SPX | The Small Press Expo I hereby recant my good-natured ribbing of the SPX website’s heretofore now sluggish updating schedule; the dates for this year’s show are indeed now up on the site–and announced also is the first guest, Jeff Smith. Good news right out of the gate, I say.
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Jan 16 2007
SPX 2007
I’m on the SPX mailing list and just received an email about the dates for the 2007 event, including registration dates. The SPX website is known far and wide for its “slow as molasses in (pre-global warming) January” update schedule, so for purposes of Google indexing, I’ll post the announcement here (although the email claimed …
Dec 28 2006
NRA’s Graphic Novel
NRA’s Secret Graphic Novel Revealed! – Wonkette The artwork in this forthcoming “graphic novel” (that’s really just an illustrated pamphlet as far as I can tell) by the National Rifle Association looks better than 99% of the books that won Ignatz awards at last year’s SPX. The lambasting the book gets from Wonkette (linked above) …
Dec 21 2006
Jennifer de Guzman on “Cherry Picking”
Comic World News | Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now If you’re up on comics news, you likely know that DC Comics is set to launch a new line of comics aimed at girls, called “Minx.” Despite the myriad message board debates about various aspects of this launch—from the name of the line to the dearth …
Dec 19 2006
Review of SHADOWLAND
The Comics Reporter reviews Kim Deitch’s SHADOWLAND I’m really glad to see this review of Kim Deitch’s Shadowland–the first such review I’ve seen. Despite being a contemporary of many of the “big names” in underground comics, Deitch (and for that matter another favorite of mine, Jack Jackson) seems to often get swept under the rug. …
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