Small Presses

Just a very quick moment to jot down a few thoughts on SPX. (My "official" report will be in PWCW tomorrow.) In short, it remains the summer camp of comics, with a bunch of people who are there for love just hanging out, talking, drawing, drinking, smiling and laughing.

What's new at SPX this year? Click the images for more info!

The entire programming list for SPX is up now, curated by Bill Kartalopoulos and reproduced below. It's the usual outstanding mix with spotlights on R. Sikoryak, James Sturm, and Jaime Hernandez, and much more. SPX will be held Saturday, September 11 from 11 AM to 7 PM and Sunday, September 12, noon-6 PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $10 for a single day and $15 for both days. Please note: We're moderating two panels, one a spotlight on the late Harvey Pekar and another on the creative storytelling process.

Another small press perennial -- Batton Lash and Wollf and Byrd are as much a part of Comic-Con as Klingons and Mark Evanier panels! He'll be at the show with a brand new book:

In the seasonal ocean of hype and comics companies whose main attraction is some actor signing some comic, there are still oases of good old comic books. And also people who send out fine little news releases and pictures of comics. Such a person is Randy Reynaldo who has been at this a while but still sends out a nice. concise news bit. And he always gets his own news item, like this. Because he did it right. This time out, Reynaldo will premiere the first ever collection of Rob Hanes, Adventurer. "Randy encourages everyone to support small independent comics publishers by visiting his booth (K1) and the other tables in the Small Press Pavilion." And so do we!

Indie publisher AdHouse has announced AdDistro, a new distribution site for small press books. PR below:

The Stumptown Comics Festival was held this weekend. Many folks attended the party where the awards were held, and even wrote extensive blog postings about it....but no one actually posted the winners. But Tom...

Dylan Williams is the founder of Sparkplug Comic Books, art film/used bookstore owner , and guy behind the scenes in many of Portland's comic and independent press events. A few months back, I sent Dylan some questions for an article on Diamond for PW Comics, expecting a few short answers, and when I got his responses, I wanted to print them all.

The Space Prize is presented each year to the best in comics collected at the previous year's SPACE festival in Columbus, OH in the categories Minicomic, Short Story and Webcomic and a Grand Prize....

Some great panelists and topics...someone better be recording some of these! SPOTLIGHTS R. Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics For twenty years, stylistic chameleon R. Sikoryak has been producing literary adaptations in comics form that marry the plots of Western...

Three brave cartoonists are setting out to tool around much of the East Coast in a jalopy, and you know it is going to be a real adventure. Liz Baillie! Ken Dahl! MK Reed!...

Via PR: The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce Paul Karasik and Jeff Lemire as guests for...