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EVENTS: Small Press Expo. 9/14 - 9/15. Bethesda, MD

We'll be at SPX table W47-48 with Matt Madden, Andy Hartzell,Peter Rostovsky, Kriota Willberg, and Tom Kaczynski Other Uncivilized artists at SPX: Josh Bayer, Sophie Yanow, and Dash Shaw Here's Our Signing Schedule for the weekend:

Our Rogue, Unauthorized, Unofficial Roundtables are BACK! They were a hit last year, so we're doing them again. Don't miss out on these unique events designed with participation and conversation in mind. There will be two of them: Creative Apocalypse: The Metaphysics of Comics Saturday at 1:30 PM – Metaphysical Room Any cartoonist confronting a blank sheet of Bristol board is akin to the Divine Mind moments before creation: "Where do I start? Do I have it in me to make a world?" Art was born out of worship, and the connection between drawing and the sacred persists…at least when we're feeling inspired. When the Muse fails to show, it feels like Hell. What's the connection between comics and cosmogenesis? Does the Second Commandment forbid all cartoon art or just gag strips? Are graphic novels a sign of the end times? Where will we get our brush markers during the apocalypse? Join a metaphysical free-for-all with Tom Kaczynski(Cartoon Dialectics), Joel Priddy (First There Was Chaos), Peter Rostovsky(Damnation Diaries), and Andy Hartzell (Monday), four cartoonists whose work has charted the planes from Inferno to Utopia and beyond. The Failed Medium: Comics in a Post-Literate World Sunday at 1:30 PM – Metaphysical Room Comics are a maligned former mass medium. Now, they are touted as a gateway to literacy. However, literacy rates are decreasing, and mass media has transformed and splintered into social media. The academy is fast losing its former prestige. Broadcasting turned into Podcasting. Artificial Intelligence is around the corner, eager to take over. A new world order is emerging. How do comics fit in? Join technologists, artists, academics, publishers, and all cartoonists Andy Hartzell, Joel Priddy, Peter Rostovsky, and Tom Kaczynski in a wide-ranging roundtable on the role of comics in a post-literate world.

Many of our artists are taking part in the official SPX programming slate. Here are a few highlights: Saturday 9/14/2024 The Art Of Mark-Making: Loose Lines, Squiggles, and stylizations 09/14/2024 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm | White Flint Amphitheater With: Josh Bayer, Caroline Cash, Sophie Yanow, Benji Nate Dash Shaw and Eleanor Davis In Conversation 09/14/2024 | 2:30pm – 3:30pm | White Flint Amphitheater Queer In All Universes 09/14/2024 | 4:00pm – 5:00pm | White Oak Room Moderated by Andy Hartzell Physical Self-Care For Artists And Writers (WORKSHOP) 09/14/2024 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Glen Echo Room With Kriota Wilberg Three Is A Magic Number: Make An Experimental Comic (WORKSHOP) 09/14/2024 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Forest Glen Room With Matt Madden Sunday 9/15/2024 Conveying Sensation In Comics (WORKSHOP) 09/15/2024 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm | Forest Glen Room With Josh Bayer The Art Of Mark-Making: Loose Lines, Squiggles, and stylizations 09/14/2024 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm | White Flint Amphitheater With Josh Bayer and Sophie Yanow Drawing Anatomy In Action (WORKSHOP) 09/15/2024 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm | Glen Echo Room With Kriota Wilberg and Babs New Ripping The Flesh: The Viscerality Of Body Horror 09/15/2024 | 2:30pm – 3:30pm | White Oak Room Moderated by Peter Rostovsky NOTE: The workshops require registration. Click below to sign up for the workshops!

SPX Workshop Sign-Up SPX SITE

WaPo Weekend recommended SPX

The animation history documentary Cartooning America has won the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film

Israeli Filmmaker Asaf Galay Wins $200K Documentary Prize For Fleischer Studios Documentary 'Cartooning America'

By AMID AMIDI | 09/11/2024

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/documentary-2/israeli-filmmaker-asaf-galay-wins-200k-documentary-prize-for-fleischer-studios-documentary-cartooning-america-242932.html

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The animation history documentary Cartooning America has won the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The director Asaf Galay will receive a $200,000 cash prize.

