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Ellen Forney reveals more of her Sound Transit station public art proposal on her blog. I really like the way she's designed her horizontal mural to relate to the other artist's proposed installation.

By Miss Lasko-Gross, Ted Stearn, Leah Hayes, Dash Shaw, Sam Henderson, Jason, Lynda Barry, Michael Kupperman, and Alex Cox. (Click the thumbnails for larger versions.) Fantastic, one and all. I'll get you next time, Mr. Panter.

Check out Day 0 and Day 1, and then read on for the final day of the MoCCA Art Festival for 2008.

Sunday was a bit mellower than Saturday at the Festival… at least until the now-infamous fire alarm evacuation! Our first signer of the day was Leah Hayes, seen here, seated, with the just-arrived Ted Stearn and Dash Shaw:

That's what you would have seen if you were among the first attendees to visit our table at this year's MoCCA Art Festival. Check out our "Day 0" recap here, and read on for the full rundown on Day 1 (Saturday, June 7, 2008).

We got to the Puck Building (traditional site for the Festival) early (so very early) on Saturday morning to meet Alex and Mary from Rocketship. This year we arranged to have our books shipped to their store, and they made two trips across the river from Brooklyn to deliver everything to us at the Festival. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Alex and Mary, who were solid-gold superstars, going above and beyond the call of duty and providing us with invaluable assistance the entire weekend (not to mention loaning us a spare spinner rack). If you're in the area, get your butt over there ASAP and have yourself a spending spree — you'll be giving your comics budget to two of the nicest folks in the business. (Plus, their store is fantastic.)

So as not to overwhelm, I'm going to split up my recap of the 2008 MoCCA Art Festival by day, so stay tuned for further posts and be sure to hit those "Read More" links to read the full report from each day.

This year's experience began on the evening of Friday June 6 at the Museum's gallery space on Broadway at the exhibitor reception and early check-in, where enthusiastic volunteers were distributing badges:

A two-fer this time around, since I was out last Friday. I need to come up with a better name for these link roundup posts. Any suggestions? • When Comic Books Ruled the Earth is enthusiastic about The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez • Sequart on Amor Y Cohetes by the three Hernandez brothers • Also at Sequart, their in-depth look at every issue of Love and Rockets Vol. 1 has reached issue #33 • Joe McCulloch (a.k.a. Jog) reprints his Comics Journal review of the first two issues of Gabriella Giandelli’s Interiorae • Chris McLaren, in discussing…

Our fourth and final preview today is of Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell. Unfortunately we weren't able to debut this book at the MoCCA festival as planned, but here you can take a quick virtual tour, and of course it is available for pre-order! Watch the video above and click here for a gallery of preview photos. (And don't forget you can also read the intro and, if you're logged in, get a downloadable PDF preview too.)

Our third preview of the day is of Our Gang Vol. 3 by Walt Kelly. This book is due in July and is now available for pre-order! Watch the video above and click here for a gallery of preview photos.

Our second preview of the day is of The Comics Journal #291, which features Tim Sale, Josh Simmons, Ralph Steadman, Dan Gordon and a whole lot more. It's due in 2-3 weeks and is now available for pre-order! Watch the video above and click here for a gallery of preview photos.

We've uploaded a whole slew of preview images and video for several new and upcoming books to our Flickr account. First up, it's Angry Youth Comix Vol. 2 #14 by Johnny Ryan, which is available now! Watch the video above and click here for a gallery of preview photos.