Hey friends! Sparkplug is attending a couple of our favorite events in the upcoming months! Linework is in our hometown of Portland, Oregon, and will take place May 21 and 22 at Norse Hall. AND it’s free to attend! CAKE is in Chicago, and...
Read moreWhit Taylor on Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist!
Whit Taylor, author of Sparkplug Mini The Anthropologists, has been nominated for the Slate Book Review‘s fourth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Webcomic of 2015 for The Fabric of Appropriation! See the rest of the list and read...
Read moreA Wretch Like Me reviewed by Lambda Literary!
Lambda Literary published this great review of Ebin Lee’s A Wretch Like Me.
Read moreSparkplug in the news!
Suzette Smith gave us a shout out in her Portland Mercury article about Vision Quest #4, a free paper that features a comic by former Sparkplug publisher Emily Nilsson. And Comic Book Resources did a spotlight on Whit Taylor, author of The...
Read moreSparkplug at LA Zine Fest!
Hey LA! Sparkplug will have a table at LA Zine Fest this Sunday, March 6! It’s at the Majestic Downtown at 650 S. Spring St from 11am-6pm and is free to attend! We’ll be at booth 165. We hope to see you there!
Read moreShirts on sale!
Hey friends! Lots of Sparkplug t-shirts just went on sale in the shop. Featuring illustrations by Dylan Williams, Renee French, and more! Check ’em out here!
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Ce/Ze
Ce/Ze, Suzette Smith’s dreamy take on science fiction/fantasy, follows two 7th graders who share a psychic link. Amelia Smith and Honey Czarny discover that they share fragmented memories of their past lives in another universe as powerful beings...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Bird Girl and Fox Girl
This minicomic follows the threads of Bird Girl and Fox Girl’s lives after the dissolution of their friendship. Bird Girl moves from the desert to the city, where she works as a secretary, eventually saving up enough money for surgery to look...
Read moreReich review!
Daniel Elkin and Jason Sacks wrote an excellent review of Reich for Comics Bulletin. Read it here!
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: The Anthropologists
Wren and Miriam, two anthropology majors studying abroad in Australia, are selected for a trip to the Kimberley Desert to study aboriginal culture. While Miriam is overly enthusiastic and gung ho about the trip and meeting aboriginal people, Wren...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Hungry Summer
The inaugural title in the Sparkplug Minis series, Hungry Summer follows several characters’ interactions with Baba Yaga, a supernatural figure with roots in Slavic folklore. An ambiguous, witch-like character, Baba Yaga resides deep in the woods...
Read moreCe/Ze review!
Greg Hunter did a great, thorough review of Ce/Ze for The Comics Journal. Read the full review here!
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