2011 SPACE Prize Winners!

We are proud to announce the 2011 SPACE Prize winners from the books which were collected at SPACE 2011. The prizes will be presented in three categories-
General, Minicomic / Short Story and Webcomic.
2011 judges were John Porcellino, Rafer Roberts, Matt Feazell and Michael Carroll along with the popular vote by the 2011 SPACE Exhibitors.

The 1st place winner of the General SPACE prize will recieve a cash prize of $300.00 and a plaque.
The 1st place winners of the Minicomic / Short Story and Webcomic categories will each win a $50.00 cash prize and a plaque. The 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category will recieve plaques.

 The plaque presentation will be held during SPACE 2012 on April 21, 2012 at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus.

...and the winners are...

General Category

1st Place: Diabetes Funnies by  Colin Upton

2nd Place: Blink:So Far by  Max ink

3rd Place: Shadow Play by Chad Sell

Minicomics / Short Story Category

1st Place: Sing, Sing by Paul Zdepski       

2nd Place: And Then One Day #8 by Ryan Claytor  

3rd Place: Grixly #18 by Nate McDonough
 

Webcomics Category

1st Place: Spoilers by  Kevin Czapiewski

2nd Place Tie: Double Clicked Comics by Justin Heins and  Ryan Tackett

2nd Place Tie: Tales of a Checkered man by Denver Brubaker

More info about the winners at the SPACE Prize page.

Entries for the 2012 SPACE Prize will be collected at SPACE 2012.

If you are interested in being a sponsor of the 2012 SPACE Prize see info at SPACE Prize Sponsors.


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2011 SPACE Prize Finalists are Up!

2011 SPACE Prize Finalists are Up! Go to http://www.backporchcomics.com/space_prize.htm

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SPACE on Columbus Underground's Top 10 Best Art Shows of 2011!

Wooo!

http://www.columbusunderground.com/best-art-show-of-2011-urban-scrawl

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2011 SPACE Prize Entries are finally posted!

All the 2011 SPACE Prize Entries are posted at http://www.backporchcomics.com/space_prize.htm

From the books which were collected at SPACE 2011, we will be awarding the
2011 SPACE Prizes. The prizes will be presented in three categories-
General, Minicomic / Short Story and Webcomic.The winners will be picked from three voting bodies in each category.
Two rotating judges and the registered SPACE 2010 Exhibitors.

The winner of the General SPACE prize will win a cash prize of $300.00 and a plaque.
The winners of the Minicomic / Short Story and Webcomic categories will each win a $50.00 cash prize and a plaque.
The plaque presentation will be held during SPACE 2012 on April 21, 2012 at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center in Columbus.

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SPACE 2011 Finally Up!

Our own photos from SPACE 2011 are finally up on Flickr.

SPACE 2011 Set 1

SPACE 2011 Set 2

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SPACE Exhibitor Interviews at UVN

SPACE Exhibitor Interviews at UVN

Episode 1- Eric Walkins, James Maddox, Morgan Pielli, Sara Lindo, Steve Seck and Molly Durst

Episode 2- R.J. Paré, Roger Price and Nathan Baker from Speakeasy Primates, Robyn Seale, Jordan Lowe, Zach Brooker, J. Barnes and the Boston Comics Roundtable

Episode 3- Ken Eppstein, Fate Spears, Todd Goodman and Ray Tomczak
 
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SPACE Reports, Blogs, Podcasts & Videos

Bruce Chrislip at Midnight Fiction Steve Willis Visits SPACE

Comic Related Related Recap #261


Comic Related The Final Gallery


Comic Related A Bit More from SPACE

UVN Webcomics Panel (new location)

Colin Upton SPACE Travel Dairy March 17 &18
Colin Upton SPACE Travel Dairy March 19
Colin Upton SPACE Travel Dairy March 20

Colin Upton SPACE Travel Dairy March 21


Art and Story Podcast The Big S.P.A.C.E.


Dan Taylor Photos at Poopsheet


Matt Tauber SPACE 2011 Report


John Porcellino MARCH TOUR DIARY, Part One: Columbus


Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 1
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 2
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 3
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 4
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 5
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 6
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 7
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 8
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 9
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 10
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 11
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 12
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 13
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 14
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 15
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 16
Morty the Dog SPACE Report Pt. 17


Josh Blair SPACE 2011 Recap

D.R. Croston  Back from S.P.A.C.E.

Kevin Czapiewski State of the Encyclopedia – March 2011
Kevin Czapiewski  at Comix Cube SPACE 2011

Matt Dembicki SPACE 2011 photos

Joe Foo S.P.A.C.E. 2011


Gutter Trash Episode 121: SPACE 2011

Siber Blog SPACE, Azalia Snail, Silbeer  

Spudd 64 S.P.A.C.E. 2011 photos

Timothy Lantz My First Trip to S.P.A.C.E.

Sara Lindo SPACE Re-cap Pt. 1 Sara Lindo SPACE Re-cap Pt. 2

Michael Neno SPACE 2011 Haul

Katie Omberg Random Drawings
Katie Omberg SPACE Re-cap

Beth Sparks SPACE 2011

Dan and Kerry Tallarico Video

Tom Williams Backdoor Man...
Tom Williams sitting in the waiting room...
 

Kevin Wolf SPACE!! The Ohio Frontier!

