The Small Press Expo

As I understand it, - and the most recent conversation I had with folks at LOC was just prior to SPX 2013 - the LOC is archiving the SPX website (spxpo.com) and our Tumblr as one component of our collection.  

They are doing the same for each year’s Ignatz nominees for best web comic (originally it was just the winner but I my understanding is that they’ve gone ahead and included all the noms - I’ll have to confirm that). 

Here’s the original language from the LOC announcement back in 2011:

According to the agreement, the Library will receive the Ignatz Award nominees in the various print categories, as well as other selected comics and cartoon art. The Library also will receive SPX posters, banner ads and festival ephemera. In addition, selected websites—including the winner of the Ignatz Best Web Comic, sites that document the activities of SPX and those of recognized online comic creators—will be reviewed for the Library of Congress Web Archiving Collection, to allow collection of work that is only presented digitally.

Since it was a brand new relationship the web language was pretty open-ended. But I can tell you straight from the mouth of the folks managing our collection at LOC that the Tumblr is being archived in full and you can see us listed here).

When it comes to hard copy work (check out some samples, and more samples), the LOC gets copies of all Ignatz nominated books each year and copies of all the SPX-related art created for each show.  

Several of their librarians also attend to solicit donations for the SPX collection, which is growing quickly, thanks to everyone who has offered their work for preservation!

Hope that’s helpful info!

— MDT