Minneapolis Indie Xpo writeup
Nov. 5th, 2011 09:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfAt the end of a particularly grueling (lots of overtime, hellish commutes, almost no writing done, a fair amount of pain and a hard drive crash) ten day stretch, I got to hit the Minneapolis Indie Xpo this afternoon with Jana and mr_bad_example. The Xpo is an independent comic book/graphic artist event, now in its second year at the Soap Factory. Among my other hobbies, I collect work by women comic book artists and was hoping to find some things I hadn't seen before at the Xpo. It did not disappoint. I hauled home a wide selection of zines, graphic novels, comics, and in one instance, a signed print. I'm still processing all the things I picked up.
Here's a sample list with links, where I could find them, of some of my new favorites:
Fat Ladies in Spaaaace by Nicole Lorenz - this is a coloring book of my new role models. Utterly awesome. The idea apparently came from a WisCon panel, BTW.
Every part of you is familiar to me by Kris Dresen - beautifully drawn lesbian comic book
Dames n Dogs by Karla Ecklund - just what it says. Plus a lovely signed print of a female shaman with her wolf in pencil.
Godseeker: Shadow Puppet Pantheon by Lisa and Lee Blauersouth. Omigod, the gorgeousness of this one! Multicultural graphic novel (also a webcomic) about a fertility goddess on a quest.
Templar, Arizona by Spike - quirky, alternate history graphic novel series.
The Paper Tapir by Amaya G. - one-off paper artist books, accordion folds with lovely drawings. We bought a couple of these.
Basilisk by Rhea Ewing - beautifully drawn short comics. Rhea and her mom Kimberly Long-Ewing are friends of ours and have a graphic novel series, called Urban Fey that they work on together. Check it all out, it's good stuff.
I also picked up some local artists' work, including Joe Combs' latest volume of Business Casual, Agile Development, which had us roaring (good IT humor is always popular around here); Capstone Press' Stone Arch Fairytales retellings - beautifully done books; and The Fieldhawk by Bart King - a superhero comic about the rural Midwest, which looks like fun.
The Xpo is running all day tomorrow too and they've got a panel schedule which includes the fabulous Jody Wurl talking about comics in libraries.
Here's a sample list with links, where I could find them, of some of my new favorites:
Fat Ladies in Spaaaace by Nicole Lorenz - this is a coloring book of my new role models. Utterly awesome. The idea apparently came from a WisCon panel, BTW.
Every part of you is familiar to me by Kris Dresen - beautifully drawn lesbian comic book
Dames n Dogs by Karla Ecklund - just what it says. Plus a lovely signed print of a female shaman with her wolf in pencil.
Godseeker: Shadow Puppet Pantheon by Lisa and Lee Blauersouth. Omigod, the gorgeousness of this one! Multicultural graphic novel (also a webcomic) about a fertility goddess on a quest.
Templar, Arizona by Spike - quirky, alternate history graphic novel series.
The Paper Tapir by Amaya G. - one-off paper artist books, accordion folds with lovely drawings. We bought a couple of these.
Basilisk by Rhea Ewing - beautifully drawn short comics. Rhea and her mom Kimberly Long-Ewing are friends of ours and have a graphic novel series, called Urban Fey that they work on together. Check it all out, it's good stuff.
I also picked up some local artists' work, including Joe Combs' latest volume of Business Casual, Agile Development, which had us roaring (good IT humor is always popular around here); Capstone Press' Stone Arch Fairytales retellings - beautifully done books; and The Fieldhawk by Bart King - a superhero comic about the rural Midwest, which looks like fun.
The Xpo is running all day tomorrow too and they've got a panel schedule which includes the fabulous Jody Wurl talking about comics in libraries.