Date and location set for STAPLE 2006

Details are starting to come together for our 2006 show. STAPLE will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2006 in Austin at the Red Oak Ballroom. Hope to see you there!

Registration for exhibitors is now open. Please download the PDF and mail it in to reserve your table.

STAPLE! 2006 is coming!

STAPLE! 2006 is in the works! Stay tuned to this website for exciting updates about next year's show!

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STAPLE! DVD now available

The STAPLE! DVD is finished and ready to order! You can hear excerpts from the interviews on the audio page, or head over to the Rethunk Media web site for more information and to order your copy.

STAPLE! donates $1,000 to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo, Texas' first independent and small-press comics, zines and arts convention, recently donated $1,000 to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The check was delivered by Nate Southard, one of the show's organizers, during the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco to Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the CBLDF.

Brownstein said, 'Starting a convention from scratch is a daunting enough task, but making it fun for everyone in the room, profitable for the exhibitors, and successful for the organizers is nearly impossible. But STAPLE! pulled all of it off, and the organizers are such nice and generous guys that rather than taking the proceeds as a much deserved reward, they passed it on to help the Fund defend the First Amendment rights of cartoonists and retailers. We're very grateful for their generous support and look forward to working with the show as it continues to grow in the years to come.'

According to STAPLE! lead organizer Chris Nicholas, the donated funds came from the door receipts of the Texas show. 'I'm very happy we're able to give this money to the CBLDF,' said Nicholas 'and that our first show was successful and well-attended enough that we had it to give. The Fund does an important job and it has been a real pleasure working with them. We definitely want to have the CBLDF involved in STAPLE! again next year.'



CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein (L) receives a check from STAPLE! organizer Nate Southard.

Audio now online

Audio excerpts from the upcoming Staple 2005 DVD are now available. The DVD is currently in production and will include video of the Staple panels, interviews with artists, and original artwork. Check back for details, or sign-up on the mailing list to be notified when it is available.

Whew!

It's late and I'm tired, but it's that good kind of tired.

Real good.

Just want to add to Manton's comments below my own personal thanks to our sponsor, the vendors, guests, panelists, volunteers and attendees of the very first STAPLE! The show was a roaring success, with over 300 people through the door - in spite of the damp weather - lively and interesting panel discussions, super fun pre and after parties, and, of course, tons of fantastic comics, art and zines.

Look here in the upcoming weeks for reports, pics, and announcements about reviews of comics exhibited at the show by Randy Lander, the upcoming STAPLE! dvd, and next year's show. This one went so well and was so much fun that we pretty much HAVE to do it again.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make STAPLE! completely awesome! See ya again soon.

Chris "Staple-Head" Nicholas

It's over!

We hope you made it to the show! Thanks to all the exhibitors and attendees for making the show a success! We'll be posting a report soon, including pictures from the floor and more announcements.

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