Tillie Walden speaking about her career at the Library of Congress

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/12/2024

The Meeple Guild: Graphic novel becomes basis of board game

For background Harrow County was an American comic book series that ran from 2015 to 2018. It was created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Tyler Crook.

The Meeple Guild Aug 18, 2024    

https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/yorkton-this-week/the-meeple-guild-graphic-novel-becomes-basis-of-board-game-9345140

 

Comic book restorer accused of stealing $300,000 in rare comic books, fraudulent fees

Aug. 16, 2024

    Tatum Todd | The Oregonian/OregonLive

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/comic-book-restorer-accused-of-stealing-300000-in-rare-comic-books-fraudulent-fees.html

 

Former Linn County man accused of defrauding dozens of comic book collectors arrested

    By: Ryan Bonham

    Aug 15, 2024 https://www.kezi.com/news/local/former-linn-county-man-accused-of-defrauding-dozens-of-comic-book-collectors-arrested/article_b1952088-5b5a-11ef-a497-d729a2f3d026.html

 

Sleep Token announce their own graphic novel, Teeth Of God

Sleep Token have revealed a "brand new offering" for their fans, the Teeth Of God graphic novel, available this month…

Words: Emily Carter

Photo: Andy Ford

August 16th 2024,   https://www.kerrang.com/amp/sleep-token-announce-their-own-graphic-novel-teeth-of-god

 

Kelly Goto- Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience

https://www.whatcomtalk.com/event/kelly-goto-seattle-samurai-a-cartoonists-perspective-of-the-japanese-american-experience/

 

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion [Will Eisner, Jews]

by Susan Hornik

August 18, 2024 https://aish.com/the-plot-the-secret-story-of-the-protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion/

 

"Just Annie"

While writing a history of American orphanhood, I realized how upsetting Little Orphan Annie's story truly was.

By Kristen Martin

Aug 17, 2024 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/little-orphan-annie-movie-comic-poem.html

 

Jack and Victor return as Still Game becomes a comic book

17 August 2024

Jonathan Geddes

BBC Scotland News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1xkg1zlyo

 

Claim filed against WEBTOON for possible class action suit due to financial misinformation

A plaintiff has filed a claim alleging financial misinformation after the company's Initial Public Offering and a continually declining stock price.

D. Morris

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/claim-filed-against-webtoon-for-possible-class-action-suit-due-to-financial-misinformation/

 

Interview: Watchmen: Chapter 1 Director Brandon Vietti Adapting Iconic DC Graphic Novel [animation]

SuperHeroHype  August 16, 2024

By Brandon Schreur https://www.superherohype.com/movies/581786-watchmen-chapter-1-director-brandon-vietti-interview

 

Robert Tingler,

Letters: How the Tribune can make the comics better

Chicago Tribune August 17, 2024

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/17/letters-081724-comics/

 

Comic Creator Spotlight: John Severin, a Master of Comic Cover Composition

By John Freeman on September 12, 2024

https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-john-severin-a-master-of-comic-cover-composition/

 

Of Comic Books and Couture; The relationship is no laughing matter. The two art forms have more in common than you might think, as a new exhibition makes clear [fashion].

Dana Thomas

New York Times International Edition July 1, 2019.

online at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/fashion/comic-books-couture-exhibition-france.html

 

Wayback Whensday – La Vilaine Lulu

D. D. Degg          

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/09/11/wayback-whensday-la-vilaine-lulu/

 

Yves Saint Laurent's comic strip : Naughty Lulu [La Vilaine Lulu; exhibit; Morocco, France]

https://www.jardinmajorelle.com/en/calendar/yves-saint-laurents-comic-strip-naughty-lulu_la-vilaine-lulu/

 

Venom: The Last Dance takes a nostalgia trip in final trailer

Venom: The Last Dance, starring Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, premieres in theaters on October 25

By Mary Kate Carr  |  September 12, 2024

https://www.avclub.com/venom-the-last-dance-final-trailer

 

'The Penguin' Review: Cristin Milioti Steals HBO's Too-Familiar 'The Batman' Spinoff Right Out From Under Colin Farrell's Beak

The actor reprises his prosthetics-laden role as a mobster scheming his way up Gotham's criminal underbelly in an eight-episode extension of Matt Reeves' 2022 superhero film.

