We’re so proud to tell you that Whit Taylor’s The Anthropologists was included in the 2015 Best American Comics notables list. If you haven’t checked out this excellent autobiographical examination of race and self, you...
Read moreA Wretch Like Me now available for PRE-ORDER
The next book in the Sparkplug Minis Series is now available for pre-order. A Wretch Like Me is a gorgeous visual journal by Portland artist Ebin Lee. Pre-ordered copies will ship out the week of November 2nd. The book will...
Read moreSPX Reminder!
Just a reminder! Sparkplug will be at SPX this year! It takes place September 19th and 20th at the Bethesda Marriott. More details here! William Cardini, author of Vortex, and Sparkplug superstar Jenny Flax will be at the table with...
Read moreSALE CONTINUES!
Have you checked out our summer sale yet? Lots of great items like those shown above! Check out the full list here!
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Hot Breath of War by Trevor Alixopulos
Coming Soon: A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer by Ebin Lee
We are excited to announce the fifth book in the Sparkplug Minis Series! A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer is by Portland artist Ebin Lee. Lee describes the book as “A Wretch Like Me is my visual journal of...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Fleep by Jason Shiga
Jimmy Yee awakes in a phone booth encased in concrete with no memory of how he got there. What follows is a slow unraveling of the truth as Jimmy puzzles out the preceding events based on his knowledge of scientific principles and the contents of...
Read moreOur Summer Sale Continues!
After a brief break to get our website fixed up, the summer sale continues! Select books, minis and zines are 50% off in the store, including both Sparkplug and distro titles. You can find the complete list here. There’s a...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Tales to Demolish #2 by Eric Haven
While driving around Oakland, ruminating on the history of underground comics in the Bay Area, the main character fatally hits Dan Clowes. After convincing his partner to help him hide the body, he immediately goes on to accidentally kill another...
Read moreSmall Press Payday features Vortex!
Vortex was recommended on Broken Frontier’s Small Press Payday last week, along with a bunch of other great small press titles. “Kirby in terms of concepts, Ditko in the sheer otherness of its confines, and yet quite...
Read moreSparkplug will be at Autoptic in Minneapolis this weekend! We’ll have a full stock of our titles, including a bunch of sale books! Autoptic takes place August 8th and 9th at Aria. More details here!
Read moreReich #12 Reviewed by Rob Clough!
Rob Clough wrote a wonderful review of the final Reich issue over at High-Low: “Reich was a fantastic series about the ways in which ego and personality conflict with seeking the truth, and how those conflicts affect those around us.”...
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