Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): the ticket sales area, 15 minutes before opening (IMG_8335a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): souvenir journals of the Fest, $5.00 apiece (IMG_8337)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): a pre-opening smile from Charlie Brown (IMG_8340)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): the MoCCA Eats are ready (IMG_8341)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): opening the doors to the public (IMG_8348)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): the doors have just opened - and the second to pass through is Jim Salicrup, editor-in-chief of Papercutz (IMG_8351)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): minutes after the doors opened, attendees crowd the entrance hall (IMG_8358a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): early arrivals waiting on line to pass through the mighty Armory doors (IMG_8360)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Cliff Galbraith (Asbury Park Comicon) is excited about this year's MoCCA Arts Festival (IMG_8367)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): 20 minutes after the doors opened, the line of people waiting to get in was around the corner - we're looking down 26th Street here (IMG_8368)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): southbound look down Lexington Avenue as fans wait outside the Armory to get in (IMG_8372)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): the M102 and M103 buses stop right in front of the Arts Fest - as does the M101, but only at night (IMG_8379a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): northbound look up Lexington Avenue as fans wait outside the Armory to get in (IMG_8383)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): volunteers in the MoCCA Gift Shop are ready to take care of business (IMG_8388)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Charlie Brown watches over the event (IMG_8389)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Fiona Staples signs at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund table (IMG_8392)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Kim Deitch at the Fantagraphics booth (IMG_8393a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1) (IMG_8398)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Ted Sutter gives his presentation, "The Katzenjammer Kids Go To The Armory Show: Cartoonists And Modern Art, 1913" (IMG_8410)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): signage directing attendees to the programming rooms and restrooms (IMG_8411)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): viewing original pieces on display in the MoCCA Gallery (IMG_8416)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): some of the original pieces on display in the MoCCA Gallery (IMG_8417)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Shannon Wheeler ("Too Much Coffee Man") signs my copy of God Is Disappointed In You as co-author Mark Russell watches (IMG_8421)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Nick Abadzis (IMG_8429a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): Charlie Brown (IMG_8430)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): rare fanzines and a copy of the first issue of Havey Pekar's American Splendor (IMG_8432a)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1): I just need a little cuddle (IMG_8433)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1) (IMG_8435)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1) (IMG_8439)
Gary Dunaier: 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival, 04/05/14 (Day 1) (IMG_8440)