SPX

I went to the small press expo yesterday.  Great work and very inspiring.  I would love to play around with that type of format if anyone has some writing for me.  Who knows maybe it'll be good practice for my own narrative within my work.  The printing made me drool too.  There was more color and fun, humor and beauty there, then i have seen in any museum.  My friend, who had great work there frans, on fransboukas.blogspot.com, described it perfectly as door number 3.  Who wouldn't love that.  Though i did notice this year, among all the witty dialogue and nostalgia, there were a ton of fart, poop, and mustache comics... must be a trend.

I picked up one and the guy in the booth said, "its all girls farting", and it was.  worth the dollar.  I got some good stuff though, and it is funny to me, it seemed the guys gave me a ton of free stuff because i am a girl.  Stared at ben blankly when he was right behind me.  Doesn't make sense to me since so many of they guys were so dreamy.

this is a lame doodle i did at work a long time ago.

Favorites:

www.idiotsbooks.com, really funny stuff, smart words and art.

www.maidenhousefly.com, funny in a childish, uber relatable way.

www.markburrier.com, creepier than you would think, thoughtful

www.partykausa.com, really beautiful and dark, more optimistic than you would think.

p.s. didn't see her at SPX, but if you like witty relatable comic strips, check out dina kelberman at importantcomics.com.  some of my favorite to send, very clean stylistically, cleaner than i could ever do.