MeCAF 2010

Hello,
We are already planning for MeCAF 2010. Current plans are for the weekend of May 22-23, 2010 again at Ocean Gateway. That would put it after graduations at many schools (specifically the Center for Cartoon Studies) but before Memorial Day. We have surveyed this year's exhibitors and are studying the results.

Exhibitors who purchased a table in 2009 will have the option to attend in 2010. After that we will open up the registrations for others. This will probably happen in January 2010.

We should be posting some great video interviews from this year's festival sometime this weekend. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Festival Recap Part 3

More photos, more blogs...keep them coming!!! http://www.jamiepeeps.blogspot.com/

http://www.metrokitty.com/index.php?id=342

This set of photos is fun because it starts with the empty room and progresses to the show itself: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2022362&id=1482575586&ref=mf

http://swinsea.com/blog/

Maine Comics Arts Festival Recap Part Two

Still more blogs and photos about the festival. We still have our own photos and videos to upload so there will be a part three.

http://thephoenix.com/Portland/News/83756-Bringing-the-big-comic-book-guns-to-town/

http://shelligator.blogspot.com/2009/05/mcafs-meow.html

http://comixtalk.com/mecaf_2009_con_report

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30739225@N06/sets/72157618208473381/

http://music-slut.livejournal.com/291250.html

http://www.happyblogtime.com/2009/05/maine-comics-arts-festival-maine-ia.html

http://www.examiner.com/x-10620-Providence-Comic-Books-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Maine-Comics-Art-Festival-a-success

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28262172@N02/sets/72157618294798473/

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/random_comics_news_story_round_up052009/

http://ayarothwell.blogspot.com/2009/05/portland-maine-comics-festival.html

WOW! What a weekend! Festival recap part one

It was an amazing weekend. Below you find some of the links that we have found so far with photos or stories from the festival. If you have any others please feel free to send them along and We will post them in part two.

We would like to thank the many creators who took time out of their schedules to join us. They are an amazingly talented group of cartoonists/creators.

We would like to thank our terrific sponsors The Inn on Peaks Island, Shipyard Brewing Company, The Portland Phoenix, Capt'n Eli's Soda, Coffee by Design and the Center for Cartoon Studies.

Thanks to Diamond Comics, DC Comics and Adhouse Comics for the donations for our giveaways. Sound and AV was provided by Tom Gordon at Portland AV. Our poster was designed by Matt Talbot and our program was designed by Colleen Frakes.

Than you to the City of Portland and the office of Ocean Gateway (Larry, Clare, Andy, Andrea and everyone else). They were all wonderful to work with.

Finally, a huge thanks to the staff of Casablanca Comics and the volunteers who helped this show run as smoothly as possible. Thank you Laura, Caitlin, Duncan, Dave, Jo, Bobzarro, Matt, Melanie, Justin, Ginny, Kirby, Melissa, Kirsten, Tami and the "crew". We could not have done this without you.

We will be back next year. Watch the blog for more details.

Rick Lowell
Casablanca Comics

Follow the links:

http://inkandthunder.blogspot.com/2009/05/forrest.html

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/05/18/mecaf-report/

http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2009/05/18/the-maine-comics-arts-festival-portland-maine/

http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2009/05/report-maine-comic-arts-festival-may-17.html

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1069120@N25/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnplatt/3539454413/in/set-72157618366672936/

http://www.marekbennett.com/blog/2009/05/hooray-mecaf-2009/

http://blog.portcitystudios.com/2009/05/17/finding-the-center-for-cartoon-studies-at-the-maine-comics-arts-festival/#more-973

http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=104835

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=23954&id=1067463425&ref=nf

http://artblog.net/?name=2009-05-18-14-05-maine

Jay Piscopo and the Festival on NBC Channel 6 tonight

Jay is interviewed and promotes the festival. If you do not live locally here is a link to the video.

http://www.wcsh6.com/life/programming/local/207/story.aspx?storyid=104725&catid=50

FREE PARKING AT OCEAN GATEWAY

The festival will have plenty of free parking at Ocean Gateway. There is a large parking lot on site and also parking on the street (free on Sundays).

More guest updates:

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Joe Quinones is a freelance comic artist living in Somerville, Massachusetts (with Maris Wicks!!!). He has been breaking into the mainstream scene doing covers for Devil's Due and Boom! studios, as well as recent work for DC comics' now defunct Teen Titans Go title. Also, he is collaborating with writer Kurt Busiek on a Green Lantern story for the forthcoming Wednesday Comics series, due out this summer. He very much enjoys peanut butter-banana-chocolate smoothies. They're DELICIOUS. Check out more of Joe's work at joequinones.blogspot.com

Maris Wicks lives in Somerville, Massachusetts (with Joe Quinones!!!) where she splits her time between drawing comics and teaching kids about marine invertebrates. She has had comics in the 2005 SPX Anthology, Project: Romantic and Superior Showcase #2 (both from Adhouse Books), and the upcoming Ghost Comics Anthology. Maris is currently working on a graphic novel (written by Jim Ottaviani) for First Second Books, as well as a collection of her autobiographical comics strips. See more of Maris' work at dotsforeyes.blogspot.com