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Comix Well Spring and Comix.one announce Print-on-demand Partnership launching a New Era for Both

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Comix Wellspring and Comix.one have announced a new partnership has been formed that brings Print-On-Demand (POD) comics directly to independent comic creators, empowering them to reach and engage print-loving fans around the world.

Beginning this December, fans of indie comics can order printed copies of any digital comic they discover on the Comix.one platform. Comix Wellspring will print each book on demand, package it in industry-standard mailers, and ship it directly to the reader.

The rollout begins with a select group of creators, and the platform will expand to more creators over the coming months. The initial launch focuses on the American market, but both Comix Wellspring and Comix.one plan to extend access to multiple regions worldwide, making the service available to a truly global audience.

Comix.one already provides a platform for hundreds of independent creators to sell and distribute their creator-owned comics digitally to readers everywhere. The company recently launched a new crowdfunding platform built specifically for indie comics, complete with integrated digital fulfillment, and plans to introduce a complementary social platform to strengthen creator–fan engagement.

Comix Wellspring’s approach to this partnership serves as a natural extension of its creator-first mission. The company views POD as a powerful way to remove barriers and give creators direct, immediate access to their readers. By integrating POD with Comix.one’s discovery and engagement platform, Comix Wellspring strengthens the connection between creator and fan, ensures every book is printed exactly when it’s needed, and expands the reach of independent comics to a global audience. This partnership reflects Comix Wellspring’s commitment to modernizing the comic print experience and elevating the tools available to creators at every stage of their journey.

Radar City: When it Rains it Showers is the type of indie comic we love to discover!

We discovered Radar City: When it Rains it Showers at our local comic shop Big Planet Comics, and after a quick flip through and a bargain price, it was an indie comic we had to check out and so glad we did!

Story: Toby Kant
Art: Toby Kant

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East District is an intriguing indie horror comic that has a raw roughness that works for the genre

EAST DISTRICT opens with 3 teen boys, apparently disposing of the body of a battered youth out by the tracks. One of their friends has been missing, but the body’s not hers. “Light as a baby,” says Marvin, dragging the body across the plains, then wrapping it in a trash bag and slinging the bundle over his back. The boys go to a Science teacher, who instructs them to stash the bag in his shed. “I knew Mr.Cobb would understand. He was in the service.” What’s happening inside the chain-link fenced borders of East District?

Story: Ash H.G.
Art: Ash H.G.

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Power Pulp launches Creator-Led Distribution Disguised as a Publisher

Indie comics and small press publishers are in a weird space with the collapse of Diamond Comic Distributors, which has led creators to scramble to figure out how to get their comics into stores and numerous businesses and models to launch in an attempt to fill the gap. Power Pulp is one of those startups and here to make it louder, weirder, and more creator-owned than ever. It’s not just another imprint—it’s a full-blown comics collective built by self-publishers with one goal: to get Stories for your third eye into the world.

A creator-led distro model disguised as a publisher, Power Pulp is offering something rare: 100% of profits go straight to the artists. No skimming, no IP hoarding, no corporate machine—just fiercely original work backed by a system that respects the source!

Each title in the Power Pulp catalog is handpicked for maximum impact—visually, narratively, and emotionally. From mind-bending one-shots to bold serials, these books don’t just look good on a shelf—they linger. Whether you’re a longtime Wednesday Warrior or an indie die-hard, this lineup is built to stir something.

Current titles include: 21st Century of Big Spider (Tony Fero), Ape-Men of the Apocalypse (Brad Dwyer), The Baboon (Jamie Jones), Chaotic Neutral (Chris Anderson & Mark Sable), Dino Beasts (James & John Coats), Dishoom (Sam J Royale), FutureLux (Scott Gerard Ruhl), Galacto Pit Fighter (Kirt Burdick), Galaxy Brigade (Mattchee), Kala Jadoo (Sam J Royale), Ninja IV (James & John Coats), Psychometrics  (Matt King), Rorg of the Blood Swamp (Pat Kain), Scorpio Venus Rising (Corinne Halbert), Soraya (Mattchee), Sorcery Wars (Mattchee), Spakow! (Jamie Jones), Spectral (Chris Anderson & David Accampo), Ulf Maverick (Tony Fero), with Emerald Emu (John Coats & Brian McCray), Galaxy Gods #2 (James Coats), Spakow #4 (Jamie Jones), and Scorpio Venus Rising #4 (Corrine Halbert), on the way!

To browse titles, get distro info, or plug directly into the collective, visit powerpulpcomics.com.

SPX 2023: Ignatz Award Winners Revealed

2023 Ignatz Awards

During the Small Press Expo (SPX) taking place this weekend, the winners of the 2023 Ignatz Awards were announced. The Ignatz are a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Voting for the Ignatz Awards was open to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There was no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards was open to all fans of indie comics.

