The comics industry in Spain is not so different from the current state of American independent comics.

This weekend, Bethesda welcomed the Small Press Expo to town. The event has developed into one of the biggest independent comic conventions there is, bringing comic artists and aficionados from all over the continent to the D.C. area. But despite its relatively high profile, it has a remarkably laid-back, D.I.Y. feel. Unlike the bigger, major comic cons, the level of full-scale geekery is scaled back at SPX: a minimum of costumes and dudes you suspect…