Lynda Barry, Raina Telgemeier and Charles Burns Lead Authors Debuting Books at Small Press Expo 2014

Lynda Barry, Raina Telgemeier and Charles Burns Lead Authors Debuting Books at Small Press Expo 2014 For Immediate Release           Contact: Warren Bernard                                                  E-Mail: warren@spxpo.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 21, 2014 – This year marks the 20th Anniversary of SPX, which will be held September 13 and 14, 2014 at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. SPX is honored that over 150 different graphic novels and comics will be making their publishing debut at this years show to start off the Fall book buying season. A complete list of debuts, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site. Here are some highlights of the new releases and their creators that will be at SPX 2014: Syllabus: Notes From An Accidental Professor is the latest from Lynda Barry and Drawn and Quarterly that reveals how Ms. Barry teaches the world of writing and comics in her own creative and humorous way. Raina Telgemeier follows up the her best selling books Smile and Drama with the autobiographical Sisters from Scholastic/Graphix, explaining the long and complex relationship she has with her younger sibling. Charles Burns Sugar Skull from Pantheon completes the nightmarish dream world trilogy that began with X'ed Out and continued in The Hive. Ben Hatke's heroine Zita returns in returns in Legends of  Zita the Space Girl  from First Second. Through The Woods is Emily Carroll's first print book that collects her award winning web comics. Roman Muradov's (In A Sense) Lost and Found, published by Nobrow, is the first full length graphic novel from this Society of Illustrators Gold Medal winner. Drew Friedman turns his caricaturing genius to the great comic book creators in the Fantagraphics release, Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books. Michael DeForge debuts Lose #6, the latest installment of his award winning comic from Koyama Press. Invincible Days is a collection of short stories by Patrick Atangan released by NBM. About SPX Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that brings together more than 600 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. SPX also has a two tracks of of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests that run through both days of the event. The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. All works nominated for Ignatz Awards are donated to the Small Press Expo Collection at the Library of Congress, which is the first institutional collection in the United States dedicated to the indie comics field. As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the SPX Graphic Novel Gift Program, which funds graphic novel purchases for public and academic libraries, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), which protects the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, visit their website at http://www.cbldf.org.