The Small Press Expo has posted all of the programming panels from SPX 2023 on YouTube to watch!
Memoir comics have expanded from simply depicting personal narratives to dipping into the tropes of other genres. Paul Gravett moderates a panel of memoirists whose work spills over into different storytelling styles. The artists are Eddie Campbell (the meta-memoir The Second Fake Death Of Eddie Campbell), MariNaomi (the mystery-memoir I Thought You Loved Me), Elizabeth Trembley (the multiple points of view narrative Look Again), and Kayla E. (the reclaimed-image memoir Precious Rubbish).
The Small Press Expo has posted all of the programming panels from SPX 2023 on YouTube to watch!
Bill Griffith is a legend of the underground comics era, co-editing Arcade and syndicated his surreal Zippy The Pinhead strip for nearly fifty years. His new book, Three Rocks: The Story Of Ernie Bushmiller, is his latest graphic novel, detailing the creator of Nancy’s life and the influence that strip had on him. He’ll be joined in conversation by writer, historian, and critic Paul Gravett, made immortal as “The Man At The Crossroads” by Eddie Campbell.
Small Press Expohas announced international special guests Ana Penyas, Paul Gravett, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Reinhardt Kleist, and Michael Cherkas as Special Guests for SPX 2023. The show takes place on Saturday September 9 and Sunday September 10 with programming and workshops about the amazing world of independent comics and an exhibitor floor with over 500 creators.
Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki will attending SPX only on Sunday September 10.
Ana Penyas
Thanks to the generosity of Spain Arts & Culture, Ana Penyas is making the international journey to be a Special Guest at SPX 2023! In her newest book with Fantagraphics, We’re All Just Fine, Penyas weaves the memories of her grandmothers to craft a narrative quilt that pieces together what it was like for women to assimilate to Spain’s dramatic political and cultural shifts in the late 1970s and ’80s.
Paul Gravett
Nicknamed ‘The Man at the Crossroads’, Paul Gravett is making his first guest appearance at a U.S. comics festival at SPX 2023. Since 1981, he is a London-based, endlessly curious writer, historian and curator,specialising in international comics art. He is reknowned for co-publishing with Peter Stanbury the seminal British anthology ESCAPE Magazine and its related graphic novels (1983-89), which helped introduce Eddie Campbell, Jamie Hewlett, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean and many other British talents. His books span from his first in 2004, ‘Manga; Sixty Years of Japanese Comics’, out in 12 languages, to his latest, a monograph for the Thames & Hudson series ‘The Illustrators‘ about
Jillian Tamaki
Jillian Tamaki is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator residing in Toronto, Ontario. Her next book, Roaming, is co-created with her cousin Mariko Tamaki. The pair previously collaborated on the young adult graphic novels SKIM and This One Summer, which won a Governor General’s Award and Caldecott Honor.
Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer living in California. Her next book, Roaming, is co-created with her cousin Jillian Tamaki. The pair previously collaborated on the young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer, which won a Governor
Reinhardt Kleist
Reinhard Kleist, master of the graphic biography form, comes to SPX with his latest book ‘STARMAN: Bowie’s Stardust Years‘. A stunning graphic biography of the legendary musician and cultural icon, David Bowie, focusing on his most influential and creative period in the 1970s. From Ziggy Stardust to Aladdin Sane, from Berlin to New York, this book captures the essence of Bowie’s transformation and innovation.
Michael Cherkas
RED HARVEST: The Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine is a historical-fiction masterpiece by Ukrainian-Canadian author Michael Cherkas synthesizing true stories and historical accounts from the Holodomor, a terror-famine that killed at least 4 million Ukrainians during the early ‘30s under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
An exhaustive and visually engaging account, Mangasia charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late nineteenth-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons, and animation created throughout Asia for more than one hundred years.
World authority on comic art Paul Gravett details the evolving meanings of the myths and legends told and retold by manga artists of every decade and reveals the development and cross pollination of ideas between manga artists throughout Asia.
This is a must for fans of manga and those that want to learn more about this artform.
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