{"id":449,"date":"2009-06-28T22:39:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T03:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2009-06-29T06:28:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T11:28:20","slug":"mocca-mad-man-minus-minus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seakingdom.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/28\/mocca-mad-man-minus-minus\/","title":{"rendered":"MoCCA: MAD Man, Minus Minus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I traveled to NYC for the day, and attended the MoCCA Art Fest<\/a> – an indie comic convention that I’ve been to twice before.<\/p>\n

As I did last year, I drove to Norwalk, CT, and then took the train into Grand Central Station.\u00c2\u00a0 I was able to walk to the convention from there, as they were holding it at a new venue – the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Ave.\u00c2\u00a0 It was about 16 blocks South of the train station.<\/p>\n

On my way down to the con, I discovered that several blocks (6 to 8?) of Lexington were closed off for a street market of some kind:<\/p>\n

\"streetmkt\"<\/p>\n

There were several booths selling clothing, jewelry, souvenirs, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 as well as lots of food and drink booths.\u00c2\u00a0 I needed to get some lunch, so I got a chicken kabob\/pita sandwich, and ate it while I walked the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

The con was supposed to start at 11:00am.\u00c2\u00a0 I got to the building at 11:40 and found that they hadn’t started admitting people yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently, movers were late getting con supplies there and unloading, so the organizers were still getting setup.\u00c2\u00a0 The line to get in snaked around the corner and halfway up the block on 26th St.\u00c2\u00a0 After I got in line, many more people lined up after me, eventually snaking around the next corner.<\/p>\n

Here’s the line in front of me:<\/p>\n

\"line1\"<\/p>\n

and behind me:<\/p>\n

\"line2\"<\/p>\n

I was standing in the sun, and hadn’t brought a hat (or any sunscreen).\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, I had my laptop bag with me (sans laptop) that I was able to hold on top of my head (and managed to balance it there for quite a while).\u00c2\u00a0 It provided much needed shade.<\/p>\n

While waiting in line, I saw this gold topped building:<\/p>\n

\"goldroof\"<\/p>\n

Not sure what it is (I haven’t tried looking it up – anybody know?).<\/p>\n

The line finally started moving around 12:30, and within 10 minutes I was inside.\u00c2\u00a0 Unlike previous years in the Puck Building, they had all the exhibitors in one big space (so big I couldn’t get it all in one picture):<\/p>\n

\"moccafloor1\"<\/p>\n

\"moccafloor2\"<\/p>\n

A brief rundown of people whose tables I visited, in no particular order:<\/p>\n