Some nice comments (below) from Michael Cavna at The Washington Post on SPX’s new graphic novel gift program, including a few worda from Lilli Carre who produced our astoundingly lovely bookplate.
ON NOTICE:
If you attend SPX last year, you helped us put 200+ graphic novels from independent publishers into local libraries. Everyone who comes this year will help us place even more.
Let’s take this thing nation-wide.
And as always, SPX supports the efforts of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Your visit to SPX helps to ensure the protection of creator rights and preserves free speech for comic artists.
I am going to hum the damn national anthem in a minute.
No those are not tears.
I have something in my eye.
Both of my eyes.
You just shut up, ok.
One of the best indie-publishing events in the nation has embarked on a new way to entice and encourage more comics readers. Maryland’s Small Press Expo announced Wednesday night that it is launching a Graphic Novel Gift Program and that its first recipient has been selected: the state’s Montgomery County Public Libraries. SPX’s first offering is a gift of 230 graphic novels to the library system’s 20 branches. Small Press Expo is held each year in Montgomery County, in Bethesda.
Source: Washington Post
SPX LOVES LIBRARIES!
The Small Press Expo is launching a tremendously exciting new program for 2011 that will put more graphic novels in libraries throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Starting in 2011 SPX will provide selected libraries with a donation to purchase graphic novels from a list of participating publishers that exhibit at our annual festival.
Every single book provided through this program will include the absolutely exquisite bookplate you see above, generously designed for SPX by the wonderful Lili Carre.
The purchase of these books is funded exclusively by your attendance to our festival (coming up September 10th and 11th) so come on out and bring a friend to help us grow this new initiative for 2012.
And let us say a huge thank you to all the publishers who have supported SPX over the years and who have signed on to help launch this new program.
Full program details are going to be released tomorrow, including the recipient library systems.
Stay tuned for that and until then, please help us spread the word! We love libraries and we know you do to.
With your help, we can take this thing coast-to-coast.
