May 20-21, 2017
Pier 36’s Basketball City
New York, NY
Ticket info soon
Clutter Magazine and LeftField Media today announced the debut of the Five Points Festival, a new convention focused on designer toys and comic art launching next year in New York City's Lower East Side. The first Five Points Festival will take place May 20-21, 2017 inside Pier 36's Basketball City, and the event presents itself as the antidote to the average con - a showcase for artists, creators, independent brands, and the counterculture they make.
Five Points will bring together influential names across the designer toy and comic worlds, with a roster already pledging their support. Clutter Magazine, a leading voice in the designer toy world, will curate the Five Points Festival's toy guests and exhibits, with brands Kidrobot, Super7, Popaganda, Cotton Candy Machine, and Toy Tokyo taking part, and Ron English and Tara McPherson leading the art toy luminaries who'll appear as guests.
On the comic side, Five Points will be presented overall by Midtown Comics, the largest comic retailer in America, and confirmed comic artists and writers in attendance - known for their independent, avant garde, and creator-owned work - will include Bryan Lee O'Malley, Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Kate Leth, Cliff Chiang, Ivan Brandon, Christopher Hastings, and James Tynion IV.
Further designer toy and comic brands and creators will be announced over the coming weeks and months, as will details about show exclusives, parties, and special events.
"The Five Points Festival is a celebration of art and its creators," said Josh Kimberg, Clutter's Managing Partner. "There's a commonality, a shared creative culture, that crosses between designer toys and comics, and we're honored to bring them together and build a home for the fans, collectors, and misfits ignited by this spirit."
At its center, the Five Points Festival will showcase comic artists and writers, vinyl and plastic toys, original art, graphic novels, indie comics, resin, kaiju, posters, and prints, and the event will extend to the lifestyle surrounding this space, featuring artisan food and craft breweries, and be capped off by the biggest awards in the art toy world - the 2017 Designer Toy Awards.
"We're building a one-of-a-kind marketplace for the new, cool, retro, and infamous inspired by one of New York's most storied neighborhoods," said Greg Topalian, President of LeftField Media. "And we know the independent spirit of historic Five Point is still alive in the rebel artists of today, whether they make comics, toys, beer, or vegan tacos."