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Alternative Press Expo (APE), San Francisco, April 9-10, 2005 |
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The first creator to stop by the Exhibit A booth was Rob Osborne, whose 1000 Steps to World Domination was the first minicomic to receive the Isotope Award. A book collection has been published by AiT/Planet Lar.
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| Batton sprained his foot the week before APE, so he had lots of fun getting around San Francisco and APE on crutches! |
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Christina "Smudge" Hanson, a longtime APE exhibitor, was promoting her upcoming collection Ebin & May from Radio Comix.
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| Batton enjoyed chatting with Scott Bieser, artist/adapter of L. Neil Smith’s Probability Broach graphic novel. |
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Cartoonist Javier Hernandez filled Batton in on the film adaptation of his comic El Muerto.
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| Javier was one of the participants on the panel about movies and indy comics that Batton moderated. Other panelists shown here are Alex Woo (whose short film adaptation of the comic Rex Steele, Nazi Smasher led into the panel) and Claudia Spinelli, creative executive from Nickelodeon. |
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| What’s an APE without some green hair? Batton with APE attendees Kelly and Alexandra. |
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Batton got a chance to chat with the great Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown) at the Cartoon Art Museum fundraiser.
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Cartoonist Randall Kirby got a chance to hang with "Nancy" at the Cartoon Art Museum.
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APE special guest James Sturm stopped by to say hello to Jackie and tell her a bit more about his new Center for Cartoon Studies opening this fall in Vermont.
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Also seen at APE . . . |
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| Special guest Seth and award-winning cartoonist Adrian Tomine sketching at the Drawn & Quarterly booth. |
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| Dan "Ghost World" Clowes. |
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| Kevin "Glenn Ganges" Huizenga |
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| Paul "Forlorn Funnies" Hornschemeier. |
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| Jhonen "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" Vasquez |
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Noted fantasy writer Peter S. Beagle (The Last Unicorn) signing his new short story collection. |
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