Wednesday, February 28, 2024

TV show announcement causes rampant CRIMINAL sell outs; Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' critically acclaimed comic has been rushed back to print sooner than anticipated

Dean Simons 02/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-show-announcement-causes-rampant-criminal-sell-outs/

Sedaris, Falconer... and Anna Van Ogre! PRETTY UGLY is out today!

Françoise Mouly

TOON Books (February 27 2024): https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/cabb2891-2b67-41cd-bec5-206d1215ae7f

Meet the Team:Rikard Österlund

Ralph Steadman Art Collection. February 27 2024

https://mailchi.mp/d5109c17c187/meet-the-team-rikard-sterlund

Pioneering comic artist Ramona Fradon passes away at 97

Beat Staff

02/27/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/ramona-fradon-passes-away/

McDonald's Serves Up an Anime Experience with a 'WcDonald's' Celebration

by Michael Walsh

Feb 27 2024

https://nerdist.com/article/mcdonalds-serves-up-an-anime-and-manga-experience-with-special-wcdonalds-celebration/

"The Sure Thing" and Other Tales in Dear Lonely Hearts, Up for Auction

Comics Media, remembered for Pre-Code titles like Horrific and War Fury, brought twists to romance in Dear Lonely Hearts with Don Heck and Pete Morisi.

26 Feb 2024

by Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-sure-thing-and-other-tales-in-dear-lonely-hearts-up-for-auction/

Addiction and Romance in Youthful Hearts #1, Up for Auction

Youthful Hearts 1 features an overlooked drug addiction story "Monkey on My Back" that precedes the better-known "The Monkey" in Shock SuspenStories 12.

26 Feb 2024

by Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/addiction-and-romance-in-youthful-hearts-1-up-for-auction/

Fighting for Love on the Cover of Romantic Hearts #9, Up for Auction

Editor William K. Friedman was determined to test the limits in the wake of the 1954 Senate Hearings on comics, and Romantic Hearts #9 is an example.

21 Feb 2024

by Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fighting-for-love-on-the-cover-of-romantic-hearts-9-up-for-auction/

What Has ComicsPro Ever Done For Us? At last week's ComicsPro meeting, they gave attendees a list of issues they had been advocating for with publishers and distributors.

26 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-has-comicspro-ever-done-for-us/

Diego Boneta-Led Thriller 'El Gato' Lands at Amazon

The series, originally developed at Apple TV+, is based on a comic book by Richard Dominguez.

Rick Porter

February 26, 2024 2

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/diego-boneta-amazon-series-el-gato-negro-1235836611/

Disney+ Sets Release Date for Hitman Anime Series 'The Fable'

The show is adapted from a best-selling manga by Katushisa Minami and produced under Disney's partnership with Japanese publishing powerhouse Kodansha.

Patrick Brzeski

February 26, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-anime-series-the-fable-kodansha-1235836896/

Oscars: Film Academy Splits Its Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Into Two

Scott Feinberg

February 26, 2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-animation-and-short-films-branch-splits-1235836376/

Pikachu bat un record pour un dessin original [auction]

Jean-Laurent Truc

27 février 2024

https://www.ligneclaire.info/pikachu-288605.html

Editorial Cartoons: Berryman Award Winner Jen Sorensen

National Press Foundation Feb 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjA1zHQgS0

Angelo Lopez Cartoons of the Martial Law Period

Angelo Lopez

February 27 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n24Rf6Nfh6Y

Words, Images, & Worlds with Sophia Glock

Jason DeHart

Feb 25 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eH5QWIMnrI

Words, Images, & Worlds with Vladimir Popov

Jason DeHart

Feb 25 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bDXE8sUETM

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Editorial Cartoons: Berryman Award Winner Jen Sorensen

National Press Foundation Feb 21 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjA1zHQgS0

