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Whatever happened to…APE?
Among the small press show circuit, for a while the three key shows were SPX, MoCCA and APE.
APE or the Alternative Press Expo, was held in San Jose and was the oldest of them all,...
APE moving to San Jose Convention Center for October 3-4, 2015
APE—the Alternative Press Expo—moves to San Jose next year, and it will be held in the San Jose Convention Center, which already hosts the more mainstream Big Wow Comics Fest in April. APE will stay in its fall dates, in this case October 3-4. The dates, and more plans for the show, were revealed in a wide ranging interview with show runner Dan Vado conducted by Deb Aoki for Publishers Weekly. Although indie CAFs haven't exactly thrived in traditional convention centers—Stumptown in Portland springs to mind—Vado has big plans to tie the comic fest in more with other local San Jose cultural events:
