SPX 2003 returns to the Holiday Inn Select in Bethesda, Maryland from September 5th through 7th, 2003.

(9/5) Friday: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
(9/6) Saturday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
(9/7) Sunday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

If you did not participate in 2002, whether as a fan or an exhibitor, you missed a lot—don't be left out in 2003. 2002 was another fabulous year for the show. Attendance on Friday and Saturday was over 2,000 attendees, along with dozens of printers, distributors, retailers, and other industry professionals. There were over 315 people registered as exhibitors and we sold over 150 exhibitor tables. SPX has a unique format of only selling exhibitor space to independent publishers and not to retailers. This provides a very intimate and friendly atmosphere for our creators and fans to mingle. At the same time, there's a wide array of programming for all to enjoy.

Admission: One day pass is $8.00 ($5.00 for showing your Alternative Press Expo badge) and a weekend pass is $15.00

I have a crazy idea for my webcomic, Mindmistress, at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com, that might aid EVERYONE...
I would be the first to admit the weakest part of MM is the art, and an odd idea has occurred to me. Would anyone be interested---in exchange for a link, for praise, for publicity---in picking the page of their choice, and drawing it in their style? I'm not going to put it in Guest Art, but instead put a link in the page redrawn, that would say, "Alternate page". If we have several people redrawing the same page I'll have a referral page that will give you several artists to choose from...
Imagine Neal Adams redrawing the Galactus Trilogy. Then Frank Miller. Then someone doing it in a manga style. Imagine Alex Ross redrawing major Spider-Man battles---oh, wait, he did, didn't he? *Grin* Imagine John Byrne drawing "Crisis on Earth-One/Earth/Two".
Look at it as an art challenge, like done in many forums. I can give you proven experience in drawing super-hero art, in an online comic that draws hundreds of readers a day....and a guarenteed link to your site, along with my own personal thanks. No money, but what the hey... I wouldn't replace my old pages, but I'd give people alternates to go to...
Most comics go through a variety of artists over the years. This will give you a chance to show out. Look on my pages as storyboards, nothing more....and show us what you can do. I would prefer you keep the words, but if you'd rather not, it's just a preference, not a rule.
This is something webcomics can do that print comics CAN'T---or at least not as easily---give others glimpses of how others would portray the same scene with just a click.
Interested people contact me, at

, or just draw the thing and send it. Look on it as an art challenge to end all art challenges. Appreciate your interest.
Any style, from the cartoony to the ultra-detailed, from manga to Kirbyesque will be considered and most probably used. The more the merrier, as it were. Contact me if you have any questions about the characters, their general look, etc.
---Al
PS. Suggestions of other places to post it, besides, "artist wanted" in Talk About Comics, which I'm about to do, appreciated.
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From one of Jeff Rowland's fans comes this animated version of little Wigu Tinkle (from his webcomic WIGU).

Eventually every comic will be made into a movie. Still American Splendor is one comic book I was initially surprised to see as the basis for a movie given Hollywood's obsession with the long-underwear crowd. Moviepoopshoot has an interview with Mr. Pekar.

Every year at the Small Press Expo, they give out the Ignatz Awards. Unlike the Eisner Awards at SDCC, there's a whole category dedicated to webcomics in the Ignatz Awards. This year's nominations can be found at http://www.spxpo.com/ignatzwinner03.htm

The MT family got four out of five of the nominations in the online comics category (serializer got two out of five). Woo!

MT offers hearty congrats to all the nominees, whether they're part of the MT family or not, though.

(note -- you have to scroll down to the bottom to find the webcomics category, but there are artists who work in the webcomics medium scattered throughout the other categories, too -- like Derek Kirk Kim, Scott Mills, Roger Langridge, and Jason Shiga).