Dunja Jankovic at Floating WOrld Thursday March 3rd 6-10pm. To celebrate the release of Habitat. More details to come.
Read moreSwipe File – Paul Rand gets Jacked
There used to be a great feature in the magazine The Comics Journal called the swipe file, where a classic piece of comic art was held up next to a more recent piece that usually resembled it a bit too much to be mere coincidence. The best know...
Read moreGrickle: The World of Graham Annable
I’m pretty new to the works of cartoonist/animator Graham Annable; and, I came to it from a very strange direction. I’d had some peripheral knowledge of his comics work from Alternative Press in his Grickle comics and the Hickee...
Read moreQuick Hits for a Thursday
Some vital recent cultural moments you may have missed. The multi-talented Mark Sunshine (singer of Monster Magnet splinter faction Riot God and an artist most awesome) has updated his site again. Minimal, bold, and links to greatness. Sam...
Read moreHenry and Glenn Art Show This Friday
From Ed Luce about the upcoming Henry and Glenn art show this Friday: We’re very excited to announce the opening of the Henry & Glenn Forever Gang Bang group exhibition at the legendary La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles...
Read moreJason Shiga and Aaron Reiner at Reading Frenzy on Saturday
Jason Shiga (author of Bookhunter, Fleep, Meanwhile and Empire State) and Aaron Reiner (author of the Unsinkable Walker Bean, Spiral Bound, and Papercutter contributor) will be at Reading Frenzy this Saturday February 19th at 7pm. You...
Read moreMark Martin’s Gnatrat Lives!
Genius comic illustrator Mark Martin is funding the creation of his newest comic – Gnatrat Lives – on Kickstarter, and at only 88% funded, he still needs your help. Mark is an old friend and colleague who has most recently contributed...
Read moreSadness Will Prevail
Les Toil, Kevin Pope, me and Jack Kirby in 1992 at Comic Relief I just read a little about Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA closing. I call it Comic Relief, Berkeley cause I worked there when they split off into two stores. One in Berkeley and...
Read moreAustin English, the influences!
Austin English just did guested a great article about his new book (coming from Sparkplug for MoCCA festival) and his influences over at Inkstuds. Please take a look: http://www.inkstuds.org/?p=3298
Read moreNorthlanders 37 – The Siege of Paris
Simon Gane returns to Paris! Out now on DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint is issue 37 of Brian Wood’s popular Northlanders comic book, the first of a three-parter called The Siege of Paris, with art by Simon Gane. There is a color preview up...
Read moreChris Cilla x Kristy Valenti
Chris Cilla gets interviewed by one of my favorite comics writers: http://www.comixology.com/articles/434/Manos-The-Hands-of-Fate-Chris-C-Cilla-s-i-The-Heavy-Hand-i-
Read moreSparkplug is joining the 21st Century.
Yes, it’s true! Sparkplug now has a facebook page and a twitter account! We’d love it if you became a fan or followed us! You can use the linked words or the widgets in the sidebar!
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