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{{short description|Comic book festival in Brooklyn, New York}}
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{{Infobox Convention
{{Infobox Convention
| name = Comic Arts Brooklyn
| name = Comic Arts Brooklyn
| image =
| image = Comic Arts Brooklyn logo.png
| caption =
| caption =
| status = Active
| status = Indefinite hiatus
| genre = [[Alternative comics]] convention
| genre = [[Alternative comics]] convention
| frequency = Annual
| frequency = Annual
| venue = [[Pratt Institute]]
| venue = [[Pratt Institute]]
| location = [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York]]
| location = [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| country = [[United States]]
| country = [[United States]]
| first = {{start date and age|2013|11|9}}
| first = {{start date and age|2013|11|9}}
| last = November 11, 2017
| last = {{end date|2019|11|2}}
| next = November 11, 2018
| next =
| founder_name = Gabriel Fowler
| founder_name = Gabriel Fowler
| organizer = Desert Island Comics
| organizer = [[Desert Island (comic shop)|Desert Island]]
| filing =
| filing =
| attendance =
| attendance =
| website = http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/
| website = {{url|http://comicartsbrooklyn.com}}{{dead|date=April 2024}}
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'''Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB)''' is a [[comic book festival]] and [[art book fair]] held annually in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Founded in 2013 as a successor to the '''Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF)''', CAB focuses on [[Self-publishing|self-published]], [[independent publisher|independent]], and [[alternative comics|alternative]] comics.
'''Comic Arts Brooklyn''' ('''CAB''') was a [[comic book festival]] and [[art book fair]] organized by the comic book store [[Desert Island (comic shop)|Desert Island]], held annually in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Founded in 2013 as a successor to the '''Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival''' ('''BCGF'''), CAB focused on [[Self-publishing|self-published]], [[independent publisher|independent]], and [[alternative comics]].


==Programming==
==Programming==
CAB is founded and organized by Gabriel Fowler, the owner of the comic book store Desert Island in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]].<ref name="TCJFOWLER" /> The festival is centered around a single-day, [[Comic_book_convention#Artist_Alley|artist alley]]-style exhibition space that features roughly 200 artists and comics publishers.<ref name="CAB2018" /> The days leading up to and following CAB often include affiliated events, such as gallery exhibitions, art installations, and screenings.<ref name="2014Exhibits" />
CAB was founded and organized by Gabriel Fowler, the owner of the comic book store [[Desert Island (comic shop)|Desert Island]] in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]].<ref name="TCJFOWLER" /> The festival centered around a single-day, [[Comic book convention#Artist Alley|artist alley]]-style exhibition space that featured roughly 200 artists and comics publishers.<ref name="CAB2018" /> The days leading up to and following CAB often included affiliated events, such as gallery exhibitions, art installations, and screenings.<ref name="2014Exhibits" />


Exhibition space at CAB is invitation-only; artists and vendors must either apply and be accepted, or be invited to attend by the festival's organizers.<ref name="PW2016" /> Admission to the festival is free for members of the public.<ref name="Vice2015" />
Exhibition space at CAB was invitation-only; artists and vendors must either have applied and been accepted, or be invited to attend by the festival's organizers.<ref name="PW2016" /> Admission to the festival was free for members of the public.<ref name="Vice2015" />


