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Books is proud to donate materials to this worthwhile cause, partnering with
publishers: Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Drawn&Quarterly and others!
Washington, DC;
September 12, 2017 – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the
preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels,
and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce that the
Philadelphia Free Library is the 2017 recipient of the
Small Press Expo Graphic Novel Gift Program.
This program, the first of its kind in the
United States, is an outright gift of graphic novels to the library as selected
by the library’s collections specialists, who this year selected 87 titles
comprising 310 individual books.
To date, the Small Press Expo Graphic
Novel Gift Program has given away over 1800 graphic novels and comics to
library systems from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
There was a formal presentation of the
books to the Philadelphia Free Library by Small Press Expo Graphic
Novel Gift Program Director Catherine Fraas on Saturday, September 9.
The books were selected by the library’s
collection staff from the offerings of publishers Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Drawn & Quarterly, Cartoon Books, Adhouse Books and Koyama Press, all of whom support this program.
SPX’s
Graphic Novel Gift Program is an expansion of the philanthropic and charitable
endeavors that are part of its corporate charter, and is in addition to SPX’s
annual support to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The targets of this
program are public and academic library systems in the Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan area as selected by the Small Press Expo.
The
goals of this program are:
– to facilitate the availability of graphic
novels to readers of all ages utilizing public and school libraries,
– to promote learning and literacy through the
availability of graphic novels at local libraries, and
– to provide library systems with additional
resources by which they can purchase graphic novels and comics.
Jeff was a guest on Fox 28’s Good Day Columbus Marketplace segment promoting comics and the upcoming CXC Festival!
(incoming!)
Here’s the link to the video of the segment: http://myfox28columbus.com/good-day-columbus/good-day-marketplace/gdm-columbus-makes-art-cartoon-crossroads-columbus
614 Now: Cartoons are X’ing the road this September
http://614now.com/2017/leisure/cartoons-are-xing-the-road-this-september
If you missed out on Jeff’s talk with Lex Fajardo and Paige
Braddock at the Schulz Museum’s 15th Anniversary celebration, all is not lost.
Here’s a link to their conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR7B6E0je8k&feature=youtu.be
(Hint: there’s a neat award presentation towards the end!)
Jeff will be a guest at 10am this morning on Good Day Columbus Marketplace on Fox28. Tune in!
Jeff will be a guest tomorrow morning at 10am on Good Day Columbus Marketplace on Fox28. Tune in!
September 11, 2001, Jeff and Vijaya had just arrived in
Norway for a comics festival in Bergen. Illustrating the experience of what it
was like to be far from home that day, these original art pieces were donated
to the “9-11: Emergency Relief” graphic novel which was a fundraiser
for the American Red Cross.
“Columbus is Cannes for Cartoons”. CXC received a nice shoutout in the
September issue of American Airlines in-flight magazine: American Way
Jeff was a recent guest on the Process Party chatting about comics and CXC. Have a listen!
http://studygroupcomics.com/main/process-party-episode-48-jeff-smith/
It’s
National Read A Book Day! What are some of your favorites?
The September Boneville specials have arrived! See what’s new: boneville.com
#TBT
Fone and Phoney. Before Jeff dedicated
his craft to cartooning, he owned an animation studio in Worthington, OH called
Character Builders, where he doodled this drawing.
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Smiley Bone and Squidward-a natural pairing! Via NekoAmine
Phoney
Bone has his own instagram travelogue. Check out his adventures: phoney.travels
Comics Worth Reading notes CXC as a ‘show to watch’!
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/08/22/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-a-show-to-watch/
Jeff’s ID card. Sophomore year, Worthington High School, 1975.
Congratulations to @edwardcharris for winning the
original art inked by Jeff for the CBLDF charity auction at Comic-Con 2017 (he
also won a Milton Caniff brush!!!) Schwiiing!