Olympia Comics Fest

An alternative comics event held annually in Olympia, WA.

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Pandemic hasn’t allowed us to do an event since 2019. Hopeful worst is behind us, but feel need to wait til next yr for #OlyComicsFest ’s return. Thanks for understanding, stay safe & see u next year!

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Sorry for the long absence! Piping up to say there won't be an Olympia Comics Festival in 2022, but we're hoping to return in 2023! #OlyComicsFest #OlympiaComicsFestival #OlympiaWA

[Gail Simone 💙💛 @GailSimone]

Comic readers, what was the first comic you made an effort to actually collect?

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The 2020 Olympia Comics Festival is cancelled. We’re bummed because that’s always one of our favorite days of the year, and probably for many of you as well! Good news is that Jim Woodring, Mark Russell, and Mimi Pond have all agreed to wait and be our Guests of Honor next year!

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We’re very excited to announce our third Guest of Honor for the 2020 Olympia Comics Festival - Mark Russell (Second Coming, Flintstones, Snagglepuss, God Is Disappointed In You, Wonder Twins)! #MarkRussell #MarkRussellComics @Manruss

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We’re very excited to make our second 2020 Guest of Honor announcement: Jim Woodring (Frank, Weathercraft, Jim, Congress of the Animals)! @woodring_jim

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Also, give the esteemed Ms. Pond a follow @pimimond!

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We are very excited to make our first 2020 Guest of Honor announcement: Mimi Pond (The Customer Is Always Wrong, Over Easy, National Lampoon)! https://t.co/vGuMFbKWSr

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Hello, folks! This year's #OlympiaComicsFestival will be held on Saturday, May 30th, 2020! More deets soon.

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Hey WA comics-making/publishing folks - we encourage you to submit your work for the WA State Book Awards! https://t.co/N8vF8MrDng

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If you like #OlyComicsFest, you'd like #PortlandIndieCon, happening this very weekend, featuring many OCF Exhibitor & Guest of Honor alums! https://t.co/kf2C3wO4TQ

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Steve Lieber - great artist, great humanitarian, weird businessman. :)

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Check out this awesome art by @EmilFerrisDraws for the @msucomicsforum!

[Emil Ferris @Emilferrisdraws]

Hey #comicstudies Monsters, me and my pal Nick Sousanis are going to be at the @MSUComicsForum in 2020. He can drop knowledge on you but I can only sip knowledge from your burgeoning craniums ... Be forewarned.

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Did you enjoy #OlyComicsFest? Then you'd enjoy #ShortRun!

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And here’s a detailed scan of the drawing by @EmilFerrisDraws of the newly-wedded couple, Marisha and Casey, as the monsters they’ve always wanted to be (along with their dogs Panda and Reggie)!

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@AmyCringeneck All good ideas (and those could easily all be fused into one)!

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WHAT A GREAT #OlyComicsFest! Great Expo, great panels, great Guests of Honor, and a WEDDING! Now how do we follow this up next year?!?!?

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Mini-comics legend Steve Willis gave out hand-drawn Morty Comix as wedding favors! #SteveWillis #MortyComix

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Emil Ferris officiated the wedding of Danger Room co-owner Casey Bruce and comics fan Marisha Kay @ the Capitol Theater at the stage show. It was a beautiful, inspiring, tear-inducing happening. #EmilFerris @EmilFerrisDraws #OlyComicsFest @DangerRoomOly @olyfilmsociety

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A few more #OlyComicsFest photos

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#OlyComicsFest photo dump part 1