Next Meetup: Sunday, June 23rd at Buffalo Billards, DC
Help make Awesome Con DC a reality in 2014. This is going to be the biggest con that the DC area has ever seen. April 19-20, 2014!
The folks who put on AWESOME CON are running a Kickstarter to fund the 2014 show. The DC Conspiracy wholeheartedly support this show and has already pledged for a pair of tables. There are a lot of great rewards (limited edition comics, early bird passes, VIP passes, etc.) Check it out, and spread the word!
Emo Galactus has gone back to the printer - the entire print run sold out at SPX last year.
Emo Galactus is, of course, based on a dream I had that Galactus made mini-comics and wanted to sell them at SPX but couldn’t fit in the hall. Here, The Watcher won’t read Galactus’s mini comics because he only reads autobiographical comics and watches reality TV and this is neither.
There’s an Easter Egg on page 15 - the writer, artist and our spouses show up in the background at SPX.
(via mdt)
spx:
The Small Press Expo is pleased to announce a civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis, as a special guest at SPX 2013 this fall.
Widely recognized as one of the most important leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis has represented Georgia’s 5th congressional district since 1987.
We’re beyond honored to have a bona fide American hero joining us at SPX, much less our first sitting member of Congress.
Congressman Lewis will be promoting his first graphic novel, March (Book One), to published by Top Shelf in mid-August 2013.
March was co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by the award-winning graphic novelist Nate Powell.
Due to scheduling conflicts, the June DC Conspiracy meet-up has been moved to JUNE 23rd. Same location: Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
And speaking of comic conventions, next weekend I will be at Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC. I’ll be bringing my usual mountain of comics and prints, but I will also be selling (or attempting to sell) a bunch of original Plastic Farm pages. Most pages will be $35-$40 and none are more than $50.
Come check me out at table 1024 at Heroes!
Check out this innovative event taking place in DC on June 11 featuring Nate Powell!
RSVP HERE: http://www.sfcg.org/events/forums_conflict.html
Visualizing Peace will bring together artists, activists and conflict resolution practitioners to explore the creativity with which graphic art and comic books have been used for social change around the world, and to generate ideas for expanding the potential of bridging the two fields.
Our speakers are:
Andrew Aydin: co-author with Congressman John Lewis of March, a graphic novel trilogy depicting Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights in America.
Nate Powell: Illustrator of March and creator of the acclaimed graphic novel Any Empire, a vivid examination of war and violence, and their trickle-down effects on Middle America.
Dalia Ziada: Activist, blogger, and award-winning women’s rights advocate; translator of The Montgomery Story, the 1956 comic book about Martin Luther King Jr. and nonviolent protest.
Moderator: Jeanné Isler, Director of USA
I lost my job recently so while I look for another job, I need to make some money for the upcoming con season. (Doing panels, tabling, printing art and travel is a lot.) So I’m opening commissions to all!
Please hire me if you need something done. Thank you.
Hey guys, I’ve been to the past two meetups and shared my work with a few of you, but I wanted to submit to the tumblr blog as well. This is the latest page of a web comic I’m working on based on my favorite novel, “Myst the Book of Atrus”. I’ve been negotiating with the Myst people about making the book available for sale and I’m hoping to sell it at SPX in September. In the meantime, you can read what I have so far online here: http://mystcomic.smackjeeves.com.
Also, for my day job, I am a freelance animator and illustrator. I have a portfolio site here: http://www.larkinheather.com. Cheers!
spx:
Umm, you guys are bonkers. This is what the IGNATZ AWARDS submission pile looks like for 2013…
I was warned that there was a lot of Ignatz submissions waiting for me. I hadn’t picked them up in a few weeks so I figured that was expected.
I’m pretty sure all of this right here is more than we got last year. That’s not including the ~100ish titles we received previously.I thought this photo was going to be a little misleading since there’s a chair and such behind this stack, but if anything, I don’t think it quite does justice to that this is a ridiculous amount of comics.
I’m glad this is a three-day weekend.
You have until May 31 to submit (we need them by June 7). At least the end is near.
(I am totally delighted that people are this excited, though. I’ve been thrilled with how many new people are getting in touch and asking about the Ignatz. If you have questions, email spxignatz@gmail.com.)
A few photos from the comics-related stuff at Gaithersburg Book Festival today.
