PR: Small Press Expo 2019 Announces More Special Guests

Check out who is coming to SPX 2019

For Immediate Release Contact: Eden Miller Email: press@smallpressexpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces Eddie Campbell, MariNaomi, Kevin Huizenga, Shing Yin Khor, Bianca Xunise and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell as Special Guests for 2019.   Bethesda, Maryland - June 25, 2019   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce the first group of Special Guests for SPX 2019. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, over 20 programming slots and additional hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. Additional Special Guests will be announced soon.   SPX 2019 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show: Visit the SPX 2019 Website for More Info Eddie Campbell Publishers Weekly calls Eddie Campbell "one of the premier cartoonists of his generation." Campbell has been writing and drawing comics since 1974, and is best known for his collaborations with Alan Moore (From Hell, A Disease of Language) and Neil Gaiman (The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains), as well as for Alec, his tour-de-force autobiographical series that Booklist called "a high-water mark in the graphic novel's short history," and the 1200-page epic Bacchus. His most recent book is Bizarre Romance (with Audrey Niffenegger), and he is currently serializing a new colorized edition of From Hell. MariNaomi MariNaomi is the award-winning author and illustrator of four graphic memoirs and the Life on Earth young adult graphic novel trilogy, the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and (soon) Disabled Cartoonists databases, and cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba. Mari's art has been featured at the Asian Art Museum, Smithsonian API culture lab, Cartoon Art Museum, de Young Museum, and Japanese American Museum. She has toured twice with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. MariNaomi.com Kevin Huizenga Kevin Huizenga splits his time between Chicago and Minneapolis. He has lived near the Mississippi River for almost twenty years but only swam in it once. His favorite river is the Wabash. His character Glenn Ganges is based on his brother-in-law and the name is a reference to two separate towns that appear on the same sign on the interstate. The River at Night is his fourth publication with Drawn & Quarterly. In The River at Night Kevin Huizenga uses the cartoon medium like a symphony, establishing rhythms and introducing themes that he returns to, adding and subtracting events and thoughts, stretching and compressing time. Shing Yin Khor Shing Yin Khor is a Malaysian-American cartoonist and installation artist exploring collections, immigrant identity and memory, new human rituals, and collaborative worldbuilding at the intersection of race, gender and immigration. A 2019 Kickstarter Thought Leader, they won an Ignatz in 2018 with their minicomic Say It With Noodles, and their forthcoming graphic novel, The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 is out in August. They co-founded the endurance art event Resistance Cranes, which raises money for low income refugee and immigrant causes, founded the Wiregrid Grant program for new exhibiting convention artists, leads the Three Eyed Rat, an immersive installation crew building small stories in large scale structures, and co-organizes Wayward, a creative retreat and intentional community for womxn and genderqueer people. They are currently working on The Legend of Auntie Po for Kokila (Penguin Random House) for a 2020 publication date. Bianca Xunise Bianca Xunise is an illustrator and cartoonist based out of Chicago. Her work primarily focuses on the plight and daily struggles as identifying as a young black feminist weirdo in modern society. Her story-telling can range from simple relatable slice of life content to complex nuanced narratives like police brutality that have garnered her an Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent. Bianca's work has been published on diverse platforms such as The Washington Post, Riot Fest, The Nib, Bitch Magazine, and Shondaland and has been featured on platforms such as Vogue The BBC, The Nerdist, and NYLON. When she's not doodling away Bianca is usually somewhere dreaming of the mothman, while listening to The Damned. Rosemary Valero-O'Connell Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist and illustrator born in Minneapolis, MN, and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. She's published comics with First Second (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me), Shortbox (What Is Left), Boom! Studios (Lumberjanes, Steven Universe), and DC Comics (Gotham Academy). She's worked with clients like CAPY Games, Kazoo Magazine, The City Pages, Mondo Prints and Tees, and Crunchyroll, and had her work recognized by the Society of Illustrators NY, as well as on platforms such as VICE and The A.V. Club. Her illustrations have been shown in galleries both locally and internationally. 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. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌ ‌

Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704, Bethesda, MD 20824

The Post reviews book by BoJack Horseman co-creator

'Bojack Horseman' creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg expands his funny, melancholy empire [in print as Tales fo woe from the guy behind 'BoJack Horseman'.]

