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<\/a><\/p>\nMany people are calling it the best SPX ever, and I’m not going to disagree. And I can prove it with graphs!<\/p>\n
And, for those concerned with filthy lucre:<\/p>\n
A lot of this change is because I’m drawing better books, but the larger crowd this year was a pretty big help, too.<\/p>\n
SPX has never been a “selling” show for me, though. I go because it’s a great social experience – everyone stays in the same hotel, and hangs out at the same parties.<\/p>\n
I got to spend time with many of my favorite cartoonists, who I’m not going to list because it would take too long, and I know I’d accidentally leave someone out. But many of them are New Yorkers who I only get to see at conventions, and some I’ve been bumping into at cons since 2003.<\/p>\n
At the post-Ignatz party, it took me almost an hour to move across the room, but I couldn’t go more than 20 feet without running into someone I wanted to talk to! And while I was on the show floor, I had the same experience, but with books I wanted to read!<\/p>\n
Naturally, I picked up the new books from Spike (Poorcraft<\/em>)<\/a> and from Julia Wertz<\/a> (The Infinite Wait, and other stories<\/em>).<\/p>\n I’m still working my way through the pile of mini-comics I picked up, but some of the standouts so far include:<\/p>\n Rutabaga, <\/a>by Eric Feurstein. Here is our conversation:<\/p>\n Me: This is really cute! What’s it about?<\/em> I also picked up\u00a0Shotgun Funeral<\/a><\/em> from Laura Terry, who makes art that is crazy-gorgeous, and I’m deeply jealous of her coloring ability.<\/p>\n One cute comic: Roquefort<\/a>, about a ballroom-dancing fox. The characters have a really good sense of motion, and it includes a musical montage, which is always nice.<\/p>\n Okay, I’m going to post this now and run out the door, and I’ll probably edit it with updates later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was at the Small Press Expo this weekend! Many people are calling it the best SPX ever, and I’m not going to disagree. And I can prove it with graphs! And, for those concerned with filthy lucre: A lot … Continue reading
\n Eric: It’s about a chef, in a Dungeons & Dragons world –<\/em>
\n Me: Okay, stop.<\/em>
\n Eric: – who kills exotic monsters so he cook them into\u00a0 –<\/em>
\n Me: Stop talking! <\/em>You have already made the sale!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n