About me: SPX 2008 will be held the weekend of October 4 and 5, 2008 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center Bethesda, MD, just one mile outside the nation's capital, Washington DC. In its 12th year, SPX now serves as the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comic books and the discovery of new creative talent.
SPX will bring together over 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. SPX will be open to the public Saturday October 4th form 11pm to 7pm that evening. The celebration continues Sunday, October 5th from 12am to 6pm, culminating in the 11th annual Ignatz Awards Presentation and Reception. In addition, expect great programming all weekend long for you to enjoy!
As with every year all profits from SPX will go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, defending the First Amendment rights of members of the comics community.
FARO 1---The origin story of a rogue guardian angel captured, seduced and brainwashed by a seductive demon goddess after being sent back in time to prevent an American holocaust
Torpedo fiction quarterly mark the 25th anniversary of the death of author Richard Brautigan with a special tribute issue co-edited and with a foreword by Richard Brautigans daughter Ianthe Brautigan.
The special issue features Brautigan inspired fiction from 30 writers, a section of Brautigans own writing in the middle plus a specially designed envelope containing 8 full colour A5 double-sided prints featuring artwork based on his stories. One of which prints is a comic strip by myself, using Richard Brautigans own text, called 'The Library'.
Hola mi amigos! We're the new small-press on the block, nice to meet you :) Swing by and give us a whirl at www. patchworkcomics. com when you have a chance. Thanks!
Hi. I've now completed the third part of my “Super Glue for the Broken Hearted” trilogy so here it is and I hope you can take something from it! Parts 1 and 2 (“She Breathes” and “She Frees”) are on my blog and if I've known you a while they may be on your comments page from last year too.
Many thanks for the friendship and support and have a great day! ~ Si =)
HE BLEEDS
Love is like no-one else you ever met. His face obscured like a diamond of light behind white shadows. You laugh and sob in his presence, unable to comprehend his majestic beauty. He takes your hand and leads you through worlds of immeasurable splendour, devastating loss, ravishing beauty and unspeakable pain. When darkness surrounds, you lose all sight of him and scream out in terror like a child rejected by it's parent. But in time you realise that he has let go of your hand because he now carries you in his arms.
He stands in the gap between you and everything that would harm you. He negotiates for you, he fights on your behalf. He absorbs all pain, darkness, heartache, fear, loss, grief, sadness, evil, torture and death.
He roars like a lion and bleats like a lamb. He lives in serenity, creates courage and is the foundation of all wisdom.
He is the starving child in Africa, the destroyed family of Iraq. He is the bedraggled alcoholic on the street corner. He is the married executive on his way to the whore house. The terrified mother with a dying child. He is the baby killed at the hands of those who should have protected him and also the parents who did that.
He is black, white, light and dark. He stands outside of time and towers over everything else the universe has ever known.
But in all strength, he is weak and utterly defenceless. He steps in front of you. He cries.
He reaches out his arms, and enveloping your soul into his heart, He drops his head and he dies.
Presso il Teatro Puccini di Firenze, dal 4 al 31 gennaio. Mostra di tavole originali di HOBBY COMICS, la rivista di fumetti dei Super Amici, edita da GRRRzetic. INAUGURAZIONE 4 GENNAIO, ORE 19:00, AL TEATRO PUCCINI, VIA DELLE CASCINE 41, FIRENZE.
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