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Small Press Expo Announces 2021 Virtual Programming Slate

SPX 2021 Panels and Films

For Immediate Release Contact Rob Clough rob.clough@smallpressexpo.com Bethesda, Maryland -- In addition to the previously announced live-streamed Ignatz Award ceremony, the Small Press Expo is pleased to announce that there will be a full slate of programming on Saturday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 19th, 2021. Beginning at 11:00 AM EST each day, the panels will stream on the SPX YouTube channel. The programming includes a documentary about the diverse creator voices at SPX and workshops from Liz Reed and Tom Hart. There will be panels on Queer Joy, innovation in the use of color, starting your own local comics scene, and many more. Our Spotlight panel will be on Bill Campbell & Bizhan Khodabandeh's book The Day The Klan Came To Town, moderated by ICAF's Dr. Qiana Whitted. Check the SPX 2021 Program Schedule for an up-to-date list of everything that has been announced so far, and Following the program schedule at 8:00 PM on Saturday, September 18 will be the livestream broadcast of the 2021 Ignatz Awards ceremony, also on the SPX Youtube Channel. All the action begins on Saturday September 18th. Please join us as we celebrate comics from home and be sure to follow SPX on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. SPX 2021 Programming (All times are Eastern Time) SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18 Enemies of the State 11AM-12:00PM Join moderator Alex Hoffman and fellow critics Rob Clough, Daniel Elkin, and Jules Bakes for a special SPX edition of the podcast Enemy Of The State. The panel's special guest is artist E.A. Bethea, whose Francis Bacon was nominated for a 2021 Ignatz Award. They will ask her in-depth questions regarding the comic and its remarkably dense qualities. Personal Comics from Color, Shape, Line ... and Lyrics! 12:15-1:15PM You can make comics only with an open heart and whatever materials you have lying around. In one of the favorite workshops at SAW, Tom Hart will guide you through making 8-page mini-comics that uses song lyrics, personal memories and simple drawing and painting to make a personal comic that says what you feel and has a magic all its own. Suitable for all ages. Comics, Bodies, and Embodiment 1:30PM-2:30PM Bodies take many forms, and our relationship with one's own can shift throughout our lives. Comics are a powerful tool for understanding and accepting the bodies in which we live. Joel Christian Gill, Tatiana Gill, Ashley Robin Franklin, and Robin Smith discuss their work as a means of exploring the corporeal form in a discussion led by Alison WIlgus. Queer Joy and Queer Friendships 3:00PM-4:00PM Join moderator Carta Monir and guests Emma Jayne, Crystal Frasier, and Walter Scott in a celebration of queer joy in comics. This discussion focuses on the power of queer friendships and happiness as both driving force and radiant rebellion. Ourselves, In Stories: A Documentary Of The Small Press Expo 4:15PM-5:15PM Award-winning documentarian Marjee Chmiel screens her documentary on SPX. Titled Ourselves, In Stories, it takes a look at the challenges, obstacles, and rewards of crafting new stories and redefining our cultural vision for whose stories are heard. Moderator Warren Bernard joins Marjee after the screen to ask her about the inspiration for and making of the film. The Local Scene: Shows, Publishing, and Getting Started 5:30PM-6:30PM While not every city has congregations of cartoonists like Chicago or Portland, every city has its own particular advantages and special qualities that can create its own unique scene. Join moderator Robin Enrico along with publishers and scene-makers Juan Fernandez, Jamila Rowser, Avi Ehrlich, and Neil Brideau as they discuss ideas regarding pedagogy, connecting with local schools and institutions, and incorporating other media and art scenes in creating your own. Playing With The Medium 6:45PM-7:45PM The familiar grids and linear storytelling of comics have stood the test of time. However, there are always innovators looking to stretch the formal limits of comics. Be it creating metafictional narratives, creating constraints on a page, or integrating comics with other media, there's a rich tradition of playing with the medium of comics. Formal comics expert Dr. Craig Fischer will engage with experimental cartoonists Matt Madden, Shing Yin Khor, Nguyen K. Nguyen, and Joe Kessler on their formal experiments. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19 Comics and Meditative Intention 11AM-12:00PM What mindset is required for cartoonists to work? Is drawing a form of work or play? How does this relate to Lynda Barry's conception of play as a serious, meditative activity? How do artists escape thinking about whether or not their work is good while they are doing it? Moderator Rob Clough discusses these and other questions with Hartley Lin, Keiler Roberts, Jason Shiga, and Luke Kruger-Howard. Mixed Media Storytelling 12:15PM-1:15PM Liz Reed of Cuddles and Rage walks you through how to sculpt Zombie Strawberries from C&R's graphic novel Bites of Terror. This online workshop is designed to use clay and household materials to create your very own mixed media comic at home. The materials needed include: white, green, and red clay (polymer or air dry), foil, toothpicks, q-tips, a paintbrush, a gray marker or paint, cotton balls, glue, and a cutting tool. We'd love to see your zombie strawberries in action! When posting to social tag @spxcomics and @cuddlesandrage. Bites of Terror is a mixed media horror anthology by Cuddles and Rage from Quirk Books. You can find Bites of Terror online wherever books are sold or buy the book directly from Cuddles and Rage on Etsy. World-Building And New Futures 1:30PM-2:30PM What does the world become when any future is imaginable? From the smallest details to -all-expansive histories, alternate worlds provide a glimpse of what is possible. Alice Santos joins Kevin Czap, Maki Naro, Casey Nowak, and Alissa Salah in an exploration of the process of constructing these new futures. Focus On The Day The Klan Came To Town 3:00PM-4:00PM This is a special spotlight on The Day The Klan Came To Town, a powerful work of historical fiction. It's based on the real events in 1923 when the KKK came to a small Pennsylvania town to make an example of its largely Jewish and Catholic populations, and how a group of people made a stand. Join moderator Dr. Qiana Whitted and creators Bill Campbell and Bizhan Khodabandeh as they explore the event and their adaptation. Color and Narrative Innovation 3PM-4:00PM Color is often secondary to line in comics, but a number of cartoonists have experimented with bringing color front and center. Not only that, but their innovations have included making color central to the emotional narratives of their stories. Moderator Rob Clough talks to Dash Shaw, Shira Spector, MariNaomi, and Tillie Walden about their challenges and experiences using color in bold, new ways. Buer's Kiss 5:30PM-6:30PM Büer's Kiss is a genre-bending live comics performance combining projected images, voice actors, and foley effects for an unforgettable adaptation of cartoonist Carl Antonowicz's graphic novel of the same name. This recording was made during the show's debut in 2018 at Pittsburgh's New Hazlett Theater. 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. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com warren@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED ‌ ‌ ‌

