CAB was founded and organized by Gabriel Fowler, the owner of the comic book store Desert Island in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

[2] The days leading up to and following CAB often included affiliated events, such as gallery exhibitions, art installations, and screenings.

[3] Exhibition space at CAB was invitation-only; artists and vendors must either have applied and been accepted, or be invited to attend by the festival's organizers.

Carmel Church in Brooklyn, New York – the same venue where BCGF was formerly held, and with many of the same exhibitors – with programming directed by Paul Karasik.

[11] Organizers considered placing CAB on hiatus in 2016,[4] but instead opted to include fewer exhibitors and reduce the length of the festival to its original single day of programming.