The Highs and Lows of the Alternative Press Expo

This year, after the first day of the Alternative Press Expo, Brent and I stood in our hotel's swanky lobby to ponder dinner's potential, and I noticed a refurbished Chutes and Ladders game board embedded in a decorative mirror. I snapped a picture of us in it, and the image stands as a poignant reminder of our history with APE -- one rife with reflection, with ups and downs.

Melodramatic, ain't we?



Thankfully, this year we avoided wayward wine barrels; we also enjoyed the rainy coastal weather and the delicious comfort food at Custom Burger. APE covered greater ground at the Concourse with an expanded exhibit hall, and with so many booths, it's easy for one's little comics to get lost in the crowd, but we're grateful for any chance to connect with fellow creators and attract new fans. For instance, behold the picture above and how gleeful this new fan is to have Brent sign a copy of his latest comic, Space Guy!



K.O. Comix would like to thank Robot 6's J.K. Parkin at Comic Book Resources for mentioning Russ's Amazing Arizona Comics, and Al's Comics for including Karaoke Comics in their APE window display. These opportunities only come once a year, so we're grateful for the exposure. If you picked up an issue of our work, please let us know what you think!

Russ's thoughts on the trip will continue at A Comic A Day, where he'll review his APE swag, and at KaraokeFanboy Weekly, where he'll muse on the urban mistress that is San Francisco.

Our Annual APE-venture, Addendum

A special thanks to John Parkin from the blog Robot 6 for his detailed article about this year's Alternative Press Expo at Comic Book Resources, and for including some quotes from yours truly! Not to brag, but one of my quotes was actually used as the article's headline!

If anyone is checking us out as a result of that article, drop me a line, and I'll happily send you a complimentary copy of my first solo self-published comic, Karaoke Comics #1. Otherwise, check out the rest of this blog for the works and history of K.O. Comix, or the rest of my self-published work at KaraokeFanboy Press, or Brent's new dogs vs. cats apocalyptic western, Dog Town! Plenty of K.O. goodness to go around!

Our Annual APE-venture!

We'd like to welcome and thank anybody and everybody that visited the K.O. Comix booth at the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco last weekend, and we'd especially like to thank everybody that picked up one of our comics or zines! If you're new to K.O., we've been around since 2001 (as a self-publisher -- as people, our origins trace back to the '70s), and our latest comics, Brent's amazing Dog Town and my Karaoke Comics, are labors of love we hope you take the time to enjoy. Please use this post to comment about our work, good or bad -- Give us feedback, or give us death!



Of course, if you missed APE, you can e-mail and ask about ordering any of our books all year long!

I have some personal thoughts and narrative about our experience on my other blog within the week, but until then check out the K.O. shout-outs at Robot 6 and Semantink and some reviews of our fellow exhibitors' work at A Comic A Day. It was great talking to all these guys, and we hope to keep in touch!