([September] 1997)
Small Press Expo; SPX,
1997 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 2.95 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
Issue Notes
No month of publication given, although the Expo was held on September 19-21, 1997 and the comic was produced beforehand. All profits from the comic were passed to the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund.
SPX
The Staros Report / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dr. Staros; superheroines
- Synopsis
- Dr. Staros captures two superheroines and accuses them of holding comics back.
Actual Thoughts
Silly Daddy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Joe Chiappetta; Maria
- Synopsis
- Joe's thoughts.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Jane's High School Reunion
Box Office Poison / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Jane Pekar; Gertie; Brian Clemment; Stephen Gaedel
- Synopsis
- Jane goes back in time to talk to her high-school incarnation.
- Keywords
- slice of life
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- A productive visit to the jewelry store.
- Keywords
- slice of life
Spring Roll Fever
True Artist Tales / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- How an artist avoids work.
- Keywords
- slice of life
The Same Day
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- The frustrations of the short order cook.
- Keywords
- slice of life
A Wrong Number Down at the Deli
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Tony Consiglio; old lady
- Synopsis
- A wrong number.
- Keywords
- slice of life
The Stupidity World Champion
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The stupidity world championship.
Indexer Notes
Strip includes credit for translation from Hebrew by Noah Stallman.
Drinking in the Woods
The Bathroom Girls / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Madeline; Juno
- Synopsis
- Madeline breaks Juno's arm.
- Reprints
-
from Bathroom Girls (Millennium Publications, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998) [preview]
-
- Keywords
- slice of life
Mysteries?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Tommy; Martin; Martin's girlfriend; high school teacher
- Synopsis
- Tommy is picky.
- Keywords
- slice of life
When Literary Titans Clash
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Marcel Proust; James Joyce
- Synopsis
- A brief meeting between Proust and Joyce.
Good Morning
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- The radio during a cup of coffee.
- Keywords
- slice of life
Do This
Silly Daddy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Moral obligations according to Joe Chiappetta.
- Keywords
- slice of life
What the Squirrel Told Me
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- squirrel
- Synopsis
- The squirrel spills a secret.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Kochkopovitch; pedlar; Paskarov
- Synopsis
- Kochkopovitch thinks he's scored.
- Keywords
- slice of life
Californiament
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Crested newt; eft
- Synopsis
- Where does rain come from.
Where My Ideas Come From
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Marc Crisafulli
- Synopsis
- Where Marc's ideas come from.
Young Tim and the Infernal Desire Machine of Dr. Cheruvian
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Pete Sickman-Garner
- Pencils
- Pete Sickman-Garner
- Inks
- Pete Sickman-Garner
- Letters
- Pete Sickman-Garner
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Young Tim; friend; Jasmeen
- Synopsis
- Young Tim is transformed.
Gunther Bumpus
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gunther Bumpus; beatniks; dog; policeman
- Synopsis
- Gunther forgets his keys.
- Reprints
-
in MegaPyton (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1992 series) #3/1999 (35) ([sommar] 1999)
-
Revenge of a Purple Garden Hose
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ivan Brunetti
- Synopsis
- Ivan reads a poem from his junior high school yearbook.
- Reprints
- in MegaPyton (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1992 series) #3/1999 (35) ([sommar] 1999)
- in Misery Loves Comedy (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) ([june 2007])
-
- Keywords
- slice of life
[no title indexed]
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- The population breakdown of New Zealand.
- Keywords
- slice of life
[no title indexed]
Too Much Coffee Man / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Too Much Coffee Man; Espresso Guy; Too Much German White Chocolate Woman With Almonds
- Synopsis
- Who should be villified?
- Keywords
- slice of life
S. Jay Goldfinger
Titans of Finance / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- S. Jay Goldfinger
- Synopsis
- The rise and fall of investor S. Jay Goldfinger.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Skateboaders; police
- Synopsis
- Skateboaders are dispatched by the police.
Hey, Adults! Comics!
Tug & Buster / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Buster; Tug; woman
- Synopsis
- Buster explains comics.
Liberty Meadows Censored
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Frank; Leslie
- Synopsis
- Strips that won't run in the newspaper.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bitchy Bitch
- Synopsis
- Bitchy tries relaxation.
Buddha on the Road
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- When creators have to deal with their creations.
- Keywords
- slice of life
Liberty Meadows Censored
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- More strips that won't run in the newspaper.
Hey, Adults! Comics!
Tug & Buster / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Buster; Stinkfinger
- Synopsis
- Buster and Stinkfinger's different tastes in comics.
[no title indexed]
Wolff & Byrd / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wolff; Byrd; possessed child; possessed child's father
- Synopsis
- A problematical case for Wolff & Byrd.
