Ce/Ze, Suzette Smith’s dreamy take on science fiction/fantasy, follows two 7th graders who share a psychic link. Amelia Smith and Honey Czarny discover that they share fragmented memories of their past lives in another universe as powerful beings...
Read moreThe Future of Sparkplug
Hello friends, It is with mixed feelings that I must announce that I will be shutting down Sparkplug this year. I appreciate the opportunities that running Sparkplug has given me and the wonderful people it has introduced me to. I know...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Bird Girl and Fox Girl
This minicomic follows the threads of Bird Girl and Fox Girl’s lives after the dissolution of their friendship. Bird Girl moves from the desert to the city, where she works as a secretary, eventually saving up enough money for surgery to look...
Read moreReich review!
Daniel Elkin and Jason Sacks wrote an excellent review of Reich for Comics Bulletin. Read it here!
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: The Anthropologists
Wren and Miriam, two anthropology majors studying abroad in Australia, are selected for a trip to the Kimberley Desert to study aboriginal culture. While Miriam is overly enthusiastic and gung ho about the trip and meeting aboriginal people, Wren...
Read moreSparkplug Minis Series Set now in the store!
You can now get all five issues of the Sparkplug Minis Series at once, for the low price of $25 (plus shipping)! Check it out here. Quantities are pretty limited for the complete set since we are nearly out of Yumi Sakugawa’s...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Hungry Summer
The inaugural title in the Sparkplug Minis series, Hungry Summer follows several characters’ interactions with Baba Yaga, a supernatural figure with roots in Slavic folklore. An ambiguous, witch-like character, Baba Yaga resides deep in the woods...
Read moreCe/Ze review!
Greg Hunter did a great, thorough review of Ce/Ze for The Comics Journal. Read the full review here!
Read moreEbin Lee interview!
“There’s just something awesome about seeing something, physically holding it, being able to sit with an image. That somebody can sit and look at it and interpret it anyway they want to. I think that’s pretty powerful.”...
Read moreA Wretch Like Me review!
“This is hard art. Unrelenting and necessary.” Daniel Elkin has written a wonderful review of Ebin Lee’s A Wretch Like Me, which debuted last month. Check out the full review here.
Read moreSparkplug Pop Up This Weekend!
We’ll be doing a pop up shop this weekend in Portland. Screaming Sky Gallery is a lovely little collectible toy shop and local art gallery and we’re honored to be hosted by them! Please stop by to check out the shop and...
Read moreSparkplug at Short Run! New book debut!
Sparkplug will be at Short Run this weekend! It’s on Saturday, October 31st (spooky!) from 11am-6pm at Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center. We’ll have kid-friendly postcard packs for trick-or-treaters and plenty of books, including...
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