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Troy-Jeffrey Allen talks to YouNeek's Etubi Onucheyo

Get Graphic: The Unique Visual Style of YouNeek's Etubi Onucheyo

Sep 13, 2021

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/254440

GE Gallas launches minicomics newsletter

Gerri writes:

Welcome to The Indie Comics Flyer! This is your host, G. E. Gallas (gegallas.com). In case you don't know, I'm a writer-illustrator of graphic novels and zines. This week, I'll be sharing a fresh batch of graphic novels, webcomics, zines, Kickstarters, etc. that I believe deserve some attention. 

read it at https://gegallas.medium.com/

Michael O’Connell sheds a large chunk of his past

An Embarrassment of Obsessions: From Apes to My Stan Lee Moment

BY Michael O'Connell Sep 15, 2021

http://www.tcj.com/an-embarrassment-of-obsessions-from-apes-to-my-stan-lee-moment/

Last November, I sold my entire comic book collection.

Mike Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Met Gala"

from Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Met Gala"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3320

It's a story as old as time — or at least as old as the Democratic Party: discover a groundswell of pro-worker, progressive sentiment; find yourselves a fresh, charismatic candidate who does a great job of pretending to be progressive; rope in Left voters to help elect her — at which point she turns around and starts engaging in empty, performative protest and fluffy media talk while she runs cover for the DNC donor class, while the working class is left with less than zero once again.

So it was at the Met Gala in New York City this week. While police brutalized protesters outside the Gala NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Liberals' current reigning Yas Kween, was inside showing the bourgeoisie how bad-assed she was by sporting a message in support of tepid, half-assed reformist Liberal legislation that does absolutely jack to separate the 1% from even the most minute subatomic particle of the obscene wealth they've been hoarding at working-class expense.

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"House Democrats' Plan to Tax the Rich Leaves Vast Fortunes Unscathed", Jonathan Weisman and Jim Tankersley in the New York Times, 09.13.2021 
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/us/politics/tax-plan-democrats.html

"'Billionaires Are Popping Champagne': Progressives Slam House Dems' Tax Plan", Jake Johnson at Common Dreams, 09.13.2021 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/13/billionaires-are-popping-champagne-progressives-slam-house-dems-tax-plan

"Shame, Shame on AOC for Attending Met Gala", Robert Paul Reyes, 09.14.2021 
https://robertpaulreyes.com/shame-shame-on-aoc-for-attending-met-gala/

"Outside the Met Gala, Police Arrested Multiple Black Lives Matter Protesters", Marie Solis in Jezebel, 09.14.2021 
https://jezebel.com/outside-the-met-gala-police-arrested-multiple-black-li-1847670434

Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

The Post isn't impressed with Y: the Last Man

In the sci-fi drama series 'Y: The Last Man,' half of society drops dead, and it's ponderous picking up the pieces [in print as Apocalyptic world is left with lifeless characters]

Inkoo Kang

Washington Post September 13 2021, p. C1, 3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/tv/2021/09/12/y-last-man-review/

The Lily's last 2 weeks

I got breakthrough covid. It made me appreciate the vaccine more than ever.

