PR: SPX 2015 Announces International Guests Bendik Kaltemborn, Anna Ehrlemark and Joan Cornellà

For Immediate Release  Contact: Warren Bernard     Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces International Guests Bendik Kaltenborn, Anna Ehrlemark and Joan Cornellà to Celebrate SPX's 21st Birthday   Bethesda, Maryland; August 25, 2015   Media Release ­— SPX is pleased to announce international creators Bendik Kaltenborn, Anna Ehrlemark and Joan Cornellà  as guests at SPX 2015. This is in addition to the previously announced international guests, Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke, as well as Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson, Noelle Stevenson, Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll, Noah Van Sciver, Matt Bors, Lilli Carré, Theo Ellsworth, C. Spike Trotman, Jennifer Hayden, Stuart Immonen, Scott McCloud, Bill Griffith, Kathryn Immonen, Derf, Jessica Abel (Sat. Only) and Ted Rall.   All three of these renowned international creators will be making their very first appearance at SPX.   SPX 2015 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.   Bendik Kaltenborn is an illustrator for the New Yorker and New York Times; a cofounder of the Dongery zine collective; and a cartoonist. Kaltenborn has exhibited in Norway, Italy, Serbia, Taiwan, Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom. His SPX 2015 debut book is also his first English-language graphic novel: Adult Contemporary is a collection of odd imaginings, surrealist comics, and physical comedy gags. Kaltenborn's comics reveal a vibrantly colorful planet populated by lumpy, big-nosed people totally absorbed in their own off-kilter personal dramas. He has published two collections of comics in Norway, which have been translated to French, Spanish, German, and Swedish. Kaltenborn lives in Oslo, Norway.   Formerly a painter, sculptor and art teacher, Anna Ehrlemark found her calling in sequential arts, a form that seemed to naturally evolve out of the narrative component in her sculpture installation work. Her comics have appeared in a number of local and international publications: Black (Italy), Stripburger (Slovenia), Zone 5300 (Netherlands),  ArtReview (UK), Asiatroma/Le Dernier Cri (France), Broken Pencil, Exile, Taddle Creek (Canada), Mineshaft (USA) and The Best American Comics (USA). Her debut collection of comics titled Heartless came out in September 2012 with the Nova Scotia-based publisher Conundrum Press, and was translated and published in France in 2013 by Ici-même Editions. Winners, published by Floating World Comics, is her first graphic novel in the United States and will see its debut at SPX 2015. Ehrlemark lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.   Joan Cornellà is a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his surreal, unsettling comic strips. Full of awkward moments and visual gags, Cornellà's comics employ an uncomfortably playful tone that has garnered him over one million facebook fans. He has the gruesome, ironic comic strip down to a fine art, creating complex and hilarious narratives expressed in no more than six panels. His illustrations have been appeared in numerous Spanish publications as well as The New York Times, and in 2009 he published the award-winning graphic album, Abulio. SPX 2015 see's the debut of Mox Nox, a collection of his comics from Fantagraphics Books.   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 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 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. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.   The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. 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. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.

OCT 13: Teresa Logan's Wall/Paper Opening Reception

• Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

• University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20008

A solo art show featuring the works of Teresa Roberts Logan: comics, paintings, drawings. Show runs through the first week of November.

https://www.facebook.com/events/689498491183592/

Sept 21: Davis and Weing at Politics and Prose for TOON Books

Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing - Flop to the Top!: Toon Level 3

Monday, September 21, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/eleanor-davis-and-drew-weing-flop-to-top-toon-level-3

Wanda knows she's going to be a star someday, so why not start acting like one right now? Her siblings and her dog, Wilbur, languish on the sidelines as Wanda demands more than her fair share of attention.  When the tables turn and another member of the family experiences a taste of fame, Wanda must decide how to handle being outside of the spotlight. Ages 5 – 8

Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing - Flop to the Top!: Toon Level 3 — at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Monday, September 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/eleanor-davis-and-drew-weing-flop-to-top-toon-level-3-0

