Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced a full slate of in-person programming for the 2026 show and advance ticket sales.

To avoid registration lines at SPX 2026, pick up your advance tickets at Eventbrite.

The programming slate at SPX 2026 has a variety of panels, featuring solo spotlights on Derf and his new book, The Dissdents, as well as Frederick Noland’s new graphic biography Major Taylor. There will be comics performances with Carousel and Frog Farm, as well as a screening of the documentary Women Laughing and a live music and animation performance from Bianca Xunise and Mercurio. We will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fantagraphics with two different panels. On the international front, we will have panels focusing on cartoonists from Spain and Taiwan.

There are twenty-two panels in all that will be held on Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th. The full programming schedule with descriptions can be seen on the SPX website.

This programming is in addition to the previously announced 18 hands-on workshops, which you can sign up for here. 

Here are a few highlights from this year’s programming slate:

• The Eras of Punk in Comics, with Nate Powell, James Spooner, Evan Keeling & Bianca Xunise
• Lisa Hanawalt and Julia Wertz In Conversation
• Underground Comics: Yesterday and Today, with Kim Deitch, Raquelle Jac, Denis Kitchen, and Heather Loase
• Documenting a Child’s Life, with Julia Wertz, Rachael Smith, Elise Dietrich, and Kristen Shull