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Description of Pictures: Artists shown here include Dean Haspiel, Keith Knight, Steve Conley, Joe Sutliff, Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo, Matt Dembicki, Warren Bernard, Adrian Tomine, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SPXO_120915_027.JPG: (left to right) Dean Haspiel, Joe Infurnari, and Keith Knight
2. SPXO_120915_032.JPG: Keith Knight
3. SPXO_120915_036.JPG: Joe Infurnari
4. SPXO_120915_085.JPG: Joe Sutliff and Steve Conley
5. SPXO_120915_095.JPG: Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo
6. SPXO_120915_099.JPG: Matt Dembicki
7. SPXO_120915_109.JPG: Warren Bernard
8. SPXO_120915_154.JPG: Adrian Tomine
9. SPXO_120915_159.JPG: Daniel Clowes
10. SPXO_120915_176.JPG: Chris Ware
11. SPXO_120915_182.JPG: Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez
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Wikipedia Description: Small Press Expo
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The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an alternative comics convention that takes place every September or October in Bethesda, Maryland. It rivals the Alternative Press Expo as the premiere convention for alternative comics creators and fans. SPX's main claim to fame are the Ignatz Awards. As one of the few festival awards rewarded in comics, they are voted on by attendees and are given annually at SPX.

SPX publishes an annual anthology as a companion to the convention. The first edition (1997) was in standard comic format, while all subsequent editions have been in digest format. Contributors have included Alex Robinson, Frank Cho, Marc Hempel, Brian Ralph and many others.

SPX is closely associated with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). All profits from SPX including the proceeds from the anthology and other fund raising activities that take place during the convention weekend, go to the CBLDF.

The SPX was founded in 1994 by a group of Washington-Baltimore area retailers to promote diversity in the comics marketplace. It also coincided with Dave Sim's "Spirits of Independence" tour. Attendees of the early years often speak of the close-knit community that was attained during the convention, citing offbeat occurrences such as James Kochalka's nude musical performance in 1998 and the annual pig roast/picnic.

SPX has been held in conjunction with the International Comics and Animation Festival (ICAF) many times beginning in 1997. Both ICAF and the Expo were cancelled in 2001 due to creators' travel difficulties related to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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- Bernard, Warren appears on:
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2012 photos: Equipment this year: My mainstays were the Fuji S100fs, Nikon D7000, and the new Fuji X-S1. I also used an underwater Fuji XP50 and a Nikon D600. The first three cameras all broke this year and had to be repaired. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; and Williamsburg, Virginia), a week-long family reunion cruise of the Caribbean, my annual two-week trip out west for the San Diego Comic-Con (plus side trips to Zion, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, etc), and a week-long family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with lots of in-transit time in Ohio and Indiana).. Ego strokes: I had a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. I had a photograph of the George Segal San Francisco Holocaust memorial used as the cover of Quebec Francais (issue 165). Not being able to read French, I'm not entirely sure what the article is about but, hey! And I guess what could be considered to be a positive thing, my site is now established enough that spammers have noticed it and I had to block 17,000 file description postings for Viagra and whatever else.. Number of photos taken this year: just below 410,000.
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