We are so excited for our upcoming attendance at Short Run in Seattle! Held on Saturday, November 30, from 11:00am to 6:00pm, Short Run is a one-day free event that showcases makers of art books, zines, comics, and animation. It was founded to...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: The Natural World, by Damien Jay
If you love stories about witch trials, medieval small-town politics, and religious hypocrisy, THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW NOT READING THE NATURAL WORLD?! Seriously — do yourself a favor and pick up the first four issues as soon as...
Read moreNew in the Store: Making Tide and Just Noise!
We have two new additions to the store today from the incomparable Eroyn Franklin: Making Tide and Just Noise. Vastly different in execution, they are both amazing works of art and storytelling. Just Noise is a tiny marvel of intricacy. A...
Read moreNew in the Store: Cavities Sampler!
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...
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