A Few, Absolutely Last-Minute CAB 2014 Notes



* CAB 2015 is an hour away as I post. The pre-parties and satellite events so far have been well-reviewed and I believe without exception strongly attended. I went out last night and there was a real notion of being able to dip into different parts of the city for different kinds of events, which was fun.

* I've experienced some confusion about the two-day nature of the show: that one day (Saturday) is Expo-only the Church, and one day (Sunday) is set aside for programming at the Wythe Hotel. Some folks -- all of whom have since said they've learned what's up -- initially thought a two-day show meant two days at the Church selling books. Please forgive me for not making that a stronger point of emphasis in my reportage. I'm super-excited to see how this format works out.

* the cartoonist Katie Skelly won't be able to attend the show due to a death in the family. It'd be nice if this emerging Queens-based cartoonist and Brooklyn/NYC show stalwart of recent years was able to sell out of her adults-only Agent 8 book -- collecting pieces that ran on-line at Slutist. It's pictured above. Taline Alexander is going to be manning Skelly's table. I'm looking forward to seeing Skelly's first full-color book, and I hope people will pay special attention to it given Skelly's unfortunate absence.

* finally, I've heard the usual tales of cartoonists working up to the last second on books, including three different Friday trips to various area copy stores. One teacher of comics told me Friday's class was going to be about "stapling and folding mini-comics," which made me laugh. So get there early. It should be a fun show.
 
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