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APE 2014

Held October 4 and 5 at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA.

Image of Exhibitors Hall from APE 2014

Special Guests

APE 2014 featured these special guests at the event, Oct. 4 and 5 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.

Bob Fingerman – Cartoonist, Minimum Wage, Bottomfeeder

Bob Fingerman is the creator of critically acclaimed graphic novels such as White Like SheRecess Pieces, and From the Ashes, as well as the novels Bottomfeeder and Pariah. In Bottomfeeder, Fingerman took on the vampire genre, tossing away the typical gothic and romantic trappings in favor of portraying the down to earth story of a working class Queens-bred bloodsucker. In the mid-90s, his series Minimum Wage won a devoted cult audience. In 2013 it was revised and collected in Image’s definitive Maximum Minimum Wage. Now Minimum Wage is back, better than ever and all new for 2014 and beyond.

Faith Erin Hicks – Writer/artist, Friends with Boys, The Nameless City

Faith Erin Hicks is the writer and artist behind Demonology 101, The War at Ellsmere, Friends with Boys, and the Eisner Award-nominated The Adventures of Superhero Girl. She also drew Brain Camp (with Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan), the Bigfoot Boy series (with J. Torres), Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (with Prudence Shen), and co-wrote the video game prequel The Last of Us: American Dreams with Neil Druckmann. She lives in Nova Scotia, where she is working on her upcoming graphic novel trilogy, The Nameless City.

Ed Piskor – Cartoonist, Wizzywig, Hip Hop Family Tree

Ed Piskor cut his teeth drawing American Splendor strips for Harvey Pekar. The duo went on to doing a few graphic novels together: Macedonia (Villard, 2007), and The Beats (Hill & Wang, 2009). His first solo graphic novel was the computer hacker story Wizzywig (Top Shelf, 2012) and he’s currently working on the Hip Hop Family Tree series (Fantagraphics) of which two volumes will be available at APE. He plans on continuing the series for the foreseeable future.

Jason Shiga – Cartoonist, Empire State, Meanwhile, Demon

Jason Shiga was born and raised in Oakland, California. He has been drawing comics since 1996. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of math. Many of his comics are interactive and require the reader to make choices to move the story along. In his fifteen-year career, Shiga has created 5 graphic novels, 20 comic books, over a dozen magazines and newspaper strips, and the world’s second largest interactive comic. Although his works range from strips to graphic novels he is best known for his love of unusual structural forms. Jason’s newest project is a 750-page science fiction epic entitled Demon. He is releasing it serially on his website, shigabooks.com.

C. Spike Trotman – Writer/artist, Poorcraft, Templar, Arizona

C. Spike Trotman was born in DC, grew up in MD, and lives in IL. She runs a teeny-tiny publishing company, Iron Circus Comics, and is responsible for Poorcraft, The Sleep of Reason, and Smut Peddler, along with the webcomic Templar, Arizona.

A Kickstarter early adopter, her projects have raised over $200,000 in funding and earned multiple awards. Her achievements are just a few of many like it in the independent publishing world, a world reinvigorated by webcomics, diversifying audiences, increased access and crowdfunding. In case you couldn’t tell, she’s a big fan of where things are going in comics.

Robert Williams – Artist, cartoonist, Zap Comix, The Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams
Photo by Joe Goode

Often imitated but rarely equaled, Robert Williams remains an enduring and visionary original. In a career that has spanned not only decades, but more significantly generations, Williams has made an indelible mark on popular culture and inspired legions of artists long before his relatively recent and much belated rise to prominence in the art world. By the time Williams’ art finally received its critical acceptance and institutional acknowledgement in the last decade, he was already a living legend revered by many prominent filmmakers, musicians, writers and artists of our time. In addition to Williams’ career as a painter, he is also one of the legends of underground comix, and one of the artists who launched Zap Comix. He is also one of the founders of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.

