Crucial Entertainment president Cliff Galbraith’s first go as co-producer was a resounding success. Record attendance and expanded programming ensured a path to a growing event for 2025. Pictured here with Arizona Film Board President Matthew Earl Jones, festival co-promoter Jose Anteo, Cliff Galbraith, and animation director Kevin Altieri.

Retina failure was just the beginning of surgery and blindness that made me see

Writer and artist of Heathcliff, the beloved long-running daily comic, has joined the gang at the Crucial Compound. The New Jersey artist...