==History==
==History==
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF), the predecessor to CAB, was inaugurated in 2009 by Fowler, comics critic and scholar Bill Kartalopoulos, and Dan Nadel, founder of the now-defunct publishing company [[PictureBox]]. The festival ran for four years, until Kartalopoulos and Nadel announced in May 2013 that they would no longer organize BCGF.<ref name="TCJ-OVER" /> In July 2013, Fowler announced the founding of Comic Arts Brooklyn, to be held in November of that year.<ref name="CAB-FOUNDED" /> CAB was inaugurated on November 9, 2013 at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in [[Brooklyn, New York]] – the same venue where BCGF was formerly held, and with many of the same exhibitors – with programming directed by [[Paul Karasik]].<ref name="PW2013" />
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF), the predecessor to CAB, was inaugurated in 2009 by Fowler, comics critic and scholar Bill Kartalopoulos, and Dan Nadel, founder of the now-defunct publishing company [[PictureBox]]. The festival ran for four years, until Kartalopoulos and Nadel announced in May 2013 that they would no longer organize BCGF.<ref name="TCJ-OVER" /> In July 2013, Fowler announced the founding of Comic Arts Brooklyn, to be held in November of that year.<ref name="CAB-FOUNDED" /> CAB was inaugurated on November 9, 2013 at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in [[Brooklyn, New York]] – the same venue where BCGF was formerly held, and with many of the same exhibitors – with programming directed by [[Paul Karasik]].<ref name="PW2013" /> CAB does not officially record attendance for the festival,<ref name="PW2017" /> though organizers have estimated the number of attendees per year as being "in the thousands."<ref name="2016PressRelease" />


In 2014, CAB expanded from one to two days of programming, with the additional day designated for [[panel discussion]]s.<ref name="2014Expand" /> Organizers considered placing CAB on hiatus in 2016,<ref name="PW2016" /> but instead opted to include fewer exhibitors and reduce the length of the festival to its original single day of programming.<ref name="PW2016-2" />
In 2014, CAB expanded from one to two days of programming, with the additional day designated for [[panel discussion]]s.<ref name="2014Expand" /> Organizers considered placing CAB on hiatus in 2016,<ref name="PW2016" /> but instead opted to include fewer exhibitors and reduce the length of the festival to its original single day of programming.<ref name="PW2016-2" /> In 2017, CAB relocated from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church to the [[Pratt Institute]],<ref name="Hyperallergic" /> nearly doubling the size of its exhibition space.<ref name="PW2017" />


The last CAB was held in 2019, after the planned 2020 show was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City|COVID-19 pandemic]]. The event has since been on "indefinite hiatus" due to multiple organizers having relocated from Brooklyn, and the Pratt Institute no longer permitting events held by outside organizations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacDonald |first1=Heidi |title=The Return of (Some) Comics Festivals |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/89474-the-return-of-some-comics-festivals.html |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=June 2, 2022 |date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>
In 2017, CAB relocated from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church to the [[Pratt Institute]],<ref name="Hyperallergic" /> nearly doubling the size of its exhibition space.<ref name="PW2017" />


