Sparkplug is well-represented in 2011’s Ignatz Awards nominees! Gay Genius, The Heavy Hand, Habitat #2 and the Reich series have all been nominated along with a bunch of other great artists and books. Read the full list of nominees here.
Read moreNewness in the store today!
Sparkplug has several new titles for you to peruse today! First, Matthew Thurber’s enthralling, complex, surreal series 1-800-Mice. We’ve got all five issues. Also new today is Dave Kiersh’s Neverland, a poetic examination of...
Read moreReich #8 reviewed on Exquisite Things!
Matt over at Exquisite Things has written a scintillating review of Reich #8! Please check it out.
Read moreThe Heavy Hand, Reviewed on Attentiondeficitdisorderly
Sean T. Collins has written a great review of The Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla. Check out the full article here. “Fascinating book, this. It combines the textural, noise-based visual aesthetic of caves and monsters and melty stuff that you may...
Read moreSparkplug at PZS!
Sparkplug will have a (small) table at the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend! It’s happening Saturday and Sunday at Refuge in SE Portland. Click on the link for more details!
Read moreNew review of Lemon Styles
Paul Houston at Coverless has posted a good but confused review of David King’s Lemon Styles: http://www.renderwrx.net/apps/blog/show/7912197-review-lemon-styles
Read moreTom Lechner in the store!
Today we’ve added seven (seven!) of Tom Lechner’s dream-themed, darkly strange comics to the Sparkplug store. Take a look at Cold Fusion, Consumption #11 and #12, Nightlife, Nightlife 12:01 and Tales of Inertia #2 and #3.
Read moreNew Books in the Store!
Many new comics for y’all to check out today! Above is Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi’s Tales of Tiger Balm. It’s gorgeously detailed, full of exuberant energy and hilarious. Next are two of Eamon Espey’s minis: Death Deals and...
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If you’ll peek to the right you’ll notice we now have an email sign-up! Just enter your email address (we won’t spam you/flood your inbox, we promise!) and you’ll get updates about events, conventions, newly released books...
Read moreTwo new reviews: Flesh & Bone and Reich #8
Paul D. Houston, at his new blog Coverless, has new reviews up for Reich #8 by Elijah Brubaker and Flesh&Bone by Julia Gfrörer. Take a look: http://www.renderwrx.net/apps/blog/show/7774038-review-reich-8...
Read morePassage out now!
Sparkplug’s newest book is this gorgeous thing by Tessa Brunton! Passage is a moving tale of awkward adolescence and even more awkward parenting. The storytelling is a perfect blend of funny and honest and Tessa’s heavily textured art...
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...
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