SPX 2007: Paul Karasik on Fletcher Hanks

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LAST WEEKEND THE Small Press Expo (SPX) wrapped up its 13th year of celebrating the union of words and pictures. Express' Scott Rosenberg and Christopher Porter were there to cover the event, using an incredibly high-end video camera to interview a few of the more than 400 artists, writers and publishers who swarm North Bethesda every year for the premier gathering of independent comic book creators. We will be uploading SPX videos all week long, so keep this link handy and check back often.

INTERVIEW: Paul Karasik, editor
BOOK: "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks"
PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics

VIDEO INDEX:
» Fletcher Hanks, homepage
» RAW magazine
» Art Spiegelman, artist and writer
» "The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family," book
» "City of Glass," graphic novel

MORE:
» "Civilized Destruction: Paul Karasik on Fletcher Hanks" [Express]
» "FLOG: The Fantagraphics Blog" on Karasik and Hanks [FLOG]
» "Paying Tribute to Fletcher Hanks" [Newsarama]
» "Interview: Paul Karasik" [The Daily Cross Hatch]

Art: top piece by Paul Hornschemeier; bottom piece by Fletcher Hanks