The Experts

Ignatz Award nominee Yumi Sakugawa (I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You) presents a powerful exploration of a piece of performance art. Cassie Hamasaki embodies a Japanese flower arrangement, and then, trailing her confused art class, she silently walks into the city, through a public utterly unaware of what she is doing.

Lucia has just graduated from college with a double major in Fine Art and Art History. She moves to the big city and, along with her friend and former dorm-mate Amy, intends to take the art world by storm. But things don't go as planned. Follow Lucia's downward spiral of expectations as the world of dreams and the world of reality begin to separate.

Escargoteric, by Johnny Herber, is a mollusk heavy existentialist fantasy romp through the afterlife. It features snails, and a grumpy female protagonist, who should really know better.

Ignatz Award-winner Box Brown returns with a tale of surfing, rock 'n' roll, burritos and radness! Phoebe hopes to run a bit wild at the beach and learn to surf, and quickly meets Hank, a local surfer also looking for direction. Plus a backup featuring James Kochalka's cute mushroom characters!