[Comicsstudiessociety] PR: Small Press Expo Announces 2020 Virtual Programming Slate

[Mike Rhode]

Additional Panels and Events Being Announced Daily
For Immediate Release
Contact Rob Clough
rob.clough at smallpressexpo.com

Bethesda, Maryland -- In addition to the previously announced live-streamed
Ignatz Award ceremony, the Small Press Expo is pleased to announce that
there will be a full slate of programming on Saturday, September 12th and
Sunday, September 13th.

Beginning at 11:00 AM each day, the panels will stream on the SPX YouTube
channel.
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The
programming includes a spotlight on Bianca Xunise, a thought-provoking
presentation by Keith Knight, a workshop on comics and contracts, a
behind-the-scenes look at Diskette Press, and much more.

New talks and panels are being announced daily — check the SPX 2020 Program
Schedule
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for announcements as they happen.

All the action begins on Saturday September 12th. Please join us as we
celebrate comics from home!
SPX 2020 Programming Announced So Far
(Including debut times and duration — all times Eastern)


SATURDAY

PARENTING AND ART IN A TIME OF CRISIS
11AM-11:50AM
Balancing parenting with creating art can be difficult under the best of
circumstances. In a time when parents also have to cope with a global
pandemic, economic turmoil, injustice and oppression, and naked racism, how
are cartoonists who are parents coping with this? How is it affecting not
only their output, but the content of their work? Moderator Rob Clough
(High-Low,
SOLRAD) will discuss these questions and more with Keiler Roberts (Chlorine
Gardens), Tyler Cohen (Primahood: Magenta), Whit Taylor (Fizzle, The Nib),
and Luke Howard (Our Mother).

DISKETTE PRESS: ANN ARBOR TRANS PRINTING CLUB
1:30PM-2:20PM
Take a tour and listen to the behind-the-scenes workings of Ann Arbor’s
Diskette Press! Publisher Carta Monir will lead a discussion with two of
the artists she publishes, Emma Jayne (Trans Girls Hit The Town) and Casey
Nowak (Girl Town, Duh Ha Ha). Diskette’s ace employee and Risograph tech
whiz Renée Cymry will also provide details on the nuts and bolts of running
a self-contained publishing house.

RED, WHITE, BLACK, & BLUE: HIGHLIGHTING AMERICA’S RACIAL ILLITERACY
3PM-4PM
Combining comics, storytelling, statistics, and facts, Knight makes the
case that America’s biggest problem is its inability to have a frank and
honest discussion about race. Knight’s presentation is designed to provoke
constructive dialogue amongst people young and old, left and right, of all
colors and orientations. The presentation has been a hit at schools,
churches, and workplaces across the United States and beyond. Keith will
also be answering questions about Woke, the new Hulu series inspired by
Knight’s life and comics. All episodes of the first season drop 9/9/20.

THE FUTURE WITHOUT YOU
6:45PM-8PM
A seamless tapestry of comics, radio play, and live theatrical
performance, The Future Without You is a collection of six short pieces
from Tulsa Artist Fellow and Ignatz-award winning comics creator Sophie
Goldstein and Tulsa Artist Fellow Carl Antonowicz, starring actors Kara
Bellavia and Javier Sagel. Moderator Rob Clough will have a brief
discussion with Goldstein and Antonowicz after the performance airs.

SUNDAY

COMICS AND CONTRACTS
11AM-11:50AM
One thing lacking in many art school curriculums is how to approach signing
a book contract. What considerations should an artist consider in
negotiating a contract? How do factors like copyrights, media rights,
licensing, reversion rights figure into a contract? Join moderator Rob
Clough and the interim Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense
Fund, Jeff Trexler, as they answer these and other frequently asked
questions. Trexler will also discuss how he sees the CBLDF providing
resources for these issues in the future.

HOW DRAWINGS RESONATE: EMPATHY AND IDENTITY IN GRAPHIC MEMOIR
12:15PM-1:05PM
Cartoonists GB Tran (Vietnamerica) and Erin Williams (Commute) join this
roundtable with moderator Qiana Whitted and other scholars from the
International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) to discuss the ways that audience,
reception, and “relatability” affect how comics are created, particularly
those by women and people of color. How do these artists render hidden on
painful experiences on the page in a manner that resonates with readers,
while also realizing their own vision for the stories they want to
tell? Co-sponsored by the International Comic Arts Forum
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THE BODY LAID WASTE: THE NEW BODY HORROR IN COMICS
1:30PM-2:20PM
While comics have always provided a space for the provocative modification
of the human body, in recent years cartoonists have returned to the horror
genre to twist it with their new visions of terrifying human figures.
Grounding their approach to horror in the body itself, these artists
excavate intimacy, desire, fantasy, and community care as they explore the
human body in all its wonder and grotesqueness. At the intersection of the
body, horror, and comics, they conjure alien lifeforms, create impossible
anatomies, and pillage historical plagues and contemporary blights, all the
while transforming the language of comics and pushing towards new heights
of horror storytelling. Join moderator Dr. Rachel Miller as she explores
these ideas with Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary), Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade
Soul, BTTM FDRS), Julia Gfrörer (Vision), and Sloane Leong (Prism Stalker).

SO GOTH SHE WAS BORN BLACK: A SPOTLIGHT ON BIANCA XUNISE
3PM-3:40PM
Moderator J.A. Micheline will engage in conversation with Ignatz-award
winning cartoonist Bianca Xunise (Six Chix, Say Her Name) about punk rock,
goth, and her comics career.

More panels are being announced daily at smallpressexpo.com
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The 2020 Ignatz Awards, Sponsored by Politics and Prose
At the conclusion of Saturday’s SPX 2020 program, join us for the live
streaming of our annual Ignatz Awards, recognizing excellence in
independent comics. View the 2020 nominees right here.
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artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors
each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be
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