===Event history===
===Event history===
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{{Convention list
{{Convention list
| date = November 8-9, 2014
| date = November 8–9, 2014
| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = [[Josh Bayer]], [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Roz Chast]], Michael DeForge, [[Julie Doucet]], [[Aisha Franz]], Lisa Hanawalt, [[Al Jaffee]], [[Chip Kidd]], [[Tim Lane (cartoonist)|Tim Lane]], [[Benjamin Marra]], [[Richard McGuire]], [[Raymond Pettibon]], [[James Romberger]], [[Jim Rugg]], [[Olivier Schrauwen]], [[Dash Shaw]], Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, [[Marguerite Van Cook]]<ref name="CAB2014" />
| guests = [[Josh Bayer]], [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Roz Chast]], [[Michael DeForge]], [[Julie Doucet]], [[Aisha Franz]], [[Lisa Hanawalt]], [[Al Jaffee]], [[Chip Kidd]], [[Tim Lane (cartoonist)|Tim Lane]], [[Benjamin Marra]], [[Richard McGuire]], [[Raymond Pettibon]], [[James Romberger]], [[Jim Rugg]], [[Olivier Schrauwen]], [[Dash Shaw]], [[Art Spiegelman]], [[Adrian Tomine]], [[Marguerite Van Cook]]<ref name="CAB2014" />
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
| date = November 7-8, 2015
| date = November 7–8, 2015
| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = [[Derf Backderf]], [[Brian Chippendale]], [[Daniel Clowes]], [[Jordan Crane (cartoonist)|Jordan Crane]], Michael DeForge, [[Bill Griffith]], [[Sammy Harkham]], [[Jennifer Hayden]], [[Glenn Head]], [[Jillian Tamaki]], [[Denis Kitchen]], Benjamin Marra, [[Matthew Thurber]], [[Caroline Paquita]], [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Yumi Sakugawa]], [[Julia Wertz]]<ref name="CAB2015" />
| guests = [[Derf Backderf]], [[Brian Chippendale]], [[Daniel Clowes]], [[Jordan Crane (cartoonist)|Jordan Crane]], [[Michael DeForge]], [[Bill Griffith]], [[Sammy Harkham]], [[Jennifer Hayden]], [[Glenn Head]], [[Jillian Tamaki]], [[Denis Kitchen]], [[Benjamin Marra]], [[Matthew Thurber]], [[Caroline Paquita]], [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Yumi Sakugawa]], [[Julia Wertz]]<ref name="CAB2015" />
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
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| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| venue = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = [[Doug Allen]], [[Rick Altergott]], [[Ariel Bordeaux]], [[Dame Darcy]], [[Drew Friedman (cartoonist)|Drew Friedman]] Matthew Thurber, [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Todd James]]<ref name="CAB2016" />
| guests = [[Doug Allen]], [[Rick Altergott]], [[Ariel Bordeaux]], [[Dame Darcy]], [[Drew Friedman (cartoonist)|Drew Friedman]], [[Matthew Thurber]], [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Todd James]]<ref name="CAB2016" />
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
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| venue = [[Pratt Institute]]
| venue = [[Pratt Institute]]
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = [[Alexis Beauclair]], Charles Burns, [[DDOOGG]], [[Jules Feiffer]], [[Emil Ferris]], [[Sophie Goldstein (cartoonist)|Sophie Goldstein]], Bill Griffith, Paul Karasik, [[Peter Kuper]], [[Miss Lasko-Gross]], [[Jane Mai]], [[Mark Newgarden]], [[Patrick Kyle]], [[Richie Pope]], [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Simon Hanselmann]], Adrian Tomine, [[Chris Ware]], [[Lale Westvind]], [[Eric Kostiuk Williams]], [[Ron Wimberly]], [[Kelsey Wroten]], [[Gina Wynbrandt]]<ref name="CAB2017" />
| guests = [[Alexis Beauclair]], [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[DDOOGG]], [[Jules Feiffer]], [[Emil Ferris]], [[Sophie Goldstein (cartoonist)|Sophie Goldstein]], [[Bill Griffith]], [[Paul Karasik]], [[Peter Kuper]], [[Miss Lasko-Gross]], [[Jane Mai]], [[Mark Newgarden]], [[Patrick Kyle]], [[Richie Pope]], [[Nicole Rifkin]], [[Simon Hanselmann]], [[Adrian Tomine]], [[Chris Ware]], [[Lale Westvind]], [[Eric Kostiuk Williams]], [[Ron Wimberly]], [[Kelsey Wroten]], [[Gina Wynbrandt]]<ref name="CAB2017" />
}}
}}
{{Convention list
{{Convention list
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| venue = Pratt Institute
| venue = Pratt Institute
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = Doug Allen, [[Austin English]], Charles Burns, [[Mike Diana]], Julie Doucet, Simon Hanselmann, [[Frank Henenlotter]], Todd Hames, [[Patrick Kyle]], [[Xander Marro]], Mark Newgarden, [[Dirt Palace]], [[Ariel Schrag]], Olivier Schrauwen, [[Nick Thorburn]], Matthew Thurber, [[Lauren Weinstein (cartoonist)|Lauren Weinstein]], [[Jim Woodring]]<ref name="CAB2018" />
| guests = [[Doug Allen]], [[Austin English]], [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Mike Diana]], [[Julie Doucet]], [[Simon Hanselmann]], [[Frank Henenlotter]], [[Todd James]], [[Patrick Kyle]], [[Xander Marro]], [[Mark Newgarden]], [[Dirt Palace]], [[Ariel Schrag]], [[Olivier Schrauwen]], [[Nick Thorburn]], [[Matthew Thurber]], [[Lauren Weinstein (cartoonist)|Lauren Weinstein]], [[Jim Woodring]]<ref name="CAB2018" />
}}
{{Convention list
| date = November 2, 2019
| venue = Pratt Institute
| location = Brooklyn, New York
| guests = [[Nina Bunjevac]], [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]], [[Alfonso de Anda (artist)|Alfonso de Anda]], [[Kim Deitch]], [[Trinidad Escobar]], [[Aline Kominsky-Crumb]], [[Lawrence Lindell]], [[Françoise Mouly]], [[Anders Nilsen (cartoonist)|Anders Nilsen]], [[Breena Nuñez]], [[Dirt Palace]], [[Gary Panter]], [[Tommi Parrish]], [[Minnie Phan]], [[Frank Santoro]], [[Daniel Shepard]], [[Art Spiegelman]], [[Tetsunori Tawaraya]], [[Gibrán Turón]], [[Chris Ware]], [[Lauren Weinstein (cartoonist)|Lauren Weinstein]]
<ref name="CAB2019" />
}}
}}
|}
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<ref name=CAB2014>{{cite web
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|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2014/
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2014/
|title= CAB 2014 Program Guide
|title= CAB 2014 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053228/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2014/
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|last=
|archive-date= November 6, 2018
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|first=
|date= 2014
|date= 2014
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
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<ref name=CAB2015>{{cite web
<ref name="CAB2015">{{cite web
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2015/
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2015/
|title= CAB 2015 Program Guide
|title= CAB 2015 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132329/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2015-tbd/
|last=
|archive-date= November 6, 2018
|first=
|date= 2015
|date= 2015
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
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<ref name=CAB2016>{{cite web
<ref name="CAB2016">{{cite web
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2016/
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2016/
|title= CAB 2016 Program Guide
|title= CAB 2016 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106004729/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2016/
|last=
|archive-date= November 6, 2018
|first=
|date= 2016
|date= 2016
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
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<ref name=CAB2017>{{cite web
<ref name="CAB2017">{{cite web
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2017/
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2017/
|title= CAB 2017 Program Guide
|title= CAB 2017 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181106004829/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2017/
|last=
|archive-date= November 6, 2018
|first=
|date= 2017
|date= 2017
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|access-date= November 4, 2018
|access-date= November 4, 2018
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