Daniel Fienberg

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-penguin-review-batman-spinoff-colin-farrell-cristin-milioti-1235998551/

 

Colin Farrell Complained About 'The Penguin' That 'I F—ing Want It to Be Finished,' Thought After Wrapping: 'I Never Want to Put That F—ing Suit on Again'

Zack Sharf

Sep 11, 2024

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/colin-farrell-doubts-penguin-season-2-transformation-sucks-1236141099/

 

Exclusive Interview: On THE STRANGE TALES OF OSCAR ZAHN and finding your calling with Tri Vuong [WEBTOON]

Christian Angeles

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-on-the-strange-tales-of-oscar-zahn-and-finding-your-calling-late-with-author-tri-vuong/

 

DIAMOND SIGNS LAGUNA STUDIOS For Book Channel, Comic Channel

Milton Griepp on September 12, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/57771/diamond-signs-laguna-studios

 

"It's a Cult, and Walt's the Messiah": Meet the Couple Who Sued Disney Over Secretive Club 33

Scott and Diana Anderson, who spent $400,000 fighting their expulsion from the ultra-exclusive Disneyland society, are ready to spill all — from using Walt's bathroom to Rebel Wilson's suspension to Tom Hanks' private Thanksgiving dinner: "Waffles at four o'clock in the afternoon? No problem!"

Seth Abramovitch

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/club-33-disneyland-couple-sue-scott-diana-anderson-1235998218/

 

Disney-obsessed couple lose lawsuit to get back into exclusive Club 33

By Christopher Goffard

Los Angeles Times  Sept. 4, 2024 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/disney-obsessed-couple-loses-lawsuit-to-get-back-into-exclusive-club-33

 

Acky Bright reveals design studio exhibition in STUDIO INFINITY

Acky Bright's world of art and the process behind its creation awaits within The Japan Society.

Justin Guerrero

09/12/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/acky-bright-studio-infinity/

 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BOB COAR

Howard Beckerman: A Journeyman's Journey

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/howard-beckerman-a-journeymans-journey/

 

'TECH HOLLOWED OUT ANOTHER INDUSTRY': A DEBATE ON CROWDFUNDING AND COMICS WITH DAVID BARACH

Austin English | September 12, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/tech-hollowed-out-another-industry-a-debate-on-crowdfunding-and-comics-with-david-barach/

 

'Style Is Nothing': How Ralph Steadman Transformed Cartooning Into High Gonzo Art

The storied cartoonist reflects on his career as a touring retrospective kicks off in Washington D.C.

Min Chen

September 10, 2024

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ralph-steadman-retrospective-2533388

 

2023 National Book Festival: How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

Carolyn Belefski (mod.)

Library of Congress

Aug 25, 2023

https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968

https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2023:230812spo0900_discovery_1020:230812spo0900_discovery_1020-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9h55et86Y

 

Bobby Curnow, Confirmed as EIC of IDW… By Magma Comix

IDW has not issued any confirmation of Bleeding Cool's scoop last week that Bobby Curnow was the new Editor-In-Chief of IDW Publishing

11 Sep 2024   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bobby-curnow-confirmed-as-eic-of-idw-by-magma-comix/

 

CGC Hires Middle East Comic Con Co-Founder For New Dubai Office

Arafaat Ali Khan been hired as the Managing Director of CCG's new Middle East office setting up in Dubai, best known for CGC slabs. 

11 Sep 2024   Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cgc-hires-middle-east-comic-con-co-founder-for-new-dubai-office/

 

'Transformers One' Review: Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry Lead a Delightful, Franchise-Revitalizing Prequel

Directed by Josh Cooley ('Toy Story 4') and based on the Hasbro toy line, the origin story explores the friendship — and eventual animosity — between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Frank Scheck

September 12, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/transformers-one-review-chris-hemsworth-brian-tyree-henry-1235996815/

Oregon comic book restorer accused of stealing $300,000 in rare comic books, fraudulent fees
August 18, 2024
Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS) https://www.chronline.com/stories/oregon-comic-book-restorer-accused-of-stealing-300000-in-rare-comic-books-fraudulent-fees,360252?

