SPX 2007 (Small Press Expo), Cartoon & Comics Festival

by Scott Beale on October 8, 2007 · 2 comments

SPX 2007

SPX 2007 (Small Press Expo), a festival dedicated to independent cartoons and comics, takes place October 12th & 13th at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD just outside of Washington DC.

SPX will bring together over 400 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. SPX will be open to the public from 2pm Friday, October 12th and run through 8pm that evening. The celebration continues Saturday from 10am to 7pm, culminating in the 11th annual Ignatz Awards Reception. In addition, expect great programming all weekend long for you to enjoy!

poster by Bill Griffith

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1 J. Nisen October 8, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Glad you mentioned this great event. Hilarious and talented local min-comic creator Melanie Lewis is up for an award, let’s cross our fingers for her (see this article on SFist from a few weeks ago)

(url in case I did that wrong: http://sfist.com/2007/09/14/ignatz_award_no.php )

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