Hip Hip Hooray! We've Got Futuristic Cachet
Wingnut and Fidget & BratterSkain / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Abra Cadaver; Roger; Cretin; Wingnut; Fidget; Bratterskain; eyeball guy
- Synopsis
- The search for new product.
4 Loony Dreams
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jennifer Helms; Paul Trier; Ar Thalion
- Pencils
- Jesse Reklaw
- Inks
- Jesse Reklaw
- Letters
- Jesse Reklaw
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Four dreams remembered.
Adventures in Buddhism
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Leslee T. Parker
- Synopsis
- The difficulties of proper buddhist accessories.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Rio Bardo
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Billy; Paulita; Professor Doggett McDougal
- Synopsis
- What happened after Billy The Kid killed Pat Garrett.
The Hated Face
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Colin Knight; Jorge Futran; Drusilla
- Synopsis
- Colin's revenge is expensive.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Alex Chambers
- Synopsis
- Alex's first flight.
- Reprints
- from Jet Comics (Slave Labor, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997) [preview]
-
Kiwanni's Jest
Doctor Cyborg / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Allan Gross
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel; Mark Wheatley; Damon Willis
- Inks
- Marc Hempel; Mark Wheatley; Damon Willis
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dr. Malcolm Syberg; Ray; Danny; Sharma; Professor Voniken
- Synopsis
- The team investigate the possibility of ancient astronauts.
Indexer Notes
Very much an homage to Jonny Quest.
Prelude to a Dream
Books of Lore / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dalov
- Synopsis
- Dalov is berated by the elders.
[no title indexed]
Castle Waiting / activity / 4 pages
- Reprints
- in Castle Waiting (Olio, 1997 series) #5 ([March] 1998) [1 page]
-
Indexer Notes
Coloring pages.
Skade
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Skade; Skade's father; Bothvar Barki
- Synopsis
- Skade is shown a bear by his father.
Epilog
The Tresspassers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mr. Muggins; client
- Synopsis
- A difficult piece of news to deliver.
Taxi
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Taxi driver; Rico Costas
- Synopsis
- Rico takes a ride.
- Reprints
-
in Kane (Dolmen Editorial, 2004 series) #3 (junio 2005)
-
[no title indexed]
True Artist Tales / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Scott A. Gilbert
- Synopsis
- The perfect vision.
- Keywords
- slice of life
Lucky Love Limbo
Billy Dogma / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel
- Pencils
- Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel
- Inks
- Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel
- Letters
- Jessica Abel; Dean Haspiel
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Billy Dogma; Courtney; Dr. Eros; Jane
- Synopsis
- Comics and reality mix.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- slice of life
Indexer Notes
Presented as a flip story to the other contents.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
SPX
The Staros Report -
2.
Actual Thoughts
Silly Daddy -
3.
Jane's High School Reunion
Box Office Poison -
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
Spring Roll Fever
True Artist Tales -
6.
The Same Day
-
7.
A Wrong Number Down at the Deli
-
8.
The Stupidity World Champion
-
9.
Drinking in the Woods
The Bathroom Girls -
10.
Mysteries?
-
11.
When Literary Titans Clash
-
12.
Good Morning
-
13.
Do This
Silly Daddy -
14.
What the Squirrel Told Me
-
15.
[no title indexed]
-
16.
Californiament
-
17.
Magic Boy
-
18.
Where My Ideas Come From
-
19.
Young Tim and the Infernal Desire Machine of Dr. Cheruvian
-
20.
I Hate
-
21.
Gunther Bumpus
-
22.
Dominic deSanto
-
23.
Revenge of a Purple Garden Hose
-
24.
[no title indexed]
-
25.
[no title indexed]
Too Much Coffee Man -
26.
S. Jay Goldfinger
Titans of Finance -
27.
[no title indexed]
-
28.
Hey, Adults! Comics!
Tug & Buster -
29.
Liberty Meadows Censored
-
30.
[no title indexed]
-
31.
The Barr Girls
-
32.
Buddha on the Road
-
33.
Liberty Meadows Censored
-
34.
Hey, Adults! Comics!
Tug & Buster -
35.
[no title indexed]
Wolff & Byrd -
36.
Hip Hip Hooray! We've Got Futuristic Cachet
Wingnut and Fidget & BratterSkain -
37.
4 Loony Dreams
-
38.
Adventures in Buddhism
-
39.
Rio Bardo
-
40.
The Hated Face
-
41.
[no title indexed]
-
42.
Kiwanni's Jest
Doctor Cyborg -
43.
Prelude to a Dream
Books of Lore -
44.
[no title indexed]
Castle Waiting -
45.
Skade
-
46.
Epilog
The Tresspassers -
47.
Taxi
-
48.
[no title indexed]
True Artist Tales -
49.
Lucky Love Limbo
Billy Dogma -
50.
[Flip Cover]
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Fredrik Ekman
- Donald Dale Milne
- Josh Neufeld
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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