Matt Emery’s Pikitia Press is located in Melbourne, but Emery is a New Zealand native and unsurprisingly publishes the work of a number of Kiwis as well as Aussies. The scene has long been small but feisty but it has grown dramatically in the past five to ten years.
South American Comics!
French cartoonist Nine Antico’s heroines
WOW, that’s a lot of comics! Why read anything else?!
Well Come and Scablands.
Anya Davidson. Kayla E. And a whole bunch of things worth reading.
Paradise.
Stalking and looking.
Bad vibes!
He could make us shiver as we grinned and vice versa (mostly vice)
Neighbors!
Took me one day to recover from SPX, but I *still* haven’t recovered from SPX reportage.
Things to do today.
A report from the Small Press Expo including a visit to the Library of Congress and a glimpse behind the scenes from Ignatz jurors. So how do you summarize a show like SPX?
Pearson has already amassed an impressive body of work, and has something of a runaway hit on his hands with the genuinely charming, smartly realized, and lovingly delineated Hilda series. He talks with us about consciously choosing a nonviolent protagonist, Scandinavian mythology, and the possibility of being typecast as a children’s artist.
