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SPX is this weekend! I haven't been to SPX in about 4 or 5 years so I am really excited. SPX is like one of those old highschool trips you got to take when you and all of your dork friends got to obnoxiousize a poor, though probably suspecting hotel. I'll be there with Drawn and Quarterly with more advancey copies of Make Me a Woman! Also on some panels. Also I'm handing out the Ignatz award for Best Anthology or Collection. Also, I drew the program guide cover (I don't have a link for that), so check it out! They're selling prints of it and the other convention ephemera artwork at the sign-in table.

See you there! Here's my schedule:

SATURDAY SPX HOURS 11-7

2:00-3:00 PM VANESSA DAVIS SIGNING AT THE DQ TABLE

Remembering Harvey Pekar
4:00 | Brookside Conference Room
When comics writer Harvey Pekar died in July 2010, he left behind an
influential legacy of independent autobiographical comics that
highlighted the forgotten moments and ignored people of everyday life.
In this special panel event, a group of Pekar’s former collaborators
will discuss their experiences of working with the creator of American
Splendor. Heidi MacDonald will moderate this conversation with Vanessa
Davis, Dean Haspiel, Jeff Newelt, Rick Parker, Ed Piskor, and Sean
Pryor.

5:00-6:00 PM VANESSA DAVIS SIGNING SIGNING AT THE DQ TABLE


SUNDAY SPX HOURS 12-6

2:00-3:00 PM VANESSA DAVIS SIGNING AT THE DQ TABLE

Autobiography in Pieces
3:00 | Brookside Conference Room
How do you tell the story of a life that’s still in progress? Is
“story” even the right way to think about it? How do you winnow down
the manifold details and data of your life? Cartoonists Sarah Becan,
Gabrielle Bell, Vanessa Davis, and Jesse Reklaw will discuss
alternatives to the memoir with moderator Isaac Cates.

4:00-5:00 PM KEVIN HUIZENGA AND VANESSA DAVIS SIGNING AT THE DQ TABLE

Shanah tova tova!

Two exciting things happened today:

1. Make Me a Woman was listed as the #1 out of Heeb's top 10 comics of the year!

2. The story I collaborated on with Harvey Pekar was posted on Smith magazine's Pekar Project. Sadly, Mr. Pekar died before he ever got to see my rendition of his story, but I hope he would have liked it.

A Dangerous Mind

Sasha Watson posted this interview with me up at Publishers Weekly today, and I'm thrilled that she was not only able to figure out what I was saying through all of the babbling I did over the phone, but also able to make me sound coherent!

Nice n' easy

The coolest gal I know, Janelle Hessig, hooked me up with Avi Spivak for an art show at Down at Lulu's and it's opening next Thursday and I'm really excited to go to this opening! Anyone who loves fun should be there!

Infernal Agassi

I just sent in my contribution to the diabolical project that is Tennis vs. Apocalypse. I hope Andre Agassi isn't religious. Because if he is, he's not going to like this portrait I'm drawing of him.