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A really uneven collection of indie comics. Some great names in here, but its all very minor work.
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Expo 2000
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Expo 2000 is the companion anthology to SPX: The Expo, North America's premier forum for alternative cartoonists and small press publishers. The 2000 edition will contain articles and comics by the best alternative cartoonists working today, including Charles Burns (creator of the fantastically creepy comic Black Hole, veteran of Art Spiegelman's RAW Magazine, and cover artist for The New Yorker and Time, among others), Ivan Brunetti (Schizo), Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man), Brian Ralph (Cave-In), and Craig Thompson (Good-Bye Chunky Rice). But these are just a few of the contributors to this packed anthology -- at 240 pages, Expo 2000 is a hefty read at a bargain price. In addition to the comics stories, there will be many articles about alternative comics around the world, edited by Charles Brownstein. The combination of reporting and comics stories make Expo 2000 the Granta of comics Proceeds from the sale of Expo 2000 benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), a non-profit organization protecting freedom of expression for the comics community. The CBLDF advises retailers on their First Amendment rights and pays the legal bills of those retailers accused of selling obscene and cutting edge comics.
352 pages, Paperback
First published August 1,2000
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352 pages, Paperback
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August 1, 2000 by Westhampton House
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9780967056678
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0967056675
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English
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Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long (over 50).
If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.
Note: WorldCat is an excellent resource for finding author information and contents of anthologies.
If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.
Note: WorldCat is an excellent resource for finding author information and contents of anthologies.
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Lots of Y2K comix. I liked 10-20%
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Anthology Feat. Seth, Adrian Tomine, Craig Thompson et al.
Most of the short stories collected in Expo 2000 are mediocre at best, but there are a few noteworthy standouts: the elegantly nostalgic 2-pager "Ice Cream Man" by Seth; an untitled story by Craig Thompson about child abuse in the name of religion; the one-pager "Cinema Verite" by Adrian Tomine about commercial culture's desire to make us feel inadequate; and "The Seventh Chicken" by Sasha Mihajlowich about our daily struggles for dignity and integrity in an increasingly exploitative and desensitized world. In addition, you get a few generally well-done interviews and short essays, plus a great cover by Charles Burns.
Most of the short stories collected in Expo 2000 are mediocre at best, but there are a few noteworthy standouts: the elegantly nostalgic 2-pager "Ice Cream Man" by Seth; an untitled story by Craig Thompson about child abuse in the name of religion; the one-pager "Cinema Verite" by Adrian Tomine about commercial culture's desire to make us feel inadequate; and "The Seventh Chicken" by Sasha Mihajlowich about our daily struggles for dignity and integrity in an increasingly exploitative and desensitized world. In addition, you get a few generally well-done interviews and short essays, plus a great cover by Charles Burns.
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Huge collection of very short comics. Art, topic, and story styles wildly different. I found several to be compelling but many were hard to physically read and then hard to understand the meaning
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so much goodness in this tightly bound little package. There's a great interview with Scott McCloud, an essay on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund by Tom Spurgeon, an interview with the comics journalist Aleksander Zograf on depicting realism, an essay by Mark D. Nevins on the future of comix via L'Association, and an interview with the artist Jakob Klemencic. AND an article on the current state of German Language comics.
Oh yeah, and there's lots of comix! All of them are very different in tone and style and theme with SO many great ones it is difficult to single out individual pieces, but the one about a young girl secretly reading love poems by Leland Myrick is really special. And Chris Ware has a little thing in here too.
Definitely worth seeking out if you have an interest in alternative comics and/or the pictorial art medium in general.
In case you did not read the official specifications of this title, this anthology was created as a benefit for the Small Press Expo, held annually in Bethesda, MD. As far as I know, such anthologies are no longer released although the Expo remains a great way to learn about new, talented self-starting artists.
Bonus: vid of some of the artists featured at the Expo.
Oh yeah, and there's lots of comix! All of them are very different in tone and style and theme with SO many great ones it is difficult to single out individual pieces, but the one about a young girl secretly reading love poems by Leland Myrick is really special. And Chris Ware has a little thing in here too.
Definitely worth seeking out if you have an interest in alternative comics and/or the pictorial art medium in general.
In case you did not read the official specifications of this title, this anthology was created as a benefit for the Small Press Expo, held annually in Bethesda, MD. As far as I know, such anthologies are no longer released although the Expo remains a great way to learn about new, talented self-starting artists.
Bonus: vid of some of the artists featured at the Expo.
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Was really excited and looking forward to going through this entire collection set, but the first several pieces were so bland and forgettable that I couldn't force myself to go through the whole thing.
If you like countless 'Slice-of-Life' pages where characters don't really go anywhere, and there's barely any story to speak of, this might be for you.
Otherwise, skip.
If you like countless 'Slice-of-Life' pages where characters don't really go anywhere, and there's barely any story to speak of, this might be for you.
Otherwise, skip.
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