The quote below is from CBGXtra.com CBG is the Comic Buyer’s Guide, a comic book industry watch dog for something like 30 or 40 years, I think. It was the voice that retailers listened to when I worked in a comic store in 1989-94 or...
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Haunted Happenings PDX, a horror focused website just put up a great interview with Julia Gfrörer about her work and Flesh and Bone. Read it now here:www.hauntedhappeningspdx.com
Read moreCivil Unions
Sparkplug best buddy Tom Neely has been interviewed quite well by Molossus. Loads of new info and talk about poetry and wolves:Part1Part2 Pleasing!
Read morePortland Illustrated: Neighborhood Notes on four radical Portland cartoonists that you need to know about, including Julia Gfrörer author of Sparkplug’s new Flesh and Bone. The other three are also pretty damn great too.
Read moreRina Ayuyang on Tour!
She’ll be at TCAF in Toronto for Sparkplug next Saturday and on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, PA: Cartoonist and author Rina Ayuyang will be reading selections from her graphic novel “Whirlwind Wonderland” at Pittsburgh’s...
Read moreFree Dope Flounder this weekend!
This Saturday (May 1st) Tugboat Press, Teenage Dinosaur and Sparkplug Comic Books are proud to present a free comic book available at comic book stores nationwide this Saturday. Six new artists to flip your lid: Sean Christensen (cover), David...
Read moreRina Ayuyang article at Asian Journal!
Asian Journal has published a long and really cool article about and interview with Rina Ayuyang about her new book “Whirlwind Wonderland”.
Read moreSpit-And-A-Hallf is Strong!
The wonderful Spit And A Half distro is back. John Porcellino has been an influence on me for two decades and it all started with his distro Spit-And-A-Half. Still one of the nicest and best artists in comic. You need to check it out: “SPIT...
Read moreProfanity Hill at Stumptown!
This just in from the Profanity Hill coordinator: Profanity Hill will be at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend in PDX, OR. Max Clotfelter, Kelly Froh and myself will be dishin’ the spiel as we premiere the following tracts: 2010-03/04...
Read moreSparkplug at Stumptown and New Books!
Sparkplug Comic Books will be at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend in Portland, OR. We will be premiering two new Sparkplug books, both available now on the Sparkplug Bookstore. Flesh and Bone by Julia Gfrörer Dope Flounder a new free comics...
Read moreDiamonds in her hair.
So, this article by Checker publisher Mark Thompson about their split from Diamond Comics Distribution is really insightful. I’ve heard a lot about how Diamond will weather this storm but it has been from people who are dependent on them...
Read moreAron Nels Steinke and Tom Neely Reading in Portland!
Two days before the Stumptown Comics Fest! Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Herbivore – The Store Street: 1211 S.E. Stark Street Come celebrate Earth Day at the Vegan Minimall with a couple of Vegan...
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