Short Run celebrates and strengthens Seattle’s lauded comix and arts community. Next festival: Saturday, Nov. 1st, 2025. NEW LOCATION! Seattle Design Center. Short Run celebrates and strengthens Seattle's lauded comix and arts community.Short Run focuses on the medium of comics as a coalescence of art and literature. We believe in the intimate experience of holding a book in your hands. That's why we highlight artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world who make indie comix and self-published, small press, and handmade books of all kinds. We want to ensure that Seattle is considered a destination for small press artists, and a percolator of comics genius.