Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the line of people waiting to get in before the show opened went around the corner (IMG_3858)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): these people are not waiting for a bus, they're waiting to get into the MoCCA Art Festival (IMG_3863)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the doors have just opened and attendees are getting their badges (IMG_3944)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): a volunteer makes signs which will be used to let panelists know they only have a few minutes before their panels are scheduled to end (IMG_3947)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the walls of the panels and programming area were decorated with posters from past MoCCA Art Festivals (IMG_3949)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the walls of the panels and programming area were decorated with posters from past MoCCA Art Festivals (IMG_3950)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the walls of the panels and programming area were decorated with posters from past MoCCA Art Festivals (IMG_3952)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): downstairs, at the entrance to the panels and programming area, a list of that day's panels and a floor plan of the exhibitors' area (IMG_3953)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): MoCCA t-shirts were offered for sale at the MoCCA booth (IMG_3954)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): cartoonist Rick Parker (IMG_3958)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Fantagraphics Books had a wide selection of their books for sale (IMG_3959)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): The Comics Journal #301, fresh from the printer, was first available at MoCCA; Fantagraphics sold every copy they brought (IMG_3960)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Yoe Books' table - Yoe Books was one of the sponsors of the Art Festival (IMG_3962)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): an actual, real Eisner Award statue was on display at the Will Eisner Studios booth (IMG_3968)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Will Eisner Studios' booth (IMG_3970)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): autographed posters for sale at the MoCCA booth - 2005 MAF (signed by many of the artists who participated) and "Is This The Al Jaffee Art Exhibit?" (signed by the legendary Mad Magazine artist) (IMG_3973)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): activity at the MoCCA booth (IMG_3974)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): activity at the admissions tables (IMG_3975)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Al Jaffee's MoCCA Art Festival badge - a couple of hours after this photo was taken, he would receive the 2011 Klein Award (IMG_3984)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Peter Bagge's MoCCA Art Festival badge (IMG_3986)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): fans waiting on line for the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel (IMG_3987)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the "Teaching Comics" panel - Karen Green, Tom Hart, Bill Kartalopoulos, Jessica Abel (IMG_3990)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Jessica Abel during the "Teaching Comics" panel (IMG_3993)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the line for the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel (IMG_3997)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel - Heidi MacDonald, Dean Haspiel, Nick Bertozzi, Sarah Glidden, Nick Abadiz (IMG_4002)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel - Heidi MacDonald, Dean Haspiel, Nick Bertozzi, Sarah Glidden, Nick Abadiz (IMG_4005)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): Heidi MacDonald and Dean Haspiel at the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel (IMG_4006)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): the "Sequential Non-Fiction" panel - Heidi MacDonald, Dean Haspiel, Nick Bertozzi, Sarah Glidden, Nick Abadiz (IMG_4009)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): "Drawing with Rick Parker," a cartooning course for kids of all ages (IMG_4021)
Gary Dunaier: MoCCA Art Festival, 04/09/11 (Day 1): "Drawing with Rick Parker," a cartooning course for kids of all ages (IMG_4026)