By Ilana Masad

June 14, 2019, p. C1, 4.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bojack-horseman-creator-raphael-bob-waksberg-expands-his-funny-melancholy-empire/2019/06/14/68512ec6-8eaa-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html

Outside the Beltway on NY Times cartoon harikari

New York Times Editorial Cartoons Gone

America's Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn't worth it.

James Joyner · Tuesday, June 11, 2019 · 16 comments

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/new-york-times-editorial-cartoons-gone/

Cavna of The Post on Cinderella and Toy Story 4

'Cinderella' arrives at the Library of Congress — with a fitting spot on the National Film Registry

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 20 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/20/cinderella-arrives-library-congress-with-fitting-spot-national-film-registry/

A ball fit for Cinderella at the Library of Congress as the National Film Registry inducts the classic film [in print as At 70, 'Cinderella' graces the National Film Registry and celebrates with a ball].

By Evelyn Hockstein

Washington Post June 24 2019, p. C2

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/23/ball-fit-cinderella-library-congress-national-film-registry-inducts-classic-film/

If I'm not trash, what am I? What Forky from 'Toy Story 4' has to teach about identity and self-worth [in print as Forky of 'Toy Story 4': A fine tine to gaze inward]

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 24 2019, p. C1, 3.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/21/if-im-not-trash-what-am-i-what-forky-toy-story-has-teach-about-identity-self-worth/

How a team of women remade the empowered Bo Peep in 'Toy Story 4'

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 24 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/24/how-team-women-remade-empowered-bo-peep-toy-story/

Why make 'Toy Story 4' after a satisfying trilogy? Here's how the director found his inspiring answer.

By Michael Cavna

Washington Post June 19 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/19/why-make-toy-story-after-satisfying-trilogy-heres-how-director-found-his-inspiring-answer/

In a summer of stupid sequels, 'Toy Story 4' is a visually dazzling delight

By Ann Hornaday

Movie critic

Washington Post June 18 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/in-a-summer-of-stupid-sequels-toy-story-4-is-a-visually-dazzling-delight/2019/06/18/13bcbbf8-8d3f-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html

PR: Library of Congress National Book Festival Announces Full Author Lineup

[Comics arts people that I know of are marked in bold; corrections welcomed]

June 25, 2019 

Library of Congress National Book Festival Announces Full Author Lineup

More than 140 Authors to Participate in 19th Annual Event on Aug. 31

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-068/
Website: National Book Festival

 Amy Tan speaks with National Book Festival Literary Director Marie Arana on the Main Stage, September 1, 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller, Library of Congress.

The 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival will offer an outstanding lineup of authors for readers of all ages for the festival's 19^th year, with more than 140 nationally recognized authors, poets and illustrators, as well as the addition of stages devoted to science and international subjects.

On Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, doors will open at 8:30 a.m., with programs beginning at 9 a.m. and running until 8 p.m.

The stellar lineup includes U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, eminent historians David McCullough and Michael Beschloss, celebrity D.C. chef and humanitarian José Andrés, graphic novel superstar Raina Telgemeier and Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction recipient Richard Ford.

The 2019 festival also will invite visitors to Explore America's Changemakers, part of a yearlong initiative coinciding with a series of exhibitions, events and programs at the Library. Among numerous festival programs dedicated to the theme of Changemakers, a special panel will feature new books on Winston Churchill by Andrew Roberts, Frederick Douglass by David Blight and visionary women including Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters, by Andrea Barnet.

Here are a few festival highlights:

• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will participate in a conversation with NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg; Ginsburg will discuss her career and her book "My Own Words."
• David McCullough, one of America's most-read historians, will talk about "The Pioneers: The Heroic Stories of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West."
• José Andrés will review his humanitarian work, especially when he helped feed the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Diane Rehm, whose radio show on NPR aired for nearly 40 years, will interview Andrés, who will also discuss his new vegetable cookbook.
• Raina Telgemeier will greet thousands of her fans and introduce them to "Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story."
• American historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. will offer two presentations, one for children on his new book "Dark Sky Rising" and one for adults on Race in America.
• Presidential historian Michael Beschloss will talk about "Presidents of War."
• Matthew Gray Gubler, one of the stars of CBS' "Criminal Minds," will present his children's book "Rumple Buttercup."
• Graphic novelist Ngozi Ukazu, who has rewritten the rules of publishing, will discuss "Check, Please!"
• Award-winning novelist Laila Lalami will talk about "The Other Americans."
• Julia Álvarez will look back on her novel "In the Time of the Butterflies," an international sensation when it was published 25 years ago.
• Susan Choi will discuss her highly acclaimed novel "Trust Exercise."