<ref name=CAB2018>{{cite web
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|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2018/
|title= CAB 2018 Program Guide
|title= CAB 2018 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190929182600/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2018/
|last=
|archive-date= September 29, 2019
|first=
|date= 2018
|date= 2018
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
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<ref name=TCJ-OVER>{{cite web
<ref name="CAB2019">{{cite web
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com
|title= CAB 2019 Program Guide
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191108083006/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/
|archive-date= November 8, 2019
|date= 2019
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|access-date= September 29, 2019
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<ref name="TCJ-OVER">{{cite web
|url= http://www.tcj.com/the-brooklyn-comics-and-graphics-festival-ends/
|url= http://www.tcj.com/the-brooklyn-comics-and-graphics-festival-ends/
|title= The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Ends
|title= The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Ends
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<ref name=CAB-FOUNDED>{{cite web
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|url= https://www.cbr.com/comic-arts-brooklyn-announced-for-nov-9/
|url= https://www.cbr.com/comic-arts-brooklyn-announced-for-nov-9/
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn announced for Nov. 9
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn announced for Nov. 9
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|first= Kevin
|first= Kevin
|date= July 26, 2013
|date= July 26, 2013
|work= [[CBR]]
|work= [[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]
|access-date= November 4, 2018
|access-date= November 4, 2018
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


