SPX 2020: Anthologies, Activism, and Visibility
Channel: SmallPressExpo
Date: 2020-09-12

Anthologies can be a powerful source for a number of artists to raise their voices for a particular cause.  Moderator Dr. Rachel Miller will join Diane Noomin (editor of the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power: Women’s Stories Of Sexual Violence, Harassment And Survival), Hazel Newlevant (editor of the Ignatz Award-winning Comics For Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History, And Politics) and Sage Coffey (editor of the Ignatz Award-nominated  Sweaty Palms: The Anthology About Anxiety) to discuss how and why they came to organize their anthologies, the impact of their books, and what it means to talk about their ideas openly.

Buy Sweaty Palms here: http://www.lizenright.com/sweaty-palms-anthology#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSweaty%20Palms%E2%80%9D%20is%20a%20comics,safe%20personal%20outlet%20for%20contributors.

Buy Comics For Choice here: https://bookshop.org/books/comics-for-choice/9781681485980

Buy Drawing Power here: https://bookshop.org/books/drawing-power-women-s-stories-of-sexual-violence-harassment-and-survival/9781419736193

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:

SAGE COFFEY is a trans non-binary cartoonist living in Chicago with two old cats. They love drawing drunk ghosts and their work has been published by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The Nib! They’re a 2020 Ignatz nominated editor for Sweaty Palms Anthology, an anthology about anxiety of which they couldn’t have been more proud to edit. They use they/them pronouns.

HAZEL NEWLEVANT is a Portland-raised, Queens-residing cartoonist. Their comics include If This Be Sin, Tender-Hearted, Sugar Town, and No Ivy League. They edited and published the anthologies Chainmail Bikini and Comics For Choice. They co-edited the anthology Puerto Rico Strong, published by Lion Forge Comics, which received an Eisner Award. Their comics have been honored with the Ignatz Award, Xeric Grant, and the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant. They have worked as an Associate Editor at Lion Forge Comics, and are currently the social media manager of A Wave Blue World. They like to dance around, alone or with others.

DIANE NOOMIN is the creator of the comics character DiDi Glitz, editor of the Twisted Sisters anthologies, and was one of the early contributors to Wimmen’s Comix. She has been nominated for Harvey and Eisner Awards and received an Inkpot Award. Glitz-2-Go, a collection of Noomin’s art throughout her career, was published in 2013. Drawing Power won an Eisner Award for Best Anthology. Her work is included in the Library of Congress Print & Photographs collection. She lives in Connecticut.