Authors participating in this year's festival will make their presentations on the following stages:
Stages for Adults
Main Stage: José Andrés, Michael Beschloss, David Brooks, Richard Ford, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David McCullough and Raina Telgemeier
Fiction: Louis Bayard, Ann Beattie, Susan Choi, Barbara Kingsolver, Laila Lalami, Rebecca Makkai, Thomas Mallon, Sigrid Nunez, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Powers and Roxana Robinson
Genre Fiction: Charlie Jane Anders, Johnny D. Boggs, James Ellroy, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Anne Hillerman, Paul Andrew Hutton, Joe Ide, Craig Johnson, Brianna Labuskes, Seanan McGuire, Sara Paretsky, John Scalzi and Victoria Schwab
History & Biography: Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, Colin G. Calloway, Joanne B. Freeman, Casey Gerald, David Maraniss, Andrew Roberts, Evan Thomas, David Treuer, Elaine Weiss and Brenda Wineapple
International: Liliana Colanzi, María Dueñas, Melba Escobar, Inga Gaile, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amitav Ghosh, Olga Grjasnowa, Caoilinn Hughes, Claudia Salazar Jiménez, Jeanine Leane, Brenton McKenna, Kim Scott and Kim Thúy
Poetry & Prose: Julia Álvarez, Sheila Black, Jericho Brown, Nathan Englander, Aminatta Forna, Ilya Kaminsky, R.O. Kwon, Dorianne Laux, Valeria Luiselli, Alberto Manguel, Madeline Miller, Brendan Mathews, Lydia Millet, Pamela Paul, Linda Sue Park, Maria Russo, Jon Scieszka, Natasha Trethewey, Renée Watson, Emily Wilson, and Jenny Xie
Science: Peter Brannen, Alexandra Horowitz, Beth Macy, Thomas W. Malone, Lisa Margonelli, Jim Ottaviani, David Quammen, Douglas Rushkoff, Daniel Stone, Frans de Waal and David Sloan Wilson
Understanding Our World: Andrea Barnet, David Blight, David Epstein, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Judge Richard Gergel, Reyna Grande, David Grann, Amy Gutmann,  Joshua Hammer, Aleksandar Hemon, Parag Khanna, Steve Luxenberg, Alberto Manguel, Suketu Mehta, Jonathan Moreno, Elaine Pagels, Steven Pearlstein and Andrew Roberts

Stages for Young People
Children: Mac Barnett, Cece Bell, Sophie Blackall, Tonya Bolden, Fred Bowen, Max Brallier, Molly Brooks, Pablo Cartaya, Fabien Cousteau, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Gale Galligan, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Brian Floca, Matthew Gray Gubler, Shannon Hale, Jennifer Holm, Matthew Holm, Jon Klassen, Ann M. Martin, Juana Medina, R.J. Palacio, Linda Sue Park, LeUyen Pham, Matt Phelan, Greg Pizzoli, Sherri Duskey Rinker, Sharon Robinson, Adam Rubin, Victoria Schwab, Jon Scieszka, Ronald L. Smith, Jennifer Swanson and Steven Weinberg
Teens: Holly Black, Monica Hesse, Kathleen Glasgow, Ellen Hagan, Faith Erin Hicks, Linda Holmes, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mitali Perkins, Rainbow Rowell, Misa Sugiura, Ngozi Ukazu, Renée Watson, Scott Westerfeld and Markus Zusak
Poetry Slam: The National Book Festival Youth Poetry Slam will include some of the nation's top youth slam groups from the nation's capital. Champion delegates from these groups will compete to be named the festival's top youth slammer by performing new works.

