www.iprc.org/calendar/drawing-comics-like-yourself July 31, 2010 from August 1, 2010 for about 7 hours each day I’ll be involved with this truly cool workshop. If you live in Portland (or not) I’d highly recommend finding out...
Read moreOlympia Comics Festival: This Weekend!
http://olympiacomicsfestival.org/ This weekend at the Olympia Center (222 Columbia St. NW) in downtown Olympia Washington from 11:30 to 4:30. This show is one of my favorites. And Olympia is a great town to visit! I’ll be involved with the...
Read moreTop Comics of the Decade: Sparkplug!
There has been a recent push for top 100 books of the last decade. Sparkplug books have made some amazing placings. It is pretty awesome and we’re pretty proud to have been given the chance to publish such masterpieces. Rob Clough’s...
Read moreSPX this weekend in Bethesda!
Sparkplug Comic Books will be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda Maryland, this weekend (Sept. 26-27) We’ll be sitting with Tom Neely and Zak Sally’s La Mano at tables W37/W38. Come by and say “hi”. This will be the east...
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I’m headed off to SPX in a couple weeks (Sept. 26-27). I’ll have more info on that soon. But in the mean time, get a load of this panel we are doing on Sunday the 27th (middle of the day), it should be reason enough to make the trek...
Read moreSan Francisco Zine Fest Next Weekend
Next weekend Sparkplug is going to be at the San Francisco Zine Fest. One of my two favorite shows of the year. Please come by and check out all the amazing zines and comics. Saturday, August 22 from 11:00am – 6:00pmSunday, August 23 from 11:00am...
Read moreArt Shows in Portland!
Check it out, Portland has four crazy art shows this week, First Thursday and First Friday. Thursday:Nuts & Bolts is an art show curated by two smaller Portland publishers that are deserving of more recognition. Robopocalypse is a collective...
Read moreMore news on the IPRC program in Portland.
From an interview in the Mercury.Fall Semester1) Core Creative Writing workshop with Justin Hocking (fiction + nonfiction). Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours.A) Intro intensive weekend with Justin Hocking and Alex WrekkB) Guest lectures by...
Read moreThe IPRC's Comics Program!
I’ll be involved in the IPRC’s new comic certificate program. This is the Independent Publishing Resource Center in Portland Oregon. It is kind of like an art school except way better because it costs less and teaches you real things...
Read moreNew Books, New Parties and MoCCA Festival
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 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 moreI got interviewed for Robot 6 blog.
I was kind of into what I was saying but I accidentally sent it out before editing it so you get a pretty unrestrained bout of stupidty at the Comic Book Resources “Robot 6” blog.
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