Jen Sorensen accepts the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons at the National Press Foundation awards dinner in Washington, D.C. February 15, 2024. Her four-panel approach has criticized how society worships wealthy people with "big" ideas, satirized the doubling of "frontover" deaths as vehicle height increases, and explored the evolution of Twitter, from the early years of random thoughts to a take on what "X" has become. Sorensen's weekly cartoon appears in alternative newspapers across the country, including Seven Days (Vermont), The Austin Chronicle, C-VILLE Weekly (Virginia), Boulder Weekly, Illinois Times and Tucson Weekly. Over the past year, her work was published in The Nation, Politico, In These Times, and a variety of digital media outlets including Daily Kos and The Nib. "Who can take on the entire tech industry in four panels? And yet it echoes all the way through," National Press Foundation judges said. The judging panel noted the high quality of candidates from across the country. They were impressed with Sorensen's "unique" skill in taking on a "galaxy of issues." "[Her] cartoons aren't just reacting to one thing that happened in the news, she looks at bigger trends." The Berryman Award, established in 1989, is given annually in memory of a father and son who were both Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists and represent the highest standards of illustration and journalism. Berryman Award: https://nationalpress.org/awards/clif... NPF is solely responsible for the content. This video was produced within the Evelyn Y. Davis studios.

Small Press Expo 2024 Exhibitor Schedule

Creators and Publishers,

Yes, it is that time of year again where we officially kick off the planning for SPX 2024. This year's SPX will occur September 14-15, 2024 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, with events occurring in the days preceding the show throughout the Washington, D.C. area.

We look forward to seeing everybody this September!!

KEY EXHIBITOR DATES

Below is our planned schedule for table registration and other exhibitor milestones for SPX 2024.

If we are off by a day or two (or three...), we apologize beforehand.

If you want to be placed on the Exhibitor Email List, please fill out this form on our web site.

Any questions about tabling, send them to exhibitor-inquiries@smallpressexpo.com.

Lottery Schedule

March 18 - Table lottery opens.
March 31 - Table lottery closes.
April 15 - Lottery winners and Wait Listed exhibitors contacted
April 29 - Table payment and hotel room block information sent to all table holders.
May 17 - Payments due for all tables.
July 8 - Table Assignments sent out, begin signing up for badge pickup names and names for the program guide/web site.

Room Block Information

Mid-May - Room block information will be sent to all table holders to ensure exhibitors get first crack at the room block before it is shared with the general public.

Ignatz Awards Schedule

April 1 - Ignatz Submissions open.
May 31 11:59PM - Ignatz Submissions close.
Mid-August - Ignatz Nominees Announced.
September 14, 9:30PM - Ignatz Winners Announced.

Debuts

July - Start the Debut submission process
Mid-August - Debuts posted on the public web site with press release/social media announcements.

COVID Policy

We will announce our Covid policy this Summer.

Stay safe and hope to see you in September,

The SPX Executive Committee

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

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/26/2024

Disney and Laika Character Sculptor Kent Melton Dies at Age 68

By Ramin Zahed

February 23, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/02/disney-and-laika-character-sculptor-kent-melton-dies-at-age-68/

COMICSPRO: 'FLASH GORDON' ONGOING, 'DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH,' STRIP COLLECTIONS, ALL AGES OGNS In Mad Cave's 'Flash Gordon' Publishing Program

Johanna Draper Carlson on February 23, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56322/comicspro-flash-gordon-ongoing-defenders-earth-strip-collections-all-ages-ogns

'Iwájú' Director Olufikayo Ziki Adeola Guides Us Through a Future Lagos Full of High-Tech and Tradition

By Karen Idelson

February 25, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/02/iwaju-director-olufikayo-ziki-adeola-guides-us-through-a-future-lagos-full-of-high-tech-and-tradition/

This article was written for the April '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 339).

JASON AARON TO PEN MARVEL'S 'UNCLE SCROOGE' AND BOOM!'S 'BRZRKR'

In Summer Hat Trick with 'TMNT' Relaunch Series

Milton Griepp on February 26, 2024

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56323/jason-aaron-pen-marvels-uncle-scrooge-boom-brzrkr

First Second Expand InvestiGators Into An Entire Universe

First Second publish one of the best-selling graphic novel lines The InvestiGators by John Patrick Green and spinoff series Agents Of SUIT.

by Rich Johnston

25 Feb 2024
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/first-second-expand-investigators-into-an-entire-universe/

The Exclusive Retailer Variant Covers Of ComicsPro 2024 And More

The Exclusive Retailer Variant Covers of ComicsPro 2024 and more, looking at all the announcements this week.