Wanda knows she's going to be a star someday, so why not start acting like one right now? Her siblings and her dog, Wilbur, languish on the sidelines as Wanda demands more than her fair share of attention.  When the tables turn and another member of the family experiences a taste of fame, Wanda must decide how to handle being outside of the spotlight. Ages 5 – 8

Takoma Park Library (MD)

101 Philadelphia Ave

Takoma ParkMD20912

Visions: The Art of Kim Jung Gi - First US Solo Exhibition of South Korean Cartoonist and Animator

NEW Art Whino Gallery Opens October 3 in Southwest DC with 

Work of Illustrator Kim Jung Gi

Premiere Gallery of Lowbrow and Alternative Art to Showcase Vivid Visions: The Art of Kim Jung Gi

First US Solo Exhibition of Notable South Korean Cartoonist, and Animator 
 

 

Art Whino Gallery at SW, 700 Delaware Ave SW, Washington, D.C., 20024 www.ArtWhino.com

 

Exhibition dates:       Saturday, October 3, 2015 through Saturday, January 2, 2016

Gallery hours:            Wednesday - Sunday, noon - 6 PM 

 

IMPORTANT PRESS DATES

Media preview with Kim Jung Gi        Friday, October 2, 4 PM - 6 PM 

     RSVP: faith@massey-media.com

KJG Live drawing on site                   Saturday, October 3, 5 PM - 8 PM

     RSVP required: https://goo.gl/P1M64N

Opening Reception                            Saturday, October 3, 8 PM -12 AM

     RSVP required: https://goo.gl/P1M64N

 

WASHINGTON, DC – Art Whino announces the opening of the new Art Whino Gallery at SW, with Vivid Visions: The Art of Kim Jung Gi, the first United States solo exhibition of the Korean illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. Art Whino Gallery is the premier presenter of this major artist's work in the United States. The new gallery will open within the Blind Whino Arts Club and event space at 700 Delaware Ave. SW, Washington, DC.

 

Kim Jung Gi (KJG) is an established artist from South Korea, whose stunning work has attracted the international attention of millions of fans over recent years. He has the keen ability to visualize his drawings before making any marks, relying on mental images only, using no sketches, nor references to photographs when drawing. Gi illustrates what he sees, working from an absolute photographic memory, creating astounding perspective in his large-scale images, often with a "fish-eye" view. Using ballpoint or black felt pens as his tools of choice, he challenges himself to 'speed sketch' images and scenes as quickly as possible, making for mesmerizing time-lapse videos of his drawing process.

 

"Kim Jung Gi is simply fascinating to watch, and he's working in a way that no other contemporary illustration-based artist is doing these days," describes Shane Pomajambo, Art Whino gallery founder and curator. "When I had the opportunity to showcase his work in DC, I knew I wanted to make it significant. I'm excited to open a new space in Southwest with such amazing work."

 

Gi's central themes include a mix of reality and fantasy. He depicts soldiers, battles, warriors, samurais, hackers and snipers. He references video game culture, spy games, historical and contemporary events, battles, war, insurrection, political unrest and the shock of the future. Women play an important recurring role in his work, and are often depicted as fighters, militants, protesters and leaders that are strong and powerful, beautiful, sometimes sexy and always evocative. Often this is in contrast to the testosterone-heavy narratives or scenes he portrays in both urban and rural settings.

 

"I observe things all the time. I don't take references while I'm drawing, but I'm always collecting visual resources. I observe them carefully on daily basis, almost habitually. I study images of all sorts and genres," Gi describes.

The artist will create a hand drawn / illustrated wall mural on site, measuring approximately 36"h x 120"w, comprised of three different panels inspired by Star Wars. Art Whino will produce limited edition prints of each of the panels and will make them available for purchase soon after the exhibition opening.