In Memoriam: Artist Karl Moline Passes Away
By Chad Burdette
 on September 12, 2024
https://comic-watch.com/news/in-memoriam-artist-karl-moline-passes-away

Karl Moline, Route 666 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fray Co-Creator, Passes Away
By  Brian Cronin
CBR September 12 2024
https://www.cbr.com/karl-moline-route-666-buffy-vampire-slayer-fray-obituary/

Karl Moline, Co-Creator Of Fray & Route 666, Has Died At The Age Of 51
12 Sep 2024  by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/karl-moline-co-creator-of-fray-route-666-has-died-at-the-age-of-51/

"Extremely Jealous": Your Name's Makoto Shinkai Praises New Hit Film by Director of A Silent Voice [The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro); Naoko Yamada]
By  Renee Senzatimore
 Sep 5, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/makoto-shinkai-the-colors-within-new-movie-praise/

Big in the West: Cowboy Bebop and the Curious Legacy of Space Western Anime
Considered an iconic series in the US, but not as much in Japan, "Cowboy Bebop" occupies a very specific place for different audiences...
Leah Thomas
September 5, 2024
https://reactormag.com/cowboy-bebop-and-the-curious-legacy-of-space-western-anime/

Ghost in the Shell: Exploring the Boundary Between Mind and Machine
A thought experiment wrapped in a cyberpunk action film filled with gorgeous animation, tanks, and naked cyborgs.
Kali Wallace
September 11, 2024
https://reactormag.com/ghost-in-the-shell-exploring-the-boundary-between-mind-and-machine/

Zack Snyder introduces his version of Thor in new Twilight Of The Gods trailer
The animated adventure premieres September 19 on Netflix
By Emma Keates  |  September 12, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/twilight-of-the-gods-trailer-zack-snyder

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society
Volume 8, Issue 2, Summer 2024
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/53177

Who Benefits from Your Ignorance? Visualizing Black (Super)Heroism and Refuting Respectability Politics in Victor LaValle's Destroyer
Nicole Dib
pp. 97-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00001
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936694

    Historiographic Comics and Abina and the Important Men
    Rachel Kunert-Graf
    pp. 117-136
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00002
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936695

    Sufficient Magic: Queer Prison Comix as Liberation Praxis
    Nicole Morse
    pp. 137-152
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00003
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936696

    Why They're Censoring Comics Again
    Aaron Kashtan
    pp. 153-177
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00004
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936697

    Notes on "Munich Memory"
    Martha Kuhlman
    pp. 178-186
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936698

    Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip by Alex Beringer [book review]
    Shawn Gilmore
    pp. 187-190
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00006
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936699

    In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s by Margaret Galvan [book review]
    Anna F. Peppard
    pp. 190-193
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00007
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936700

    Comics and Modernism: History, Form, and Culture ed. by Jonathan Najarian  [book review]
    Jackson Ayres
    pp. 194-196
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.00008
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/936701

What Magic Wrought This Drastic Change?
Artist P. Craig Russell discusses a two-page sequence from STORMBRINGER!
Wayne Alan Harold
Sep 13, 2024
https://www.waynealanharold.com/p/what-magic-wrought-this-drastic-change

Rhea Ripley Appears In Gil Thorp Comic Strip On 8/20
Skylar Russell Aug 20, 2024 https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/rhea-ripley-appears-gil-thorp-comic-strip-820

Tim Burgard
http://www.timburgardart.com/

Heroic Voice introduction
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36MoNH4WsE

Episode 1: Gordon Purcell interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhH3ywOL63M

Episode 2: Tim Burgard interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 21, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbuefPzZ27o

Episode 3: Chris Marrinan interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRW51w3j5VQ

Episode 4: Greg Elkins interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcm_U9PvMLA

Episode 6: Henry Martinez interview
The Heroic Voice
 Aug 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA24v_ZM0lc

