Comic book festival and alternative comics convention
Alternative Press Expo
Status
Defunct
Genre
Alternative comics convention
Frequency
Annual
Venue
Herbst Pavilion (2000–2002) Concourse Exhibition Center (San Francisco) (2003–2013) San Jose Convention Center (2015–2017)
Location(s)
San Jose, California (1994–1999, 2015–2017) San Francisco, California (2000–2014)
Country
United States
Inaugurated
June 4, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06-04)
Founder
Dan Vado
Most recent
2017
Organized by
Slave Labor Graphics (1994, 2015–2017) Comic-Con International (1995–2015)
Website
www.alternativepressexpo.com
The Alternative Press Expo (APE) was a comic book festival and alternative comics convention that operated from 1994 to 2017. Founded by Slave Labor Graphics publisher Dan Vado, APE focused on self-published, independent, and alternative cartoonists and comic publishers.
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