Bodega Announces The Comic Arts Trophy (CAT) Nominations, Celebrating Comic And Graphic Arts Creators At Inaugural Brooklyn Expo Of Comics

BODEGA CAT Award, design by Alex Krokus Brooklyn, NY (10/13/2026)—Non-profit Brooklyn Organization Dedicated to the Endurance of the Graphic Arts (BODEGA) is excited to announce the BODEGA CAT (Comics Arts Trophy) Award nominations, with winners to be announced at a ceremony during the Brooklyn Expo of Comics (BEC) this November. Led by BODEGA co-founders James Tynion IV, Bryce Gold, Courtney Menard, the Brooklyn Expo of Comics will celebrate independent comic and graphic arts creators and cartoonists during the two-day inaugural annual event. The goal of BEC is to foster the arts community in New York with free and accessible events while also celebrating creators and creations from all around the world. The BODEGA CAT Awards will celebrate independent creators and their works with five award CAT-egories: Best Anthology, Best Design, Best Minicomic, Best Graphic Novel, and Honorary New Yorker, a unique award given to a chosen creator who best embodies the creative spirit of Brooklyn and BODEGA regardless of where they are from. Winners will receive a purringly beautiful CAT trophy to display on their shelves, designed by Brooklyn-based cartoonist Alex Krokus, modeled and brought t...