SPX 2014 exhibitors list goes to a lottery system
Catching up on some of the news that broke Christmas week (!?!) and this is pretty huge. After a total server meltdown and general headaches over exhibitor registration for the 2013 show. the Small Press Expo is going to basically a lottery. "Legacy" exhibitors—those who have been at the show for five years or more—and invited guests (of course) will be given tables, and the remainder will be put up for a lotteryplain and simple. The show will not go curated, as nearly every other CAF has, because...well because of tradition. Here's the new procedure::
TCAF release second poster and announces kids programming
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has released its second psoter, this one by Isabelle Arsenault while also announcing a line-up of kids programming. Partticipating...
TCAF 2014 unveils first poster by Michael DeForge
Right here.
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival will be held May 10-11 and will be awesome.
Tonight to do: Jesse Reklaw at Desert Island
Jesse Reklew will be signing COUCH TAG at 7 at Desert Island in Brooklyn tonight. As I think I mentioned only a few posts...
Tonight to do: Kim Deitch opening at Scott Eder Gallery
Underground and alt comix legend Kim Deitch will have an art show at teh Scott Eder Gallery in Dumbo tonight.</a
Not only will they be...
To do tonight: Brooklyn Comes to Morningside Heights
It's been a busy, busy few weeks of comics events in the NYC area, and here's one more: the final event for the year...
Jack Kirby Pop-Up Museum opens today!
A pop-up museum for comics legend Jack Kirby located on the Lower East Side -- where he was born— opens today. The effort was funded via Kickstarter and is located at 178 Delancey Street.
Government Shutdown Hits Comics
By Bruce Lidl
While wandering the aisles at the 2013 Alternative Press Expo in San Francicso this past weekend, overwhelmed by comics, comix, and knitted...
Your New York Comic-Con Event Calendar; or Party Poop Goes 2013
Look, I made a calendar. And Embedded it. This is not ALL the events surrounding New York Comic-Con, but it's the ones I was...
Sandman’s 25th Anniversary celebrated at the Cartoon Art Museum
With the 25h Anniversary of The Sandman coming up and a NEW Sandman prequel on the way, SF's Cartoon Art Museum has just announced...
I’m giving a talk at the Library of Congress on Friday…
....so come on down!
Seriously...no pressure.
WHY am I giving a talk? Because I donated a bunch of my mini-comics from the 90s on to...
Jeff Smith on tour for RASL all fall
The complete RASL by Jeff Smith is out this week, and he'll be touring all over the place—from SPC to CAB—throughout the fall. Here's...
