Trench Dogs reviewed at Comics Workbook

Annapolis' Dead Reckoning is putting out four books this month - I've read three of them and will try to get some reviews online after SPX. Here's a review of one of them (the most problematic I thought) -

Caleb Orecchio here with thoughts on Trench Dogs by Ian Densford
Read more on Comics Workbook: https://comicsworkbook.com/09-13-2018/

How to see Rebecca Sugar at SPX 2018

How to see Rebecca Sugar at SPX 2018

Rebecca Sugar at Small Press Expo 2018 SPX is VERY excited to have Rebecca Sugar at this years show. Given her stature in the world of TV animation, to accommodate the expected interest in her panel at this years show, admission to The Universes of Rebecca Sugar panel on Saturday at 3pm in the White Oak Room will require a pink wristband for entry. Wristbands are free with admission and available first come, first served when picking up your admission badge on Saturday morning, until they are gone When picking up your admission badge, you must ask for a pink wristband Wristbands are limited to one per person You must be present to get a wristband, someone else cannot get a pink wristband for you. Lines for admission badges will form in the exhibit hall foyer beginning at 10:00AM Saturday morning. This applies to both e-ticket admission redemption or admission purchased at the door; you must be in the admissions line to request a wristband. E-ticket holders who do not want a pink wristband will have the opportunity to be checked in from their place in line by floating volunteers to avoid long wait times for admission. Exhibitors/volunteers/VIPs and members of the Press that have already registered may queue in the admissions line beginning at 10:00AM to pick up a wristband. The line to enter the panel will form downstairs outside of the Linden Oak Room beginning at 2pm. Volunteers with signs will guide you into the line. All panels are recorded and available on the SPX youtube channel a few days following the show. Rebecca will also be doing two books signings, Saturday from 1:00PM-2:00PM and Sunday from 1:00PM-2:00PM. The signings will be at table W85, with a line forming outside the doors to the ballroom closest to her tables. Visit the SPX 2018 Website for More Info About This Years Show 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 ‌ ‌ ‌

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PR: ⚡ Superheroes, assemble! ⚡ for Smithsonian fundraising

Warning - they will ask you for money after you complete this.

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PR: Monica Gallagher at SPX this weekend and Assassin Roommate RETURNS!

Fall Shows Party Time! Hey y'all! Fall is coming, which means FUN SHOWS, yay! Starting with SPX this weekend (Sept. 15-16) where you can find me at Table W-63 - riiight by the entrance as you come in. Come say howdy! I'll also be at the Papercutz table with Kata Kane signing/selling copies of our newest book G.F.F.'s (Ghost Friends Forever) Book #2 Witches Get Things Done at these days/times: Saturday 1-2:00 & 5:30-6:30 Sunday 1-2:00 & 3-4:00 After thaaaat I'll be off to England for Thought Bubble on Sept. 22-23, where I'll be seated next to dear pal/co-comics conspirator Greg Lockard in the Ask for Mercy Marquee at Table #41. Weeeee! And for those of you who can't make it to any of THOSE shows, I have GOOD NEWS - Assassin Roommate Season 3 has just started on Webtoon, which you can read for free every Tuesday, hoorayyy!

Jérémie Royer tonight at Takoma park Library

Jérémie Royer

Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Takoma Park Library (MD)

He was a man of many names and many lives, some invented and some embellished. But one thread followed John James Audubon through his life: a love of nature and an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Audubon depicts an eccentric character who became one of the fathers of modern-day ornithology, revered even today for his paintings of the birds of North America. Paging through the chapters of Audubon's storied life, illustrator Royer gives a sense of the American wild, as well as Audubon's wild desire to document it. Ages 13 and up.

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Last year's SPX lecture on CBLDF at Library of Congress online

Carol Tyler will be doing this year's talk tomorrow at noon at the Library.

TITLE: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: Comics & the Power of Intellectual Freedom
SPEAKER: Charles Brownstein
EVENT DATE: 2017/09/15
RUNNING TIME: 71 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)

https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8259

https://stream-media.loc.gov/webcasts/captions/2017/170915sgp1200.txt

DESCRIPTION:

Charles Brownstein shared the history of comic book censorship from the medium's origins to the present day. He discussed the censorship trend that began in the 1940s, and how history informs legal challenges to graphic novels today. This program is the sixth annual SPX Festival program sponsored by the Library of Congress through its Serial and Government Publications Division.

Speaker Biography: Charles Brownstein is the executive director of the non-profit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

PR: Danille Corsetto at SPX

(Yes I'll have bags!)

