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Collection is comprised of the comics selected as finalists and winners of the MoCCA Awards of Excellence.

The Giacomo Patri Archive contains a bound manuscript of Patri's "White Collar", books from the Patri School of Art, notes on Patri, and several books on art, wordless books, and other topics. Each item is quantified, adding up to 6 books, 9 items (books and ephemera), and 9 additional items illustrated by Patri.

The original art for Peter Kuper's biographical comic on Harvey Kurtzman, drawn for the book Masterful marks: cartoonists who changed the world (Simon & Schuster, 2014), edited by Monte Beauchamp. This Kurtzman bio connects to the Kurtzman material in the Kitchen Sink Press archives.

Most of the materials are related to a particular book project: drafts, proofs, edits, fouls, markups, correspondence, etc. Note that most projects include both regular size and oversize materials.

Written drafts, process drawings, and proofs for some of his longer-form works, including the comic he's best known for, Minimum wage, as well as original comic strip art from his own collection. These papers are part of a larger project to collect representative materials from the New York City comics scene.

The archive includes original comic art from his time at DC Comics, including the series he created, "'Mazing Man;" his Eisner-nominated graphic novel, "Lucky in Love;" and storyboards for "Venture Bros.," "Ren & Stimpy," etc., along with early comic art, sketchbooks, minicomics, and more. This collection reveals a working cartoonist's process, and also relates to the Danny Hellman, Bob Fingerman, and New York Comics Community collections.