Rau Indie Comics, Kev Rov Qab Los Ntawm Cov Xov Xwm Me Me yog qhov loj

Cov kev lom zem loj-taw qhia txog cov kab lis kev cai pop kab lis kev cai tej zaum yuav yog qhov pom tseeb tshaj plaws ntawm comics fandom, tab sis cov kiv cua thiab cov neeg tsim cov ntawv sau, kos duab thiab ywj pheej comics nyiam qhov chaw zoo nkauj ntawm cov festivals thiab cov xov xwm me me. Thaum muaj kev sib kis tau muab cov xwm txheej no tso rau hauv dej khov hauv xyoo 2020, sab ntawm kev lag luam poob lub rooj sib tham tseem ceeb rau kev nrhiav cov suab tshiab. Lub caij nplooj zeeg no, cov yeeb yam me me thoob plaws lub teb chaws tuaj roaring rov qab, thiab tsis yog ib pliag sai sai.

"Cov kws ua yeeb yam xav tau cov koob tsheej no los sib tham nrog ib leeg thiab nrog cov kiv cua, rau lawv txoj kev noj qab haus huv," said Kelly Froh, Tus Thawj Coj thiab tus tsim ntawm Short Run, ib qho kev ua yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yam ntev ntev uas tshwm sim rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 5 hauv Seattle. Froh tau hais tias qhov kev tshwm sim, uas tau kos 4200 hauv nws qhov kawg ntawm tus neeg tsab xyoo 2019, yog ib qho kev nthuav qhia rau cov neeg ua yeeb yam uas tsim tshwj xeeb, luam tawm tus kheej lossis cov xov xwm me me hauv cov qauv txawv txawv thiab tsis yog lag luam.

"Peb xav tau yam txawv," nws hais. "Peb xav kom cov neeg ua yeeb yam muaj qhov chaw uas lawv tuaj yeem txuas rau lawv qhov chaw. Thiab peb xav qhia cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov kiv cua ntawm kev ywj pheej comics dab tsi lub nroog Seattle zoo rau cov khoom siv no. "

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) yog lwm qhov kev ua koob tsheej uas tsis muaj txiaj ntsig tsim nyob ib puag ncig nws cov zej zog comics hauv cheeb tsam. "Kuv tus poj niam thiab kuv tau mus ncig thoob ntiaj teb ua cov rooj sib tham," said CXC co-founder Jeff Smith, tus tsim ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab uas nyiam tshaj plaws. Pob txha. "Peb pom tias nyob hauv Tebchaws Europe, lawv yuav muaj kev ua koob tsheej uas tshwm sim thoob plaws lub nroog, yog li cov neeg tuaj koom tuaj yeem tau txais lub nroog tiag tiag. Peb xav coj cov style ntawm kev ua koob tsheej ntawm no mus rau Columbus, yog li peb tau koom tes nrog cov tsev kawm txuj ci hauv zos los tsim kom muaj kev tshwm sim comics. "

CXC, uas tau tsim tawm xyoo 2015, tau tuav nws thawj qhov kev tshwm sim ntawm tus kheej thaum Lub Kaum Hli tom qab ob xyoos ua qhov programming ntawm videoconference. "Peb pom 24% nce ntawm kev tuaj koom tshaj 2019," CXC Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj Jay Kalagayan tau hais. "Peb tab tom rov tsim peb tus kheej thiab peb tau sau cov neeg tuaj koom nrog cov vaj huam sib luag."

Bethesda, Maryland's Small Press Expo (SPX) yog qhov ntev tshaj plaws tsis tu ncua-khiav me me comics qhia hauv Tebchaws Meskas, yos los ntawm 1994. SPX tau dhau los ua qhov chaw thoob ntiaj teb rau cov neeg tsim duab comics thiab cov yeeb yam hauv cheeb tsam uas rub cov neeg tuaj koom thoob plaws hauv nruab nrab-Atlantic xeev. Txawm hais tias SPX yog qhov tseeb txog lub zej zog, nws kuj muaj qhov kev lag luam zais: kev tshaj tawm xov xwm, txawm hais tias los ntawm lwm lub ces kaum ntawm kev lag luam tshaj li cov streamers thiab cov neeg tsim yeeb yaj kiab tab tom nrhiav nrhiav cov ntsiab lus tshiab franchise.

SPX showrunner Warren Bernard tau hais tias "Cov duab yeeb yaj kiab tau tuaj rau SPX tau ntau xyoo los nrhiav cov txuj ci tshiab thiab cov suab tshiab," hais tias SPX showrunner Warren Bernard. “Lisa Hanawalt (Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie), NWS Stephenson (She-Ra, Nimona), Keith Knight (K-Chronicles, Woke), lawv tag nrho los ntawm lwm lub ntiaj teb comics. Lawv yog cov neeg SPX. "

SPX kuj tau rov qab mus rau tus kheej los ntawm COVID-induced hibernation nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli, txawm hais tias ntawm qhov txo qis me ntsis (500 tus neeg tuaj koom, qis dua li ib txwm 600, thiab tag nrho cov neeg tuaj koom kwv yees li ntawm 3500). Bernard tau hais tias cov neeg tuaj koom ua rau muaj kev txaus siab rau qhov lawv tsis muaj tus lej. Nws tau hais tias "Txhua tus neeg zoo siab tau rov qab los," nws hais.

