So, this article by Checker publisher Mark Thompson about their split from Diamond Comics Distribution is really insightful. I’ve heard a lot about how Diamond will weather this storm but it has been from people who are dependent on them...
Read moreAron Nels Steinke and Tom Neely Reading in Portland!
Two days before the Stumptown Comics Fest! Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Herbivore – The Store Street: 1211 S.E. Stark Street Come celebrate Earth Day at the Vegan Minimall with a couple of Vegan...
Read moreReich makes best of MoCCA list!
Reich #7 made the New York Daily News best of MoCCA festival list!www.nydailynews.com
Read moreMoCCA and New Books!
Sparkplug will be at the MoCCA Festival in New York this weekend (Saturday April 10th and 11th).www.moccany.com Austin English, Clara Johansson and Eroyn Franklin will be running the table ( #G9). They’ll have a bunch of new books including...
Read moreAmy Kuttab portraits
One of my favorite artists is doing portrait commissions. Amy Kuttab has been making beautiful paintings and comics in Portland for quite a while now. She is a co-owner of the Pony Club Gallery too. Her comic, How Dry I Am is one of 2009’s...
Read moreRain Taxi review of Airy Tales
Olga Volozova’s Airy Tales got this great review in Rain Taxi.
Read moreIndy Euphoria!
Coming up this year! The second Indy Euphoria in Sacrament. I’m really looking forward to it. Me and Theo Elsworth will be road tripping down there and Tom Neely is driving up from the South. Tons of new guests and it is in Summer! So keep...
Read moreScot Gillis Drawings
A cool video: from Scott Gillis
Read moreThe Forsley Brothers
Christopher and Cameron Forsley are working on a new book book with Sparkplug. It will be a 40 page epic called “A Joe Story”. The cover totally blows my mind already. Look for it in the next year or so. (I just updated the Cameron...
Read moreT. Edward Bak for the IPRC
Sparkplug OG for life, T. Edward Bak sent out an email request for help with the IPRC this week: As you may now, I currently volunteer at very special organization called the Independent Publishing Resource Center. The IPRC is the only...
Read moreDiamond Comics on Kickstarter
Okay, can I just tell you how much I love Diamond Comics, it is one of the most interesting and artistic anthologies I’ve seen in years of comics fandom. Seriously. Jason, the editor, has put it up on Kickstarter as a means of generating...
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www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/10/19/091019sh_shouts_weiner
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