Comments on: SPX continues to enchant http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dooney And Bourke Bags http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-1546272 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:52:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-1546272 <strong>Dooney And Bourke Bags...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Dooney And Bourke Bags…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

]]> by: STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: October 18, 2007 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466960 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:52:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466960 [...] SPX continues to enchant from THE BEAT [...] […] SPX continues to enchant from THE BEAT […]

]]> by: John http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466749 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:11:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466749 Yeah, chocolate fondue FTW. :) I got there to the party quite late, and the fountain was more of a drizzle at that point, but it was still quite good on the sponge cake. You'll need to order a few more for next year, Karon. Brian, I went to Otakon from 2000-2004 and (IMHO) it used to be a great place to learn about and get the higher-quality anime and manga that just wasn't available in the US. Also, back then, you were able to more easily talk with fans and artists in an atmosphere that was more along the lines of a Baltimore Comic-con than what you probably experienced this year. After the 2004 con, with its attendance being well over 20,000 on Saturday, it got to be too much for me and other folks that I know. Between my friends, blogs, review sites, and Amazon or local retailers, I can now learn about and get the anime/manga that I could only find out about before at Otakon or similar cons. Yeah, chocolate fondue FTW. :) I got there to the party quite late, and the fountain was more of a drizzle at that point, but it was still quite good on the sponge cake. You’ll need to order a few more for next year, Karon.

Brian, I went to Otakon from 2000-2004 and (IMHO) it used to be a great place to learn about and get the higher-quality anime and manga that just wasn’t available in the US. Also, back then, you were able to more easily talk with fans and artists in an atmosphere that was more along the lines of a Baltimore Comic-con than what you probably experienced this year. After the 2004 con, with its attendance being well over 20,000 on Saturday, it got to be too much for me and other folks that I know. Between my friends, blogs, review sites, and Amazon or local retailers, I can now learn about and get the anime/manga that I could only find out about before at Otakon or similar cons.

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Oct. 18, 2007: Porn zombies http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466633 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:45:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466633 [...] [Scene] More Small Press Expo reports and observations: Frank Santoro, Heidi MacDonald, Ben Towle (part one, part two, part three), Gary Tyrrell and Bradford Pearson of Maryland&#8217;s Business Gazette.. [...] […] [Scene] More Small Press Expo reports and observations: Frank Santoro, Heidi MacDonald, Ben Towle (part one, part two, part three), Gary Tyrrell and Bradford Pearson of Maryland’s Business Gazette.. […]

]]> by: Brian Spence http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466585 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-466585 Finally, someone tells the truth about manga. Like Smith, I think manga is usually pretty bad. The stories are nonsense and churned out by committee (with the same art style, no less!). However, the ones who are good in Japan, are really, really good. Akira, Appleseed, Domu, Lone Wolf and Cub, and on and on showed American comics creators how to make good comics. I was recently dragged out to the Baltimore anime-con (Otakon, I think it's called?) and it was so annoying. There are quite a few manga fans that need to get a life. Much more than at any western comics show (that I've been to). It was pretty eye opening. My impression is that the manga addicts are very immature, looking for style over substance. I could go into more detail on that (potential flame-bait) statement, but I won't. Wish I was at the small press xpo, but I totally forgot all about it. I've worked three weeks straight, about 13-14 hours a day, and my brain is on another planet. Headed to Calgary on Sunday for a big business trip (which, hopefully, will be fun). Finally, someone tells the truth about manga. Like Smith, I think manga is usually pretty bad. The stories are nonsense and churned out by committee (with the same art style, no less!). However, the ones who are good in Japan, are really, really good. Akira, Appleseed, Domu, Lone Wolf and Cub, and on and on showed American comics creators how to make good comics.

I was recently dragged out to the Baltimore anime-con (Otakon, I think it’s called?) and it was so annoying. There are quite a few manga fans that need to get a life. Much more than at any western comics show (that I’ve been to). It was pretty eye opening. My impression is that the manga addicts are very immature, looking for style over substance. I could go into more detail on that (potential flame-bait) statement, but I won’t.

Wish I was at the small press xpo, but I totally forgot all about it. I’ve worked three weeks straight, about 13-14 hours a day, and my brain is on another planet. Headed to Calgary on Sunday for a big business trip (which, hopefully, will be fun).

]]> by: Karon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-465840 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:13:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-465840 I knew the chocolate fondue would go over well but I really had no idea just how popular it would be. I think it is safe to say that while I am the Executive Director of SPX and it continues to be on the hotel catering menu, there will be chocolate fondue. Or until some cartoonist loses their drawing hand in a dreadful chocolate fondue scalding incident and it turns into that silly Michael Caine movie where the hand starts killing people. But that would make a killer minicomic so maybe even after that. I knew the chocolate fondue would go over well but I really had no idea just how popular it would be. I think it is safe to say that while I am the Executive Director of SPX and it continues to be on the hotel catering menu, there will be chocolate fondue. Or until some cartoonist loses their drawing hand in a dreadful chocolate fondue scalding incident and it turns into that silly Michael Caine movie where the hand starts killing people. But that would make a killer minicomic so maybe even after that.

]]> by: Liz http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-465792 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:13:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/17/spx-continues-to-enchant/#comment-465792 I'm still talking (and dreaming) about that chocolate fondue! I hope it's there again next year so I can just dip my whole face in it. I want to get one for my office so I can have chocolate staplers and chocolate post-its whenever I want! I’m still talking (and dreaming) about that chocolate fondue! I hope it’s there again next year so I can just dip my whole face in it. I want to get one for my office so I can have chocolate staplers and chocolate post-its whenever I want!

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