Although I haven't been able to attend the past few years, I've thought CXC was a great comics convention. It seems as though they'll be skipping 2026 because of "scheduling conflicts" (I presume with regard to the venue) and will be returning in 2027. It's disappointing, certainly, but I'm hoping that means I'll be able to take advantage of the further lead time and maybe plan a return trip. Here's their formal announcement...
We had another successful CXC this year and we want to thank all of you for being a part of it. From the world class exhibitors who came from all over the country to share their art, to our scholars and presenters providing free groundbreaking programming, to all of our amazing Special Guests, and the attendees who make us great. We are so proud of the show we were able to put on.
This year we made the decision in response to scheduling conflicts and for the continued health of the show to not host a festival in 2026. We will be returning in the spring of 2027 for our twelfth iteration of CXC. This move will allow us to bolster the festival, and maintain lower costs for our exhibitors and attendees. We will be, in the meantime, continuing to do our part to elevate the comics community, and are working with a variety of organizations to continue to bring high level comics programming to Columbus year round. We have a couple big announcements on the horizon that we’re excited to share with you!
This Wednesday, the 19th, The Thurber house, in association with CXC, will be hosting New Yorker cartoonist, Tom Toro in conversation with Jenny Robb, head curator for the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. The event will take place at the Thurber Center in downtown Columbus starting at 6:30 PM. Come listen to a great conversation between two comics powerhouses! Meet and get a book signed by an all time great New Yorker Cartoonist! The Thurber house will also be hosting a cartooning workshop with Tom himself! We are so happy to be working with the Thurber Center, one of the great institutions of cartooning and arts advocacy in Columbus Ohio, and we hope to see you all there! Tickets for the event can be purchased through this link or on the Thurber Center’s website at thurberhouse.org
In other news we're working hard with our media partners to finalize preparation of video recordings of almost all panels and programming from this year's show. All videos will be uploaded to our youtube channel @CXCFestival as soon as they are available to promote the accessibility of CXC to everyone, even if you weren’t able to make the trip to Columbus this year.
We have plenty more very exciting surprise announcements on the horizon. Stay tuned in as we look forward to sharing more good news, cartooning events, and world class programming over the course of the next year.
Thank you so much for your continued support, and we hope to see you this Wednesday at the Thurber House!
0 comments:
Post a Comment