I've been meaning to write about the MoCCA Art Festival, which I attended a couple weeks back. It is a spectacular annual showcase of indie (and not so indie) comics and artsy small presses, very rocknroll. Every year I wander around this carnival in a blissed out daze, discovering new artists and filling my bag with loot. This year was a particularly good one, as Lynda Barry was a special guest, and the overall talent was formidable.
I wanted to highlight one of my favorite found treasures: Milk-Teeth is a full color comic by Kate Allen. It features mostly wordless vignettes about mythological creatures, but with a markedly adult spin. Princesses and unicorns suck face, feathers are singed, homicides are committed. And it's all drawn with a capricious yet contemporary eye. You should absolutely pick up a copy here ASAP. I have no doubt Ms. Allen's star is on the rise, and you can say you knew her when.
Thanks for this (and continued thanks for your blog in general! Always so much fun. And every time I think I've found an artist to recommend, when I check your archives it turns out you were way ahead of me!)
Posted by: Craig | June 24, 2008 at 08:04 PM
Took your advice and bought this - wow! VERY beautiful and disturbing and wonderful. Also grabbed "nine monsters and how they kill you" which was funny and scary at the same time. Thank you.
Posted by: Martha | June 30, 2008 at 03:16 PM