SPX 2016 Panel - March with Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell

Oct 12, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrREdkxIc-I

The March trilogy relates the story of the African American struggle for dignity and equality in the U.S. during the 1950's and 60's through the perspective of civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis. Co-author Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell discuss their years-long journey of working with Rep. Lewis to tell the powerful and moving story of his life and experiences during those turbulent times which marked a watershed moment in American history. Moderated by comics critic Julian Lytle.

SPX 2016 Panel - Spotlight on Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez

Oct 10, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkNPUidcsbw

The comics careers of creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are explored and discussed. The primary focus being Love and Rockets as well as its pivotal relationship to the development and growth of Fantagraphics (which has been publishing Gilbert's and Jaime's work for 34 of the 40 years it has been in business) and how the relationship ultimately led to a transformation of American comics. Moderated by long-time Hernandez Bros. historian Bill Boichel.

SPX 2016 Panel - Spotlight on Charles Burns & Daniel Clowes

Oct 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dSEN1RIbE

Comics legends Charles Burns and Daniel Clowes together on stage, talking about their respective careers and current projects! The lively discussion is facilitated by Eric Reynolds, Associate Publisher and Editor of Fantagraphic Books.

SPX 2016 Panel - Comics Journalism with Joe Sacco & Sarah Glidden

Oct 6, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYC91HUh-wQ

Comics journalism is a form of journalism crafted by Joe Sacco in his award-winning graphic novels (Palestine, Safe Area Goražde, Fixer, Footnotes in Gaza, The Great War) and explored in depth by Sarah Glidden in her new release, Rolling Blackouts. These two amazing comics creators discuss the intersection of storytelling and fact, and how they report on humanity's history and current events through the medium of comics. Moderated by Matt Bors of The Nib.

SPX 2016 Panel - Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists

Oct 9, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BylaOmj3f8

Cómics, tebeos, and novelas gráficas have been making waves on the European comics scene for decades. SPX, in partnership with the Spanish Cultural Center, proudly presents some of the most exciting Spanish talent in the comics scene! Bienvenido a David Rubín, Javier Olivares, Ana Galvañ, José Domingo, and Santiago García. Moderated by cartoonist and teacher Matt Madden.

The Spanish Fever panel is supported by the generous time and effort of Spain arts & culture.

SPX 2016 Panel - The Art of Printing Comics

Oct 9, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N51p5qAKEb8

There is an art to printing comics and 'zines. Comics creators Natalie Andrewson and Kris Mukai, along with Patrick Crotty and Elliot Alfredius of Peow! Studio explain how they craft their own risograph comics and 'zines to beautiful imperfection every time! Robyn Chapman of The Tiny Reporter moderates.

SPX 2016 Panel - Indie Publishing: Make the Comics You Want to See

Oct 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLiYn8sKo5Q

What does it take to become an indie publisher? Grit, luck, talent, or all three? These diverse and innovative publishers saw a need for certain types of comics, so they went out and made them happen. C. Spike Trotman of Iron Circus Comics, Raighne Hogan of 2dcloud, Kevin Czap of Czap Books and Annie Koyama of Koyama Press are making the comics that they want to see and that indie/alt fans want to read. Moderated by Rob Clough of High-Low.

SPX 2016 Panel - Spotlight on Lisa Hanawalt

Oct 11, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qe4RW64ME

From her days as a member of Pizza Island to her latest graphic novel, Hot Dog Taste Test, Lisa has always brought a uniquely comedic turn to her beautifully rendered illustrations and comics. The outrageously funny Lisa Hanawalt talks with NPR contributor Glen Weldon about her career as a comics creator, illustrator, and the production designer and producer of Bojack Horseman.

SPX 2016 Panel - To Tell the Truth: Comics Storytelling

October 12 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yYBag59-U

Sophia Foster-Dimino, Gina Wynbrandt, Kris Mukai, and Anna Sellheim all create comics that take their everyday life experiences and transmute them into stories that tell you the truth. Whether it's an autobio comic, a journal comic, or even a fantastical work of fiction, each story encompasses its creator's version of narrative truth. Moderated by Rob Clough of High-Low.