APE 2014 Program Book

Superhero Girl © 2014 Faith Erin Hicks

APE offerd its attendees a free Program Book. This comic book-sized publication is the official guide to the event, including bios and photos of the show’s special guests, an Exhibit Hall map and list of exhibitors, the complete 2-day program schedule, ads from APE exhibitors, and much more.

The APE 2014 Program Book featured a cover by special guest Faith Erin Hicks.


Exhibitors & SCHEDULE

APE 2014 was Oct. 4 & 5 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The Alternative Press Expo returned to San Francisco for a fun-filled weekend of comics and art on October 4 and 5, 2014 at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center.

Here’s our complete list of APE 2014 Exhibitors, including table numbers and a location map.

Exhibitors

APE 2014 was Oct. 4 & 5 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The Alternative Press Expo returned to San Francisco for a fun-filled weekend of comics and art on October 4 and 5, 2014 at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center.

#Table Number
1 Eye Addiction602
17 Machine Studios320
20 Leagues600B
24-Hour Comics Day1049,1050,1051,1052
2D Cloud1049,1050,1051,1052
8-Rock Press732
90 Proof / Christopher Kardambikis816B
ATable Number
Abacab Comics708
Active Images and Comicraft801,802
Adhouse Books809
Adventures of the 19XX324,325
Agora805
Alina Chau Art101
Allentine, Andy Malpica, & Melisa Des Rosiers714
Alphabunchanonsense!718
Andrew Kafoury’s No’madd823A
Angels of the Singularity927A
Ann Marcellino Illustration925
ARCH Art and Drafting Supply1029
The Art of Brandon Pike615
Art of Christine Nguyen / Mpulse Studio103
The Art of JP Neang128
The Art of RJ Palmer713
The Art of Sketch923
The Artsy and Crafty World of Alexandria and Eda510
BTable Number
B-Squad: Soldiers of Misfortune729
Bad Blood1032B
Banandrea and Sarahjane Bernhisel Illustration127A
The Beast Is Back Inc416
Bento Comics422
Bermansworld / Bermanboard212
Big Wow Comic Fest432
Black Jack Press403A
Black Sheep Comics201
Black Snow Comics813
Jim Blanchard & J. R. Williams329
Blitz Comics1038
Bob the Angry Flower902
Bombs Away Art216
Boston Metaphysical Society620
Andy Brennan (Caggage)722A
Drew Brockington1019B
Broken Robot317
Bumperboy200
Buttersafe410
CTable Number
C. M. Butzer Comics & Illustration122
Cachava, Fabretti & Tam508
Cake & Comix1019A
California College of the Arts400,401,402
Kathleen Caliway132B
Canada College Dept. of Digital Art & Animation830
Cartoon Art Museum327
Cartoon Flophouse1002
Cartoons For Goons928
Chelsea & Shiu Pei!!!419
Chris’s Comics1040
Christina Jose Art137A
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund911
Comic Strip Club814
Julia Cone and Eliza Reisfeld107
Ben Costa601
Sabrina Cotugno and Jisoo Kim1012
Couscous Collective328
Crawdads Welcome1042B
Crescent1048
DTable Number
Dark Planet Inc426,427
Dark White305
Gregg Davidson429
Marty Davis213
Decisions & Revisions with Jessica Bender209
Deirling & Love, Teacup Kisses126
Delphinity Art and Design208A
Dent Comics610
Steph Dere / Steph Lew / Lain Yee234,235
The Devastator326
