The Small Press League

Member Profile: Alec Longstreth

Alec Longstreth is a guy who lives and draws in Brooklyn, New York. At his website, you can order his self-published comics, check out his illustration work, or read his personal blog. Up next for Alec: a new issue of his comic Phase 7, due out in March.

Member Profile: Shannon Smith

You can find Shannon Smith at shannonsmith.net, where you’ll find links to his artwork, minicomics, web comics and his minicomic review site, File Under “Other”. A collection of his minicomics, Sleepwalker, is due out this Spring.

Member Profile: Jonathan Baylis

We talk comics with Jonathan Baylis, whose work can be found at sobuttons.com. A collection of stories from the site will be self-published soon.

Our First Member Publication

We are hoping to assemble a self-published zine, to debut at MoCCA, spotlighting SPL members and spreading the word about the organization. The concept being a page or two from each member’s sketchbook, with bio/contact info.

January 25, 2008 | Read the full story

New Anthology FORM/SUBSTANCE

SPL organizer David Cushman announces a new publication, FORM/SUBSTANCE, which will mix comics, illustration and design. See the site for more information and for details on contributing. The first issue will be released this summer.

January 25, 2008 | Read the full story

SPL at MoCCA 2008

The SPL will be representin’ at MoCCA 2008. We hope to have a free publication to pass around, or get a table, or both. If we get a table, we’ll be glad to sell member publications. Contact us for more information, and watch out for further details.

January 16, 2008 | Read the full story

Bug Infested Comics

Bob Vojtko’s Bug Infested Comics is a mini-comic series that started back in the newave comix era. Each issue of its four-issue run was published by a different small press house: Everyman Studio, Comix World, Jabberwocky Graphix, and Anachoas. But you can’t keep a good bug outside forever, so Bob has released the fifth issue […]

February 13, 2008 | Read the full story

City/City — Sarah Morean

Sarah Morean’s new comic is City/City. Half of the book contains true personal stories about living in Sioux Falls, SD, and the other half are about living in Minneapolis, MN. The book is 16 pages long, color covers, b&w interiors.

January 16, 2008 | Read the full story

Johnny America Five

Johnny America is a small magazine of fiction, humor, and other miscellany. Their newest issue, Johnny America Five, is their largest and most elaborate issue yet, split into three booklets totaling seventy-two pages of essays, fiction, very-short shorts, and reviews of lottery tickets and books. Each of the three booklets has a different day-glo cover. It might well be the most brightly-colored lit-zine yet produced.

February 11, 2008 | Read the full story