{"id":575,"date":"2009-10-03T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2009\/10\/spxreport3\/"},"modified":"2009-10-03T08:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T13:11:00","slug":"spxreport3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"SPXreport3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last one. Very brief. Sort of like a comment in the comment section of the last post.<\/p>\n

One of the best parts about SPX is the hang-out after the Ignatz Awards. I’ve never actually attended<\/span> the awards, but I like the drinking afterward. Anyways, me and Ed Piskor were bullshittin’ for awhile. Girls Roller Derby was the subject. And then we made fun of Jim Rugg. A laff riot.<\/p>\n

Then James Kolchalka and I starting riffing on some of his old mini-comics. I couldn’t remember the name of my favorite one. It was Paradise Sucks<\/span>. When was that? 1994? Then I just went off about how important John Porcellino’s Spit and a Half<\/a> distro was to me and “the community” back then. And somehow, I was able to use that as a springboard for telling James that he “won the war” for us. Cuz, for me, when I saw James’ hardcover Sketchbook Diaries<\/span> in New York City bookstores in 2002<\/strike> 2004, I felt like he had won<\/span>. Meaning, he was able to carry his lo-fi personal vision to the mainstream venue without altering his voice. <\/p>\n

Mr. Kolchalka reminded me that that big hardcover only sold so well, but that he appreciated what I was saying. <\/p>\n

What am I saying? I’m saying that the lesson of the “small press” is that one can hone one’s personal voice within a support group of like-minded folks without making fatal concessions to the larger marketplace. And in these days of 500-page graphic novel debuts, it’s an important lesson. I could go on and on, but I think it would be like preaching to the choir.<\/p>\n

The rest of the con was great. But since I think we’re all tired of SPX reports, I’m ending mine here. See you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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