Sunday, February 26, 2023

SPX 2022 Programming videos on YouTube


SPX 2022 Panel - Spotlight on Maia Kobabe

Alex Hoffman
Maia Kobabe is one of the most important young cartoonists working in comics today. Eir debut memoir, "Gender Queer," has inspired many readers as well as wound up on a number of short-sighted ban lists. Join Maia and moderator Alex Hoffman in a wide ranging discussion of eir career, books, and new projects.

SPX 2022 Panel - All Writing is Autobiographical

Robin Enrico, Andrew White, Barbara Stok, Aimée de Jong, and Carla Berrocal
Feb 24, 2023All Writing is Autobiographical: What Writing Graphic Biographies Reveals About the Writer Comics biographies are a popular way of learning about important figures from history. However, how are the artists who write about them drawn to their subjects in the first place, and how are they changed by their experience of creating narratives about them? Moderator Robin Enrico leads a discussion with Andrew White, Barbara Stok, Aimée de Jong, and Carla Berrocal to find out.

SPX 2022 Panel - Fictionalizing Reality

Jules Bakes, Jarad Greene, Joris Bas Backer, Audra Stang and Coco Fox
Feb 24, 2023Every writer draws from their real-life experiences to some degree. However, what choices must an artist make when fictionalizing their own real-life story? Moderator Jules Bakes joins Jarad Greene, Joris Bas Backer, Audra Stang and Coco Fox in finding out more.

SPX 2022 Panel - The New Yorker Cartoonists

Liza Donnelly, Lonnie Millsap, Sofia Warren and Sara Lautman.
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAUgZJHBmNo
The New Yorker cartoon has been around for almost 100 years - why is the artform so beloved? On this panel, which consists of some of the many new and diverse cartoonists that have been brought in, moderator Liza Donnelly examines the past and present world of New Yorker cartoonists with Lonnie Millsap, Sofia Warren and Sara Lautman.

SPX 2022 Panel - Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Top Shelf

Leigh Walton, Chris Staros, Jeffrey Brown, Hannah Templer, Nate Powell, Jennifer Hayden and Jarod Rosello
  Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQddyV3wbk
The comics publisher Top Shelf was born at SPX 25 years ago. Now join moderator Leigh Walton and Top Shelf co-founder Chris Staros, along with artists Jeffrey Brown, Hannah Templer, Nate Powell, Jennifer Hayden and Jarod Rosello as they celebrate the milestone anniversary, reflect on Top Shelf's past and carve out its future!

SPX 2022 Panel - Trauma, Memoir and Healing

Alice Santos, Kayla E., Katherine Woodman-Maynard, Natalie Norris and Ariel Bordeaux
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi6pLwcZy4w
Comics are a powerful medium for depicting the impacts of trauma. They can also be a tool in the process of healing from those impacts. What power do they hold as we process our pain and recover? Kayla E., Katherine Woodman-Maynard, Natalie Norris and Ariel Bordeaux discuss the role of memoir in healing from trauma with moderator Alice Santos.

SPX 2022 Panel - Narrative Threads: When it Comes to Storylines, Clothing Matters

Mae Weinstein, Robyn Smith, Rebecca Mock, Dick Carroll and Lucie Bryon.
Feb 24, 2023
In any medium, fashion is integral to character design. But it's arguably most important in comics, where time, space, era, status and more are often conveyed in a single panel. Explore how some of your fav illustrators choose which designs to weave in, and which to leave on the rack. Moderator Mae Weinstein (Founder of inklusion comics) is joined by Robyn Smith, Rebecca Mock, Dick Carroll and Lucie Bryon.

SPX 2022 Panel - Art and Everyday Life

Meg Lemke and Lauren Weinstein
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-kLcT1mRE
How do you craft a comic out of something that really happened? Where is the boundary between art and life? Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist Lauren Weinstein has grappled with these questions for 20 years, making comics about her life as a parent and most recently the lives of domestic violence survivors. In this talk with moderator Meg Lemke, she shows how to pick the stories that transcend the mundane: by keeping one's antenna up for serendipity.

SPX 2022 Panel - Spotlight on Ho Che Anderson

Gary Groth
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMMB7VxdTGE
A blazingly honest career-spanning conversation with Ho Che Anderson, who talks about making comics over the last 30 years, from his early erotic graphic novel, "I Wanna Be Your Dog," to, "Black Dogs," to the monumental Martin Luther King Jr. biography to the 1990s Milestone mini series to his latest multi-volume graphic novel, "Godhead." Anderson talks to Fantagraphics co-founder Gary Groth about the ups and downs, the rewards and setbacks of a life in comics.

SPX 2022 Panel - Reflecting on the 90s Zine Revolution

Rachel Miller, Ariel Bordeaux, Megan Kelso, Tom Hart and Jenny Zervakis
Zines and minicomics exploded in the 1990s as copy shops proliferated across the country. With cheap, easy access to printing, artists and activists alike embraced the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethos. Moderator and zine expert Dr. Rachel Miller joins Ariel Bordeaux, Megan Kelso, Tom Hart and Jenny Zervakis, all of whom came up during the zine revolution of the 1990s, as they reflect back on how this radical era of self-publishing changed comics.