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals.

Congrats to all of the winners. They have been denoted in bold with “winner” added to their listing.

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Caroline Cash, PeePeePooPoo issue no. 420 (Silver Sprocket)
  • Curt Merlo, That Distant Fire. (with J.R. Hughto, writer) (Black Eye Books)
  • Benjamin Schipper, Joe Death and the Graven (Image, Dark Horse Comics)
  • Olivia Stephens, Darlin’ and Her Other Names (self-published) – Winner
  • Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Smith and the Mormons (Abrams Comic Arts)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Cram Comics Issue no. 1, Andrew Alexander, ed. (Cram Books)
  • Glaeolia, Emuh Ruh, ed. (Glacier Bay Books)
  • Home: a comics anthology on belonging in Ireland today, Katherine Foyle, ed. (Dublin Comic Arts Festival)
  • NOW no. 12, Eric Reynolds, ed. (Fantagraphics Books Inc.)
  • Shades of Fear, Allison O’Toole & Ashanti Fortson, eds. (Balustrade Press) – Winner

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Boodle Fight, Ashley Topacio (self-published)
  • Cankor, Matthew Allison (self-published)
  • Griz Grobus and the Tale of Azkon’s Heart, Simon Roy, Jess Pollard & Sergey Nazarov (self-published)
  • Upside Dawn, Jason, (Fantagraphics Books Inc.)
  • Who Will Make the Pancakes? Megan Kelso, (Fantagraphics Books Inc.) – Winner

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Gordita: Built Like This, Daisy Ruiz (Black Josei Press) – Winner
  • Lemon Yellow, Ciari Quilty-Harper (Kus!)
  • Platonic Love, A ee mi (Paradise Systems)
  • Forget Me Not. Gabriel Howell (Secret Acres)
  • Live Rock Part 1: Aquarium Life (Issue #1), Ross Jackson (Secret Room Press)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Ducks, Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly) – Winner
  • Mimosa, Archie Bongiovanni (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Last Chance to Find Duke, Shang Zhang (PEOW)
  • Nervosa, Hayley Gold (Street Noise Books)
  • The Man in the McIntosh Suit, Rina Ayuyang (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Farewell, Joao Fazenda (self-published)
  • Death Bloom, Yasmeen Abedifard (self-published) – Winner
  • Sacred Grove, Celine Loup (self-published)
  • Hares on the Mountain, Lee Dean & Salvador Aguilera (self-published)
  • You’re the Center of Attention, Gina Wynbrandt (Kus!)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Growing Up and Getting Out, Lonnie Comics
  • The God of Arepo, Reimena Yee – Winner
  • whale fall, Mara Ramirez
  • Adversary, Blue Delliquanti
  • Trans Classic Movies, Jett Allen

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Fizzle no. 4, Whit Taylor (Radiator Comics)
  • Maple Terrace no. 1, Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)
  • Venomyths, Joshua Ray Stephens (self-published)
  • Tales of Old Snake Creek, Drew Lerman (self-published) – Winner
  • Viewotron Comics and Stories, Sam Sharpe & Peach S. Goodrich (Radiator Comics)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • Weeds, Kit Anderson (Parsifal Press)
  • The Impatient Ms. S, Koyubi (self-published)
  • I Owe It to My Parents to NOT Come Out, Richard Mercadi (self-published)
  • Wash Day Diaries (chapter: “Ride or Die”), Jamila Rowser & Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books) – Winner
  • Inversion, Lily Thu Fierro & Generoso Fierro (self-published)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • Grayson Bear, Pokey (Bred Press)
  • Leo Fox, My Body Unspooling (self-published)
  • Deb J.J. Lee, In Limbo (First Second) – Winner
  • Richard Mercado, I Owe It to My Parents to NOT Come Out (self-published)
  • Shanti Rai, Sennen (Avery Hill Publishing)

SPX 2023 reveals Special Guest Book Signings and Debut Books

Small Press Expo 2023

Small Press Expo has announced that over 140 books and comics will debut at SPX 2023. A complete list of debuts, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.

Every Special Guest will have a debut at the show, you can find many of their book signings listed here. Below is the list of Special Guests and where they will be signing their latest works.

The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 9-10, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, located across the street from the North Bethesda Metro station. 

