I get deluged with samples of "small press" comics. I came back from Minnesota with a dozen and that wasn't even a comic book convention. They go into a couple of "read when I get the time" boxes here which, I'm ashamed to admit, probably have well over 500 books that may not get read in this or the next decade. If you have something in those boxes, please accept my apologies for not being able to deal better with the pile. It's my loss, I know, because there's obviously some pretty good stuff in there.
One "small press" guy whose work I've read and enjoyed is a fellow named Ryan Claytor, who does mostly autobiographical comics that are skilled and far from self-indulgent. Ryan is about to embark on a cross-country trip to sign and promote his work and if he comes near you, go see him and buy something.
He's also moving from California to Michigan for reasons that I gather are romantic in nature. I figure he'll either get a great relationship out of it or another great autobiographical comic…maybe, if he's lucky, both.