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<\/a>SPX 1997 cover<\/p><\/div>Well, well, well, looky what I found in the quarter bin at the secret comics warehouse in western Pennsylvania. This is the first ever SPX<\/a> anthology from 1997. Remember when they did these for each SPX from ’97 to, what, 2005? I remember when this book was being organized. I was living in San Francisco at the time. Out there we had APE<\/a>, which had just started up a couple years earlier (still going as a Comic-Con event). Is the cover of this SPX comic making fun of APE? I thought that back then. I also remember that I wanted to go to SPX but it was too far – and being in the comic seemed weird if I wasn’t going to go. That was the year, 1997, when I really felt like SPX was taking off. It was exciting back then to think of like minded folks in comics getting together outside of San Diego and outside of longbox conventions. Boy, times have changed. I still get excited by small press fests, but now there’s one every month somewhere it seems, right? <\/p>\n I thought I would try to write about the stories inside but then I found myself looking up creators whose names I didn’t recognize. Then I started looking up names of creators who have dropped off my radar. <\/p>\n So, are you ready to play “Where Are They Now?” Ok, then, let’s go to the videotape! I’m gonna take the contributor list and google the person’s name along with “1997” and “comics” (I left “SPX” out of the search because usually the SPX site was the first to come up). So click on each contributor to see what’s what. A fun diversion for all ages.<\/p>\n *Jessica Abel<\/a>
\n*Donna Barr<\/a>
\n*Art Baxter<\/a>
\n*Brian Biggs<\/a>
\n*Ruben Bolling<\/a>
\n*Ed Brubaker<\/a>
\n*Ivan Brunetti<\/a>
\n*Joe Chiappetta<\/a>
\n*Frank Cho<\/a>
\n*Brian Clopper<\/a>
\n*Tony Consiglio<\/a>
\n*Marc Crisafulli<\/a>
\n*Bob Fingerman<\/a>
\n*Scott A. Gilbert<\/a>
\n*Roberta Gregory<\/a>
\n*Allan Gross<\/a>
\n*Dean Haspiel<\/a>
\n*Marc Hempel<\/a>
\n*Sam Henderson<\/a>
\n*Bryan Heyboer<\/a>
\n*Etgar Keret<\/a>
\n*James Kolchalka<\/a>
\n*Batton Lash<\/a>
\n*David Lasky<\/a>
\n*Jon Lewis<\/a>
\n*Matt Madden<\/a>
\n*Steven Martinez<\/a>
\n*Linda Medley<\/a>
\n*Josue Menjivar<\/a>
\n*Rutu Modan<\/a>
\n*Yvonne Mojica<\/a>
\n*Pete Mullins<\/a>
\n*David Napoliello<\/a>
\n*Josh Neufeld<\/a>
\n*Josh Olson<\/a>
\n*Leslee T. Parker<\/a>
\n*John Porcellino<\/a>
\n*Jesse Reklaw<\/a>
\n*Tony Renouf<\/a>
\n*Alex Robinson<\/a>
\n*Pete Sickman-Garner<\/a>
\n*Chris Staros<\/a>
\n*James Sturm<\/a>
\n*Kevin Tucker<\/a>
\n*Colin Upton<\/a>
\n*Charles Vess<\/a>
\n*R. Walker<\/a>
\n*Mark Wheatley<\/a>
\n*Shannon Wheeler<\/a>
\n*Mack White<\/a>
\n*Damon Willis<\/a>
\n*Joe Zabel<\/a><\/p>\n