SPX 2016 Panel - All Ages Graphic Noveling

Oct 14, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnjPIU-dbXc

These graphic novelists are writing and illustrating comics that appeal to kids, teens, and adults alike. Rebecca Mock (Compass South), Jeffrey Brown (Star Wars Jedi Academy), and Faith Erin Hicks (The Nameless City) tell us the secret to engaging readers of all ages! Moderated by Heidi MacDonald of The Beat.

SPX 2016 Panel - Comics Carousel

Oct 18, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zjTXSCnkA

R. Sikoryak brings the Comics Carousel (a wild ride of live performances and readings from comics greats) to amaze and excite everyone's senses! This long-running performance series brings together a once in a lifetime, all star lineup of Sophie Goldstein, Pascal Girard, Jeffrey Brown, Roger Langridge, and Andrea Tsurumi to make comics magic happen on stage and in person!

SPX 2016 Panel - 40 Years of Fantagraphics

Oct 13, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWG3VBB5Kuk

2016 marks 40 years since a group of renegade comics fans came up with the idea that comics could be "art" and planted the seeds of what was to become Fantagraphics Books. This SPX Panel looks back at four decades of groundbreaking work by Fantagraphics and talks to some of the people who were there as it helped transform an artistic medium and change the way comics are viewed by the general public. The panel has Fantagraphics Founder/Publisher Gary Groth and Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds, along with long-time Fanta creators Daniel Clowes, Joe Sacco, Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez, Carol Tyler, Jim Woodring, Drew Friedman and Trina Robbins. The moderator for this once-in-a-lifetime panel is John Kelly, long-time contributor to The Comics Journal and Vice President of the Toonseum.

SPX 2016 Panel - Fantagraphics Next Wave

Oct 19, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxjYShp8Sk

As 40 amazing years of work by Fantagraphics artists is celebrated it's also a time to examine who its new voices are. This panel, with a line up of some of the hardest working cartoonists in the world—Anya Davidson, Benjamin Marra, Noah Van Sciver, Simon Hanselmann, Julia Gfrorer—looks at where Fantagraphics is today and where it's going tomorrow. Moderated by Bill Boichel.

SPX 2016 Panel - You Can't Not Make Comics

Oct 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf6LAEhhyDU

What is it about comics that makes us fall in love with them? Whatever elusive quality it is, these artists have made room in their incredibly creative and diverse lives for making comics that make us feel things. Aimee de Jongh, Cathy G. Johnson and Eleanor Davis speak to building lives and careers while answering the call of comics creation. Moderated by Ron Wimberly.

SPX 2016 Panel - American Magical Girls

Oct 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDuuaS2nts

Magical girls are some of the most enduring and beloved characters from Japanese Manga. For everyone who knows they're secretly Magic, creators Wendy Xu, Veronica Agarwal, Shauna Grant, and Carey Pietsch talk about the new American magical girls they've created in their comics. Wands and tiaras optional! Moderated by Jade F. Lee.

SPX 2016 Panel - Spotlight on Trina Robbins

Oct 15, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCa7cdjkuQQ

One of the very few female artists involved in the early days of Underground Comics, Trina Robbins has been a key member of the small press and alternative comics worlds for generations. A writer, artist, editor and historian, Trina's latest work is The Complete Wimmen's Comix, a two-volume collection of her groundbreaking anthology of the same name. She is joined by The Beat's Heidi MacDonald for this in-depth discussion of her long career.

SPX 2016 Panel - Music & Comics

Oct 16, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZH98KBhwkA

The worlds of Punk and Hip-Hop, the music that cartoonists Jaime Hernandez (Punk) and Ed Piskor (Hip Hop) grew up listening to as kids, has arguably made as big an impact on the aesthetics of their work as did the comics they grew up reading. The artists discuss how their love for the (at times) marginalized musical cultures helped inform their art. Moderated by The ToonSeum's John Kelly.

20th Annual IGNATZ AWARDS Ceremony at SPX 2016

Oct 5, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20v7Uq0y0RA

Festival prize of the Small Press Expo the Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator owned projects published by larger publishers and named in honor of George Herriman and his cartoon strip Krazy Kat which featured Ignatz the mouse.

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

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