<ref name=PW2013>{{cite web
<ref name="PW2013">{{cite web
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/59958-fans-swarm-comic-arts-brooklyn-2013.html
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/59958-fans-swarm-comic-arts-brooklyn-2013.html
|title= Fans Swarm Comic Arts Brooklyn 2013
|title= Fans Swarm Comic Arts Brooklyn 2013
|last= Reid
|last= Reid
|first= Calvin
|first= Calvin
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<ref name=PW2016>{{cite web
<ref name="PW2016">{{cite web
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/69875-no-comic-arts-brooklyn-in-2016.html
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/69875-no-comic-arts-brooklyn-in-2016.html
|title= No Comic Arts Brooklyn in 2016?
|title= No Comic Arts Brooklyn in 2016?
|last= MacDonald
|last= MacDonald
|first= Heidi
|first= Heidi
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<ref name=PW2016-2>{{cite web
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|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/71985-comic-arts-brooklyn-scales-down-size-not-sales.html
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn Scales Down Size, Not Sales
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn Scales Down Size, Not Sales
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<ref name=TCJFOWLER>{{cite web
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|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/71985-comic-arts-brooklyn-scales-down-size-not-sales.html
|title= “It’s Hard To Sleep”: An Interview with CAB’s Gabe Fowler
|title= "It's Hard To Sleep": An Interview with CAB's Gabe Fowler
|last= Stone
|last= Stone
|first= Tucker
|first= Tucker
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<ref name=2014Expand>{{cite web
<ref name="2014Expand">{{cite web
|url= http://www.comicsbeat.com/comic-arts-brooklyn-expands-to-2-days-in-2014/
|url= http://www.comicsbeat.com/comic-arts-brooklyn-expands-to-2-days-in-2014/
|title= “It’s Hard To Sleep”: An Interview with CAB’s Gabe Fowler
|title= "It's Hard To Sleep": An Interview with CAB's Gabe Fowler
|last= MacDonald
|last= MacDonald
|first= Heidi
|first= Heidi
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<ref name=2014Exhibits>{{cite web
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|url= http://www.comicsbeat.com/comic-arts-brooklyn-announces-art-exhibits/
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn announces art exhibits
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn announces art exhibits
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<ref name=Vice2015>{{cite web
<ref name="Vice2015">{{cite web
|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8ge9ka/comic-arts-brooklyn-2015-was-a-beautiful-experience-inside-a-church-gym-1109
|url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8ge9ka/comic-arts-brooklyn-2015-was-a-beautiful-experience-inside-a-church-gym-1109
|title= The Coolest Stuff I Saw at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2015
|title= The Coolest Stuff I Saw at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2015
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|first= Nick
|first= Nick
|date= November 10, 2015
|date= November 10, 2015
|work= [[VICE]]
|work= [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]
|access-date= November 5, 2018
|access-date= November 5, 2018
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


<ref name=Hyperallergic>{{cite web
<ref name="Hyperallergic">{{cite web
|url= https://hyperallergic.com/410071/comic-arts-brooklyn-2017/
|url= https://hyperallergic.com/410071/comic-arts-brooklyn-2017/
|title= Brooklyn’s Biggest Comics Festival Just Got Much Bigger
|title= Brooklyn's Biggest Comics Festival Just Got Much Bigger
|last= Sutton
|last= Sutton
|first= Benjamin
|first= Benjamin
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<ref name=PW2017>{{cite web
<ref name="PW2017">{{cite web
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/75375-comic-arts-brooklyn-2017-relocates-to-pratt-campus.html
|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/75375-comic-arts-brooklyn-2017-relocates-to-pratt-campus.html
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017 Relocates to Pratt Campus
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017 Relocates to Pratt Campus
|last= Reid
|last= Reid
|first= Calvin
|first= Calvin
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|work= [[Publishers Weekly]]
|work= [[Publishers Weekly]]
|access-date= November 5, 2018
|access-date= November 5, 2018
}}</ref>