 

During the reception Gi will sign and personalize copies of his different sketchbooks, containing hundreds of pages of drawings. Additional signed copies of his books will be available through the run of the exhibition. Previously purchased books may be signed for $50 during the opening reception only.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kim Jung Gi (40) is from Goyang-Si in the province of Kyongki-Do, South Korea. With a passion for art and drawing from an early age, Gi entered Dong-Eui University in Busan when he was 19, and majored in Art & Design, with an emphasis on technical ability. Gi then served his civic duty in the Korean army Special Forces for more than two years. During his service, he memorized an amazing number of vehicles, weapons and other military objects to include in his work.

 

Funny Funny, KJG's first publication, appeared in the 'manwha' (comic book) Young Jump. Then came several short stories and a series of different exhibitions, prior to adding teaching manwha at universities and private schools to his repertoire.

 

In 2007, KJG gathered nearly 3,000 pages of his sketches and published them in three different Sketchbooks. He also published Spy Games in 2014, in collaboration with French writer Jean-David Morvan (Glénat Editions). In June 2015, a new museum in Penang, Malay, had an exhibition of his work, including his attempt at the Guinness Book of World Records for the "Longest drawing by an individual in Fisheye Art" hand drawn illustration.

 

When Gi is not working in advertising or managing AniChanga, his drawing school in Seoul, he's traveling the world to meet his fans, often appearing at Comic-Con events and pop-up demonstrations of his work, seeking more inspiration and ideas along the way. For more information, visit www.www.kimjunggi.net

 

ABOUT ART WHINO

Art Whino is a Washington, D.C.-based art gallery with spaces in National Harbor (Maryland) and at Blind Whino (SW, D.C.) with a mission is to showcase the pioneers and freshest lowbrow, street and alternative fine artists from around the world. With over 1,200 artists represented from California to New York, and from Germany, Japan, Korea, Norway and beyond, Art Whino has become a premiere showcase for the genre, with group and solo exhibitions that cover a spectrum of new art forms such as emerging stencil, wheat paste, illustration, muralists, industrial design and more.

 

Art Whino developed the Richmond Mural Project in 2011, expanding it each year, with plans to go international in 2016. Art Whino also developed the G40 Art Summit in 2010, and continues with this national showcase of lowbrow art in 2015. For more information or artist list, visit ArtWhino.com.

 

ABOUT BLIND WHINO

Blind Whino is a 501(c) 3 non-profit arts club and event space located in Southwest Washington, D.C., conceptualized and founded by Shane Pomajambo of Art Whino and Ian Callender of Suite Nation. As an alternative arts and cultural organization, Blind Whino offers exhibitions, performances, workshops, and events for all audiences. Housed in a former church built more than 100 years ago, the space is a work of art, embracing and showcasing all forms of creative expression, standing as a pillar and destination for creativity and artistic enrichment in the heart of our nation's capital. For more information, visit BlindWhino.org.

Michigan State University's Comic Book Collection featured on podcast

Michigan State University's Comic Book Collection.

Comic Time (August 14 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGUVf2_e-0&feature=youtu.be

A 75-minute look at the collection headed by my friend Randy Scott. I just sent him another envelope of material yesterday.

Sept 19: Paul Merklein at Aspen Hill LIbrary

PRESS RELEASE

"See cartoonist Paul Merklein and the new Magic Bullet at The Aspen Hill Library"

Meet cartoonist Paul Merklein at The Aspen Hill Library in Rockville MD on
Saturday September 19 at 2:00 pm.

Merklein will present a Cartooning Class for Teens, Tweens & Adults on
September 19.  The Aspen Hill Library will display Merklein's original
cartoon art during the month of September.

Merklein lives in Silver Spring MD, and his comic strip "Dabney and Dad"
appears online and in print.  His comic strips can be seen at
www.DabneyandDad.com, and in the new issue of Magic Bullet, Washington
DC's graphic arts magazine.

Merklein's cartoons will be displayed in The Aspen Hill Library's front lobby showcase.  Copies of Magic Bullet will be available in the library lobby.