Talcott Starr Book Sale

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SPACE Coverage

The BEAT SPACE 2011: The Jam Show by Brady Russell

The Liberal Ohioian Messing with the American Corporatocracy by Emily Journey
 
UVN SPACE Episode 1 with interviews with First episode with spotlights on Eric Walkins and James Maddox,Morgan Pelli, Sara Lindo, Steve Seck and Molly Durst.

Comic Related
SPACE Photo Gallery 1
SPACE Photo Gallery 2
SPACE Photo Gallery 3
SPACE Photo Gallery 4

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SPACE Programming Coverage

2010 SPACE Prize Presentations by UVN
"A Conversation with Steve Willis" Audio courtesy of Bruce Rosenberger
Webcomics Panel on UVN


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Sunday Comics Thanks All Who Contributed to Our Raffle to Benefit AFSP

This past Saturday, at S.P.A.C.E., I organized a raffle at the Sunday Comix table raffle to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The prize was a basket overflowing with comics and other items generously donated by exhibitors at the show. Selling tickets for $2, or 12 for $10, we were able to raise $168. To that, I added $32 out of my own pocket to make a donation of $200 to AFSP in memory of my nephew Steve Pisarchick, who took his own life in December of 2008.

I would like to thank everyone at the show who donated comics, all those who bought tickets, and, most of all, my fellow members of Sunday Comix, especially Canada Keck and Max Ink, for all their help and support. I could not have pulled this off without it.

You can find more information about the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and make a donation on-line, at afsp.org.

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Thanks!

SPACE 2011 was an incredibly fun show. Thanks to everybody who turned out for it. Hope everybody had a safe trip home. See you next year on April 21 & 22 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus OH for SPACE 2012. Check back here soon for photos, videos and con reports of this years show not to mention all the 2011 SPACE Prize entries.

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SPACe Streaming Live at UVN

SPACE will be streaming live all weekend on the Underground Video Network. Just clip above.

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The Progam Covers are in

Great progam cover by Tom Williams.

The SPACE Program (of Weekend Events)

Friday, March 18, 2011

5:00PM-8:00PM (or later...) Pre-SPACE Get Together at Packrat Comics

Meet and talk to many of the SPACE exhibitors before the show. Pizza, soft drinks and free SPACE passes to the first 20 people through the door. While you're there check out Packrat's great collection of Small Press Comics.

Packrat Comics
3872 Lattimer Street
Hilliard, OH 43026
(614) 527-8450

Saturday, March 19- Panel Room 12:30 PM 2010 SPACE Prize Presentations Hosted by Bob Corby 2:00 PM "A Conversation with Steve Willis" Hosted by Bruce Chrislip. Bruce and Steve will discuss steve's cartooning career with focus on his Morty the Dog comix and the whole Pacific Northwest comix scene that Steve came out of. They will talk about people like Matt Groening, Jay Kennedy, Lynda Barry, and Bil Keane. 3:00 PM Cynicalman Movie Demo Reel with Matt Feazell, Jim Mackey, Suzanne Baumann, Michael Marcus, Sean Bieri and Aaron Trudgeon. Sunday, March 20 –Panel Room Noon -The Return of the SPACE Cartoon Carnival Kel Crum and Bob Corby are back after a 3 year hiatus (We think everybody forgot about the 2008 fiasco by now). Kel and Bob will be joined by Special Guest-Steve Willis, who will be performing some of his classics! 1:00 PM King-cat Classics with John Porcellino. John will present portions of his collection King-cat Classics. 2:00PM The Webcomics Review! Join webcomics creators Alex Heberling (Alex's Guide to a Well-lived Life), Chad Sell (Manta-Man), Denver Brubaker (Tales of a Checkered Man), Joe Foo (Desmond's Comic), and Richard Errington (InterVerse Comics) as they discuss their thoughts on the current climate of webcomics, new technologies, and all the hard-learned lessons they've experienced along the way. 3:00PM "BIKE TUNNELS' by Aaron Trudgeon Bike Tunnels is our BOLD vision of the future. Join us in a new and exciting economic and clean energy idea. Not only will we save paradise from becoming a parking lot. We will also get Americans working at jobs that do not SUCK! _

SPACE Programing is Up

Panels, presentations, video, readings- The the SPACE 2011 Programming is up at http://backporchcomics.com/program.htm

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forward it like it's hot...

The new poster for 2011. Enjoy and feel free to use this image to promote the show. Just don't link the image from here. Thanks gang.
Download at http://www.backporchcomics.com/MEDIAKIT.htm
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Return of the SPACE Bags!

Hand printed bags are back. They set drying in the lower level of BPC/SPACE world headquarters and will be available free to the first 250 attendies at SPACE.

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Carol Tyler nominated for LA Times Book Award

Carol Tyler's "You'll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage" published by Fantagraphics has been nominated for LA Times Book Award http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/02/latimes-2010-book-prize-finalists.html
and she will be at SPACE on March 19 for one day only.

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Exhibitor: Nate Powell

Nate Powell is the author of Swallow Me Whole, the Will Eisner Award winner for Best New Graphic Novel in 2009. Swallow Me Whole was also nominated for a LA Times Book Prize, listed on the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens and has been released in French and Dutch.



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Exhibitor: Matt Dembicki

Matt Dembicki is a Washington, D.C.-area cartoonist whose works include 'Xoc,' 'Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection," and "The Brewmaster's Castle." He is a co-founder of the D.C. Conspiracy, a comics creators' collaborative in the District.



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