<ref name="2016PressRelease">{{cite web
|url= http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/wp-content/themes/cab/images/2016/CAB_2016_Press_Release.pdf
|title= Comic Arts Brooklyn is Back!
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|last= Fowler
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|first= Gabe
|date= 2016
|work= Comic Arts Brooklyn
|access-date= November 11, 2018
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101319/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/wp-content/themes/cab/images/2016/CAB_2016_Press_Release.pdf
|archive-date= November 12, 2018
|url-status= dead
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/ Comic Arts Brooklyn official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200102135944/http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/ Comic Arts Brooklyn official website] (defunct, link via [[Internet Archive]])


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Comic Arts Brooklyn
StatusIndefinite hiatus
GenreAlternative comics convention
FrequencyAnnual
VenuePratt Institute
Location(s)Brooklyn, New York
CountryUnited States
InauguratedNovember 9, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-09)
FounderGabriel Fowler
Most recentNovember 2, 2019 (2019-11-02)
Organized byDesert Island
Websitecomicartsbrooklyn.com[dead link]

Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) was a comic book festival and art book fair organized by the comic book store Desert Island, held annually in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2013 as a successor to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF), CAB focused on self-published, independent, and alternative comics.

Programming

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CAB was founded and organized by Gabriel Fowler, the owner of the comic book store Desert Island in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[1] The festival centered around a single-day, artist alley-style exhibition space that featured roughly 200 artists and comics publishers.[2] The days leading up to and following CAB often included affiliated events, such as gallery exhibitions, art installations, and screenings.[3]

Exhibition space at CAB was invitation-only; artists and vendors must either have applied and been accepted, or be invited to attend by the festival's organizers.[4] Admission to the festival was free for members of the public.[5]

History

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The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF), the predecessor to CAB, was inaugurated in 2009 by Fowler, comics critic and scholar Bill Kartalopoulos, and Dan Nadel, founder of the now-defunct publishing company PictureBox. The festival ran for four years, until Kartalopoulos and Nadel announced in May 2013 that they would no longer organize BCGF.[6] In July 2013, Fowler announced the founding of Comic Arts Brooklyn, to be held in November of that year.[7] CAB was inaugurated on November 9, 2013 at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Brooklyn, New York – the same venue where BCGF was formerly held, and with many of the same exhibitors – with programming directed by Paul Karasik.[8] CAB does not officially record attendance for the festival,[9] though organizers have estimated the number of attendees per year as being "in the thousands."[10]

In 2014, CAB expanded from one to two days of programming, with the additional day designated for panel discussions.[11] Organizers considered placing CAB on hiatus in 2016,[4] but instead opted to include fewer exhibitors and reduce the length of the festival to its original single day of programming.[12] In 2017, CAB relocated from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church to the Pratt Institute,[13] nearly doubling the size of its exhibition space.[9]

The last CAB was held in 2019, after the planned 2020 show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event has since been on "indefinite hiatus" due to multiple organizers having relocated from Brooklyn, and the Pratt Institute no longer permitting events held by outside organizations.[14]

