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April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
"SPACE is about the comics and the creators with no distractions. I've always felt a great creative buzz during the show."
In 1988, Bob put together the first Oh, Comics! an annual anthology title and sold it at the Mid-Ohio Con here in Columbus. There was only one table and about 13 small press publishers showed up, but that planted a seed in Bob’s head. He continued with Oh, Comics! and then in 1995 Dave Sim announced his "Spirits of Indendents" tour. The very first one was here in Columbus. The following year though the Spirits show disappeared he continued exhibiting at regular conventions. But all of the sudden, all of the regular conventions became "Pop-Culture" conventions in an attempt to bring more people though the door. The net result is that the small press folks seemed to be selling less. At that point Bob decided to bring the "Spirits" show back. He wrote a letter to Dave Sim and asked if he could continue the Columbus Spirits show. Dave answered back and said to go for it but he wouldn't be able to attend because he was concentrating on keeping Cerebus on schedule. Without Dave's involvement, Bob didn't feel that he should continue with the Spirits name so he came up with the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo or SPACE.
| Name | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 48 Days in Harajuku, Tokyo | Asif Gill | |
| The Accidentals! | Michael Anthony Carroll | |
| Alex's Guide to a life well-lived | Alex Heberling | |
| Awesome 5 | Lorenzo Ross | |
| The Brothers Grant | Chris Ludden, Ginger Ludden | |
| Champ! | Jed Collins | |
| Complicated Hair | Lorenzo Ross | |
| The Dreamer | Lora Innes | |
| Fairhaven | Brian Babyok , Dan Greenwald, Scott Hedlund | |
| Introspective Comics | Ryan Dow | |
| Laser Brigade | Leighton Connor | |
| Little Guardians | Ed Cho, Lee Cherolis | |
| The Misadventures of Dexter the Alien | Chris Hunter | |
| Nextuus | Thomas Hotka, Trey Petersen | |
| Octopus Story | Valerie Starr | |
| Rescue Archeology | Talcott Starr | |
| Villains Galore | Jacob Warrenfeltz, Zarmina Sulaiman | |
| Wasted Potential | ||
| Watch Tom Draw | Tom Davidson | |
| Weirdlings | Brian Babyok , Scott Hedlund |
