Q:Hey, I was curious about the LOC archiving every SPX tumblr post. Is there a news release or other place to get details? It's really every post and not just submissions or reblogs of original works? Thank you.
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
Kali Ciesemier in the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress
Kali Ciesemier is one amazing artist. Her posters, illustration and children’s work are incredible.
Which how we felt when she graciously gave us two of her posters to reside in the SPX Collection until the Sun goes supernova or we all die from climate change.
My bet is on the latter.
Here is Martha Kennedy, one of the curators in the Prints & Photograph Division of the Library of Congress with Kali’s work.
All hail Kali!!!
Jared Cullum in the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress
Boy, were we blown away by Jared’s totally dope story about his experience at SPX 2013. It is a great story with fantastic art, for sure go out and read it all here.
We got a hold of him about getting the originals for our Library of Congress collection, which were done in old fashioned, 19th Century, analog, pen and brush to paper, replete with ink and paint. (have no idea if he drew it by candle light or not….)
And OMG!! He agreed and sent them to us!!
We cannot thank him enough. Here are the originals being held by the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Curator for Applied Graphics, Sara Duke. Her smile is the way we feel about getting these preserved forever.
Farel Dalrymple in the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress
Farel Dalrymple, artist extraordinaire, did an amazing poster/ad using real water colors for SPX 2014 and we were lucky enough to get the original for the collection. Here is curator Sara Duke with the piece when it was handed over to the Library of Congress to allow all future generations to bask in its glory!!
And here is what the final poster/ad looked like!!!
Ken Wong in the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress
Ken Wong’s origami comics are some of the most innovative mini comic formats around. He was kind enough to send both fully folded and unused examples of his great stuff for the SPX Collection at the Library of Congress.
The LoC was so impressed and happy to get this stuff, that they had their conservation people build special box to house his works, it’s pretty amazing!!
On the left is Georgia Higley, head of the Newspaper Section (that has all of the comic books and mini-comics, WOW!!), and Megan Halsband, curator in the same section holding Ken’s work.
LYNDA BARRY PLUS JAIME & GILBERT HERNANDEZ TOMORROW/SUNDAY AT THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL!!!!!
SPX is proud to sponsor 3 of our fav creators tomorrow on The Mall at the prestigious National Book Festival held by the even more prestigious Library of Congress.
Each will give a 45 minute presentation/Q&A at the Graphic Novel/Science Fiction Pavilion, followed by a book signing.
Below are the times they will be on The Mall , hope to see you there!!
SUNDAY PRESENTATION BOOK SIGNING
Lynda Barry 12:00-12:45 1:00-2:00
Gilbert Hernandez 12:55-1:40 3:00-4:00
Jaime Hernandez 1:50-2:35 3:00-4:00
Oh, and yours truly will have the honor of introducing Jaime and Gilbert!!!
More info on the National Book Festival can be found here.
Below is the front and back of the program guide for the NBF.
Note who the last sponsor is.
Is that cool or what?????
Hope to see you there,
Warren
More Mini’s from the Heidi McDonald Collection
Now sitting pretty on lavender scented goose down pillows courtesy of the SPX Permanent Collection at the Library of Congress.
At least that’s how I picture it.
Adrian Tomine: Optic Nerve Mini-Sketchbook
Matt Dembicki: Attic Wit #1
Matt Dembicki & Carol Alt: Mr. Big #1
Domitille Collardey: What Had Happened Was … #2, 2011
Michael DeForge: Kid Mafia
Don’t sleep on the SPX-sponsored talk being given by Heidi MacDonald this friday at the Library of Congress!
In the meantime, some further highlights from Heidi’s amazing minicomics collection, a gift to the SPX Permanent Collection at the Library of Congress.
- Colleen Frakes: Tragic Relief minis, 2007
- Andy Runton: Owly: Stories of a Little Owl, 2003
- Julia Wertz: Various minis, 2006-2007
- Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca: Afrodisiac mini & postcard, 2008
And by all means come see us this weekend at SPX 2013!
THE SPX MISSION PART 4 – THE SPX PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
2011 was a huge year for SPX. Not only did we launch the library gift program. We also saw the realization of something a long time in coming.
Executive Director Warren Bernard spent over a year in negotiations with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC to facilitate a permanent repository for the work independent artists featured at SPX.
The Collection’s scope was developed in partnership with the Prints and Photograph, and Serial Divisions of the Library of Congress, with the yearly gifts of donated works expanding the Library’s collection of comic books and comic art into the world of independent comics.
This collection at the Library of Congress firmly establishes independent comics as being both culturally relevant and historically important enough for ongoing collecting and preservation.
SPX has also created an SPX-Library of Congress Advisory Committee and a guest curator program to work with Library of Congress collections and curatorial staff to identify works to be included in the collection.
Donated works enter the Library’s permanent collection of comic books and comic art where they will be preserved forever.
Truly unprecedented!
We’re extremely proud to have this relationship with the Library of Congress, which has expanded in 2013 to sponsorship of the Graphics Novel Pavilion at the upcoming National Book Festival!
Heidi MacDonald MiniComic Collection Highlights
Here’s your reminder that “The Beat’s” Heidi MacDonald will be speaking at NOON on Friday at the Library of Congress at an SPX-sponsored event.
Please come out and enjoy her presentation!
In the meantime, we’ll be running some highlights from Heidi’s amazing minicomic collection, which was donated in full to the SPX Permanent Collection at the Library of Congress. Some amazing stuff here that would be lost forever without the help of the Library of Congress and the generosity of people like Heidi to help us preserve it forever!
Dave Roman, Jason Ho, Jeff Zornow: Agnes Quill, 2000
Craig Thompson: Doot Doot Garden & Bible Doodles, circa 2000
Matt Feazell: The Amazing Adventures of Cynical Man: A Date With Nerdy Girl, 2000
Frank Miller: Man With Pen in Head, circa 2003 (benefit for CBLDF) – multiple images
Project: Telstar Promo Preview Pack, 2003
Evan Dorkin: Milk and Cheese: The Special Edition, 1997
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