Talk:Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

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Reversion

There's is already a link to the museum, under "References." We don't need it again under (the non-Manual of Style header) "Links." What is currently under "External links" is a "for further reading" link to a like museum. --Tenebrae (talk) 04:55, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 clean up

While the closure & move are notable, they didn't merit reprinting of the museum's press releases. I've removed that and sourced the info. I also removed some info that's appropriate to a brochure or website but not a summary article. StarM 01:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the statement "Prior to this move, there had been discussion of a move to the Lower East Side, however the building proposal was not approved." because it is not accurate. The discussion was never a serious one. It was just an architectural contest to which MoCCA lent its name. I'll quote the relevant part of the article from where I got this information and provide the link, and someone more experienced in such matters can, if desired, summarize it and source it correctly.

> > > > > The quoted material begins here

In the fall of 2010, MoCCA was approached by prominent webzine SuckerPunch with an idea that would seem to promise much potential publicity and fundraising possibilities. SuckerPunch would challenge architects to design a new site for MoCCA, with the winning designs to be awarded cash prizes totaling $2,500 and publication on the SuckerPunch site. Abramowitz agreed to sit on the jury and provide a set of requirements for the project, including a 20,000-square-foot, flexible, modular museum space, four offices, two classrooms, a café, a store, a theater and a lecture hall. SuckerPunch announced the competition, even selecting an empty lot at the corner of Norfolk and Delancey Streets in the Lower East Side, noting, however, that the site was not owned by either SuckerPunch or MoCCA.
The contest drew eye-popping, utopian site and floor plans from individual architects and architectural firms from all over the world. The extravagant designs, with names like BLOP!!..POW!!..WIZZZZZZZ and Bubble Art Display, reflected both an aggrandized and a degraded view of what a comic art museum would be. The First Place entry by Volkan Alkanoglu, who was awarded $1,200, appears to have been an attempt to design a 20,000-square-foot Batmobile.
If you’re not a regular SuckerPunch visitor, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of these proposed MoCCA designs or this contest. MoCCA did little to promote the event and no specific effort was made to raise funds to realize any of the architectural designs. “They were fantasies,” said Abramowitz. “It was fun for us, but we didn’t take it too seriously.” After years of dealing with New York real estate, Abramowitz has apparently learned not to think too big. It will be a long wait for that alternate-universe museum to “take shape.”

> > > > > End of quoted material

Source of quoted material: http://www.tcj.com/state-of-the-art-museum-what-mocca-has-accomplished-and-failed-to-accomplish-after-10-years/

Shea6408 (talk) 19:00, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with its removal, but is The Comics Journal a reliable source? I'm not certain StarM 00:51, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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