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Around the Tubes

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Inferior Five #1

It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d everyone get? What’d you enjoy? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

CTV News – Up, up and away: Edmonton comic book store named best in Canada – Congrats!

/Flim – Jupiter’s Legacy Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight Exits – That’s not a good sign.

The Guardian – Russian comics get sales boost after culture minister calls them ‘pathetic’ – Awesome!

Forbes – Why New Raina Telgemeier Graphic Memoir ‘Guts’ Has A One Million Copy Print Run – The sales aren’t in capes and tights.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics: Midnight Furies is a slam dunk queer sports drama – Free comics!

The Comics Journal – Biographer and Comics Fandom Chronicler Bill Schelly Dies Unexpectedly at 67 – Our thoughts are with his friends and family.

Reviews

CBR – Inferior Five #1
But Why Podcast – The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs
Talking Comics – Powers of X #4
The Beat – Relics of Youth #1
The Telegraph – Rusty Brown
Comis Bulletin – Swing Vol. 2

Raina Telgemeier, Ngozi Ukazu, Jim Ottaviani head to the National Book Festival courtesy of the Small Press Expo

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Small Press Expo 2019

Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced it is again a sponsor of the Library of Congress National Book Festival. As a part of this sponsorship, SPX is supporting both Ngozi Ukazu and Jim Ottaviani in their appearances at the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

Long-time SPX creator Raina Telgemeier will present on the prestigious Main Stage, where she will be introduced by SPX Executive Director Warren Bernard.

Raina will also be a Special Guest at SPX 2019, to be held September 14 & 15 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

The National Book Festival, the largest book festival in the United States, takes place Saturday, August 31, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

There will be 145 authors across all genres giving talks and signing their books at the festival.

Raina Telgemeier

1:30-2:30PM – Book Signing
6:00-7:30PM – Poetry Slam
4:00-5:00 PM – Main Stage Presentation – “Share Your Smile: Raina’s Guide to Telling Your Own Story” (Graphix/Scholastic)

Raina Telgemeier

Ngozi Ukazu

2:15-2:50PM – Presentation – “Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey” (First Second)
3:30-4:30PM – Book signing

Ngozi Ukazu

Jim Ottaviani

11:00AM-11:45AM – Presentation – “Hawking” (First Second)
12:30-1:30PM – Book Signing

Jim Ottaviani