@stapleexpo
2 for 1 tix through 3/15! https://linktr.ee/stapleexpo The premiere event in the Southwest for independently created comics, zines, art, crafts, games and more, with over 100 exhibiting artists, hours of panels, programming, and on & off-site events!
GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT!
Katie Cook is the creator of the Nothing Special webcomic on Webtoon and the oldie-but-goodie webcomic Gronk: A Monster’s Story! Full bio at staple-austin.org/staple-2026-...
Tara Booth at STAPLE!
Tara Booth is an Eisner and Ignatz Award Winning comic artist, illustrator and painter from Philadelphia. See her full bio at: staple-austin.org/staple-2026-...
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new stickers are in!
Be sure to attend his panel!
How I (Accidentally) Became a Webcomic Artist
A mix of advice, storytelling, and lessons learned from trial and error as an artist. Q&A to follow!
Find more Beetle at: beetlemoses.bigcartel.com
Have you guessed? @beetlemoses.bsky.social will be a STAPLE! guest! 4/11-12 Mabee Ballroom, St. Ed's, ATX!
Beetle Moses (Harris Fishman) is a webcomic artist & illustrator whose surreal humor and vibrant visual voice have made him one of the most distinctive figures in digital cartooning today.
Look! It's the 2026 official Staplegator by @beetlemoses.bsky.social !
someone told me this is called the “Reddit hug of death”
Yeah we're working on it, I just don't monitor bluesky at all times
Hey folks - site got mobbed and is down atm. Can't even get in the back end. Please hold till further notice.
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Cheers! Well deserved! Really enjoyed volume 1.
btw, sent you an email in December, don't know if you've had a chance to look at it.
Congrats!
STAPLE! Policy update available on the STAPLE! website.
No form of A.I generated content is allowed at STAPLE!
staple-austin.org/policies/
Now on YouTube! Full vid of the Accessible Gaming presentation by Gary Bartos that we held at St. Ed's in September!
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Lone Star Zine Fest Haul!
Haul from Pflugerville Library Con! A great time!
classroom with folks in it and a guy at a podium, with a projector rigged to show: Accessible Gaming Gary Bartos
here at the Accessible Gaming talk! thanks @stapleexpo.bsky.social 👾
This Saturday, 9/27, 10am-6pm!
Come say "HI!" to Uncle Staple at Pflugerville Librarycon! Free to attend!
Got some fresh bookmarks and stickers to hand out. To you. Also for free.
Will you be there?
FREE! Presentation on accessible game design! Register below:
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Jason Poland @mydadisdracula.bsky.social, Kennon James @kennon9.bsky.social, Anton W. Blake @antonwblake.bsky.social & T. Shirley @moiddoesart.com discuss their interdisciplinary approach to creating works in the fantastic realms of both comics and TTRPGs! On YouTube now!
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It's the people that make STAPLE!! awesome and those people make some awesome stuff!
Here's a selection of some of those things that were at the show this year. (more in comments)
#comics #zines #games #rpg #art #prints #buttons
Ron was such a nice guy when we met him at this years @stapleexpo.bsky.social.
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