This Year’s If Mocca Arts Festival has Just Announced ES Featured Guets and It’s Jam Packed. The Event Takes Place March 15 – 16, 2025 at Metropolitan Pavilion (125 w 18th street) with programming nearby at the SVA Flatiron Gallery (133 West 21st Street). Present Annually by The Society of IllustratorsMocca Fest is One of the Highlights of the Year for New York Comics.
This Year’s featured artists include:
- DISSIDE CHINEE CARTOONIST BadiucaoPRESENTING HIS BOOK You Must Take Part In Revolution.
- Legendary artist Charles Burns return to mocca following the publication of his graphic novel Final cutHis Art Book Kommixand His Comic Book Unwholesome Love.
- Michael DeforeThe Prolific and influential Canadian Artist What Graphic Novel Holy Lacrimony debuts this March.
- Illustrator Olivia Fieldswho provides This Year’s Stunning Mocca Badge Artwork, Has Worked for Clients Including the ACLU, Google, The New York Times, The New YorkerNPR, PBS, and Scholastic.
- John HankiewiczLong Admered in the Small Press for the Poetic Approach to Comics on Display in His Most Recent Book, Hot House.
- Jaime HernandezThe indie comics icon WHOSE ONGOING “LOCAS” Narrative has developed over more than four decades in the pages of Love & Rockets and his new graphic novel Life Drawing.
- Aidan KochWHOEE Recent Book Spiral and Other Stories DEMONSTRATATES HER REVOLUTIONARY AND INFLUENTIAL APPROACH TO COMICS FORM.
- Spanish Illustrator and Cartoonist María MedemWHOSE RICHLY SATURATED, ELEGANT ILLUSTRATIONS ARE AN OASIS OF CALM IN THE New York Times and elsewhere, with her graphic novel Land of Mirrors.
- Anders Nilsen Will debut his epic graphic novel Tonguesto mythological inflected meditation on Human Struggle in Resource-Rich Conflict Zones.
- Swedish Cartoonist and Illustrator Linnea SterteWho provides This Year’s Gorgeous Mocca poster, Will Appear with Her New Graphic Novel World Heist.
- French artist Chloé Wary Will Discuss Her Richly Colorful and Award-Winning Graphic Novel Season of the rosesabout Women’s Soccer Team in a Metropolitan Suburb.
- Comics Dynamo Lale WestvindWhat Recent Collection Grand Electric Thought Power Mother was one of the New York Times‘S Best Graphic Novels of 2024.
- Bianca XuniseOne of the Women Who Draows The Nationally Syndendicated Comic Strip Six Chix and author of the graphic novel Punk Rock Karaoke.
Other featured artists will include Bim Eriksson, Frances Jetter, Mattie Lubchansky, John Vasquez Mejias, Kay Sohini, Katie Skelly, Adrian Tomine, and Many More. There are Artists Will Take Part In the Programming, to Be Announced in Mid-Ferury. Original Artwork by Hankiewicz, Koch and Westvind Will Appear in the exhibit Modern ComicsOpening at the Society of Illustrators on March 19th.
The Beat Is Proud To Be Mocca Fest’s Media Sponsors Year, and We’ll Have interviews and previews leading up to this years event, so check back off for lost more information.
The Society of Illustrators Gratefully Acknowledge The Support of the Following Institutions for Their Support of Our 2025 YES MOCCA ARTS Festival International Guests:
- The Cultural Services of the French Embassy for Their Support of Chloé Wary
- The Consultate General of Sweden for Their Support of Linnea Sterte
- The Cultural Office of The Embassy of Spain for Their Support of María Medem
Tickets Are Available to purchase online as well as at the door. More information about the fest can be found here.
