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On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012 Day Two

10/08/2012 3:00 pm by Hannah Means-Shannon

On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012 Day Two

By Hannah Means-Shannon The revelries following the Ignatz Awards continued long into the night and crowded the lower levels of the conference center took over the bar and spilled out onto patios, steps, and walkways, but that didn’t stop expo-goers from taking in another day of star-powered panels on Sunday. The big names and signings […]

Filed Under: Comics, Events, Indie Comics, Small Presses Tagged With: Adrian Tomine, ben towle, Bill Kartopoulos, building stories, Chris Ware, Comics, Daniel Clowes, David M. Ball, Dean Haspiel, Events, Gilbert Hernandez, Indie Comics, Isaac Cates, Jaime Hernandez, Nick Abadzis, SPX, SPX 2012, Stan Mack

On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012, Day One

10/04/2012 2:00 pm by Hannah Means-Shannon

On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012, Day One

By Hannah Means-Shannon Things were buzzing at the Small Press Expo even before it officially began. A crowded hotel lobby, constant chatter, and a general sense of anticipation partly due to this year’s much-hyped stellar guests, erupted in substantial lines to get onto the floor once doors opened Saturday morning. Along with the outstanding list […]

Filed Under: Comics, Indie Comics, Top Comics Tagged With: Alvin Buenaventura, Anne Koyama, Box Brown, Chris Ware, Comics, Daniel Clowes, Ellen Lindner, Gilbert Hernandez, Glyn Dillon, Heidi MacDonald, Hugo Tate, Indie Comics, Jaime Hernandez, John Porcellino, Ken Parille, kickstarter, Leon Avelino, Luke Pearson, Nao of Brown, Nick Abadzis, Nobrow, Rob Clough, Sam Arthur, Small Press Expo, SPX 2012

SPX: The Videos

10/01/2012 12:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SPX: The Videos

The SPX youtube channel is posting tons of “talk show” type interviews with everyone from Lamar Abrams to Jeff and Adam Zwirek, but most folks will be the most excited about the above chats with Daniel Clowes and Jaime Hernandez. We’ll update the page as more go up. Via TCJ Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Videos Tagged With: SPX 2012

SPX: Good comics, good people

09/21/2012 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

SPX: Good comics, good people

Much has been written and lauded about this year’s SPX, and I’m late to the game but I have a few thoughts I wanted to put to pixel before the memories fade. It was a great time for just about everyone, I think. I had a blast at TCAF this year and came away from it completely optimistic about The State of Comics. That mood was only deepened by SPX, and I don’t expect it to fade any time soon. A few little notes:

Filed Under: Art Comix, Comics Still Wonderful In Spite Of It All, Indie Comics, Literary Comics Tagged With: Indie Comics, SPX 2012

SPX: Great cartoonists destroy priceless originals with drool

09/17/2012 2:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SPX: Great cartoonists destroy priceless originals with drool

Okay, that was metaphorical, but…While we work on our semi-coherent SPX thoughts, check out the Official Daniel Clowes Twitter for some fantastic images of the weekend. Here’s Clowes and Chris Ware pouring over Crockett Johnson Barnaby originals at the Library of Congress:

Filed Under: Indie Comics Tagged With: Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Indie Comics, los bros hernandez, SPX 2012

Best SPX ever?

09/16/2012 11:48 am by Heidi MacDonald

Best SPX ever?

Photo via @eee Possibly the best SPX ever—and definitely the most financially successful one. That’s what everyone was saying last night. By 4:30 Fantagraphics had made more money than they did at all of last year’s show. Similar stories were reported at PictureBox, Nobrow, D&Q and everywhere really. With a bigger floor space and a […]

Filed Under: Art Comix, Comics Still Wonderful In Spite Of It All, Indie Comics, Literary Comics, Small Presses Tagged With: Indie Comics, SPX 2012

Love & Rockets dominates 2012 Ignatz Awards

09/16/2012 6:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez were the big winners at last night’s Ignatz Awards with wins in three categories. The awards were presented in front of a packed house (as usual) at a ceremony MC’d by Jerzy Drozd. In addition to the categories below, Richard Thompson was presented with the first ever Golden Brick Award, for lifetime achievement.

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, SPX 2012

Once in a lifetime SPX rolls out this weekend

09/14/2012 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Once in a lifetime SPX rolls out this weekend

This weekend The Small Press Expo takes place in North Bethesda, MD, offering what seems to be a once in a lifetime lineup of guests: Dan Clowes. Chris Ware. Both Hernandez Brothers. No one ever seems to remember seeing them all in one place before. They won’t all be on the same panel, but there is one featuring Clowes, Los Bros and Adrian Tomine. Get there early.

Filed Under: Art Comix, Indie Comics, Literary Comics Tagged With: Indie Comics, SPX 2012

SPX announces incredible programming slate

08/17/2012 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SPX announces incredible programming slate

This year’s Small Press Expo, to be held September 15-16 in Bethesda, has one of the most amazing guest line-ups in forever, with Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Francois Mouly, Adrian Tomine and MORE. Programming director Bill Kartalopoulos has out done him self with a program that covers all the bases and more. Suffice to say we’ll be glued to the two programming tracks.

Filed Under: Indie Comics Tagged With: Indie Comics, SPX, SPX 2012, Untitled

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