OK… That’s not really true. But this thing is a major potential time-suck of unusual proportion. Well… size of the earth proportion… or, the bit of it that Google Street View has gotten to… or the portion that...
Read moreReviews and Top Tens
Tom, Emily and I have done our Top Ten Comics lists again, but first…please check out this excellent review of Riech #9 by Rob Clough! Also, Nurse Nurse made it onto CBR’s Top 100 comics of 2012, so congrats to Katie...
Read moreYou’re So New To Me – SDCC 2012 Finds
I know it’s CCI now or something, but whatever. I went to San Diego Comic-Con for the first time in 14 years this past weekend and this is a quick run-down of artists, books and places that were either new to me or finally stuck in my mind...
Read moreSparkplug at CAKE!
Hello Chicago! Sparkplug will have a table at CAKE this weekend, June 16th & 17th. This is a new show and we’re very excited about it! There will be a ton of awesome artists and publishers there. Click here for...
Read moreVortex #1 in the store!
Have you read William Cardini’s Vortex yet?! You should, and it’s in our online store now! Rob Clough (High-Low, TCJ) says: “I’ve enjoyed Cardini’s development as an artist and the refinement of his...
Read moreOur Campaign’s Last Push
Our IndieGoGo campaign is doing great. We owe many thanks to our friends and supporters everywhere for spreading the word! Thank you, Jason T. Miles, Rob Clough, Austin English and many others! Thanks to all our Facebook pals...
Read moreFree Ice Cream Named A Top 30 Minicomic of 2011 in The Comics Journal
We’re dancing on the desks at Wow Cool HQ – which we do normally – but we are dancing extra vigorously at the news that Rob Clough selected Sam Henderson’s Free Ice Cream for the coveted #18 position in his Top 30...
Read moreRob Clough’s Top Comics of 2011!
The wonderfully eloquent Rob Clough has posted his Top Fifteen Comics list. Included on the list is Sparkplug’s own Passage! Please give it a read!
Read moreRob Clough reviews Reich #8!
Rob Clough has reviewed Reich #8 over at his blog, High-Low. Check it out! “…Brubaker’s moody and angular drawings throw the character’s emotions into sharp relief; his use of shadow in particular evokes despondency and...
Read morePossessed by the Rise of Magik: Chris Cilla’s Heavy Hand reviewed on The Comics Journal
Over at the Comics Journal they have a thorough and thoughtful review of Chris Cilla’s the Heavy Hand, in which Rob Clough compares Chris to a turntablist: “Cilla finds every kind of storytelling convention totally...
Read moreHabitat #2 reviewed by the one and only Rob Clough at TCJ
An incredible review of Dunja Jankovic’s Habitat #2 over at the Comics Journal. As usual Clough has insight rare among today’s comic reviewers. http://www.tcj.com/reviews/habitat-2/
Read moreSteve Lafler rules, okay!
Steve Lafler has been interviewed by Rob Clough at TCJ. A career retrospective interview, that is, with Steve. Part one of three, here: http://www.tcj.com/alternative/explaining-reality-to-myself-the-steve-lafler-interview-part-one-of-three/...
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