Event history

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Dates Primary Venue Featured Guests
November 9, 2013 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Brooklyn, New York		Paul Auster, Michael DeForge, Lisa Hanawalt, David Mazzucchelli, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine[7]
November 8–9, 2014 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Brooklyn, New York		Josh Bayer, Charles Burns, Roz Chast, Michael DeForge, Julie Doucet, Aisha Franz, Lisa Hanawalt, Al Jaffee, Chip Kidd, Tim Lane, Benjamin Marra, Richard McGuire, Raymond Pettibon, James Romberger, Jim Rugg, Olivier Schrauwen, Dash Shaw, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, Marguerite Van Cook[15]
November 7–8, 2015 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Brooklyn, New York		Derf Backderf, Brian Chippendale, Daniel Clowes, Jordan Crane, Michael DeForge, Bill Griffith, Sammy Harkham, Jennifer Hayden, Glenn Head, Jillian Tamaki, Denis Kitchen, Benjamin Marra, Matthew Thurber, Caroline Paquita, Nicole Rifkin, Yumi Sakugawa, Julia Wertz[16]
November 5, 2016 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Brooklyn, New York		Doug Allen, Rick Altergott, Ariel Bordeaux, Dame Darcy, Drew Friedman, Matthew Thurber, Nicole Rifkin, Todd James[17]
November 11, 2017 Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York		Alexis Beauclair, Charles Burns, DDOOGG, Jules Feiffer, Emil Ferris, Sophie Goldstein, Bill Griffith, Paul Karasik, Peter Kuper, Miss Lasko-Gross, Jane Mai, Mark Newgarden, Patrick Kyle, Richie Pope, Nicole Rifkin, Simon Hanselmann, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Lale Westvind, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Ron Wimberly, Kelsey Wroten, Gina Wynbrandt[18]
November 11, 2018 Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York		Doug Allen, Austin English, Charles Burns, Mike Diana, Julie Doucet, Simon Hanselmann, Frank Henenlotter, Todd James, Patrick Kyle, Xander Marro, Mark Newgarden, Dirt Palace, Ariel Schrag, Olivier Schrauwen, Nick Thorburn, Matthew Thurber, Lauren Weinstein, Jim Woodring[2]
November 2, 2019 Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York		Nina Bunjevac, Charles Burns, Alfonso de Anda, Kim Deitch, Trinidad Escobar, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Lawrence Lindell, Françoise Mouly, Anders Nilsen, Breena Nuñez, Dirt Palace, Gary Panter, Tommi Parrish, Minnie Phan, Frank Santoro, Daniel Shepard, Art Spiegelman, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Gibrán Turón, Chris Ware, Lauren Weinstein [19]

References

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  1. ^ Stone, Tucker (November 8, 2017). ""It's Hard To Sleep": An Interview with CAB's Gabe Fowler". The Comics Journal. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "CAB 2018 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2018. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (October 29, 2014). "Comic Arts Brooklyn announces art exhibits". Comics Beat. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  4. ^ a b MacDonald, Heidi (April 6, 2016). "No Comic Arts Brooklyn in 2016?". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Gazin, Nick (November 10, 2015). "The Coolest Stuff I Saw at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2015". Vice. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Hodler, Tim (May 17, 2013). "The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Ends". The Comics Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Melrose, Kevin (July 26, 2013). "Comic Arts Brooklyn announced for Nov. 9". CBR. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  8. ^ Reid, Calvin (November 11, 2013). "Fans Swarm Comic Arts Brooklyn 2013". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Reid, Calvin (November 14, 2017). "Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017 Relocates to Pratt Campus". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  10. ^ Fowler, Gabe (2016). "Comic Arts Brooklyn is Back!" (PDF). Comic Arts Brooklyn. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  11. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (October 1, 2014). ""It's Hard To Sleep": An Interview with CAB's Gabe Fowler". Comics Beat. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  12. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (November 9, 2016). "Comic Arts Brooklyn Scales Down Size, Not Sales". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  13. ^ Sutton, Benjamin (November 7, 2017). "Brooklyn's Biggest Comics Festival Just Got Much Bigger". Hyperallergic. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  14. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (June 1, 2022). "The Return of (Some) Comics Festivals". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  15. ^ "CAB 2014 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  16. ^ "CAB 2015 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2015. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  17. ^ "CAB 2016 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  18. ^ "CAB 2017 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2017. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  19. ^ "CAB 2019 Program Guide". Comic Arts Brooklyn. 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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