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Manuel ‘Spain’ Rodriguez (03/22/40 - 11/28/12)
Just heard that comix legend Spain Rodriguez passed away today. I’m on the road, but just want to say RIP. Thoughts are with his family. I’ll put together a bunch of posts tomorrow, but for the time being you can check out my previous posts of his artwork. And the photo above is from a studio visit I did with him at his San Francisco home a couple years ago — you can read that here

I’ve heard a lot about this guy but never got around to reading his stuff. Sad that it sometimes takes a death to motivate one to see what all the fuss is about.

A legend. All our condolences

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Manuel ‘Spain’ Rodriguez (03/22/40 - 11/28/12)

Just heard that comix legend Spain Rodriguez passed away today. I’m on the road, but just want to say RIP. Thoughts are with his family. I’ll put together a bunch of posts tomorrow, but for the time being you can check out my previous posts of his artwork. And the photo above is from a studio visit I did with him at his San Francisco home a couple years ago — you can read that here

I’ve heard a lot about this guy but never got around to reading his stuff. Sad that it sometimes takes a death to motivate one to see what all the fuss is about.

A legend. All our condolences

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One of the greats of underground comix is gone.
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R.I.P. Spain. If you’ve never read “She Comics” do yourself a favor! She’s one bad ass bitch drawn by this cool dude.
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The Small Press Expo is North America's premiere independent cartooning and comic arts festival. SPX brings together more than 4,000 cartoonists and comic arts enthusiasts every fall in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dates & Times:

September 14th and 15th, 2013

Saturday: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Sunday: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Admission:

One Day Membership: $10 Weekend Membership: $15

Location:

The world class Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
North Bethesda, MD 20852

2013 Special Guests

Small Press Expo is pleased to announce Seth, Gary Panter, Lisa Hanawalt, Gene Yang and Frank Santoro as special guests at SPX 2013, to be held Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15. We are honored that both Seth and Gary Panter will be making their first SPX appearances at this year’s show.

Seth

Creator and advocate of a Canadian design aesthetic, Seth is best known to the comics world as the artist/writer of the long running Palookaville comic, as well as his graphic novels Wimbledon Green and George Sprott (1895-1975), which was originally serialized in the New York Times. He is also known for his book design work for such series as The Complete Peanuts, Nancy and Melvin Monster, in addition to The Portable Dorothy Parker.

Gary Panter

Painter, poster artist, cartoonist, commercial artist, and set designer, polymath Gary Panter has covered the gamut. Best known to the comics world for his long running, post-apocalyptic Jimbo series as well as his graphic novel Dal Tokyo, he also won an Emmy Award for his work on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and the Chrysler Award for his influence in graphic design.

Lisa Hanawalt

Lisa Hanawalt has vaulted from her Ignatz Award winning mini-comics Stay Away From Other People and I Want You, to illustrating for such periodicals as the New York Times Op-Ed page, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Bloomberg Business Week, as well as McSweeney’s and The Believer. Her latest book is My Dirty Dumb Eyes, a compendium of her work being published this May by Drawn & Quarterly.

Gene Yang

Gene Yang, creator behind the award winning American Born Chinese, is returning to the graphic novel field with a two volume set, Boxers & Saints, to be released this fall by First Second Books. Set in China in 1900, it tells the story of the Boxer rebellion and how the teemagers of the day used their “super heroes” from Chinese opera as inspirations to fight against foreign invaders.

Frank Santoro

Frank Santoro is back with his latest work, Pompei, published by Picturebox. His Storeyville was one of the most influential comics of the 1990’s, leading to its reprinting in book form in 2007. He now runs the Santoro Correspondence Course For Comic Book Makers, which carries on the tradition of correspondence courses for cartoonists that stretches back over century, now in an online form utilizing the latest in collaborative technology.

Access:

The hotel is directly across the street from the White Flint metro station on the Red Line.

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For the full list of attending artists and guests for SPX 2013, see here!

SPX 2013 Info

>> The Mothership

>> Attending Artists

>> Animation Showcase

>> Ignatz Awards

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