Comics Are Great! 64 – SPX 2012 Wrap-Up
September 21, 2012 by Jerzy Drozd
Filed under CAG Podcast, News, Podcasts
Chad Sell, Sally Carson, and the Small Press Expo!
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I’m back from the Small Press Expo and ready to share some of the exciting things that happened while I was there. I’m joined by two other SPX 2012 exhibitors, Chad Sell and Sally Carson. Together we talk about the unique tone the convention has, offer some tips on tabling at conventions, and take a brief look at setting up your table from a User Experience Designer’s point of view.
Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library shows up later to share some more book recommendations and comics events happening in the Southeast Michigan area.
Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):
- Chad’s webcomic running on the RuPaul’s Drag Race Facebook page
- Manta-Man
- Sally’s Trapped in the Comic project
- Toronto Comics Art Festival
- Alternative Press Expo
- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
- Michael David Thomas
- Eden Miller
- Mike Birbiglia
- Cap’n Cat: Former Shark Hunter
- Ram-Man, part of my He-Man Reimaginings series
- Quentin Blake and his drawing process
- Visual fixations between Men vs Women (Possibly NSFW)
- The 501st – Vader’s Fist
- Neil Kaplan’s Voice Acting Presentation at Kids Read Comics 2012
- Rob Stenzinger
- Lean Into Art
- Sally’s Tips for Tabling at Conventions
Comics and Book Recommendations (some are affiliate links):
- School of World
- Disappearance Diary
- Salad Days
- Runner Runner
- Overboard
- Indestructible Universe
- Heinrich Kley
- Elephant Can’t Play Piano
- Rat Bastard Comics
- Hugo Tate
- Darth Vader and Son
- Chi’s Sweet Home, volume 1
- Get Jiro!
Upcoming Comics Events in Southeast Michigan:
- The Ann Arbor Comics Artist Forum with James Anderson, October 7
- Drawing Lab: Sketching the Human Head September 22
Live streams every other Wednesday at Comicsaregreat.tv and on Google+!
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing. This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.
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Chad,
Thanks so much for the shout out! I loved your “30 Queens” and “40 Queens” books…definitely one of the cooler things I picked up at SPX this year. Glad you liked what I had on offer, too.
If folks are interested in checking out “The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley,” you can find it here:
http://www.picturethispress.com/the-lost-art-of-heinrich-kley-volumes-1-2/
I even made a little video “book trailer” for the Kley books that you can check out at the above link.
Thanks again, Chad. Hope to see you at next year’s SPX!
–Joe Procopio
Chad is a great talent. His art is wonderful. Great show.