The National Book Festival is made possible by the generous support of private- and public-sector sponsors who share the Library's commitment to reading and literacy, led by National Book Festival Co-Chairman David M. Rubenstein. Charter sponsors are the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Washington Post and Wells Fargo; Patron sponsors are the James Madison Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Champions are Thomas V. Girardi, the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, PBS and Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program; and, in the Friends category, Booklovers Circle Members, Bookshare - a Benetech initiative, Buffy Cafritz, Embassy of Australia, Embassy of Canada, Embassy of Germany, Embassy of Ireland, Embassy of Latvia, Embassy of Peru, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction administered by The University of Alabama School of Law, The Hay-Adams, Inter-American Development Bank, The Junior League of Washington, Andy King, Leon Levy Center for Biography (CUNY), Library of Congress Federal Credit Union, Mexican Cultural Institute, Timothy and Diane Naughton, Planet Word, Scholastic Inc, Small Press Expo (SPX), Spain Arts & Culture and Western Writers of America; Media Partners are C-SPAN2's Book TV, The New York Times and NPR. Those interested in supporting the National Book Festival can contact the Library at devofc@loc.gov.

Later this summer, the National Book Festival app for iOS and Android smartphones will be updated with complete presenter, schedule and wayfinding information. Follow the festival on Twitter @librarycongress with hashtag #NatBookFest, and subscribe to the National Book Festival Blog at loc.gov/bookfest/.

The Library of Congress is the world's largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov, access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

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PR 19-068
2019-06-25
ISSN 0731-3527

Michael Kupperman on his strip for the Washington City Paper

I don't remember this strip at all, but he talks about it around a quarter of the page down at http://www.tcj.com/no-one-was-calling-no-one-was-asking-for-humor-an-interview-with-michael-kupperman/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Thanks, Washington Post (finally)"

Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist, takes on a local issue:

Thanks, Washington Post (finally)
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2751

Inspired by this article I saw at CounterPunch back in March. After 
all this time kind of looking the other way while he raked in the bank 
on cushy side gigs and other shenanigans, the Washington Post finally 
could stand no more and actually investigated Ward 2 councilmember 
Jack Evans.


"A Reckoning is Coming for Jack Evans, But What About the Washington 
Post?" by Pete Tucker in CounterPunch, 03.14.19
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/14/a-reckoning-is-coming-for-jack-evans-but-what-about-the-washington-post/


"Law firm that investigated Jack Evans for Metro found 'multiple 
violations' of ethics code", Robert McCartney in the Washington Post, 
06.17.19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/law-firm-that-investigated-jack-evans-for-metro-found-multiple-violations-of-ethics-code/2019/06/17/fd666952-912c-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html

Pop Culture Happy Hour on Toy Story 4

'Toy Story 4' Mixes Nostalgia And Existential Dread

Pop Culture Happy Hour June 21, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/19/734021095/toy-story-4-mixes-nostalgia-and-existential-dread

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2019/06/20190621_pchh_pchh_562_toy_story_4__-_final.mp3

Linda Holmes

Glen Weldon

Stephen Thompson

Mallory Yu

Woody (Tom Hanks) and Bo Peep (Annie Potts) reunite in Toy Story 4.

Pixar/Disney/Pixar

The Toy Story movies have been skittering around the closets of our hearts for almost 25 years. Anchored by Woody the sheriff, voiced by Tom Hanks, they're central to the story of Pixar. Now we're up to Toy Story 4. This time, Woody has to protect a homemade toy named Forky, voiced by Tony Hale. Forky may just be a spork with a face, but he's special to Bonnie, the little girl Woody lives with.

The Legend of Super Corey comic strip on Politico

The Legend of Super Corey comic strip on Politico

by Nathan Fox and Derek Robertson

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/cory-booker-comic/

RVA Mag on Richmond's Galaxy Con.

Who Loves Galaxy Con? Kel (and RVA Mag) Loves Galaxy Con.