SPECIAL GUEST BOOK SIGNING TABLES

  • Bill Griffith – SPX Signing Table – W86
  • Leslie Stein – SPX Signing Table – W86
  • Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (Sunday Only) – SPX Signing Table – W86
  • Derf – W67
  • Breena Nunez – L14A
  • Lawrence Lindell – L14B
  • MariNaomi – Fieldmouse Press – M13
  • Natalie Norris – Fantagraphics – W51-W55
  • Ana Penyas – Fantagraphics – W51-W55
  • Eddie Campbell – Top Shelf – W56-W59
  • Rob Kirby – Graphic Mundi – E1-E2
  • Nicole Goux – N2A
  • Tyrell Waiters – NoBrow – W76-W78
  • Joel Priddy – Uncivilized Books – W47-W49
  • Raeghan Buchanan – Silver Sprocket – J1-J2
  • Reinhard Kleist – SelfMadeHero – K1-K2A
  • Michael Cherkas – NBM – F1-F2
  • Kenny Wroten – Fantagraphics – W51-W55
  • Hannah Templar – Top Shelf – W56-W59

SPX 2023 Announces its Programming Slate and Exhibitor List

SPX 2023

Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced its exhibitor list and a full slate of in-person programming for the 2023 show.

The list of over 450 exhibitors at SPX 2023 is now available on the SPX web site and also can be found here.

Advanced tickets to SPX 2023 can be purchased at Eventbrite.

The programming slate at SPX 2023 has a variety of panels, highlighted by multimedia experiences like Carl Antonowicz’s live performance of his comic The Ardent and R.Sikoryak’s beloved Carousel.

We will also have spotlight panels on cartoonists Bill Griffith and Raeghan Buchanan. There are twenty-two panels in all that will be held on Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th. The full programming schedule with descriptions can be seen on the SPX website.

This programming is in addition to the previously announced 14 hands-on workshops, which you can sign up for here

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

  • Queer Friendship Spaces – Moderated by Rob Kirby, with Lawrence Lindell, Archie Bongiovanni, Emma Jayne, and Al Varela
  • Comics and Tarot: Pages And Panels – Moderated by Alice Santos, with Shing Yin Khor, Coco Fox, Izzy Rotman, and Kevin Jay Stanton
  • The Mechanics Of Writer/Artist Teams – Moderated by Warren Bernard, with Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki, Ananth Hirsh, and Yuko Ota
  •  MariNaomi and Rob Kirby In Conversation with Justin Hall

Small Press Expo announces the 2023 Ignatz Awards Nominees

2023 Ignatz Awards

The Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced the 2023 nominees for the annual presentation of the Ignatz Awards, a celebration of outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning.

Voting for the Ignatz Awards is open to anybody on the SPX email lists and anyone requesting a ballot. There will be no in-person voting at the show, as voting for the prestigious Ignatz Awards is open to all fans of indie comics.

  • Ballots will be emailed on Monday August 14 to everyone on SPX’s email lists.
  • Voting ends on Friday September 8 at 5:00PM (EDT).

Ignatz Awards nominees are determined by a panel of comics professionals. This year’s team of jurors includes:

  • Ellen Lindner
  • Juniper Kim
  • L. Nichols
  • Ally Shwed
  • Jason Little
  • Kotaline Jones

The Ignatz Awards ceremony will be held at 9:30PM on Saturday September 9 in the White Oak Room of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

Congrats to all of the nominees and we wish them luck.

2023 IGNATZ NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

  • Caroline Cash, PeePeePooPoo issue no. 420 (Silver Sprocket)
  • Curt Merlo, That Distant Fire. (with J.R. Hughto, writer) (Black Eye Books)
  • Benjamin Schipper, Joe Death and the Graven (Image, Dark Horse Comics)
  • Olivia Stephens, Darlin’ and Her Other Names (self-published)
  • Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Smith and the Mormons (Abrams Comic Arts)

OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY

  • Cram Comics Issue no. 1, Andrew Alexander, ed. (Cram Books)
  • Glaeolia, Emuh Ruh, ed. (Glacier Bay Books)
  • Home: a comics anthology on belonging in Ireland today, Katherine Foyle, ed. (Dublin Comic Arts Festival)
  • NOW no. 12, Eric Reynolds, ed. (Fantagraphics Books Inc.)
  • Shades of Fear, Allison O’Toole & Ashanti Fortson, eds. (Balustrade Press)

OUTSTANDING COLLECTION

  • Boodle Fight, Ashley Topacio (self-published)
  • Cankor, Matthew Allison (self-published)
  • Griz Grobus and the Tale of Azkon’s Heart, Simon Roy, Jess Pollard & Sergey Nazarov (self-published)
  • Upside Dawn, Jason, (Fantagraphics Books Inc.)
  • Who Will Make the Pancakes? Megan Kelso, (Fantagraphics Books Inc.)

