About

The Olympia Comics Festival was started in 2001 to celebrate comics as an art form.  Past Guests of Honor at our festival include Jessica Abel, Michael and Laura Allred, Peter Bagge, David Boswell, Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Paul Chadwick, Ellen Forney, Michel Gagne, Larry Gonick, Roberta Gregory, Gilbert Hernandez, Megan Kelso, Derek Kirk Kim, Jason Lutes, Matt Madden, Kagan McLeod, Linda Medley,   Joe Sacco, Jason Shiga, Craig Thompson, Adrian Tomine, Shannon Wheeler, Jim Woodring,  and Gene Luen Yang.