Ash Griffith | June 20, 2019

https://rvamag.com/art/film/who-loves-galaxy-con-kel-and-rva-mag-loves-galaxy-con.html

PR: Small Press Expo 2019 Announces Special Guests

Check out who is coming to SPX 2019

For Immediate Release Contact: Eden Miller Email: press@smallpressexpo.com   Small Press Expo Announces Special Guests Raina Telgemeier, Box Brown, Eleanor Davis, Ed Piskor, Emily Carroll and Jaime Hernandez as the first Special Guests for 2019.   Bethesda, Maryland - June 20, 2019   Media Release - Small Press Expo is proud to announce the first group of Special Guests for SPX 2019. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, over 20 programming slots and additional hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. Additional Special Guests will be announced soon.   SPX 2019 is honored to have the following creators as Special Guests to this year's show: Visit the SPX 2019 Website for More Info Raina Telgemeier With more than 15 million books in print, Raina Telgemeier is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful graphic novelists of her generation. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Smile (2010) and Sisters (2014), graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama (2012), a fictional graphic novel which was named an ALA Stonewall Honor Book and is another #1 New York Times bestseller, and Ghosts (2016), another #1 New York Times bestselling work of fiction, which was awarded the 2017 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids. Raina's latest work is Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at www.goRaina.com and at @GoRaina. Box Brown Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and comic publisher from Philadelphia. His books include the New York Times-bestselling Andre the Giant: Life and Legend, Tetris: The Games People Play, and Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman. Box Brown's independent comics publishing house, Retrofit Comics, was launched in 2011. His newest book is Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, a searing nonfiction graphic novel about cannabis. Eleanor Davis Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator. Her books include How To Be Happy, You and a Bike and a Road, Why Art? and The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook. The Hard Tomorrow is Eleanor's first book published by Drawn & Quarterly. She lives in Athens, Georgia. Eleanor Davis's The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Her astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question: What will happen after tomorrow? Ed Piskor Ed Piskor (b. 1982) lives and draws out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of the Kubert School, has collaborated with Harvey Pekar, and put out the graphic novel Wizzywig. His New York Times Best-Selling series Hip Hop Family Tree, which was originally serialized on Boing Boing, has gone back to print numerous times, and won the 2015 Eisner Award for "Best Reality-Based Work." His series for Marvel, X-Men Grand Design, was released in 2017 to wide acclaim, and 2019 will see the release of the a large-scale, career-spanning artist's edition of his work, Ed Piskor: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition. Emily Carroll Emily Carroll is a writer and artist of numerous award-winning comics, including the horror collection Through the Woods, which won both an Eisner and the British Fantasy Award for 2014. Her most recent work is When I Arrived at the Castle from Koyama Press. Her online comics work include numerous short stories, with subject matter ranging from haunted rivers to ravenous hand lotions. Her most recent work is a graphic novel adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's 1999 novel Speak. She lives in Stratford, ON with two dogs, one cat, and her wonderful and talented wife, Kate. Jaime Hernandez Jaime Hernandez was born and raised in Oxnard, California. Together with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime co-created the comics series Love and Rockets in 1981, which Gilbert and Jaime continue to this day. Jaime's work is a perfect synthesis of the anarchistic, DIY aesthetic of the punk scene and elegant cartooning reminiscent of Charles Schulz and Alex Toth. Love and Rockets has evolved into one of the great bodies of American literary fiction, spanning four decades and countless high-water marks in the medium's history. In 2017, Jaime and Gilbert were inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. This year, he adds two new collections to the Love and Rockets catalog: Is This How You See Me? and Tonta. 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. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌ ‌

Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704, Bethesda, MD 20824

Diamond Distributors at ALA

Graphic Novel Panels   Friday, June 21 Social Justic & Comics | 11 AM - 3 PM | Room 152B   Saturday, June 22 Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Breakfast | 8 AM - 10 AM | RSVP Teaching With Manga Classics | 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Literary Comics Publisher Spotlight | 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Working with Your Local Comic Shop | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Supreme Court Image Comics Competitive Draw | 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Queerness In Comics | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Chapter One Stage Booklist's Graphic Novels in Library Month | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Room 147A Creating A Diverse World of Comics | 2:50 PM - 3:50 PM | Monument Black Voices In Comics | 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Graphic Novels, Childhood Education, and Teaching Through Humor | 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Chapter One Stage Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries Reception | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Grand D   Sunday, June 23 Choosing Graphic Novels for Your Community | 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Image Comics Summer Spectacular | 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage How Comics Writers Adapt to Different Genres | 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage Deconstructing & Expanding Identity In Comics Narrative | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Room 206 State of the Comics Union: Past, Present, and Future | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Room 146B Middle Grade Graphic Novels | 2:00 PM - 2:50PM | PopTop Stage Discussing Social Issues Through Speculative Comics | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Monument The Many Paths to Comics | 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage   Monday, June 24 Exploring Trauma & Recovery Through Comics | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Room 158A-B

