{"id":13483,"date":"2012-09-13T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2012-09-15T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T17:19:48","slug":"spx-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2012\/09\/13\/spx-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"~SPX 2012  . . .  &#038; UP-DATE  . .  CHRIS WARE to be at BCGF 2012 !!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPX \/ SMALL PRESS EXPO is this weekend:  SEPT 15-16, 2012  &#8211; BETHESDA, MARYLAND<\/p>\n<p>founded in 1994 . . . this festivity celebrates &#8216;non-mainstream publishing&#8217; and was &#8216;created to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>this year&#8217;s featured guests include: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=daniel+clowes&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=joB&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;prmd=imvnslob&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=xu9RUOHWIs-A0AGm1oEQ&#038;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&#038;biw=1210&#038;bih=815\">DANIEL CLOWES<\/a>, <a href=https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=chris+ware&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=Z9V&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;prmd=imvnsob&#038;tbm=isch&#038;tbo=u&#038;source=univ&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=0epRUMmcDofs0gHFhIHgAg&#038;ved=0CDcQsAQ&#038;biw=1210&#038;bih=815\">CHRIS WARE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=gilbert+%26+jaime+hernandez&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=xBr&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;prmd=imvnso&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=aPBRUKuZDs-A0AGm1oEQ&#038;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&#038;biw=1210&#038;bih=815\">GILBERT &#038; JAIME HERNANDEZ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>as well as: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=francoise+mouly&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=lYW&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;prmd=imvnso&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=6_BRUJz9Be2K0QH4voGQCA&#038;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&#038;biw=1210&#038;bih=815\">FRANCOISE MOULY<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adrian-tomine.com\/\">ADRIAN TOMINE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=michael+deforge&#038;hl=en&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;hs=mxB&#038;pwst=1&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;prmd=imvnslo&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=9_FRUJTTKojr0gGM5YGoCQ&#038;ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&#038;biw=1210&#038;bih=815\">MICHAEL DE FORGE<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickabadzis.com\/\">NICK ABADZIS . . .<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>see:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spxpo.com\/\"> SPX \/ SMALL PRESS EXPO . . . for more info. plus, it&#8217;s a GREAT !! site to cruise!!  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spx\" width=\"250\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSPX 2011 &#8211; PROGRAM COVER BY JIM RUGG<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SPX-poster-2012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SPX-poster-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SPX-poster-2012\" width=\"521\" height=\"922\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SPX-poster-2012.jpg 521w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SPX-poster-2012-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSPX POSTER 2012 &#8211; LOOKS TO BE BY CHRIS WARE.<\/p>\n<p>yep, the SPX 2012 POSTER &#8211; IS  . . . by CHRIS WARE. it&#8217;s spawned a whole mini-universe of well-deserved, huge fan comments already, as in: &#8220;awesome, I have no words . . . &#8221; &#8211; google it.<\/p>\n<p>yep, it rates a close-up !!<\/p>\n<p>in fact, the title slogan on the SPX 2012 poster is: &#8220;celebrating 200,000 years of non-mainstream publishing activity&#8221;. ha. though I think the earliest &#8216;documented&#8217; cavemen drawings only go back 40,000 years, or so, but  what&#8217;s a couple of hundred thousand years in the face of great art !!<br \/>\nwe get the message, right on !! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-2012-poster-close-up-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-2012-poster-close-up-.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spx-2012-poster-close-up-#-\" width=\"534\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-2012-poster-close-up-.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-2012-poster-close-up--300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndetail: SPX POSTER 2012 &#8211; by CHRIS WARE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-2012-close-up-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-2012-close-up-.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spx-poster-2012-close-up-#-\" width=\"535\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-2012-close-up-.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-2012-close-up--300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndetail: SPX POSTER 2012 &#8211;  by CHRIS WARE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-close-up-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-close-up-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"spx-poster-close-up-#-3\" width=\"534\" height=\"497\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-close-up-3.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spx-poster-close-up-3-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndetail: SPX POSTER 2012 &#8211; by CHRIS WARE<\/p>\n<p>p.s. YOU CAN FIND THE LARGE SPX 2012 &#8211; CHRIS WARE &#8211; POSTER, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spxpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/tumblr_m7970ypHHV1qa5kkmo1_1280.jpg\">here !!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.    .     .     .     .     .      .       .<\/p>\n<p><strong>UP-DATE: SAT SEPT 15, 2012 &#8211; TALKING ABOUT . . . CHRIS WARE !!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>. . .  just noticed in the newest SMOKE SIGNAL  &#8211; NUMBER 13 \/ JUNE 2012 that CHRIS WARE will be a SPECIAL GUEST at the 4th ANNUAL BROOKLYN COMICS and GRAPHICS FESTIVAL !!<\/p>\n<p>as well they seemed to have moved up the date from the usual Dec 5th to NOVEMBER 10th &#8211; for this year, 2012.<br \/>\nsame location.<\/p>\n<p>see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com\/2012-information\/\">BROOKLYN COMICS &#038; GRAPHICS FESTIVAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>see: <a href=\"http:\/\/desertislandbrooklyn.com\/smokesignal.html\">SMOKE SIGNAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Chris-ware-to-be-at-BCGF-20.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Chris-ware-to-be-at-BCGF-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Chris-ware-to-be-at-BCGF-20\" width=\"408\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Chris-ware-to-be-at-BCGF-20.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Chris-ware-to-be-at-BCGF-20-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>p.s.<br \/>\nbtw: that BROOKLYN COMICS and GRAPHICS FESTIVAL LOGO, above &#8211; is by ANDERS NILSEN, another super awesome comic book artist &#8211;  who was a special guest at the  . . . 2nd BROOKLYN COMICS and GRAPHICS FESTIVAL (2010).<br \/>\nsee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/12\/04\/brooklyn-comics-graphics-festival-2\/\">ANDERS NILSEN &#8211;  BROOKLYN COMICS and GRAPHICS FESTIVAL 2010 &#8211; POSTER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPX \/ SMALL PRESS EXPO is this weekend: SEPT 15-16, 2012 &#8211; BETHESDA, MARYLAND founded in 1994 . . . this festivity celebrates &#8216;non-mainstream publishing&#8217; and was &#8216;created to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics&#8217;. this year&#8217;s featured guests include: DANIEL CLOWES,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13483"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13560,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13483\/revisions\/13560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}