Being a bit of a social cripple, and a social cripple on a tight budget, I spent most of MOCCA Festival ’09 down in a bunker watching the panels. This year the comic con has switched from the barrow-like Puck Building to the more spacious Lexington Ave. armory. The panel room was decorated with a splendid mural showing the 69th regiment in action. It’s very strange to be listening to Paul Karasik talk about Fletcher Hanks while over his head men are dying at the battle of Fredricksburg.
The panels ranged from sluggish to sweet, but when the legendary Gary Panter took the stage with Frank Santoro (Cold Heat) on Sunday to talk about painters, it felt right to get out the notebook and start keeping score. What follows is a brief summary of his high art hit parade. Of course, it follows after the jump.
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