SPX 2011 – Ignatz Awards
Dustin Harbin hosts the 2011 Ignatz Awards! The Ignatz Awards, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is a festival prize that recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is then voted on by the attendees at the event. This offers a unique reflection of the views the professionals and their...
read moreSPX 2011 – Navigating the Contemporary Publishing Landscape
SPX 2011 – Navigating the Contemporary Publishing Landscape from Small Press Expo on Vimeo. In the early 2000s, corporate publishers nearly raced to acquire graphic novels. Now, as the mainstream publishing industry faces severe contractions and as online media assumes many traditional functions of publishing, cartoonists face a rapidly changing publishing landscape, one that includes a resurgent small press. Johanna Draper Carlson spoke with Domitille Collardey, Mike Dawson, Meredith Gran, Roger Langridge and Julia Wertz about...
read moreSPX Announces 2011 Ignatz Winners!
In order of presentation: Outstanding Mini Comic Ben Died of a Train, Box Brown Outstanding Anthology or Collection I Will Bite You, Joseph Lambert Outstanding Online Comic Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton Promising New Talent Darryl Ayo Brathwaite Outstanding Story Browntown, Jaime Hernandez Outstanding Series Everything Dies, Box Brown Outstanding Comic Lose #3, Michael DeForge Outstanding Graphic Novel Gaylord Phoenix, Edie Fake Outstanding Artist Joseph Lambert, I Will Bite You Special thanks to Dustin Harbin for being a great...
read moreSPX 2011 – Images of the Body
Comics have increasingly expressed personal experience, but have focused largely on inner life, depicting the human form via traditional, synthetic cartoon figuration. Moderator Craig Fischer speaks with Robyn Chapman (Hey 4-Eyes!, Make), Jennifer Hayden (Underwire), Gabby Schulz (Monsters), and Jen Vaughn (Don’t Hate, Menstruate!, Heavy Flow) about the ethics, erotics, and extremes involved in representing the external experience of the...
read moreTCJ.com on our new Library of Congress Collection
Dan Nadel had a chat with SPX Executive Director Warren Bernard about our new Library of Congress Collection. Check out the article here and learn more about the program...
read moreWashington City Paper Names SPX D.C.’s Best Comics Convention!
Special thanks to Washington City Paper and Mike Rhode for naming us Washington D.C.’s best comics convention!
read moreIn Memory of Jeff Alexander
It is with great sadness that SPX reports the passing of former SPX Executive Director and Ignatz Coordinator Jeff Alexander. Jeff Alexander and SPX have had a long and happy relationship together; in 1998, he joined Chris Oarr as part of the Ignatz Awards Committee, and became the Ignatz Awards Coordinator in 1999. In his time as coordinator from 1999 through 2006, the Ignatz Awards added several new categories (Outstanding Online Comic, and splitting Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection into the seperate awards of Outstanding Graphic...
read more2010 Ignatz Award Recipients
Outstanding Artist Eddie Campbell, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) (Top Shelf Productions) Outstanding Anthology or Collection Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak (Drawn & Quarterly) Outstanding Graphic Novel Market Day, James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly) Outstanding Story Monsters, Ken Dahl (Secret Acres) Promising New Talent Matt Wiegle, “The Orphan Baiter”, Papercutter #13 (Tugboat Press) Outstanding Series Ganges, Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics Books) Outstanding Comic I Want You, Lisa Hanawalt (Buenaventura...
read more2009 Ignatz Award Recipients
Outstanding Artist Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf) Outstanding Anthology or Collection Kramer’s Ergot #7, ed. Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura) Outstanding Graphic Novel Acme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly) Outstanding Story “Willy,” Papercutter #10, Damien Jay (Tugboat) Promising New Talent Colleen Frakes, Woman King (self-published) Outstanding Series Uptight, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) Outstanding Comic Uptight #3, Jordan Crane (Fantagraphics) Outstanding Mini-Comic Stay Away From Other People, Lisa...
read moreSPX 2013 – September 14-15
Where:
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road.
North Bethesda, MD 20852
When:
Open to the public Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15, 2013.
Hours:
Saturday, September 14: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday, September 15: noon - 6:00 pm
Admission:
One day memberships: $10.00
Weekend memberships: $15.00
Collected at the door the day of the show
Why:
If you did not participate in the past, whether as a fan or an exhibitor, you missed a lot—don't be left out in 2013. 2012 was another terrific year for the show. Attendance was over 3,000 attendees and exhibitors, along with dozens of printers, distributors, retailers, and other industry professionals.
There were over 500 people registered as exhibitors and we sold over 200 exhibitor tables. SPX has a unique format of only selling exhibitor space to independent publishers and not to retailers. This provides a very intimate and friendly atmosphere for our creators and fans to mingle. At the same time, there's a wide array of programming for all to enjoy.