Compleating Cul de Sac raises $220 for Team Cul de Sac

After deducting the initial production expenses for 3 proof drafts, and the cost of an ad in Magic Bullet #11, the publication of Compleating Cul de Sac has raised $220 for the 2nd quarter of 2015 for Parkinson's research.

Here's more information on the book:

The Complete Cul de Sac isn't.

Complete, that is. Compiling it while ill, Richard accidentally left out some strips. Others were purposely left out, either because he had redrawn them for syndication, or they were too tied to the Washington, D.C. origins of the strip to make sense for a worldwide audience, or he "just felt some were not funny." Over 100 are not in The Complete CDS.

But if you're a cartoon completist, or just want a little bit more CDS, we understand and we're here for you. We've collected the lost water-colored Washington Post Magazine strips, the early inchoate musings about what the strip should be, the promotional material, the sketches for fans, and finally some fugitive Team Cul de Sac charity art by Art Spiegelman, KAL, Patrick McDonnell, Eric Shansby, Nate Beeler and others.

With Richard's blessing, or at least active acquiescence, any money the book makes will go to Team Cul de Sac to fight Parkinson's disease.

And if more art surfaces, we'll do a second edition.

Compleating Cul de Sac
by Richard Thompson, Michael Rhode and Chris Sparks
Asheville, NC: Team Cul de Sac & Arlington, VA: ComicsDC, 2015.


Available in paperback: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac/paperback/product-22163926.html

hardcover: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac-hardcover/hardcover/product-22163989.html

ebook pdf: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-rhode/compleating-cul-de-sac-ebook/ebook/product-22185584.html

Review pdfs available to media upon request

The Post reviews the new Walking Dead tv show

'Fear the Walking Dead': Not much gore, but an outbreak (sort of) explained [in print as When the walking dead took their first baby steps].

By Hank Stuever
Washington Post August 23 2015,p. E1, 10
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-not-much-gore-but-an-outbreak-sort-of-explained/2015/08/19/fb386376-42b4-11e5-846d-02792f854297_story.html

Alycia Debnam Carey and Frank Dillane star in "Fear the Walking Dead." (Frank Ockenfels /AMC)

That darn Zits

Letters to the Editor

A dangerous message in a lighthearted comic strip [in print as 'Zits' sens a poor message on smoking].

Thomas V. Berry, Alexandria

Washington Post August 22 2015
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-dangerous-message-in-a-lighthearted-comic-strip/2015/08/21/69279824-45d6-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html

The Post reviews Gibran animated film

Review: 'Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet' animates a literary classic [in print as Gibran's words of inspiration now spark a work of animation]

By Sandie Angulo Chen
Washington Post August 21 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-kahlil-gibrans-the-prophet-animates-a-literary-classic/2015/08/19/8d0b5994-4507-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

Mustafa (voiced by Liam Neeson) shares his stories with Almitra (Quvenzhané Wallis), the precocious daughter of his housekeeper, in the animated "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet." (GKIDS/Participant Media)

'Jesus 2016': the webcomic

Local cartoonist Dale Rawlings has launched his weekly webcomic "Jesus 2016," which will follow the presidential campaign of Jesus Christ. Read the first installment.

A panel from the first installment of "Jesus 2016."

The Post on the life and death of our local Batman

Route 29 Batman is killed after his Batmobile breaks down in Maryland [in print as Superhero to ailing kids is killed in highway crash].

By Michael S. Rosenwald and John Woodrow Cox
Washington Post (August 18 2015): A1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/route-29-batman-is-killed-after-his-car-breaks-down-along-a-maryland-highway/2015/08/17/13f0e9b2-44e3-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

The world knew him as the Route 29 Batman. His sons knew him as LBR, their superhero dad [in print as 'A Superhuman Mensch']

By John Woodrow Cox and Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post (August 19 2015): B1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/hundreds-expected-to-mourn-lenny-robinson-the-route-29-batman-at-synagogue-outside-baltimore/2015/08/19/5ea1d03a-45f5-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

The Post reviews Phoebe Gloeckner movie

Review: 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' is funny, forthright and daringly frank [in print as Tackling coming-of-age tale with artistry and daring].