SPX!! Where all the dry people will be this weekend. I'll be at the Small Press Expo this weekend in Maryland (just outside DC), selling gigantic GWS hardcover books, posters, prints, original art and even my old GWS softcovers! I'll have my fall intern Hope Hjort with me all the way from Denmark and I believe she'll have a few things of her own to sell, so be sure to say hi and strike up a conversation with her! I will have bags for everything I can find a fitted bag for. I'll be about as far away from my co-comicker Monica Gallagher as two people can be at SPX, but she'll be there, too, way up front, if you wanna drown her in compliments for her art for BOO! It's Sex! See you east coasters there! And if you're on the coast, GOOD LUCK with this storm nonsense! If anything gets wet just sit it in a bowl of rice, I hear that works. Your old pal, d www.stuckat32.com www.girlswithslingshots.com

Drawn & Quarterly at SPX

D+Q will be exhibiting at SPX 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland! It takes place on September 15 and 16 and tickets are available now. You can find us at booth W 1-4 throughout the show! Rina Ayuyang (Saturday only), Aminder Dhaliwal, Julie Doucet, Jason Lutes (Saturday only), and Matthew Thurber will be special guests of SPX this year - see the signing and programming schedule below!

Art Comic by Matthew Thurber, Bad Friends by Ancco, and Blame This on the Boogie by Rina Ayuyang will be debuting at the festival, plus advance and hot-off the press copies of Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet, Berlin and Berlin Book 3: City of Light by Jason Lutes, and Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal.

SIGNING AND PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE:

Please note: all signings take place at D+Q booth W 1-4

Saturday, September 15 • 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Rina Ayuyang and Julie Doucet signing

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Feminist Futurism & Fantasy with Aminder Dhaliwal in the White Oak Room

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Aminder Dhaliwal signing

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: The Epic, Serialized with Jason Lutes and Matthew Thurber in the White Flint Auditorium  

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Matthew Thurber signing

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Jason Lutes signing

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Family, Memory and Trauma with Rina Ayuyang in the White Flint Auditorium

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Rina Ayuyang signing

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Matthew Thurber and Julie Doucet signing 

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Aminder Dhaliwal and R Sikoryak signing

Sunday, September 16 • 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Matthew Thurber and Aminder Dhaliwal signing

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Cutting Up: Julie Doucet's Reinventions From Dirty Plotte to Carpet Sweeper Tales with Julie Doucet in the White Oak Room  

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: R Sikoryak signing

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Julie Doucet signing

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Matthew Thurber signing

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Aminder Dhaliwal signing

 

Image credit: Molly Ostertag

Bethesda, Maryland

Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 11:00am to 7:00pm

Sunday, September 16, 2018 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm

Small Press Expo 2018

5701 Marinelli Rd, 20852

Top Shelf at SPX

From their newsletter:

Carolyn Nowak's GIRL TOWN debuts this weekend at SPX! Plus: meet Nate Powell, Liz Prince, Erin Nations, Maria Hoey, Molly Ostertag, Jennifer Hayden, Jess Fink, and more!

Brave the hurricane and join Top Shelf at Small Press Expo this weekend in Bethesda, MD! We're honored to host Carolyn Nowak and Nate Powell as Special Guests of the festival, and thrilled that Carolyn's much-anticipated Girl Town will make its world debut at the show.

The Top Shelf booth will also feature Liz Prince (Look Back & Laugh) and Erin Nations (Gumballs), and you won't have to look far to find Maria Hoey (Coin-Op), Molly Ostertag (Strong Female Protagonist), Jennifer Hayden (The Story of My Tits), Jess Fink (Chester 5000)...

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Planned Grifterhood"

From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock:

"Planned Grifterhood"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=2599

This little nugget was inspired by one of my peeps over on Mastodon, covering the current state of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex – Planned Parenthood in particular – and the derangement currently afflicting Steinem-era Liberals.

Amazon's Comixology at Small Press Expo?

Amazon's Digital Comics Platform to Sponsor Small Press Expo 2018

September 10, 2018 by Graeme McMillan

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/comixology-sponsor-small-press-expo-2018-1141742

But they're giving away a free book and poster!

PR: SPX is FINALLY HERE -- And here's EVERYTHING you need to know!

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Details on Special Guests, Exhibitors, Debut Books, Programming -- and More.