OUTSTANDING COMIC

  • Gordita: Built Like This, Daisy Ruiz (Black Josei Press)
  • Lemon Yellow, Ciari Quilty-Harper (Kus!)
  • Platonic Love, A ee mi (Paradise Systems)
  • Forget Me Not. Gabriel Howell (Secret Acres)
  • Live Rock Part 1: Aquarium Life (Issue #1), Ross Jackson (Secret Room Press)

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL

  • Ducks, Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Mimosa, Archie Bongiovanni (Abrams ComicArts)
  • Last Chance to Find Duke, Shang Zhang (PEOW)
  • Nervosa, Hayley Gold (Street Noise Books)
  • The Man in the McIntosh Suit, Rina Ayuyang (Drawn & Quarterly)

OUTSTANDING MINICOMIC

  • Farewell, Joao Fazenda (self-published)
  • Death Bloom, Yasmeen Abedifard (self-published)
  • Sacred Grove, Celine Loup (self-published)
  • Hares on the Mountain, Lee Dean & Salvador Aguilera (self-published)
  • You’re the Center of Attention, Gina Wynbrandt (Kus!)

OUTSTANDING ONLINE COMIC

  • Growing Up and Getting Out, Lonnie Comics
  • The God of Arepo, Reimena Yee
  • whale fall, Mara Ramirez
  • Adversary, Blue Delliquanti
  • Trans Classic Movies, Jett Allen

OUTSTANDING SERIES

  • Fizzle no. 4, Whit Taylor (Radiator Comics)
  • Maple Terrace no. 1, Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)
  • Venomyths, Joshua Ray Stephens (self-published)
  • Tales of Old Snake Creek, Drew Lerman (self-published)
  • Viewotron Comics and Stories, Sam Sharpe & Peach S. Goodrich (Radiator Comics)

OUTSTANDING STORY

  • Weeds, Kit Anderson (Parsifal Press)
  • The Impatient Ms. S, Koyubi (self-published)
  • I Owe It to My Parents to NOT Come Out, Richard Mercadi (self-published)
  • Wash Day Diaries (chapter: “Ride or Die”), Jamila Rowser & Robyn Smith (Chronicle Books)
  • Inversion, Lily Thu Fierro & Generoso Fierro (self-published)

PROMISING NEW TALENT:

  • Grayson Bear, Pokey (Bred Press)
  • Leo Fox, My Body Unspooling (self-published)
  • Deb J.J. Lee, In Limbo (First Second)
  • Richard Mercado, I Owe It to My Parents to NOT Come Out (self-published)
  • Shanti Rai, Sennen (Avery Hill Publishing)

Small Press Expo 2022 reveals its Special Guests

Small Press Expo has announced the first Special Guests for SPX 2022. The first in-person show in three years takes place on Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18 with programming and workshops about the amazing world of independent comics and an exhibitor floor with over 500 creators.

Additional Special Guests will be announced over the next few weeks.

Keith Knight is the inspiration and Executive Producer of the Hulu series Woke, as well as being a current nominee for the  Cartoonist of the Year Reuben Award. Among Keith’s many other awards are the Glyph Award, the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best Syndicated Comic Strip, the Inkpot Award from San Diego ComiCon along with receiving a NAACP History Maker Award. His latest cartoon collection, Good On Both Sides, the fifth collection of his socio-political single-panel cartoon, (th)ink.

Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator is a remarkable first-hand account of New Yorker cartoonist, Sofia Warren’s experience embedded with New York State Senator Julia Salazar and her staff during their first year in office. “So much of this experience was a surprise to me,” says Warren: “that for their entire first legislative session, Julia and her staff let me be in the room.” Sofia will be making her first appearance at SPX.

Ruben Bolling is the author of the weekly satirical comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug,” which has appeared in hundreds of publications, including The Washington PostThe Village Voice, and The New York Times and currently appears on the online publications BoingBoing.net, DailyKos.com, and GoComics.com.  Ruben has won the Herblock Prize, an RFK Journalism Award, a National Cartoonists Society Award, a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, and a Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation and is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist (2019 and 2021).

Lonnie Millsap has been twice nominated for the prestigious Rueben Award and has won the Los Angeles National Cartoonists Society Dingy Award along with the Comic Art Professional Society’s Don Rico award. In 2018, his first cartoon was accepted by The New Yorker, which used his cartoons for their renowned Caption Contest. Millsap was also the character designer for Donny Hathaway’s Official animated ‘This Christmas’ music video released by Warner Records that has well over two million views. His work has also appeared in season one and two of Keith Knight’s television show, ‘Woke.’ Millsap’s latest cartoon book release is titled ‘Hit It To The Mermaid!’ (2022).

Megan Kelso has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007, she was invited by The New York Times to serialize her “Watergate Sue” comic as part of the weekly “Funny Pages” feature. In 2019, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.  Her books include The Squirrel Mother (2006), Artichoke Tales (2010), and Queen of the Black Black (2011).

Tommi Parrish is a cartoonist and painter based in Montreal, QC. Their debut work, The Lie and How We Told It, won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for the best LGBTQ graphic novel, was nominated for the Ignatz award, and was featured in several best of 2018 lists and translated into several languages.

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