Tag: Indie Comics

By Matthew Jent Ben Costa is a maker. He makes comics, games, and deadpan jokes. I caught up with Ben at the tail end of this year’s San Diego Comic Con to chat about the Kickstarter-funded...

Director Chris Butcher has a wrap-up post for the 2014 TCAF that has many thanks and observations. Also the news that next year's fest will be May 8-10, basically the same weekend as this...

The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo takes place this weekend, and the show really seems to have ramped it up to take its place among the big CAFs around the world. You can see all...

The above band of scalawags signs the SCAM Anthology at Forbidden Planet tonight. SVCAM is a book that was Kickstartered and now published by Comixtribe. It concerns a bunch of superpowered people who...

Sam Alden has just posted the first part of a longer story called HOLLOW part I—it's a digital version of a comic he had print copies of for sale at TCAF. It's interesting to...

While waiting for my Porter Airlines flight at Billy Batson Airport, I thought I'd dash off a thought or two. • It was an amazing show, with creators from more countries than ever before...

Comics anthologies are generally a good thing, but in my personal preferences, I like ones that are on a tightly focused topic better than "here are a lot of great comics by great people!"...

There's a great warehouse sale going on at AdHouse Books: It's been a few years since we had a SALE, so I thought we'd make some AdSelections available again. Also, we have a fair amount...

The Grand Comics Festival 2014 a small but very friendly comics show is returning this June, although slimmed down to one day. Exhibitors include Sam Hendersn, Nick Bertozzi and organizer Pat Dorian. Admission is...

Thought Bubble in Leeds, UK—to be held November 9-15th this year—has rapidly gained an international reputation as one of the finest comic arts festivals out there. With a fantastic guest list and a friendly vibe, it's on many people's must-do list now. But with popularity comes growing pains. The show has just announced a bunch of changes including a move to curation for exhibitors, a higher fee for tables, and charging for tickets to a Saturday night party. The show has rapidly outgrown its venue, and a third hall used in 2013 is no longer available. So...something had to give, as they explain.

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::

The Stumptown Comics Festival , Portland's long running indie comics show, is ending in its present form, but the Awards and its indie-focused programming will become part of the Rose City Comic-Con, which is...