Episode 7: Terrance Griep, Jr., interview
The Heroic Voice
Aug 31, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3YYgFwP1U

Episode 8: Rik Offenberger interview
The Heroic Voice
 Sep 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5dDYkTm_Fc

Episode 9: Paul Abrams interview
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
 Sep 11, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4594Mx3K4

Episode 10: Henry Vogel interview
Dennis Mallonee
The Heroic Voice
Sep 7, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwqw6hM5NQg

SPX 2023: Pidge (w/ Joe & Rusty)
Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley
SmallPressExpo Sept 10 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD4i58pwsU

SPX 2023: Curt Merlo & J.R. Hughto (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
 Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87I78R0tH4

SPX 2023: BluRaven C. Houvener (w/ Joe and Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuGP27JTBsI

SPX 2023: Travis Nichols (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBK3IXzR8RY

SPX 2023: Nick Forker (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBIYcBvXqw

SPX 2023: Giancarlo D'Alessandro (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT87DFFSRus

SPX 2023: Mike Watson & Vigilance (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyDZD36u38

SPX 2023: Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips (w/ Joe and Rusty) [Dirty Diamonds]
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td3NKjHy2M

SPX 2023: Mary Dumas (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrN6rl7REY

SPX 2023: Cody Owens (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbyeNbXZdw

SPX 2023: Kristen Shull (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yl8_9MSaTM

SPX 2023: Johnny Parker II (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNADU6k5vg

SPX 2023: Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZKP5ESBp1M

SPX 2023: James Nelson (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CKfcQajos

SPX 2023: Ashley Jablonski (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXOa7Pkh4dQ

SPX 2023 Interviews w/ Joe & Rusty (posted 4 days before 2024's con)

SPX 2023: Pidge (w/ Joe & Rusty)

Joe Mochove and Rusty Rowley

SmallPressExpo Sept 10 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD4i58pwsU

The mononymous Pidge talks with the boys about comics, combining the worlds of the mundane and the fantastic, and the potential of a puppy's name! Learn more about Pidge's work at pidgecomics.com!

SPX 2023: Curt Merlo & J.R. Hughto (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

 Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87I78R0tH4

Learn more about Curt and J.R. comic at thatdistantfire.com. You can check out Curt's stuff at curtmerlo.com and J.R.'s work at jrhughto.com!

SPX 2023: BluRaven C. Houvener (w/ Joe and Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuGP27JTBsI

In this chat, learn about BluRaven's comics, how his first time at SPX went, his feelings on capes and cloaks, and the danger and majesty of the WERETIGER! Learn more about BluRaven's work at bchcomix.com!

SPX 2023: Travis Nichols (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBK3IXzR8RY

Travis Nichols stops by to talk about his series, The Terribles, which features a gaggle of monster kids who go on all sorts of shenanigans. He also talks about his bookshop-on-a-bike, returning to SPX after a long time away, and how lost he got one time when he really got lost.

SPX 2023: Nick Forker (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBIYcBvXqw

Nick Forker lets the boys know about the challenge of regularly making comics in the face of life being a jerk, what it's like teaching kids to make comics, and how to deal with Ghost Joes. Learn more about Nick's comics at nickforker.com and instagram.com/nicholasforker!

SPX 2023: Giancarlo D'Alessandro (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT87DFFSRus

Joe and Rusty learn all about Giancarlo's own zine, the Stone Soup Zine Fest, where his inspiration for the show came from, and the danger of getting addicted to painting miniatures. Learn more about Giancarlo's work at instagram.com/milkandhoneycomics and instagram.com/zoidsboi!

SPX 2023: Mike Watson & Vigilance (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VyDZD36u38

Joe and Rusty talk with Mike Watson, a man with a plan and a comics empire! We also meet Vigilance, who is a comic character who is also there in real life?! Finally, please do not miss one of the scariest things that has ever happened in an SPX interview! Learn more about Mike's comics at fsknow.com

SPX 2023: Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips (w/ Joe and Rusty) [Dirty Diamonds]
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td3NKjHy2M

The boys chat with long time pals Claire Folkman and Kelly Phillips in another edition of their extra long annual chats. Let's learn about their new minicomics, the 2023 edition of the SPX Prom, and which Disney villain can cook you up a mean breakfast! Learn more about Kelly and Claire's work at dirtydiamonds.net!

