Here. This has been around in rumor form since right before MoCCA weekend.
This is too bad. BCGF was a really good show. If you never went, the Gabe Fowler/Bill Kartalopoulos/Dan Nadel organized event took place on two floors of a church and in a few satellite locations depending on the year. It was a one-day show, curated to excellent effect, and was well-liked by a lot of young cartoonists who appreciated going to New York and locals who appreciated staying home. It was both a model show when it comes to North American free festivals and an example of a show that took on the characteristics of its environment to solid effect. It was very Brooklyn.
The 2011 BCGF was my first trip out of the house after I was sick, so it will always have a special place in my heart.
I have to imagine that someone out there -- perhaps even one of the BCGF co-founders -- will step up with a festival-style comics show for the second half of the calendar year. It just seems too solid an opportunity given the popularity of comics shows right now. You could even posit that today's news might be better for New York area arts- and alt- shows in the long term. As much as last year's BCGF was thrilling, there did seem a clash between the down-home Brooklyn casualness of the show room and the ambition of the programming and off-site tracks.
This is too bad. BCGF was a really good show. If you never went, the Gabe Fowler/Bill Kartalopoulos/Dan Nadel organized event took place on two floors of a church and in a few satellite locations depending on the year. It was a one-day show, curated to excellent effect, and was well-liked by a lot of young cartoonists who appreciated going to New York and locals who appreciated staying home. It was both a model show when it comes to North American free festivals and an example of a show that took on the characteristics of its environment to solid effect. It was very Brooklyn.
The 2011 BCGF was my first trip out of the house after I was sick, so it will always have a special place in my heart.
I have to imagine that someone out there -- perhaps even one of the BCGF co-founders -- will step up with a festival-style comics show for the second half of the calendar year. It just seems too solid an opportunity given the popularity of comics shows right now. You could even posit that today's news might be better for New York area arts- and alt- shows in the long term. As much as last year's BCGF was thrilling, there did seem a clash between the down-home Brooklyn casualness of the show room and the ambition of the programming and off-site tracks.