25 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-exclusive-retailer-variant-covers-of-comicspro-2024-and-more/

Bill Ward and the Forbidden Love of Broadway Romances #1, at Auction

One of Quality Comics' themed romance titles, Broadway Romance #1 features Bill Ward cover and art and well-crafted stories about love on Broadway.

25 Feb 2024

by Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bill-ward-and-the-forbidden-love-of-broadway-romances-1-at-auction/

Interview: David Pepose takes on SPACE GHOST

Deanna Destito

02/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-david-pepose-takes-on-space-ghost/

"And The Bad Ones Will Be Forgotten, And The Good Ones Will Be Remembered": A Conversation with Harry Nordlinger

Zach Rabiroff | February 26, 2024

https://www.tcj.com/and-the-bad-ones-will-be-forgotten-and-the-good-ones-will-be-remembered-a-conversation-with-harry-nordlinger/

Get Graphic: The Terrifying Tales of Gigi Murakami

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Feb 19, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/273041-Get-Graphic-The-Terrifying-Tales-of-Gigi-Murakami

Our big family blowup [Julia Wertz]

KEVIN COURTNEY

Napa Valley Register

Feb 23, 2024 https://napavalleyregister.com/opinion/column/napa-kevin-courtney-family-blowup/article_97fc90dc-d100-11ee-b883-9399fbb7e6d1.html

Napa graduate and cartoonist releases new book

Napa Valley Register

Jun 21, 2023 https://napavalleyregister.com/life-entertainment/local/graphic-memoir-napa-cartoonist-julia-wertz-book-impossible-people/article_6b73f674-0f8e-11ee-b32f-ffa67ced7b6d.html

South El Monte bus depot serves as latest canvas for LA artists seeking a cleaner future [Lalo Alcaraz]

By Anissa Rivera

San Gabriel Valley Tribune February 23, 2024

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2024/02/23/these-la-artists-seeks-a-cleaner-future-with-murals-their-latest-pallet-south-el-monte/

Sean Damien Hill At Fantom Comics With Sarahti Gassmalla [audio and photos]

Fantom Comics; Sarahti Gassmalla ; Sean Damien Hill

2024-02-25

https://archive.org/details/sean-damien-hill-at-fantom-comics-with-sarahti-gasmalla-240225

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode seventy-six | Ram V, part two

Feb 26, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/and-the-red-one

Exclusive: Read BILLI 99 writer Sarah Byam's thoughts on creating the comic with the late Tim Sale

Samantha Puc

02/26/2024

https://www.comicsbeat.com/billi-99-hardcover-sarah-byam-tim-sale-jose-villarrubia/

Peanuts comic books: an interview with Dale Hale

Nat Gertler

https://aaugh.com/guide/ldale.htm

This interview originally appeared in issue 8 of Hogan's Alley, a magazine of the cartoon arts. Published in October 2000,

Peanuts a Pop-Up Celebration

By Shelley Irwin

The Shelley Irwin Show February 7, 2024

https://www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-irwin-show/2024-02-07/peanuts-a-pop-up-celebration

The rhythmic world of Koji Kondo, maestro of Mario

His work for Nintendo has created some of the world's most recognizable melodies. The secret? 'Honesty.'

By Gene Park

February 26, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/02/26/koji-kondo-mario-zelda-nintendo/

Monday, February 26, 2024

WaPo on videogame music composer Koji Kondo

The rhythmic world of Koji Kondo, maestro of Mario

His work for Nintendo has created some of the world's most recognizable melodies. The secret? 'Honesty.'

