Word: mocca
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...brief moment this past Sunday afternoon, Manhattan became the center of the alternative comix universe when the second annual MOCCA Art Festival opened at SoHo's Puck Building. Publishing planets and the stars that give them life were pulled in from as far as Europe, Australia, Canada and the West Coast. Where once there was a vacuum of interesting comix convergences in New York, this sudden gravitational pull proved irresistible to the medium's satellites. The line was out the door and on to the wet sidewalk. With crowds estimated by organizers at 2500, this year's attendance exceeded last...
...festival is not going to stay the same," says Lawrence Klein, chairman of MOCCA, which stands for Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Founded in 2001 as a non-profit, MOCCA's stated purpose is the "collection, preservation, study, education, and display of comic and cartoon art." Currently headquartered in Manhattan's Union Square, MOCCA hopes to eventually open a museum, possibly downtown in the recovering World Trade Center area, though no exact location or opening date have been announced. For now they fulfill their mission by organizing spot exhibits around New York and putting together the annual art festival...