Short Run Comix Festival

THANK YOU SEATTLE!!! After a stormy start, we had an incredible festival day with over 4,200 people attending!

Exhibitor applications open again on June 1, 2024.

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Short Run Comix Festival

The 2024 iteration of Short Run will come with a new venue and a slightly revised name.

With a plethora of zine fests and art book fairs being held around the country, we believe it’s a good time for us to commit our show solely to alternative comics/comix!! There are so many good comics being made all over the world and we want to double-down on what we do well, bringing you some of the best of what’s out there.

We know that some of the most innovative and exciting work in comics is happening in hybrid forms. Zines and art books with comic content, image + text story-telling, and graphic illustration will still be considered. There will be zines and art books that will fall into a gray area – that is why every application is carefully reviewed. Read more…

Table Map

Cancellations: Huệ Nguyen, Madeleine Jubilee Saito, Dustin Garcia, Fieldmouse Press, Ana Woulfe, T. Edward Bak

Additions: Molly Lecko Herro, Pam Wishbow

Health & Safety Information

[Updated for 2023] 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…