Exhibiting Artists   Amy Chu - Red Sonja, Green Hornet, KISS (Dynamite) | Superb (Lion Forge) Artist Alley - Booth #3920 Franco - The Ghost The Owl (Action Lab Entertainment) Artist Alley - Booth #3942 Gene Ha - Mae (Lion Forge) Artist Alley - Booth #3956 Gregg Schigiel - Pix (Image Comics) Artist Alley - Booth #3919 Jeremy Whitley - Princless (Action Lab Entertainment), Rainbow Brite (Dynamite) Artist Alley - Booth #3946 Jim Rugg - Street Angel (Image Comics) Artist Alley - Booth #3950 Shawn Pryor - Cash + Carrie, EXO, Lifted (Action Lab Entertainment), Bingo Love (Image Comics) Artist Alley - Booth #3939 Team Moonstruck - Moonstruck (Image Comics) Artist Alley - Booth #3948

ALA Annual 2019 Signings

DIAMON BOOK DISTRIBUTOR PUBLISHER SIGNINGS

WILFRID LUPANO (A SEA OF LOVE) Lion Forge	TEE FRANKLIN  (BINGO LOVE) Image Comics	SANFORD GREENE  (BITTER ROOT) Image Comics
SUN @ 1:45PM | Booth #3846	SAT @ 2:50PM | Booth #3833 SUN @ 10:30AM | Booth #3833	FRI @ 10:20AM | Booth #3833 SUN @ 9AM | Booth #3833
SHAWN PRYOR (CASH + CARRIE) Action Lab	FLAVIA BIONDI (GENERATIONS) Lion Forge	FRANCO (THE GHOST, THE OWL) Action Lab
SAT @ 11:30AM | Booth #3833	SUN @ 3:45 | Booth #3846	SAT @ 2PM | Booth #3833
BRENDEN FLETCHER (ISOLA, MOTOR CRUSH) Image Comics	SHAWN PRYOR (LIFTED OF GODS & THIEVES) Action Lab	NICHOLAS AFLLEJE & SARAH DELAINE (LITTLE GIRLS) Image Comics
SAT @ 12:30PM | Booth #3833 SUN @ 3PM | Booth #3833	SUN @ 1PM | Booth #3833	SAT @ 9:10AM | Booth #3833 SUN @ 12:30PM | Booth #3833
CHRISTOPHE FERREIRA (MILO'S WORLD) Lion Forge	WENDY XU (MOONCAKES) Lion Forge	SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK) Image Comics
SAT @ 9:30AM | Booth #3846 MON @ 12:45PM | Booth #3846	SAT @ 10:30AM | Booth #3846 SUN @ 2:30PM | Booth #3846 MON @ 11:30AM | Booth #3846	SAT @ 4PM | Booth #3833 SUN @ 4PM | Booth #3833
HAZEL NEWLEVANT (NO IVY LEAGUE) Lion Forge	KARIM FRIHA (THE RISE OF ZELPHIRE) Lion Forge	EMILY S. WHITTEN (UNDERFOOT) Lion Forge
SAT @ 12:30PM | Booth #3846 SUN @ 11:45AM | Booth #3846 SUN @ 2:30PM | Booth #1249 MON @ 9:45AM | Booth #3846	SAT @ 3:45PM | Booth #3846	SAT @ 2:30PM | Booth #3846 SUN @ 12:45PM | Booth #3846
	NATHAN FOX (THE WEATHERMAN) Image Comics
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New Kickstarter campaign by GE Gallas

I just wanted to let you know that I'm currently crowdfunding my new graphic novel The Plague and Doctor Caim through Unbound (a London-based publisher): https://unbound.com/books/the-plague-and-doctor-caim

Thank you so much to everyone who's supported my new graphic novel so far! Those who have not yet done so, I hope you'll consider pledging your support!

Many thanks,

G. E.