By Gene Park

February 26, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2024/02/26/koji-kondo-mario-zelda-nintendo/

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Gigi Murakami

Get Graphic: The Terrifying Tales of Gigi Murakami

Interview by Troy-Jeffrey Allen

Feb 19, 2024

https://previewsworld.com/Article/273041-Get-Graphic-The-Terrifying-Tales-of-Gigi-Murakami

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/24-25/2024

Gerard Jones Amalgam Stories Removed From DC/Marvel Crossover Omnibus

The updated listings for the DC/Marvel Amalgam Omnibus have removed two of the Gerard Jones-written comics, JLX and Magnetic Men.

23 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gerard-jones-amalgam-stories-removed-from-dc-marvel-crossover-omnibus/

X-Men Monday #240 – Jordan D. White Discusses 'Fall of the House of X' #2

Chris Hassan

February 19, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/19/x-men-monday-fall-of-the-house-of-x-2/

Comic Book Creator Ramona Fradon Has Died, Aged 97

24 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creator-ramona-fradon-has-died-aged-97/

["It comes with great sadness to announce that Ramona Fradon has passed away just a few moments ago."]

Catskill Comics

February 24 2024

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02RBZxvYap8SeDb18f3MLkYmUWu1S6cNQvPLbyg7DH79KnoH7uBvDHafcP5who5hU3l&id=100090028506345

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 261: Dreaming Big: Nicole Maines on amplifying queer voices in DC Comics

David Brooke and Nathan Simmons

February 18, 2024

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/02/18/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-261-nicole-maines/

2023 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List

ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)

February 2024

https://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/best-graphic-novels-children-reading-list-2023

2023 Best Graphic Novels Reading List for Adults

ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)

February 2024

https://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/best-graphic-novels-reading-list-2023

GNCRT's 2023 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List - Top Ten

ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)

American Library Association Feb 8, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UKI0_BYL1A

GNCRT's 2023 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List - Top Ten

ALA's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT)

American Library Association

Feb 8, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGqq5Q7WCTo

Barksian balloons: How 'Duck Man' Carl Barks influences my work

Margreet de Heer

Feb 24, 2024

https://margreetdeheer.substack.com/p/barksian-balloons

The hunt for the anonymous cartoonist who transformed pop culture [Carl Barks]

matttt

Jan 20, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twzAQcF7HdI

23 GMIC Annual Report [2023 Annual Report from the Graphic Medicine International Collective.]

Michael Green

MK Czerwiec Feb 18, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0s714hGbPo

Benoît van Innis overleden, de tekenaar die de nobele kunst van het nietsdoen omarmde

Geert Van der Speeten

De Standaard February 25 2024

https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240225_93070901

Roy Lichtenstein & the Mystery of Dell's Private Secretary, at Auction

Dell's Private Secretary is not based on the 1950s sitcom. It's more akin to a 1950s paperback romance and seems to have caught Roy Lichtenstein's attention.

24 Feb 2024

by Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/roy-lichtenstein-the-mystery-of-dells-private-secretary-at-auction/

Joe Murray Named New ComicsPro President As Jenn Haines Steps Down

Jenn Haines announced that she is stepping down as President of the Board of the ComicsPro organisation as Joe Murray is voted in.

24 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joe-murray-named-new-comicspro-president-as-jenn-haines-steps-down/

Marvel Comics Commits To The $3.99 Price Point

24 Feb 2024

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-commits-to-the-3-99-price-point/

"Comics Are Life": Read the ComicsPRO Speech from BOOM!'s Filip Sablik, In Full

By David Harper

February 22, 2024

https://sktchd.com/column/comics-are-life-read-the-comicspro-speech-from-booms-filip-sablik-in-full/

"I Can't Wait for People to See What We're Doing": Courtney Menard on the Production and Design of the New Tiny Onion

By David Harper

February 20, 2024

https://sktchd.com/interview/courtney-menard-tiny-onion-interview/

AI WEIWEI, GIANLUCA COSTANTINI and ELETTRA STAMBOULIS for ZODIAC

Brian Hibbs

Comix Experience February 25 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlx7_GxQQj8

Gasmalla, Sarahti. 2024.