Diablo Productions920
Donbon725A
Nguyen Dong407
Doodle Buddies423
Dottie Pineapple206
Dragon Child404
Craig Drake119
Drawn & Quarterly916,917
Dream Destinations502
Drok Cola Ink411A
Addison Duke307
Kim Dwinell, Kevin Woody, Barbara Malley108
Jamaica Dyer & Eddie Wright907A
JTable Number
Jon Eastman906
Edgar Kim’s Art411B
EHA Comics and Little Hawk Comics1001
Eidolon Fine Arts913,914
Electric Shogun Studios931A
Josh Ellingson800
EMONIC217
Everyday Love Art619
FTable Number
Failing Sky1046
Fantagraphics Books331,332,333
Fat Faeries509A
Casey Fay110
Felicia Ann Illustration & Design1044
Ferret Hound230,231
Bob Fingerman919
Finn & Charlie Are Hitchd731B
Flesk Publications222,223
Flimflammery Press1036
Flowers Studio312
Fluffins By Kat & Susan’s Sweet Squees501
Michael Foley725B
Harrison Fong / Maria Lee822
The Force Media LLC208B
The Forsley Brothers / Mission Mini Comix1026
Fourth Way Comics505A
Fuji Dreskin Illustration1008A
GTable Number
Desiree Galavez123
Gazbot And Q-Bits605
Geek Pile and Goose418
Gene Yang/ Thien Pham/ Briana Loewinsohn409
Genuine Haha102
Ghost Thunder715
Graphine622
Mike Gray, Doug Gray, Andy Stattmiller227,228A
Green Butterfly Press321B
Jonathan Green727
Guerrilla Garage Arts720B
HTable Number
H&S138
Caroline Hadilaksono120B
Travis Hanson – Bean Leaf Press304
Happy Hour113
Hashground1008B
Hella Fresh Comics1041
Heymonster613B
Martin Hsu233
Ryan Hungerford424
Hyperactive Monkey417
ITable Number
Illogical Associates717
Illuminations214
Illustrium Arts431
Imaginism Studios421
Immedium719
Impettus Entertainment711
Ink Smith Publishing614
Introspective Comics829A
Irene831
JTable Number
J. G. Angeles Art1025
JAB506
Jacob Halton Design907B
Jean & Ana1045
Jeff Delierre Illustration703A
Jelter Art414
Jenny Parks Illustration933
Jimmy Daze Comics730
Joie Art and Tracie Timmer Illustrations114
Joko Budiono Art Publishing621
Jon2 & Jue415
Jordy F. & Walking Beans726
Jose Moreno Illustration308
Jusscope Press1023
Juxtapoz Magazine221
KTable Number
Kelley McMorris Illustration and Inkyung Lee135
Kevin Wueste Fine Art LTD908
Kiki Doodle112
Killweather821
Eunjung June Kim140
K. Kolodin829B
Korean American Cooking Comics120A
Karen Krajenbrink & Aggie Cheung104
Julia Krase & Alphonsa Carnolius139
Kriyani Studio219B
Krumla Studio205
Karl Christian Krumpholz118
Krysten and Andrey Art322
KW Studio111
LTable Number
L M Bolger Comics606A
Jonathan La Mantia609
Laiki137B
James Lantz1009A
Lass With A Pen509B
Last Gasp1015,1016,1017,1018
Last Res0rt Comics816A
Latino Toons1033
Lava Punch1013,1014
CJ Lee1034
Mike Lee210
Ubin Li215
Light and Dark Imagination623
Brenna Lindblad and Sang Han310
LiveWorkshop430
Stu Livingston932A
Locust Moon Press403B
Lonnie Comics731A
MTable Number
Matt MacFarland935A
Sarah Machicado207
Michael Magtanong606B
Mandatory Roller Coaster1009B
Mark Badger Comics / Jack Kirby Museum710
Mark Zman Publications100
Martin The Satanic Racoon611B
Matt’s Monster – Powered Art820B
Dallion Stewart McGregor927B
Sean Seamus McWhinny / Bunny Man823B
Megamoth Studio134
MFA Visual Narrative, School of Visual Arts811
Michael Manomivibul Illustration309
Microcosm Publishing612
