I don’t think there’s a word in the English language for the feeling of simultaneously being sad and being happy that you’re sad, because your sadness means that there is beauty in the world, even in small...
Read moreSparkplug at SPX 2013 This Weekend!
Come see us at one of the country’s largest and most celebrated independent comics and arts festivals: the 2013 Small Press Expo! We are so excited to be a part of this event; come visit Tom Neely at table J1 and check out our great new...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Rock That Never Sleeps, by Olga Volozova and Juliacks
What do we forget? How do we remember? At the heart of this arresting story by Olga Volozova and Juliacks is Rock That Never Sleeps, a mystical junkyard lost in time, filled with memories and kept by mysterious sages. If you take something from...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Sorry Sheets, by Eroyn Franklin
The smallest things become imbued with meaning when we are living in a state of emotional distress: when we are leaving our home for good, or dealing with death, or living as one half of a failing relationship. Everything seems portentous...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Mine Tonight and The Hot Breath of War, by Trevor Alixopulos
Stylish, violent, and sordid — but also thoughtful and, occasionally, hopeful — Trevor Alixopulos has crafted two powerful books about war, politics, and relationships that will draw you in and force you to take a hard, long look at...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Passage, by Tessa Brunton
Passage is so much more than a coming-of-age story; it is a heartfelt ode to growing up with parents filled with the best of intentions and embarrassing ways of acting them out. Using her brother’s unique ceremony celebrating his...
Read moreSparkplug at SF Zine Fest This Weekend!
We at Sparkplug are continuing our busy festival schedule and would love to see you at this awesome event we’re attending! This weekend, August 31st and September 1st, is the San Francisco Zine Fest. Emily Nilsson will be tabling...
Read moreSparkplug at The Projects This Weekend!
Hi everyone! Come see us this weekend at The Projects, Portland’s free festival celebrating experimental comics and narrative art forms. There will be four days of workshops, exhibitions, panels, performances, and more at various locations...
Read moreNew in the Store: Reich #10 and Eye of the Majestic Creature #3 and 5!
Have you been reading Elijah Brubaker’s thrilling biography of Wilhelm Reich, the controversial psychoanalyst, sex researcher, and protege of Freud? Have you been anxiously awaiting the next installment of Brubaker’s stark and...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Wuvable Oaf, by Ed Luce
We are super excited to announce that we have copies of Wuvable Oaf #0-4 back in the store! If you haven’t picked up this series yet, you no longer have any excuses — you simply must read it. Really, it has something for everyone...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Yeah, It Is! by Leslie Anne Mackenzie Stein
Yeah, It Is! is a beautiful little book about Mack, a teenage girl. It takes a quiet look at growing up and some of the trials and experiences that come along with it: missing friends who’ve moved away, feeling irritated with the ones...
Read moreNew in the Store: Vortex #3 and Eye of the Majestic Creature #1 and 2!
We have some awesome new additions to the store today! First up, we have issue #3 of William Cardini’s incredibly strange and visually arresting Vortex. In this issue, the Miizzzard is lost in the Vortex dreamworld, his fate unknown. What...
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