By Ann Hornaday August 14 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-is-funny-forthright-and-daringly-frank/2015/08/13/76a5c66e-4041-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html

'The Diary of a Teenage Girl' star Bel Powley on how her movie gets young sexuality right

By Lori McCue
Express August 13 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/08/13/the-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-star-bel-powley-on-how-her-movie-gets-young-sexuality-right/

PR: SPX 2015 Announces International Guests Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke

It's been ages since Dylan Horrocks has been to an SPX...

For Immediate Release  Contact: Warren Bernard   Email: warren@spxpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces International Guests Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke    Bethesda, Maryland; August 20, 2015   Media Release ­— SPX is pleased to announce international creators, Frederik Peeters, Dylan Horrocks and Brecht Vandenbroucke as guests at SPX 2015. This is in addition to the previously announced guests Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson, Noelle Stevenson, Michael DeForge, Gemma Correll, Noah Van Sciver, Matt Bors, Lilli Carré, Theo Ellsworth, C. Spike Trotman, Jennifer Hayden, Stuart Immonen, Scott McCloud, Bill Griffith, Kathryn Immonen, Derf, Jessica Abel (Sat. Only) and Ted Rall. Additional international guests appearing at SPX 2015 will be announced next week.   SPX 2015 is honored to have the very first United States appearance of critically acclaimed, Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters. This year saw the release of the final volume of his well reviewed planet hopping space epic, Aama Vol. 4: You Will Be Glorious, My Daughter, published by SelfMadeHero. Peeters has been nominated five times in the Best Book category at Angoulême and has done a number of posters and other illustration work in Europe. Peeters lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland.   Dylan Horrocks is returning to Small Press Expo for the first time in over a decade. Horrocks began his diverse career with the publication of Pickle, which ran from 1993-97 published by Black Eye Press. Pickle included the serialization of Hicksville, a groundbreaking story that was collected into a graphic novel that won plaudits from reviewers around the globe. Horrocks has had international success in alternative and mainstream comics with books like Atlas from Drawn & Quarterly, and as writer for DC Comics and Vertigo. In 2014, Fantagraphics published Sam Zabel and his Magic Pen to wide critical and fan acclaim. Horrocks is an Eisner Award winner and in 2006 he was appointed University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow. Horrocks currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife and sons.   Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator. His debut graphic novel, White Cube, took the Angouleme International Comics Festival by storm in 2013. Vandenbroucke's distinctive painted panels and brightly colored spreads intermingle pop culture influences and commentary on the fine art world, offering an absurdist view of the institutions of that world. White Cube has been published in Belgium, Finland, Norway, Spain, Germany, France, and in English by Drawn & Quarterly. Since graduating from art school a few years ago, he has worked for numerous periodicals, including the New York Times, and has participated in group shows all over the world. Vandenbroucke lives in Antwerp, Belgium. SPX 2015 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20, and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables and 22 programming slots to entertain, enlighten and introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.  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 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 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. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.   The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show. 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. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com.   Copyright © 2015 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. You are on the Combined Master Exhibitor List for Small Press Expo to whom this e-mail is directed. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 Add us to your address book

PR: Final Chance to see Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude!

Laugh along with us for the final shows this weekend!       Save 20% on tickets and fees with a 2015-2016 Flexpass (and save on all the other 2015-2016 Shows) Sat August 22, 2015 11AM Purchase Tickets Sat August 22, 2015 2PM Purchase Tickets Sat August 22, 2015 4:30PM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 11AM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 2PM Purchase Tickets Sun August 23, 2015 4:30PM Purchase Tickets FOLLOW US 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 301.634,2270 boxoffice@adventuretheatre-mtc.org

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PR: Announcing the 2015 Ignatz Award Nominations

I'm a bit under the weather so we're getting this up later than other sources.