Cov yeeb yam zoo li CXC, Short Run thiab SPX yog taw qhia nyob ib puag ncig thawj, cov khoom tsim-muaj, tsis yog koom nrog-tus tswv superheroes. Koj yuav tsis pom cov cosplayers, cov neeg sau npe nrov npe-nrhiav, lossis cov neeg sau khoom rummaging los ntawm cov thawv ntawm cov nqi rov qab cov teeb meem - tag nrho cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm cov rooj sib tham tseem ceeb. Qhov twg ob qhov sib tshooj, txawm li cas los xij, yog nyob ib ncig ntawm chav tsev uas qhov kev lag luam yog raws li: phau ntawv comic lossis duab tshiab tshaj tawm nws tus kheej. Thiab qhov ntawd yog rub lwm tus neeg ua si rau hauv kev sib xyaw: phau ntawv festivals.

Joan Hilty, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj saib duab rau cov neeg nyiam hais tias, "Kev sau ntawv kev ua koob tsheej tau zoo dua ntawm kev koom ua ke comics, tsis yog raws li ib feem ntawm qhov programming, tab sis yog ib feem ntawm qhov kev ua koob tsheej tau muab rau,". Brooklyn Phau Ntawv Festival hauv New York. Qhov kev tshwm sim, uas tseem muaj cov ntawv tseeb, tsis yog ntawv tseeb, thiab cov neeg nyeem ntawv yau, khaws cia ntau qhov ntawm nws cov vaj huam sib luag saum toj kawg nkaus rau comics, suav nrog ib qho rau cov qhua tshwj xeeb xyoo no, Ducks tus sau Kate Beaton.

Txawm tias cov tsev qiv ntawv tau nkag mus rau hauv txoj cai. Lub asthiv no, lub tsev qiv ntawv pej xeem Las Vegas yog hosting ib hnub ua koob tsheej (qhov twg, nthuav tawm, Kuv yog qhua) taw qhia txog kev kawm, cov khoom siv txhua hnub, thiab cov duab comics, cov duab nraaj thiab manga ntawm txhua yam.

Nyob rau hauv ib lub hnub nyoog thaum ntau comics raug muag nyob rau hauv cov khw muag khoom dua li comic khw muag khoom, thiab thaum loj publishers xws li Penguin Random House, Abrams thiab Simon & Shuster feature high profile nraaj tshiab imprints, lub synthesis tsuas yog ua rau kev nkag siab.

"Comics kos cov neeg coob coob," pom Hilty, uas kuj ua haujlwm nrog Miami Phau Ntawv Fair tshwm sim tom qab lub hli no. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov zoo rau cov neeg sau ntawv thiab cov ntawv tsis tseeb ib yam nkaus, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog txij li cov yeeb yaj kiab loj tau nce qis dua txog kev tshaj tawm dua li kev lom zem thiab kev ua si hnub no."

Kev ywj pheej comics xav tau ib puag ncig tshwj xeeb tshwj xeeb rau lawv qhov nruab nrab thiab lawv cov neeg tsim khoom vim tias lub luag haujlwm tshwj xeeb no cov comics ua si hauv ntiaj teb kos duab. Raws li tus kws qhia ntawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Visual Arts hauv New York, Hilty hais tias nws tau pom lub hom phiaj ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam tshiab tau dhau los ua ntau qhov dav raws li kaum xyoo dhau los. "Lawv xav ua comics, tab sis lawv kuj xav ua cov duab, animation thiab ua haujlwm tshiab dua."

Cov comics "weird" uas Froh sim coj mus rau Short Run yog cov hom kev hla ciam teb, ua haujlwm nyuaj uas ua rau peb cov kab lis kev cai tshiab thiab zoo siab. Ntau tiam neeg ntawm kev xav lwm yam comix cov neeg uas tau pib tawm ntawm SPX (thiab tseem rov qab los, ntau xyoo tom qab) tau kawm tiav hauv New Yorker cartoonists, tus thawj coj kos duab, cov neeg ua yeeb yam, cov kws ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj nrog cov duab kos duab thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig cov duab tshiab. Txawm tias feem coob ntawm cov neeg uas tsis ua kom deb li deb hauv lawv txoj haujlwm tseem muaj txiaj ntsig rau cov khoom plig muaj tswv yim ntawm kev tsim cov haujlwm qub thiab zoo siab rau lub voj voog ntawm cov kiv cua uas qhia lawv cov kev zoo nkauj thiab kev ua yeeb yam.

Froh hais tias "Tib neeg tos rau hnub no, nyob ib puag ncig cov tib neeg ntawm tib txoj kev ua neej thiab kev xav, ua kev zoo siab rau peb lub zej zog," Froh hais. "Kev ua cov xwm txheej no yog kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev hlub, tab sis nws tsim nyog rau qhov zoo vibes, kom muaj ib hnub uas zoo siab."