SPX 2023: Mary Dumas (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrN6rl7REY

Mary Dumas stops by to talk about her (hopefully soon to be published) graphic novel, The Lucky Ones. She talks about relating the tales of those who served while dealing with being secretly gay, how she comes at telling such important stories, and the boys learn about her preferences for freshened air. Learn more about The Lucky Ones at theluckyones-comic.com!

SPX 2023: Cody Owens (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbyeNbXZdw

Cody tells the fellas why he chose the comics medium to tell his stories, his first impressions of the East Coast, and his true feelings on horses. Cody has THOUGHTS.

SPX 2023: Kristen Shull (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yl8_9MSaTM

Kristen Shull visits the guys to talk about her Shrek zine, See more of Kristen's work at instagram.com/ego_gala!

SPX 2023: Johnny Parker II (w/ Joe & Rusty)

SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNADU6k5vg

Johnny, Rusty, and Joe become fast friends with their discussions about wrestling, making Serious Stories more easily digestible, and what you're putting on that toast.

SPX 2023: Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers (w/ Joe & Rusty)

SmallPressExpo Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZKP5ESBp1M

Eric Gordon AKA DC Creepers chats with the boys about his longtime love of SPX, his super cool oversized comics, and matching his comics to the right buyer!

SPX 2023: James Nelson (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2CKfcQajos

James tells Rusty and Joe all about the story of his world covered in water, his love of sea creatures, and James' search for tall freaks like Joe. Read James' comics at monster-lands.com and pufferandclarissa.com!

SPX 2023: Ashley Jablonski (w/ Joe & Rusty)
SmallPressExpo

Sep 10, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXOa7Pkh4dQ

Ashley Jablonski tells Rusty and Joe about the wonder found in the mundane, the power of candles, and the ins and outs of making tombstones! Rusty's birthday is discussed more than you'd expect given it wasn't his birthday. Learn more about Ashley's work at ashleyjablonski.com and instagram.com/ashleyjablonskiart!

Danielle Corsetto at SPX this weekend!!

(Forgive me if you subscribe to me EVERYWHERE, this'll be redundant as hell, BUT:)I'll be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend! I'll... ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  

Danielle Corsetto

SPX this weekend!!

(Forgive me if you subscribe to me EVERYWHERE, this'll be redundant as hell, BUT:) I'll be at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend! I'll be at table K13 alongside my long-time pals Jamie Noguchi and Monica Gallagher, plus my old intern Nicole Chalmers (née Roberts), next to my model for our Figure Drawing for Cartoonists workshop Babs New(d), and near my old pal Rafer Roberts. There's a bunch of great cartoonists coming, fyi. I'll have the GIGANTOR GWS COMPENDIUMS for sure, and also STICKERS (Yoga Cats and NEW GWS stickers!), GWS 20th Birthday Coloring & Activity Books, and lil collections of my Daily Comics from 2023. I'll probably bag some original Daily Comics, too, if they'll fit on the damn table. Whomst of you will I see there?? Make sure you tell me if you're following along here on Patreon - I'll give you the GWS activity book for free!

Matt Madden at SPX

from his newsletter 

I'm excited to announce that Six Treasures of the Spiral: Comics Formed under Pressure will have an exclusive pre-release¹ debut at SPX, the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD on September 14-15. I'll be tabling with Uncivilized Books (tables W 47-48) and I'd be happy to sign a book or two for you.

I'll also be offering a free tritina comic workshop on Saturday from 5 to 6:30PM: you can sign up for it here.

Jim Rugg coming to SPX

from his newsletter

SPX is this weekend and I'll be there! If you're in the DC, Baltimore, Bethesda area, come by and say hello. I haven't been to SPX since before the pandemic but it is a show that I have enjoyed since my first exhibition there in 2000!?! In 2010, Rambo 3.5 won the Outstanding Mini Comic IGNATZ award. That award meant a lot to me, because after my first SPX, I came home with a bunch of beautiful mini-comics and fell in love with that handmade format. It definitely influenced my approach to making comics and zines! So I look forward to returning this weekend.

