Please join me in welcoming cartoonist Erin Griffin to Sparkplug’s shop! Her comic, Cavities Sampler, is too cute for words. Showcasing glimpses of Griffin’s life, her round and cheery style is adorable, even if her stories sometimes...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Crooked Teeth, by Nate Doyle
Nate Doyle has a style and a life that makes for great comics — the stories in Crooked Teeth are fast, engrossing, and heartfelt, and his art manages to come across brilliantly whether it leans more towards classic cartoon or...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: The Would-Be Bridegrooms, by Shawn Cheng
The first thing that catches your eye about The Would-Be Bridegrooms is the fact that it’s hand bound. How often do you see that anymore? The red thread binding is set off by the intensely yellow cover and striking single cover image; these...
Read moreNew in the Store: You Don’t Get There From Here #26 and In Situ #2!
We’ve got two awesome new comics in the shop this week! First up, the long-awaited next installment in Carrie McNinch’s bittersweet zine series, You Don’t Get There From Here #26. In this issue, Carrie goes to Oaxaca to...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Take a Picture, by Asher Z. Craw
No discussion of work from local artists and writers can possibly be considered complete without including the Craws, and Asher’s Take a Picture is a lovely and thoughtful addition to Portland’s creative body. The first...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: The Golem of Gabirol, by Olga Volozova
Olga Volozova’s portrait of the life of the late Solomon Ibn Gabirol mixes ancient Jewish lore with her unique, fluid style of storytelling in The Golem of Gabirol. Originally told by Ibn Yahya in “Shalshelet...
Read moreNew in the Store: Vortex #4!
Welcome to the psychedelic space fantasy cosmos of the Hyperverse, a realm filled with immensely powerful beings who battle over worlds with strange geologies and hoard advanced technologies left by ancient starfarers. The Vortex are...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Watching Days Become Years #1, by Jeff LeVine
Be warned: the first issue of Watching Days Become Years will sneak up on you, make you feel like you’re understood and in good company, and then, at the last possible minute, punch you right in the gut. Knowing that, do you still want...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Neptune, by Aron Nels Steinke
Aron Nels Steinke possesses a rare talent: he has the ability to create stories that will appeal to children and adults in equal measure. This talent is exercised magnificently in his first graphic novel, Neptune. Co-published by Sparkplug Books...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: I’m Not Afraid to Love (Gridlords Anthology)
Did you know that Gridlords is happening this Saturday, the 28th, at The Waypost? And did you know that several talented comics folks in attendance will be debuting work from the new Gridlords anthology, Other Worlds?! We’re...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Reich #10, by Elijah Brubaker
I don’t know about you, but I love graphic biographies, illustrated journalism, and historical comics. From the highly detailed, moving work of Joe Sacco to Kate Beaton’s hilarious history gags to the recent and highly acclaimed...
Read moreThe Golem of Gabirol in Maximum Rocknroll!
Olga Volozova’s The Golem of Gabirol got a great review in the September issue of Maximum Rocknroll (#364) from Mariam Bastani! Check it out: “This is a comic rendition of 11th century Moorish Spain-based poet, scholar, kabbalist Ibn...
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