THANK YOU SEATTLE! Our 2024 festival was a great success because of you! Thanks for showing up for comic & small press artists!
Our next festival will take place on Saturday, November 1st, 2025 at Seattle Design Center. 11 am – 6 pm. FREE admission.
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Update: Tara Booth unfortunately had to cancel, but we’re delighted that Julia Gfrörer could step in to talk with Angela Fanche during The Short Talk! 4 pm in front of the pavilion. Limited seating, dress warm! We will be selling Tara’s new book, “Becoming” at the Short Run Merch table.
Fill in your weekend surrounding the fest with these more intimate events! Listen to artist’s read from their work, participate in a workshop, view art from a dozen of the exhibitors and special guests, and come party with us! Full schedule below, with reminders to occur on Instagram starting Oct. 1.
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Joakim Drescher is a visual artist whose practice includes printmaking, drawing, painting, writing and publishing. Born in Denmark in 1986, he has lived in China, Indonesia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the USA, before returning to Copenhagen in 2015, where he lives and works. His most well-known graphic novel series is “Motel Universe”, published by Secret Acres. Joakim designed our fest poster!
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Thank you to everyone who applied! Click to see our exhibitor list! Special guests in bold.
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We’re thrilled to premiere our 2024 fest poster designed by Joakim Drescher.
[Updated for 2024] If you haven’t been to a previous Short Run festival, you should know that we are unlike a mainstream “comic-con” in many ways. We are a free, one day festival that takes place in a large, 12,000 sq. ft. space on the ground floor, with tall front windows and a high ceiling. There are no smaller break-out rooms. There will be a few hands-on activities like zine-making or screen printing, but the main focus will be on the exhibiting artists showcasing their work at tables on the festival floor. Approximately 250 artists will be there, and we expect attendance to be about 4,500 people spread out over 7 hours. Read more…
[UPDATED for 2024!] Here are details about travel, lodging, WiFi, food, etc.! We are looking forward to seeing you and providing you with a great festival experience! Read more…