I'll have a little bit of everything so if you're coming to the show and you're missing any of my comics, zines, variant covers -- this is a perfect place to find them.

François Vigneault at SPX

from his newsletter. Coming to a Festival Near You (If you live near Washington DC, Columbus, or Winnipeg, that is)

I'll be present at 3 great comics festivals this over the next month in both the USA and Canada, in my role as the Marketing Manager for Pow Pow Press, publisher of the top cartoonists from Québec. I'm always delighted to share this amazing catalogue of work with readers, there is so much talent to discover! The fun starts at SPX this weekend! In addition to my work at Pow Pow I should have a couple copies of my book TITAN at all of these shows, and you can always bring your copy of any of my other books and I'll be delighted to sign it. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Small Press Expo Sept. 14-15 Bethesda, MD Table M6-M7 With Boum, Cathon, & Thom!

2023 National Book Festival: How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

How Sara Shepard Made a Best Friend

Carolyn Belefski (mod.)

Library of Congress

Aug 25, 2023
https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968
https://tile.loc.gov/streaming-services/iiif/media:webcasts:2023:230812spo0900_discovery_1020:230812spo0900_discovery_1020-1280x720_2000/full/full/0/full/default.txt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo9h55et86Y

Fifth grade is full of surprises: good, bad, silly, weird—you name it. The first installment of a new middle grade series, Sara Shepard's "Penny Draws a Best Friend" follows young Penny Lowry as she navigates changing friendships, a family secret and her feelings of anxiety. Moderated by Carolyn Belefski. For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10968

Another article on the Ralph Steadman exhibit in DC

'Style Is Nothing': How Ralph Steadman Transformed Cartooning Into High Gonzo Art

The storied cartoonist reflects on his career as a touring retrospective kicks off in Washington D.C.

Min Chen

September 10, 2024

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ralph-steadman-retrospective-2533388

Sept 13: Fantom Comics' PRE-SPX LAUNCH PARTY w/ BULGILHAN PRESS, RADIATOR COMICS, AND LUCKY POCKET PRESS

PRE-SPX LAUNCH PARTY w/ BULGILHAN PRESS, RADIATOR COMICS, AND LUCKY POCKET PRESS
>> FRIDAY, September 13th @ 7pm

Join us for a night of celebration with Bulgilhan press, Lucky Pocket Press, Radiator Comics, and more. Live reading of comics! Cake! Snacks! Drinks! Polaroid decorating! We've got four books *launching* at our party—check it:

1. Knapsack Magazine #1: Cassette - an anthology love letter to weird kid nostalgia, emulating the style of '90s/'00s Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump. Featuring a ton of great artists including fantom friends @sunmi_comics & @aquiboni

2. A Night to the Day by @breeze_hu_art - A tired salesman and a grieving girl meet by chance in a desert, each of them lost and alone in their waking dreams.

3. UM vol. 1 by @btrcp - A magical girl comic about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themselves mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cosmic, shamanic midwives.

4. The King's Warrior by @deatoozhu - A mighty warrior in the service of a great King is charged with vanquishing the kingdom's final threat, a powerful and evil alchemist. Promised that she will finally be freed alongside her brother once the deed is done, her blade will not stop and the blood of beasts will run.

 Fantom Comics
2010 P St NW
Washington,District of Columbia,20036

Tonight at Fantom Comics - PRE-SPX ZINE JAM & MIXER w/ CREATIVES CLUB & DC ZINEFEST

PRE-SPX ZINE JAM & MIXER w/ CREATIVES CLUB & DC ZINEFEST
>> THURSDAY, September 12th 6pm-9pm

Come make a zine to give out/trade at SPX, and socialize with your fellow art enjoyers! Basic supplies provided, but you're welcome to bring your own—we'll have snacks & refreshments as well. Drawing space will be limited, so if you can please bring a surface to draw on.

 Fantom Comics
2010 P St NW
Washington,District of Columbia,20036