SPX reveals its 2026 Poster By Sanika Phawde

Small Press Expo has revealed the SPX 2026 poster. Sanika Phawde has designed this year’s poster, along with the convention’s flyer, and online banners.

SPX has also made sure to thank all of the creators from the comic and cartoon communities for giving them and Sanika permission to use their characters in this year’s very special poster.

A list of the characters and their permissions are below.

In the center:

• Nancy – courtesy of Andrews McMeel

On the right side from the top to the bottom:

• Vladek from Maus – courtesy of Art Speigleman
• Coyote Dog Girl from Coyote Dog Girl – courtesy of Lisa Hanawalt
• Albo from Albo! – courtesy of Kruittika Susarla
• Malaka Gharib’s character from I Was Their American Dream – courtesy of Malaka Gharib
• Ignatz mouse by George Herriman – courtesy of Small Press Expo
• Laura Dean from Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me – courtesy of Rosemary Valero-O’Connell and Mariko Tamaki
• Marlys Mullen from The Greatest of Marlys – courtesy of Lynda Barry
• Cathy from Cathy – courtesy of Cathy Guisewite

On the left side from the top to the bottom:

• The mother’s shadow from Passing for Human – courtesy of Liana Finck
• Siobhan Gallagher’s character from Full of Myself – courtesy of Siobhan Gallagher
• Julia Wertz’s character from Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)- courtesy Julia Wertz 
• Enid Coleslaw from Ghost World – courtesy of Daniel Clowes
• Four Ears from Four Ears – courtesy of Anand Shenoy
• Gabrielle Bell’s character from her autobiographical comics – courtesy of Gabrielle Bell
• Krazy Kat by George Herriman – courtesy of Small Press Expo
• Asterios Polyp from Asterios Polyp – courtesy of David Mazzuchelli
• Aditi Mali’s character from her autobiographical comics – courtesy of Aditi Mali
• Esther Feinberg from Unterzakhn – courtesy of Leela Corman
• Prince Valdrinor AKA Skip, designed by Amy Reeder from Dimension 20’s Starstruck Odyssey inspired by the Starstruck comics series created by Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta – courtesy of Dropout