Lonnie Millsap – Rollyhead Publishing, Inc910
Mingjue and Yingjue Chen425
Minion Me141
Misunderstanding Comics935B
Mixtape Comics833
Monkey + Seal1047
Monstark1011
Monster Elementary412
Most Ancient211
Mr Dicks & Cecidraws105
Sho Murase232
Museum of Robots109
NTable Number
Nana500
Nat & Sarah1003
NBM Publishing905
Negative Edge Comics828
Nicole Madeline Ales Art507
Nomchom / Vulcanyeti Productions827
Nooligan203
North Pole Graphix1006
Northwest Press700,701
NOTATION733
nothing-obvious511
Nubian Ink617
Nuggets of Wisdom826
OTable Number
OBSCURA Fragments & Design618
Lindsey Olivares926
PTable Number
Melissa Pagluica133
Panic Attack!825
Paperlinks Press136
Phase Seven Comics903,904
Ed Piskor330
Piximix LLC716
The Plainest Plane932B
PM Press900,901
Pat Presley + Matt Gaser428
Prism Comics702
PsychoNot Art820A
Puna Press LLC812
RTable Number
RAWR! Dinosaur Friends-By H. McGill1035B
Rawrz Toys930
Real Gone Girl Studios219B,220
Willie Real503
Research Publications1000
RF Comics504
Riff Raff Studios1022
RLT Press / Slumberland Press818
Aisleen Romano922
Rooster Tails703B
Alex Rosmarin924
Mina Roy / Melinnie Angela1042A
Ruby SuperNova505B
Run The Risk Comics323
STable Number
Yumi Sakugawa1035A
Salazar Entertainment303
Resh Sandhu824
Christy Sawyer (& Friends)603
Brian Schirmer125
Andy Sciazko and Mary Syring1024
Scrotumnose723
SCUMO721
Serenity’s Dream921
Shigabooks / Punk Punk319
Nathan Shorts and Miriam Miraschiski929
Silver Sprocket832
Stephen Silver909
Slave Labor Graphics300,301,302
Snorffles n’ Meeps202
So Super Duper Comics819
Squid Row / Gulls705
Denis St John and Caitlin Plovnick600A
Stafford / Konopitski Worldwide Adventures1010
Starbolins316
Gabbi Steiger931B
Stitch Mind Artworks1037
StormOne Originals720A
Betsy Streeter706
Stuart Ng Books224,225,226
Studio Denmark413
Studio Tinlock321A
Studio Xia704
Submarine Press1021
Sunday Press918
Super Emo Friends607
Super Ugly / Dave Dwonch1027,1028
Super7318
TTable Number
TamiArt127B
Le Tang and Vaughn Ross616
Tapigami728
Terry Tapp722B
Babs Tarr433
Thousand Skies314
Three Arrows Studio142
Three-armed Squid1020
Tiffany Turrill Illustration311
Tinybully Knits313
Tinysnails204
Derrick Tipton709
Jen Tong / Kim Sielbeck121
Tonko House420
Tony McVey Studio Arts712
Too Much Coffee Man912
Top Shelf Productions803,804
Toy Samuraiz604
Tripping Over You934
C. Spike Trotman817
Tweedlebop229
UTable Number
Umicorms405
Under The Table1043
Egypt Urnash124
VTable Number
Charmaine V, Angelica B & Michelle Y1007
Valkyrie Komics608
Vencenza Art613A
Vision Wisdom1005
Visum406
Cody Vrosh & Binary Winter Press218
WTable Number
Wakeari Wonderland228B
War of the Sun611A
Malachi Ward806,807
Warhead K. E. K.707
R. R. Werner & Callie F.1031
Whiskey Tango1030
Grim Wilkins and Jenna Trost915
Andrew Winegarner306
Wolf’s Ink129,130,131
Alice Wong / Tuan Vo106
Woolbuddy1039
Wuvable Oaf Comics815
XTable Number
XIN!132A
YTable Number
Yam Books / Koyama Press808
Gene Yang409
Charles Yoakum / Alex Sheikman724
Bryan Young and Sueann Williams1004
ZTable Number
Zacfinger.com1032A
Theresa Zysk315
Complete Schedule

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