MARCH '25: Rising to the occasion 🤸🏻‍♀️ MoCCA Fest, continuing the RisoLAB residency, and thoughts on rising to the occasion

Here’s what I got up to in March! Full read below or on firsthold.substack.com 🌱

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#risolab #risograph #risoanimation #artreaidency #moccafest2025

Thanks to all for a fantastic Carousel at #MoCCA fest on Sunday! With readings by @cashbrowns.bsky.social Bim Eriksson @tncts.bsky.social @katieskelly.bsky.social Plus a multimedia puppet show by John Vasquez Mejias & crew! Photos by Nat Towsen & me
#altcomics #moccafest2025 @soi128.bsky.social

@meghunt.bsky.social put it perfectly: to a person, everyone was a delight, excited to talk about art and animals, and patient as I lost my grip on basic math over 14 hours of tabling.
It was affirming and motivating for my own work/self and on a community level.
#moccafest #moccafest2025

I’ll be at #moccafest2025 today from 2:30-6pm! Table 28! With the one the only @newyorkcartoons.bsky.social

All ready for the con!!

#MoCCAfest2025 #MoCCA2025 #OC #OCart #OriginalCharacter #Stickers #DigitalArt

Carousel returns to #MoCCA fest on Sun March 16! Featuring comics performances by @cashbrowns.bsky.social Bim Eriksson @tncts.bsky.social John Vasquez Mejias and @katieskelly.bsky.social Links in bio #altcomics #comics #moccafest2025 @soi128.bsky.social

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GUESS WHO GOT IT’S ACCEPTANCE EMAIL TO TABLE AT #MOCCAFEST2025 !!!! MORE INFO COMING SOON!!!

Stack of RISO-printed zines with a goose, elaborate border, and the title This Goose And Their Petty Crimes

My perfect goose printed, trimmed, and bound into 50 very special copies 🪿🪿🪿

Debuting at #moccafest2025 next month, with remaining copies online after that.

This is a personal project that will net me about $2/hour and I feel so wildly lucky to be able to do it.

Talk about wall space! Coming to MoCCA Fest, March 15-16, Table 70: my Off-Show triptych. Each poster is 18x24”, two color, hand-pulled screen print. Limited run on 25 each. Leftovers will be available online after the con.
#illustration #art #screenprint #poster #moccafest2025 #moccafest

Sticker, held up in front of a potted plant, of an illustrated opossum with blue overalls and a big green backpack.

I printed this dude as a sticker (and will have a stack for sale at #MoccaFest2025) in case anyone there needs an opossum adventurer in March. It happens!

Announcement for MoCCA Fest 2025. Text reads: I’ve got a table at MoCCA Fest! Along with Meg Hunt. Find us at table 32. March 15th and 16th, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St NYC.

You know those zines I’ve been working on? I’ll be debuting them at #moccafest2025, hosted by @soi128.bsky.social on March 15 and 16.
AND I’m sharing a table with @meghunt.bsky.social so it’s all just guaranteed to be a good time.

“After” 18x24, two-color screenprint printed on by the awesome crew at VGkids.

On sale at MoCCA Fest, March 15-16. Table 70. Can’t wait? They’re available in my shop now.
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#moccafest #moccafest2025 #art #illustration #digitalart #screenprint #horror #mystery #procreate #truegrittexturesupply

Look at this! #moccafest2025

Incredible! We thank you for your wonderful works and cannot contain our excitement to see them at MoCCA Fest!
#moccafest #moccafest2025

Own a piece of #MoCCAFest2025 history! The official festival poster, created by acclaimed artist Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social , is now available as a limited edition print!

This 16” x 20″ print is available to pre-purchase through the Society’s Museum Shop!
Shop now! Link🔗 in bio ⤴️