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Half of the money comes from funds the SPX normally donates to CBLDF each year, the press release said.
Read the full release below, including a joint statement from the defendants, as well as statements from SPX Executive Director Warren Bernard and newly announced CBLDF President Christina Merkler.
Small Press Expo Establishes Legal Aid Fund for Cartoonists With $20,000[...]
I was relatively moderate in my Small Press Expo swag this year compared to previous years–but pretty focused in getting some great books.
On the first day, I gathered the following:
Here you can see a signed edition of Jennifer Hayden's new Top Shelf book The Story of My Tits, and Noah Van Sciver's Fante Bukowski from[...]
Having driven the stretch of highway back from Small Press Expo 2015, and already quite aware of how glad I am that I attended this year, whether for any single one of the elements included, from panel experiences, to floor walking, seeing and talking to friends and colleagues, to the new books I perused or[...]
The Royalboiler Redux panel with Brandon Graham, Liz Suburbia, Farel Dalrymple, and Ron Wimberly, fell in the latter part of Sunday at Small Press Expo, but there was a line snaking through the lower hallways to enter the conference room.
The panel was comprised by many people who have worked together with Brandon Graham, a collaborative[...]
Scott McCloud's panel at Small Press Expo was highly anticipated, but there seemed to be sufficient room for everyone waiting for some words of wisdom about comics.
Chatting to the audience beforehand, McCloud asked if anyone had heard the riddle: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? The answer, which he[...]
I'm delighted to be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend after missing last year's show due to a flood at my house I was gutted to miss it in 2014 since in 2012 and 2013 the show had a major impact on my understanding of comics and the significance of the mini-comics[...]
Dre Grigoropol is bringing the second installment of Dee's Dream, subtitled "Solar Return", a minicomic following the lives of teen rockers, to Small Press Expo this weekend This particular story is described thus:
This is the second issue of the comedy-drama comic series Dee's Dream, which follows the adventures of the amateur post-punk alternative band by[...]
Here are this year's winners of the Ignatz Awards, taking home bricks tonight, from the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, sponsored by ComiXology Congratulations to both the nominees and the winners this year for their excellence in moving the comics medium in new directions and showing what comics and comics creators are capable of.
Outstanding Artist
Sam[...]
Small Press Expo this weekend in Bethesda, Maryland, is going to have gorgeous creator-owned comics galore, and one of them to keep an eye on is The Black Feather Falls, now debuting in Book Two in the USA, by Ellen Lindner, also an editor of The Strumpet.
Lindner writes:
The new issue of The Black Feather Falls,[...]
Bacchanalia will debut at Small Press Expo this weekend.
Bacchanalia is described thus:
Josiah is still recovering from a bad breakup when he stumbles upon a hidden world of drug- and drink-fueled dance parties happening in the forest near his college A handsome stranger who speaks in riddles, Greek myth come to life, and a missing toy[...]
Small Press Expo has a massive tradition of debuts, and Bleeding Cool has a window onto some fine examples leading up to the Expo this weekend Carey Pietsch, developing on her Keepsakes series that also had a debut at MoCCA Fest last spring, has a new work coming to SPX: Rift.
Rift is:
…a story about sibling[...]
Amanda Scurti writes: Terrestrial is an Earth-themed fantasy comics & illustration anthology. Provided with only the word “Earth” to begin their work,
Small Press Expo, the premier small publishing comic show in the USA, is coming up September 13th and 14th in Bethesda Maryland, and each year brings out the best of art comics and indie comics to celebrate the medium and keep the comics community thriving.
Tickets are always reasonable for the Expo, making it very friendly[...]
The wide array of shows that the survey ended up reporting on is truly impressive, including Emerald City Comic Con, WonderCon, Phoenix Comic Con, Comikaze, The Small Press Expo, APE, San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, and Stump Town We reported on the survey previously at Bleeding Cool, and now the results are[...]
Ricardo Siri Liniers, who draws under the name "Liniers", was one of the special guests at Small Press Expo this year, and also an invited speaker at the Brooklyn Book Festival Of all the all-star comics guests the two shows managed to attract, Liniers piqued the most curiosity from fans because not only is he[...]