators.org/events/mocca-2019-saturday

NJ comic makers, Lauren Weinstein and Mike Dawson, will be on panels at the 2019 MoCCA Arts Festival:

Helvetica Room / 1:30 pm

Narratives of Motherhood

The experience and work of motherhood has increasingly been the subject of comics narratives in recent years. Artists have drawn their birth stories and explored the complex emotions that parenthood can provoke, while also addressing the difficulty of maintaining an artistic practice balanced against the demanding responsibilities of parenthood. MUTHA Magazine editor and Publishers Weekly graphic novels review editorMeg Lemke will lead a discussion on comics narratives of motherhood with artists Emily Flake (The New Yorker, Mama Tried), Sacha Mardou (Sky in Stereo), and Lauren Weinstein @laurenrweinstein​ (Mother’s Walk, Normel Person).

Helvetica Room / 3:00 pm

The Personal and the Political

For many, political events and political questions have assumed a heightened urgency in American life. Just as personal experience and political life are thoroughly intertwined, recent work by comics artists suggests that the line between “personal” and “political” work is beginning to disappear in comics that meditate upon contemporary social life. Artists Mike Dawson @mikedawwwson​ (Rules for Dating My Daughter), Sarah Glidden (Rolling Blackouts) and James Sturm (Off Season) will discuss the consideration of political themes within a narrative context with scholar Jonathan W. Gray (John Jay College-CUNY and the CUNY Graduate Center).

via: https://www.societyillustrators.org/exhibitors-list/

Here are some of the New Jersey folks that will be at MoCCA Fest next weekend in NYC:

JAMES BASCARA F209 

I'm a Filipino-American artist from New Jersey. I studied engineering at Rutgers University before going to the School of Visual Arts for illustration. My work focuses on building new mythologies through various mediums, including painting, books, sculpture, and animated films. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. 

(http://www.jamesbascara.com)

SAM GRINBERG G234

Sam Grinberg was born in NYC but lived most of his life in the woodsy suburbs of New Jersey. He currently lives in Burbank working as a character designer on The Simpsons by day but spends his nights and weekends making comics and zines. He is currently working on his comic series "Scumburbia".

(https://instagram.com/samgrinberg)

CHRISTIAN RAY C. BLAZA F228

Christian Blaza is a New Jersey based illustrator. He graduated Montclair State University in May 2015 with a BFA in Animation/Illustration. Now a member of Society of Illustrators and Society of Philippine American Artist, he works freelance with an interest in editorial and fantasy illustration. When he’s not doodling, he enjoys being a huge nerd with a passion for video games.

(http://www.christianblaza.com/)

CATARINA RODRIGUES F228

Catarina Rodrigues is a digital artist from New Jersey. During her early years as an artist, Catarina has gathered inspiration from works of Stephen Gimmel, Greg Simkins, and Jim Henson. Catarina attended Montclair State University to earn a B.F.A in Animation and Illustration. Her background consists of working alongside animators, mocap artists, game designers, and children book illustrators. Today, Catarina is developing her whimsical vision through her digital paintings and illustrations.

(https://www.catmariart.com/)

ELISE MIGUEL

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmMupQhGyQ/

So excited to announce that I’ll be tabling at @soi128 ‘s MoCCA in NYC next weekend! I’ll be selling a bunch of enamel pins, prints, hand printed zipper bags and bandanas, scrunchies, and a whooooole lot more ✨ stop by Metropolitan West next weekend, April 6&7 from 11 am to 6 pm to check out all the goods from me and other amazing illustrators! And if you can’t make it, all my merch is on my website (link in bio) ;) http://www.elisemiguel.com/

@moccafestnyc

@mikedawwwson