Comic Arts Brooklyn

CAB was founded and organized by Gabriel Fowler, the owner of the comic book store Desert Island in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The festival centered around a single-day, artist alley-style exhibition space that featured roughly 200 artists and comics publishers. The days leading up to and following CAB often included affiliated events, such as gallery exhibitions, art installations, and screenings. Exhibition space at CAB was invitation-only; artists and vendors must either have applied and been accepted, or be invited to attend by the festival's organizers. Admission to the festival was free for members of the public. ==History==

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (BCGF), the predecessor to CAB, was inaugurated in 2009 by Fowler, comics critic and scholar Bill Kartalopoulos, and Dan Nadel, founder of the now-defunct publishing company PictureBox. The festival ran for four years, until Kartalopoulos and Nadel announced in May 2013 that they would no longer organize BCGF. Event history ==References==