Sarahti in conversation with artist Sean Damien Hill (Bishop: War College) about his story in DC Power and his cover for Marvel Voices: Legends.

Fantom Comics (February 25): https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3yNbA4R4h6/

Ed Brubaker and Jordan Harper [Criminal tv show]

Patrick R. McDonough

Dead Headspace 234 February 20 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-headspace/id1515495420?i=1000645948764

What makes a movie so bad that it's good? 'Madame Web' might have answers

Ayesha Rascoe and Glen Weldon

Weekend Edition Sunday February 25, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233771269/what-makes-a-movie-so-bad-that-its-good-madame-web-might-have-answers and https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2024/02/20240225_wesun_when_is_a_bad_movie_good.mp3

This is your brain on cartoons: The pencil crayon surrealism of Mathieu Larone

Why do the Montreal-based illustrator's strange cartoon landscapes feel so haunted?

Chris Hampton · CBC Arts Feb 07, 2024

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-is-your-brain-on-cartoons-the-pencil-crayon-surrealism-of-mathieu-larone-1.7108121

K A Ryan & Gary Groth: The Blacklist and Burne Hogarth, Feb. 20, 2024

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 383

Feb 23, 2024

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

Little LICAF introducing KUGALI on comics and storytelling [literacy]

Hamid and Haroun from Kugali

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Feb 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8GBu-4Ntuk

Little LICAF - Comics - A new language for Europe [literacy]

Marc Jackson, Rachael Smith & Sayra Begum

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Feb 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX2mU2hZ3qE

A perfect Sunday with...Michael Carroll

Cavan Scott

The Cavletter Feb 25, 2024

https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-mike-carroll/?ref=the-cavletter-newsletter

The Siegel & Shuster Society

https://www.supermanincleveland.com/index.html

Ramona Fradon, DC Comics Metamorpho Cocreator and 'Aquaman' Artist, Dies at 97

Stephanie Kaloi

February 24, 2024

https://www.thewrap.com/ramona-fradon-dc-comics-metamorpho-cocreator-and-aquaman-artist-dies-at-97/

Ramona Fradon, Iconic Comic Artist and Metamorpho Co-Creator, Passes Away at 97

By Brian Cronin

CBR February 24 2024

https://www.cbr.com/ramona-fradon-aquaman-metamorpho-obituary/

Ramona Fradon – RIP

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/25/ramona-fradon-rip/

Evanier, Mark. 2024.

Two Ramona Fradon Stories…

News from ME (February 24): https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/02/24/two-ramona-fradon-stories/

Ramona Fradon, Classic Aquaman Artist and Co-Creator of Metamorpho, Dead at 97

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | February 25th, 2024

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/ramona-fradon-obit/

The Real Gannett Conspiracy = Chauvinism

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/24/the-real-gannett-conspiracy-chauvinism/

Suburban Fairy Tales by Francis Bonnet Coming Soon to Comics Kingdom

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/23/suburban-fairy-tales-by-francis-bonnet-coming-soon-to-comics-kingdom/

Sunday, February 25, 2024

What makes a movie so bad that it's good? 'Madame Web' might have answers

Ayesha Rascoe and Glen Weldon

Weekend Edition Sunday February 25, 2024

The movie "Madame Web" got terrible reviews, but some still found it deliciously good. So what makes a bad movie ... good?

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/27/2024

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Editorial Cartoons: Berryman Award Winner Jen Sorensen

Small Press Expo 2024 Exhibitor Schedule

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/26/2024

Monday, February 26, 2024

WaPo on videogame music composer Koji Kondo

The rhythmic world of Koji Kondo, maestro of Mario

His work for Nintendo has created some of the world's most recognizable melodies. The secret? 'Honesty.'

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Gigi Murakami

Get Graphic: The Terrifying Tales of Gigi Murakami

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/24-25/2024

Sunday, February 25, 2024

What makes a movie so bad that it's good? 'Madame Web' might have answers

What makes a movie so bad that it's good? 'Madame Web' might have answers

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