SPX 2022 Panel - Spotlight on kuš [Latvia]

Rob Clough, David Schilter,  Lote Vilma, Matt Madden and Noah Van Sciver
Feb 24, 2023
David Schilter is the co-publisher and editor of kuš, a revolutionary comics company located in Latvia. Moderator Rob Clough joins him and artists Lote Vilma, Matt Madden and Noah Van Sciver as they discuss their involvement with kuš and its international reach.

SPX 2022 Panel - Thalia Zedek and Leela Corman: A Mixed Media Extravaganza

Josh Bayer
  Feb 24, 2023Join noise rock legend Thalia Zedek (E, Thalia Zedek Band, Come, Live Skull, UZI) and cartoonist/painter Leela Corman (Unterzakhn, We All Wish For Deadly Force "incredible human gut-punch" according to some) for an evening of music and comics joined together, to benefit Small Press Expo. Followed by a Q&A moderated by comics' secret weapon, the almighty Josh Bayer. Guaranteed to cleanse your eyes and ears.

SPX 2022 Panel - Comics and Fabulism

Rob Clough, Daryl Seitchik, Rumi Hara, Gabrielle Bell and Kit Anderson
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6IcO6AsANE
Fabulism refers to a narrative style in which everything seems to make perfect sense until some kind of fantastic element is introduced. Moderator Rob Clough and panelists Daryl Seitchik, Rumi Hara, Gabrielle Bell and Kit Anderson explore the different ways they use absurd, fantastic, and dream imagery in their comics.

SPX 2022 Panel - Enemies of the State: Focus on Megan Kelso

Alex Hoffman, Rob Clough, Daniel Elkin and Jules Bakes
Feb 24, 2023Moderator Alex Hoffman and fellow critics Rob Clough, Daniel Elkin and Jules Bakes host a special SPX edition of the podcast Enemies of the State, featuring special guest Megan Kelso, author of the new collection, "Who Will Make The Pancakes?" The panel explores in-depth questions regarding the comic, character design, and Kelso's fascination with history.

SPX 2022 Panel - Ronald Wimberly in Conversation with Keith Knight

SmallPressExpo
Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7zcgiUmPZg
An insider look at what happens when Hollywood comes-a-knockin'. Join superstar Ronald Wimberly in conversation with Keith Knight about comics and Keith's television adaptation, Woke. The old man at the indie con breaks down his climb from obscure comic strip creator to obscure tv show creator.

SPX 2022 Panel - Punks in Comics: Bianca Xunise and James Spooner in Conversation

Bianca Xunise  and James Spooner
Feb 24, 2023
Cartoonist Bianca Xunise (Six Chix, The Nib) and cartoonist & filmmaker James Spooner (Afro-Punk, The High Desert) engage in a wide ranging conversation.

SPX 2022 Panel - Insiders and Outsiders: Perspectives on Political & Social Commentary

Warren Bernard, Ruben Bolling, Sofia Warren, Ally Shwed and Andy Warner.
Feb 24, 2023In the long, storied tradition of political cartooning, most of its artists have been outsiders, commenting on the world of politics. With the rise of comics journalism, there are now cartoonists who have had the chance to report about politics and world events from the inside. Join moderator (and SPX Executive Director) Warren Bernard as he explores both perspectives with Ruben Bolling, Sofia Warren, Ally Shwed and Andy Warner.

SPX 2022 Panel - Igaguri-Kun and The Judo Manga Revolution

Ryan Holmberg
Feb 24, 2023Fukui Eiichi's Igaguri-Kun (1951-54) was one of the most popular and influential manga of the early post-World War II era. While helping to reignite a national craze for judo, it revolutionized both what was drawn in Japanese comics and how it was drawn, establishing for shonen manga an aesthetic and a moral raison d'être, seeding the genres of sports and martial arts manga, and pioneering the cinematic expressions that underwrote gekiga. Supporting the forthcoming English-language edition from Bubbles, this talk by translator and scholar Ryan Holmberg illuminates the alternative, post-Tezuka lineage that Igaguri-kun initiated in Japanese comics.

SPX 2022 Panel - Reflecting on AdHouse Books

Andrew Neal, Sophie Goldstein, Kurt Ankeny, Max Huffman and Chris Pitzer
February 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snXOlwAjhs8
Nothing beautiful lasts forever, and after two decades of publishing a wide range of engaging, beautifully designed comics, boutique publishing juggernaut AdHouse Books is shutting down. Join moderator Andrew Neal, Sophie Goldstein, Kurt Ankeny, Max Huffman and the driving force behind AdHouse, Chris Pitzer, as they discuss what AdHouse has meant to them!

SPX 2022 Panel - Depicting Intimacy and Vulnerability in Storytelling

Craig Fisher, Tommi Parrish, Elizabeth Pich, Katriona Chapman and Sophia Glock.

One of the most powerful things a cartoonist can do is not just create memorable characters, but also put them in situations that reveal their vulnerability and depict real intimacy between them. Moderator Dr. Craig Fisher explores this with Tommi Parrish, Elizabeth Pich, Katriona Chapman and Sophia Glock.

SPX 2022 Panel - Trans Identities in Fantasy and Fictional Storytelling

L.Nichols,  Andi Santagata, Bread Tarleton, Casey Nowak and Tommi Parrish
How do trans and non-binary cartoonists approach questions regarding gender identity in fantasy and fictional storytelling? Join moderator L.Nichols and panelists Andi Santagata, Bread Tarleton, Casey Nowak and Tommi Parrish as they discuss this and other issues with regard to storytelling.
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