2015 Ignatz Award NOminees For Immediate Release Contact: Eden Miller Email: spxignatz@gmail.com Bethesda, Maryland; August 18, 2015 Media Release ­— The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce the 2015 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The Ignatz, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The Ignatz Awards are a festival prize, the first of such in the United States comic book industry. The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comic artists, Lamar Abrams, Cara Bean, Robyn Chapman, Sophie Goldstein and Corrine Mucha, with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during SPX. The Ignatz Awards will be presented at the gala Ignatz Awards ceremony held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 9:30 P.M. Additional information on the nominees and previews (as available) can be found at www.spxpo.com/spx-2015-ignatz-nominees. Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com. The 2015 Ignatz Award Nominees   Outstanding Artist Emily Carroll - Through The Woods Ed Luce - Wuvable Oaf Roman Muradov - (In a Sense) Lost and Found Jillian Tamaki - SuperMutant Magic Academy Noah Van Sciver - Saint Cole  Outstanding Anthology or Collection Drawn and Quarterly, 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin, Chris Oliveros, Peggy Burns, Tracy Hurren, and Julia Pohl-Miranda An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown How To Be Happy by Eleanor Davis Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki Outstanding Graphic Novel Beauty by Kerascoët and Hubert The Oven by Sophie Goldstein Rav by Mickey Zacchilli Saint Cole by Noah Van Sciver Wendy by Walter Scott Outstanding Story Doctors by Dash Shaw "Me As a Baby" from Lose #6 by Michael DeForge "Nature Lessons" from The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger "Sex Coven" from Frontier #7 by Jillian Tamaki Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai Promising New Talent M. Dean - K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) Sophia Foster-Dimino - Sphincter; Sex Fantasy Dakota McFadzean - Don't Get Eaten by Anything Jane Mai - Soft Gina Wynbrandt - Big Pussy Outstanding Series Dumb by Georgia Webber Frontier edited by Ryan Sands March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly Sex Fantasy by Sophia Foster-Dimino Outstanding Comic Borb by Jason Little The Nature of Nature by Disa Wallander The Oven by Sophie Goldstein Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly Weeping Flower, Grows in Darkness by Kris Mukai Outstanding Minicomic Devil's Slice of Life by Patrick Crotty Epoxy 5 by John Pham King Cat #75 by John Porcellino Sex Fantasy #4 by Sophia Foster-Dimino Whalen: A Reckoning by Audry Outstanding Online Comic The Bloody Footprint by Lilli Carre Carriers by Lauren Weinstein Mom Body by Rebecca Roher O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti Witchy by Ariel Ries   SPX will be held Saturday, September 19 from 11AM to 7PM and Sunday, September 20, noon-6PM at The North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Admission is $15 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday and $20 for both days.   For further information on the Ignatz Awards, the nominees or to request an interview, please contact Ignatz Awards coordinator, Eden Miller, at spxignatz@gmail.com or SPX executive director, Warren Bernard at warren@spxpo.com.  For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.spxpo.com. Once again we want to thank our our friends at comiXology for sponsoring the Ignatz Awards. Information on comiXology and their self-publishing portal Submit can be found at https://submit.comixology.com. This year's image of Ignatz, as seen above, was created by 2014 Promising New Talent Winner Cathy G. Johnson.

Sink/Swim Comic Creator Expo: Oct. 17

Sink/Swim Press holds its second annual Comic Creator Expo Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Va. “Check out everything that RVA's best creators are working on, enjoy good music, cold beers, and great art. The expo is FREE and open to the public. We'll post a list of creators in a couple weeks,” according to its Facebook event page.

New format for 'Hey, Look! Comics!'

Local comics/comics art reviewer Alex Lupp relaunches 'Hey, Look! Comics' as a podcast rather than a column/blog. The reboot starts with guest Esther Kim, manager of Fantom Comics.