Last month, the Big Apple Comic Con took over the New Yorker Hotel with its now annual, and one-day only “Christmas Con” or “Holiday Con” if you prefer it. In addition to the photographic rundown that has already been presented, I did a series of exhibitor interviews for the Official PiercingMetal YouTube Channel. These have been culled together to enhance the level of content being delivered by the website and add to the overall Google traction. I begin with artist Alexandra Bowman who I actually met at the BroadwayCon last year.
Talking To Alexandra Bowman at Big Apple Comic Con 2024
The Big Apple Comic Con is the longest running pop culture convention in New York City. While smaller in scale than the mega-event known as New York Comic Con, the Big Apple event truly focuses on the comic book medium and many creative legends. It’s been held at the New Yorker Hotel for several years now and I’ve attended as media on a semi-regular basis. Sometimes that workaday life gets in the way of the fun but here I was and ready to explore the findings.
The show seems to have settled on the Fall season and has become a one-day only event. I preferred a two-day event but hey I’m not in the marketing and finance team about the plans so I will take what they dish out. As expected, this walkaround will be mostly photos with some editorial commentary peppered in and my hope is to do a number of artist interviews as well. I always love doing them and they help broaden the Pop Culture stuff that we have been doing on the site for quite some time now.
The Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase took over the courtyard in Industry City yesterday and in the interest of time and my own typing, it will be referred to as BICS for the rest of this summary. So according to my research, BICS was an idea from the mind of Mitch Cutler who has run the famed St. Mark’s Comics for over thirty years. Though no longer a shop on St. Mark’s Place, the legendary comic book store is now inside Industry City. This event made its debut in 2022 and brings together a wealth of independent creators in one convenient location. It would be located in one of the courtyards available in this shopping and event space and I was excited to explore and learn more about it. Traditionally speaking, I’m not really the biggest Independent Comics fan but I did go to the MoCCA Art Fest last month and got a little better idea about it all. Let’s begin exploring shall we? Narration will come and go in this photo presentation.
Now before I get too deep into this I should point out that I was not attending this event as a member of the approved media. Since this is a free event I didn’t bother looking into any kind of press badge and I didn’t notice any additional happenings going on other that artists tabling. So as you’ve seen above, my first contact was artist Chuck Kaslow and I enjoyed chatting with him quite a bit. Continue reading Scenes From Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase 2024 @ Industry City→
