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![Daniel Clowes at the Alternative Press Expo 2010](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709.jpg/120px-Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709.jpg)
The Alternative Press Expo (guest speaker Daniel Clowes pictured) or APE, as it is more commonly known, is a comics convention, founded in 1994 by Dan Vado as an event for self-publishers, independent publishers and alternative cartoonists to showcase their books. APE is currently held in San Francisco.