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Five Points Festival

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In its inaugural year, the Five Points Festival brings all things comics, collectibles and counterculture to the Lower East Side’s Pier 36. The event centers around an extensive marketplace of designer toys, graphic art and collectibles and includes meet-and-greets with comic writers and artists like Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. The Designer Toy Awards kick off the festival, hosted by writer, director and avid collector Morgan Spurlock. 

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