Despite the odds, I feel very lucky

(Katie Wheeler)

Katie Wheeler

https://www.thelily.com/i-got-breakthrough-covid-it-made-me-appreciate-the-vaccine-more-than-ever/

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I don't want kids. Here's how I made peace with my decision.

I can't have it all in life, and I'm okay with that

https://www.thelily.com/i-dont-want-kids-heres-how-i-made-peace-with-my-decision/

(Hyesu Lee for The Washington Post)

Hyesu Lee

September 5, 2021

Cavna looks at Texas abortion 'law' cartoons

How cartoonists are taking on the Texas abortion law

Michael Cavna

September 10, 2021 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/09/10/cartoons-texas-abortion-law/

Ben Hatke reviews new Gauld and Toon Books stories

Once, Twice, Thrice Upon a Time

By Ben Hatke

• A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 12, 2021, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Once, Twice, Thrice Upon a Time.
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/books/review/tom-gauld-the-little-wooden-robot-and-the-log-princess.html
  

THE LITTLE WOODEN ROBOT AND THE LOG PRINCESS
Written and illustrated by Tom Gauld

BLANCAFLOR, THE HERO WITH SECRET POWERS
A Folktale From Latin America
Written by Nadja Spiegelman
Illustrated by Sergio García Sánchez

DULCINEA IN THE FORBIDDEN FOREST
Written and illustrated by Ole Könnecke

RIP Former cartoonist David Simonson, of Arlington

David Simonson – RIP

 by D. D. Degg
September 10, 2021

http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/09/10/david-simonson-rip/

David C. Simonson

May 9, 1927 ~ August 27, 2021 (age 94)

Everly Wheatley Funeral Home

https://www.everlywheatley.com/tributes/David-Simonson

David worked at the Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Patent Trader, a semi-weekly newspaper covering Northern Westchester and Putnam Counties, starting as reporter and working his way up to be publisher. It was there that his clever wit and artistic talent yielded a twice weekly cartoon of suburban life that became a much-anticipated feature of the paper. Many of his cartoons appeared in national publications, including The Reader's Digest.  David and his family moved to Glenview, Illinois in 1977, where he became publisher and president of Pioneer Press, a subsidiary of Time, Inc.  During his tenure at Pioneer Press, he expanded the business from 13 to 41 local newspapers in suburban Chicago. Again, his cartoon became a staple of the weekly papers. In 1987, he became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Newspaper Association in Washington D.C., and he and Lois moved to Arlington, Virginia. 

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Second Line"

From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -

"Second Line"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3311

So, after getting the worst of Hurricane Ida, Louisiana is about to 
get the worst of the still-ongoing oil spill from somewhere in the 
thousands of miles of decomissioned and abandoned pipeline — 
previously owned and operated by who the hell knows who — on the 
bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico.

"The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has allowed the 
offshore oil and gas industry to leave 97 percent of pipelines (18,000 
miles) on the seafloor when no longer in use" since the 1960s, said a 
report issued by the Government Accountability Office earlier this year.
— "Oil Leak off U.S. Louisiana Coast Continues to Spread", TeleSUR 
English 09.09.2021

It's as if they're getting two hurricanes down there.

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"Oil Leak off U.S. Louisiana Coast Continues to Spread", TeleSUR 
English 09.09.2021
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Oil-Leak-off-U.S.-Louisiana-Coast-Continues-to-Spread-20210909-0002.html


Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock

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Oct 26 reschedule - P&P Live! Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel-Tiny Dancer

P&P Live! Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel-Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer (Paperback)

By Siena Cherson Siegel, Mark Siegel (Illustrator)

$12.99

ISBN: 9781481486675

Availability: Coming Soon—Pre-Order Now

Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - October 26th, 2021

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To Dance: Special Edition (Paperback)

By Siena Cherson Siegel, Mark Siegel (Illustrator)

$11.99

ISBN: 9781481486644

Availability: In Stock—Click for Locations

Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - October 1st, 2019

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Due to a publishing delay beyond our control, this event has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 26, at 7 EST.

Teenage Siena lives and breathes ballet. Her dedication earns her a spot at the School of American Ballet; her long-term plan is New York City Ballet or bust. In spite of her talent, Siena struggles with self-doubt and injury, leading her to question her dream. But what else could she do, when ballet is all she knows? This loving ode to ballet also questions its sometimes grueling practices. Siena Cherson Siegel's graphic memoir of her own experiences as a young ballet dancer will engage readers of all ages who love dance. Illustrations by Mark Siegel exquisitely capture the dancers' graceful movements.

Siena Cherson Siegel is an author and former dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet. To Dance and Tiny Dancer are stories from her life.

Mark Siegel is known both as an author, illustrator, and as the editorial director of First Second Books, a Macmillan imprint that publishes graphic novels for all ages.

Ages 12 to adult

Each purchase of Tiny Dancer will come with a signed bookplate, while supplies last.

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