Friends of Lulu—the nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry—is moving the organization’s annual Lulu Awards event from the San Diego Comic-Con to the MoCCA Art Festival (aka Artfest) this year.
The Lulu Awards recognize the efforts women make in comics. This year, the event will be held at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (594 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012) on Saturday 7 June at 8:30PM. Light refreshments will be served, and there will be a suggested donation of $7 at the door.
“We are excited to bring an award event to MoCCA Artfest, and just as excited not to be competing with the multitude of great events at San Diego Comic-Con this July. We are able to reach a larger group of people eager to see wonderful creators recognized for their hard work in this field,” said FoL Treasurer Marion Vitus.
Emily Flake, the creator of Lulu Eightball, will be the emcee. Presenters include previous award winners Rachel Nabors and Abby Denson.
Moving up the ceremony one month means the organization is also opening up the nominations period earlier. Nominations, which will be open to non-members this year, begin at the joint MoCCA/Friends of Lulu table at the New York Comic-Con starting Friday 18 April.
Sponsors of this year’s Lulu Awards include MoCCA, IDW, DC Comics, and Archie Comics.