Sparkplug will be at Autoptic in Minneapolis this weekend! We’ll have a full stock of our titles, including a bunch of sale books! Autoptic takes place August 8th and 9th at Aria. More details here!
Read moreReich #12 Reviewed by Rob Clough!
Rob Clough wrote a wonderful review of the final Reich issue over at High-Low: “Reich was a fantastic series about the ways in which ego and personality conflict with seeking the truth, and how those conflicts affect those around us.”...
Read moreSparkplug at Portland Zine Symposium!
Sparkplug will be tabling at the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend, July 18 and 19. The event will be held at the Ambridge Event Center at 1313 NE MLK from 11am – 5pm both days. It’s free and open to the public. We’re...
Read moreOur Website is Down!
Sorry everyone! Our website is super-messed up right now. Please don’t go to it. We’ll let you know when we are up and running again.
Read moreSUMMER SALE!!!
We’re having a big summer sale! Select books, minis and zines are 50% off in the store, including both Sparkplug and distro titles. You can find the complete list here. There’s a lot of good stuff in there, please...
Read moreReminder – Sparkplug will be at CAKE this weekend!
Just a reminder – Sparkplug has a table at CAKE this weekend! Please stop by and say hi, check out our books! We’ll have cute (free) postcards for you and plenty of good vibes.
Read moreSparkplug at CAKE!
CHICAGO! Sparkplug will have a table at CAKE this weekend, June 6th and 7th. CAKE takes place at the Center on Halstead and is free and open to the public, 11am – 6pm both days. We’ll have good selection of books to...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Ce/Ze by Suzette Smith
Ce/Ze, the fourth book in the Sparkplug Minis Series, is Suzette Smith’s dreamlike take on Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Amelia Smith and Honey Czarny are 7th grade girls who discover that they share fragmented memories of another world in which they were...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Dumb by Georgia Webber
The Dumb series is Georgia Webber’s multi-disciplinary exploration of what it means to live without a voice after sustaining a vocal chord injury that required her to speak less than thirty minutes a day for months. Each issue addresses an aspect...
Read moreLinework NW this weekend!
Sparkplug will be at Linework NW here in Portland this Sunday! Linework is free and open to the public – doors open at noon. We’ll be debuting our newest book, Ce/Ze by Suzette Smith. I (Virginia) will also be part of a...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Wicked Chicken Queen by Sam Alden
Wicked Chicken Queen is a story of birth and death, loneliness and loss, told in two parts. An isolated island community discovers an egg that hatches into an enormous chicken. The society flourishes under the chicken queen’s rule, but is...
Read moreATTN Retailers! Free Comic Book Day solicit for 2015
Sparkplug, Teenage Dinosaur, Snakebomb and Floating World join forces again to bring you their 2015 Free Comic Book Anthology – FREE STOOGES. Eight Portland artists present new masterpieces guaranteed to take your face on a wild trip. These...
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