Sparkplug is premiering Windy Corner #3 and Rock That Never Sleeps this Weekend at the MoCCA festival in New York City. Windy Corner #3 Edited by Austin English. This issue has work and writing by Austin English, Lilli Carre, Sakura Maku, Molly...
Read moreFriday, June 5, 2009, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PMBQE Eye Level Gallery364 Leonard StreetBrooklyn, NYLorimer/Metropolitain Stop off the L Trainhttp://www.eyelevelgallery.com/ Comics publishers Secret Acres, Bodega Distribution, and Sparkplug Books are...
Read moreDunja Jankovic
Sparkplug has just put out Department of Art #1, by Dunja Jankovic. It’s one of my favorite comics in recent memory…Dunja’s work hits me the same way Ray Johnson’s images do: the right line next to the right shape drawn...
Read moreExquisite Things!
A great English review site has put up two really thought out reviews of Jin & Jam #1 and Inkweed. They’ll also be interviewing Chris Wright (Inkweed) soon, so keep an eye on the site:http://exquisitething.blogspot.com/
Read moreDanny Dutch on Bookgasm
More reviews for the runaway hit Danny Dutch: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/humor/danny-dutch/
Read moreDanny Dutch Reviewed on Daily Crosshatch
The Daily Crosshatch has posted a pretty nice review of the Danny Dutch Comic Book: “The characters … almost treat each other like objects in a room passing time rather than as friends or lovers. It lays a strange mood on the reader...
Read moreSparkplug at TCAF
I’m a little behind on announcements, but I’d like regular readers to know that me (Dylan), David King and Tom Neely all plan to be at the Toronto Comics Art Festival for the really big show this weekend (May 9th & 10th). If you...
Read more"We are the cartoon heroes…"
Sparkplug Comic Books featured in the National Post. If you ever wondered why Shannon O’Leary is the most awesome lady in comics, just go read her answers to the National Post TCAF Q&A. You can read more cartoonist Q&As and TCAF...
Read moreGo Chris Wright!!!
Matthew Dick gives Chris Wright’s Inkweed a really thoughtful review at his new Exquisite Things comics blog. Matthew Dick also makes music in some awesome bands including Analysis of Bison Kills.
Read moreMichael Ring from Bridge City Comics on the Radio
Michael Ring from Bridge City Comics in Portland will be on 99.5 The Wolf (a country station, reaching a new audience for Free Comic Book Day) on their Morning Show on Friday (tomorrow). He’ll be promoting the free comics, including our...
Read moreBird Hurdler released for Free this Saturday at stores nationwide.
Teenage Dinosaur, Tugboat Press and Sparkplug present the release of Bird Hurdler by Andrice Arp, Theo Ellsworth, Faryl Dalrymple, Zack Soto, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg & Julia Gfrörer and printed at Brown Printing. The book will be available at...
Read moreJesse Reklaw events in Portland, OR and Vacouver, WA
Sparkplug friends will be reading and signing: An Evening with Derek Kirk Kim, Sarah Oleksyk and Jesse Reklawat Powell’s Books Downtown. Derek Kirk Kim, Sarah Oleksyk, and Jesse Reklaw read from theirlatest works at Powell’s Books...
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