MoCCA Festival
MoCCA sponsors events ranging from book openings to educational programs in New York City schools, and also hosts classes, workshops and lectures. The MoCCA Festival (aka MoCCA Fest) is an annual fundraiser for the museum. It is New York's largest independent comics showcase, featuring hundreds of creators and publishers on the main floor, typically accompanied with additional rooms devoted to educational panel discussions, slide shows, and interviews. From its inception in 2002 until 2008 it was held at the Puck Building. Since 2009, it has taken place at the 69th Regiment Armory. Each year, MoCCA Fest presents the Klein Award, named in honor of MoCCA Founder Lawrence Klein. The award, originally known as the MoCCA Art Festival Award from its inception in 2002 until 2008, is presented to an artist whose outstanding work has elevated the comic art form. Past Klein award recipients have been Jules Feiffer (2002), Art Spiegelman (2003), Roz Chast (2004), Neal Adams (2005), Gahan Wilson (2006), Alison Bechdel (2007), Bill Plympton (2008), Jerry Robinson (2009), David Mazzucchelli (2010), Al Jaffee (2011), Gary Panter (2012).
MoCCA hosted the comics industry's 2004 and 2005 Harvey Awards.
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