SPX Spoils 2011

Oh, poor neglected little blog. Only a dozen posts for the entire YEAR so far? Yes, I’ve been letting you limp by on your own, but I promise that after the META-COMICS Issue comes out, and SP 18.3, and and and... I’ll get you back into shape. (I may be the only person who has neglected her blog to work on her zine.)

This past weekend was the Small Press Expo 2011, and as usual it was a good time. I had a whole king-sized bed to myself and even built a pillow fort! Which was almost as exciting as the stack of comics I picked up.

Here are photos and rundowns.

First up, items with spines:

+ Americus / MK Reed (story) and Jonathan Hill
+ Very Near Mint / Justin Peterson
+ Edible Secrets: A Classified Food Tour of Classified US History / Illustrations by Nate Powell
+ Underwire / Jennifer Hayden
+ The Wonder City: The Great While of Coney Island / Justin Rivers (story) and Courtney Zell (art) 


Next, floppy items:

+ Optic Nerve 12 / Adrian Tomine
+ Papercutter 16 and 17 / Various artists, published by Tugboat Press
+ Freeloader / Nomi Kane
+ Bee Sting / Matthew D. Smith (story) and Jeremy Massie (art)
+ Invincible Summer 20 / Clutch 23 (split) / Nicole Georges and Clutch McBastard
+ Phase 7 #16 / Alec Longstreth
+ Drop Target #3 / Jon Chad and Alec Longstreth
+ Diary Comics 2 (the Low Rent version) / Dustin Harbin 


Some free items. Seems to be a resurgence in tabloid-sized comic newspapers from publishers and collectives!

+ Magic Bullet #2 and #3 / Published by DC Conspiracy
+ Secret Prison #5 / Published by Secret Prison Comics
+ Smoke Signal #10 / Published by Desert Island 


 Finally, it’s awesome that so many indie comic shows are starting/continuing around the country!

+ Genghis Con 2011 (Cleveland, OH)
+ SPACE 2012 (Columbus, OH)
+ MICE 2011 (Boston)
+ PIX 2011 (Pittsburgh)