This is more of an addendum I guess, but… after the Ignatzes (which I missed due to dining-related delays) I was downstairs at the party hanging out with comics scholars Craig Fischer and Bart Beaty and we wandered in to the strange U.N.-like presentation room. Each seat in the room had a little “Marriot” tablet …
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Oct 16 2006
SPX Report #3
Saturday at SPX cranked up at 10:00 in the morning and throughout the morning and afternoon the crowd seemed to just grow and grow. By late afternoon there were areas of the floor that were difficult to move through–something I’ve never witnessed before at an SPX. Again, though, given that this is a new venue, …
Oct 14 2006
SPX Report #2
The Small Press Expo (SPX) officially cranked up today at 2:00pm at its new location in scenic Rockville, MD. Despite my earlier grousing about the new hotel’s location, the large conference hall area in which the Expo took place is admittedly much nicer than the labyrinthine multi-room layout of the old Comfort Inn location. Gone …
Oct 13 2006
SPX Report #1
SPX doesn’t begin in ernest for a few hours yet, but I’m here in “North Bethesda”—AKA Rockville, Maryland—the new location of The Small Press Expo. If you’re one of the three or four people who regularly read my ramblings here, then you’re likely already familiar with my trepidations about the current state of this event, …
Sep 11 2006
Writing Workshop with Lynda Barry
Marlys Magazine: starring Ernie Pook’s Comeek by Lynda Barry If I were in Madison, Wisconsin, I’d absolutely be going to this workshop (and making off with one of these awesome posters):
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