JUST ONE MORE WEEK AND YOU'LL BE DRINKING DEEP FROM THE INDIE COMICS FIREHOSE SPX 2018 IS HERE! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ADVANCE TICKETS SPX 2018 TAKES PLACE September 15th - 16th Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Hours Saturday: 11AM-7PM Sunday: Noon to 6PM Admission $15 Saturday | $10 Sunday $20 Weekend Pass ALREADY GOT YOUR SPX TIX? HERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW SPX 2018 Special Guests The stellar SPX 2018 guest list includes some of the best and brightest in comics: REBECCA SUGAR, BEN PASSMORE, JASON LUTES, CAROLYN NOWAK, CAROL TYLER, NATE POWELL, ROZ CHAST, DERF, ELLEN FORNEY, RON WIMBERLY, ANDERS NILSEN, RINA AYUYANG, LAWRENCE LINDELL, JULES FEIFFER, AMINDER DHALIWAL, NGOZI UKAZU, MOLLY OSTERTAG, DAVID SMALL, DASH SHAW, JULIE DOUCET, EMMA RÍOS, LIV STRÖMQUIST, JÉRÉMIE ROYER, FIONA SMYTH and more! LEARN MORE Ignatz Award Nominees The Ignatz Award, named after George Herriman's brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, is the festival prize of the Small Press Expo, with the votes cast for the awards by the attendees during SPX.  The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of five of the best of today's comic artists, Mita Mahato, Carolyn Nowak, Kevin Czap, Leila Abdelrazaq, and Taneka Stotts. Congratulations to all our nominees! LEARN MORE Exhibiting Creators & Publishers SPX will feature over 650 creators and 280 exhibitor tables of independent and small press comics. Fortune favors the prepared! So check out the BIG LIST to start planning your route around the biggest little exhibition hall in comics. LEARN MORE ‌ SPX 2018 Debut Books Small Press Expo is thrilled to announce that nearly 200 books and comics will debut at the 2018 festival. You can see a few highlights here. A complete list of debuts, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.  LEARN MORE ‌ Programming Schedule The SPX 2018 Schedule features 22 sessions with two simultaneous tracks on both Saturday and Sunday. SPX is proud to have comiXology Originals as the sole sponsor for the Programming Schedule at SPX 2018 and appreciates it's long-running support of the show.  LEARN MORE ‌ Comic Book Workshops From comics to Kickstarters to clay sculpture, come learn from some of the best in the business in our series of hand-on workshops run by the fine folks from Comics Workbook. SPX is again proud to have our friends at comiXology Originals as the sole sponsor for our Comic Book Workshops at SPX 2018! LEARN MORE ‌ SPECIAL EVENTS AT & AROUND SPX 2018 The Library of Congress Lecture On FRIDAY Sept 14, SPX Special Guest Carol Tyler will discuss her creative life in "Comics to a 'T': The Triumphs and Troubles of Telling the Tyler Story." Join us for an engaging talk by one of the comics industry's finest!  This is the 6th annual SPX festival program sponsored by the Serial & Government Publications Division.  Friday, September 14th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  Madison Building, Library of Congress West Dining Room, 6th Floor Signings at Politics & Prose Don't Miss these signings at Politics & Prose with our SPX 2018 Special Guests! TUESDAY SEPT 11th David Small signing Home After Dark Time: 7PM Place: Politics & Prose 1270 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002 Metro: NoMa-Gallaudet FRIDAY SEPT 14th Jules Feiffer signing, The Ghost Script Time: 4PM Place: Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 Metro: Tenleytown Beatles Sing Along! Joins us on SATURDAY in the Foyer of Grand Ballroom, just outside the SPX exhibition hall for a Beatles Sing-Along. You'll be led by special guest Carol Tyler,in the event, inspired by her recent work "Fab4 Mania, A Beatles Obsession and the Concert of a Lifetime" Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Saturday Place: Foyer of Grand Ballroom   The Ignatz Awards Ceremony Join us all for the Ignatz Awards CEREMONY and GALA RECEPTION following the close of the show on Saturday. Come early because the room will be crowded. This year's ceremony will be hosted by special guest Carol Tyler. Time:  9:30PM Place: White Oak Room Dress: FANCY as you want to be The Sunday Morning Meet-Up Sunday morning brings our traditional pre-show morning MEET-UP! Join us for breakfast nosh and good hangs away from the hustle and bustle of the show floor. We'll have stickers, prints, buttons and other goodies that you can only get at the meet-up! Want to form up your squad at the show? The Meet-Up is the time and the place! Time: 10:30AM-Noon Place: Outside the White Flint Auditorium Planning Your Trip to SPX SPX takes place at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center convenient to Washington, DC the surrounding region. The hotel is across the street from the White Flint Metro Station, which offers additional parking. There is also is a new parking garage right behind the hotel for $2.50/hour or $30/day. Hotel guests can park in the hotel lot at the rate of $20/day. NOTE: DC Metro has projected some track work on SPX weekend that may effect the White Flint Metro station. We recommend you check the status with WMTA before heading out! LEARN MORE THE SPX CONDUCT POLICY Nothing about SPX works if we don't work together. This community, of creators, publishers, fans and friends makes all the magic possible. Help us keep SPX the special place that you've made it by reviewing and abiding by the SPX Conduct Policy. Nothing it contains should surprise you. In fact, we hope it meets every expectation you'd have for yourself and others. All Attendees, Exhibitors, Sponsors, Associates, Guests and Volunteers are subject to the Conduct Policy. This policy as well as incident reporting forms and SPX contact information are available via our website as well as in hard copy at any registration booth during the festival.  About the Small Press Expo 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. ‌ ‌ ‌ 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