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My Day One report from MoCCA Arts Festival just went up on ComicMix, so here’s an excerpt and link:

With one day down, I still feel pretty good about declaring MoCCA Arts Festival my favorite comics event thus far this season.

Sure, it doesn't have the numbers or names of New York Comic Con or San Diego's Comic-Con International, but it also doesn't have 100,000 people vying for seats in 1,000-chair auditoriums and competing, mind-numbingly overpowered loudpseakers at every other booth. What it does have, however, is a great opportunity to actually meet, greet and have an honest-to-goodness conversation with professionals at every level of the industry.

So how did the first day go?

Well, I arrived a few hours after the doors opened to the show -- just about the time the weather outside turned from "oppressive" to "unbearable," but before the transition to "stay the hell inside at all costs" occurred. After bumping into Fleen.com's Gary Tyrrell, the main mustache himself took me on a whirlwind tour of the show, culminating with my purchase of Harvest Is When I Need You The Most, the Star Wars fanbook featuring the work of eight cartoonists paying homage to the film franchise. The Harvest crew had only brought 50 with them to the show, and I believe I purchased one of the last dozen-or-so remaining.

Head over to ComicMix for the full MoCCA: Day One Report from yours truly.