Although this year’s Small Press Expo’s theme is “Cartoonists of the 21st Century,” they are allowing cartoonists older than 30 to be guests as well. Just announced, the international slate, which consists of Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke —with more to come. And peep the Gemma Correll drawn poster above.
This will be the first US appearance of Peeters, whose SF series, Aama an amazing, space faring epic, just wrapped up from SelfMadeHero this year. Horrocks is indie comics royalty with Hicksville and Pickles and also just one of the nicest people who ever lived. And Vandenbroucke is an illustrator and author (White Cube) whose striking artwork is a riots of shapes and colors. In short, these are Grade A guests! They join previously announced list:
Kate Beaton
Luke Pearson
Noelle Stevenson
Michael Deforge
Gemma Correll
Noah Van Scriver
Matt Bors
Lilli Carré
Theo Ellsworth
Scott Mccloud
Bill Griffith
C. Spike Trotman
Jennifer Hayden
Stuart Immonen
Kathryn Immonen
Derf
Jessica Abel
Ted Rall
This is gonna be fun! SPX 2015 takes place on September 19-20, and with over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programs.
More info on the guests below:
SPX 2015 is honored to have the very first United States appearance of critically acclaimed, Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters. This year saw the release of the final volume of his well reviewed planet hopping space epic, Aama Vol. 4: You Will Be Glorious, My Daughter, published by SelfMadeHero. Peeters has been nominated five times in the Best Book category at Angoulême and has done a number of posters and other illustration work in Europe. Peeters lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dylan Horrocks is returning to Small Press Expo for the first time in over a decade. Horrocks began his diverse career with the publication of Pickle, which ran from 1993-97 published by Black Eye Press. Pickle included the serialization of Hicksville, a groundbreaking story that was collected into a graphic novel that won plaudits from reviewers around the globe. Horrocks has had international success in alternative and mainstream comics with books like Atlas from Drawn & Quarterly, and as writer for DC Comics and Vertigo. In 2014, Fantagraphics published Sam Zabel and his Magic Pen to wide critical and fan acclaim. Horrocks is an Eisner Award winner and in 2006 he was appointed University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow. Horrocks currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife and sons.
Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator. His debut graphic novel, White Cube, took the Angouleme International Comics Festival by storm in 2013. Vandenbroucke’s distinctive painted panels and brightly colored spreads intermingle pop culture influences and commentary on the fine art world, offering an absurdist view of the institutions of that world. White Cube has been published in Belgium, Finland, Norway, Spain, Germany, France, and in English by Drawn & Quarterly. Since graduating from art school a few years ago, he has worked for numerous periodicals, including the New York Times, and has participated in group shows all over the world. Vandenbroucke lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
