Small Press Expo

Women Triumph at 2015 Ignatz Awards for Small Press Comics
Women Triumph at 2015 Ignatz Awards for Small Press Comics
Women Triumph at 2015 Ignatz Awards for Small Press Comics
The Eisner Awards at San Diego Comic-Con back in July were a great night for women in comics, but this past weekend's Ignatz Awards at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, recognizing achievements in small press and independent creator-owned comics, went one step further in celebrating women's contributions. Women claimed victory in every category.
On the Cheap: Comixology's Small Press Expo 2015 Sale
On the Cheap: Comixology's Small Press Expo 2015 Sale
On the Cheap: Comixology's Small Press Expo 2015 Sale
If you don't have a chance to get to Bethesda, Maryland, this coming weekend, and you still want to keep the spirit of Small Press Expo in your heart, you're in luck! Comixology and SPX have teamed up to put 100 Comixology Submit titles on sale at 50% off, from now through to September 21, just by using the code 'SPX' at checkout. With so many great independent comics to choose from, we've selected some standouts that you might want to try.
Talking 'Dirty Diamonds' With Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips
Talking 'Dirty Diamonds' With Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips
Talking 'Dirty Diamonds' With Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips
The Dirty Diamonds booth at this year’s Small Press Expo was impossible to miss, both because of its bright signage and because of its eye-catching display of tote bags, zines about Weird Al Yankovic, and, of course, the Dirty Diamonds all-woman anthology. Brighter still are its co-editors, Claire Folkman and Kelly Phillips, who were among the most ardent lovers of comics in the room -- and with good reason. The Dirty Diamonds anthology series is their passion project, collecting semi-autobiographical comics by women since 2011, and it's enjoyed particular success of late. Their recent Kickstarter was a hit; the Library of Congress singled Dirty Diamonds out for inclusion in its permanent collection; and the contributor list for the latest volume reads like an Ignatz Award nominations list from 2020. Eager to learn more, ComicsAlliance hunkered down behind their bustling booth to talk the future of crowdfunding, apartments full of books, and just how rad the women of comics really are.
SPX 2014 Celebrates Alt-Weeklies With Sturm, Feiffer, Barry
SPX 2014 Celebrates Alt-Weeklies With Sturm, Feiffer, Barry
SPX 2014 Celebrates Alt-Weeklies With Sturm, Feiffer, Barry
SPX, the Small Press Expo, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, it's centering its entire 2014 convention on a much-read -- but not-often-discussed -- type of independent comic: strips from alt-weekly newspapers. Late last week, organizers announced the first three major guests: Lynda Barry, the cartoonist behind Ernie Pook’s Comeek from The Chicago Reader; Jules Feiffer, the so-called godfather of the alt-weekly newspaper comic, and James Sturm, who co-founded The Onion and Seattle's The Stranger in addition to being an accomplished cartoonist and graphic novelist.
Link: ‘Cyber Force’ Kickstarter Launches, ‘Deadpool’ Game Writer And The TMNT Annual
Link: ‘Cyber Force’ Kickstarter Launches, ‘Deadpool’ Game Writer And The TMNT Annual
Link: ‘Cyber Force’ Kickstarter Launches, ‘Deadpool’ Game Writer And The TMNT Annual
Crowdfunding: Top Cow's Cyber Force Kickstarter is now live, giving backers a chance to help "produce and give away the first full five issue story arc of the brand-new Cyber Force full color ongoing series." Gaming: Deadpool comic writer Daniel Way is apparently also writing Activision and High Moon Studios' upcoming Deadpool video game...
Baltimore Comic-Con 2007 Wrap-Up
Baltimore Comic-Con 2007 Wrap-Up
Baltimore Comic-Con 2007 Wrap-Up
This past weekend was my first time at the Baltimore Comic-Con since 2002, and wow, has this show ever come into its own! Sure, New York and San Diego had movie and tv stars –and those shows certainly basked in the reflected glow of Hollywood glamour as a result– but what the Baltimore Comic-Con has to offer is, in some respects, even more special: an honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned (and gloriou