NOCAZ FEST

New Orleans Comics and Zines Festcomics/zines/self-publishing NOCAZFEST.COM

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Table registration for NOCAZ 2019 is open! Head over to http://nocazfest.com by December 31st to apply.

Thanks to Katelyn Jones for the amazing registration artwork.

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It’s that time! Registration for NOCAZ 2017 is open now through July 31st.

nocazfest.com/registration

NOCAZ 2017 will take place November 18th and 19th at the Main Branch Library.

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Y’all Keith Knight is in New Orleans. Starting today. Here’s a poster I found that the library put out about it. It’s all free.

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And here’s the finished #inks! #cuteart #chibi #kawaiiart #blackandwhite #draweveryday #dailydrawing #dailydraw #instaartist #instadraw #comicartistoninstagram

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Hey Hey Nattosoup has been at NOCAZfest every single year and she’s got the biggest baddest setup and did the inking workshop this past year and you should consider giving her her kickstarter a look-see! 

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Blurb: Unsolicited Literature is a New Orleans-based DIY zine, running on a nonexistent budget, collecting written pieces from educators, social workers, students, engineers, marketing directors, couch surfers, travelers, music producers, radio DJ's, and other assorted personae. Take home a copy of our first issue, or take two and leave one of them somewhere.

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Look at this NOCAZ Fest Debut of Fred Noland’s comic Major Taylor - World Champion!

 "At the turn of the century, when racial prejudice wasn't just accepted, it was encoded in the law, forgotten hero Marshall "Major" Taylor broke the color line. A wheelman and racer without peer, Taylor's faith, integrity and discipline preserved him. He was a World Champion and his story continues to inspire."

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Volunteer Sign-up TONIGHT at 6pm.

Come get FREE PIZZA and FREE NOCAZ T-SHIRT if you sign-up for a shift volunteering at NOCAZ.

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The 2016 New Orleans Alternative Comics and Zine Festival is happy to present Luckylou again this year!

Luckylou is diverse hip hop recording artist from New Orleans, La. He dances, rap, and sing and also he an amazing entertainer. Most of Luckylou messages in his music are positive, spiritual, and biblical. You are guarantee a refreshing from a live performance, this young man know how to entertain. His energy level is off the scale, Luckylou will leave your soul with a sense of excitement. He strongly believe that using his talents for a positive could change the world for the better. If you attend any his shows you are expected to see elder, teens, and kids ranging from five to fifty five. The dynamics that goes into show is phenomenal this fella will leave you in awe. Your expected to hear catchy tunes, charismatic choreography, and a mind blowing music not something you'll receive from most musician artist or current radio station. Luckylou represent positivity, being the difference is the main goal, fitting in never felt so uncomfortable until he embrace the uniqueness on his life.

Check him Saturday November 19th at 2pm, at The 2016 New Orleans Alternative Comics and Zine Festival

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WE HAVE FOUR WORKSHOPS THIS OCTOBER! JOIN US AND GET GEARED UP FOR THE FEST!

We've booked FOUR workshops at four of our amazing library branches here in the Crescent city! All of our workshops are hands-on, laugh out loud, and completely FREE! The point of our workshops is to inspire the latent creativity that you have inside of the genius brain that you were both with! Join us for a great time that will inspire you to begin your own writing and drawing projects!

October 13th- Central City Library (GUYS ONLY)

October 15th- Alvar Branch Library

October 20th- Martin Luther King Library

October 22nd- Algiers Regional Library

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Call for Submissions!

This year NOCAZ is printing a youth anthology, and it’s going to be awesome! Any person under 18 is eligible to participate! All participants will receive:

Printed copies of the anthology

An equal share of the profits made from our efforts to sell the anthology. 

The opportunity to showcase their work at a live reading the weekend of the festival (sadly we only have a few spots for this event!)

In short, it's a really sweet deal for a young person! Our goal is to share the joy of publishing. The feeling of pulling a book off the shelf and seeing your own work inside of it can be revolutionary. We understand that this can also offer young people an upper hand when applying for arts programs, arts driven high schools, college, and more. We love our festival, and we want to explore the ways that it can help kids grow! 

The deadline is November 1st. You can submit your work digitally OR by bringing them in person to any of the 14 library branches (just look for one of the sweet teal boxes pictured above). To learn more, go to our website!

nocazfest.com/youth-anthology

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Table registration for NOCAZ 2016 closes in two short weeks! get those applications in! nocazfest.com/registration 

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The Hedgewitch, the third installment in my feminist fairy tale series, will be available at @shortrunseattle and @nocazfest this year! Here’s a little process photo, you can’t even see my coffee shakes 👌🏼☕️🖋✒️🖌✏️🗒 #comics #process #cartoonist #artofinstagram #art #illustration #feministfairytales #ink #pencil #drawing #artvideos

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Some pages from my new Comic Your Black Friend. I don’t think I’ve written about black alienation so directly. Came out alright.

 If you’re itching to read it all I’ll be at MICE in Boston, Ripexpo in Providence and NOCAZ Fest in New Orleans. Radiator Comics Distro will be sellin them soon too. Also Subscribers to my patreon can read this comic and all sorts of other comics including episodes of BttmFdrs, Daygloayhole issue one and two, and all sorts of short comics done for anthologies like Irene and As You Were.

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NOCAZ Sample 2 - Page 1 of 2 of “Building Blocks of Making Smudge Sticks” section in my mini comic “Smudgecraft”. 

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It begins. Just got the official word today that we have a table registered for this year’s NOCAZ fest, so I decided to finally get started on some new zines. Pray for my eyes/hands.

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I’m drawing some little bitty trading cards to bring to NOCAZ.

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Second batch of trading cards for NOCAZ. I’m especially proud of the Zardoz.