Chris Mautner rates Rina Ayuyang’s Whirlwind Wonderland as one of the six most criminally ignored books of 2010. It is currently available from Diamond comics and your local comic stores too!...
Read moreSparkplug comics in Diamond Preview this month!
Four Sparkplug books are listed on page 308 of Diamond Comics Preview this month (January) currently in stores. Please tell your local stores to order hundreds (or maybe just one). The page is above, they put up an interview with me and a bunch...
Read morePeter LookSeeSeen Retroreflected in MAKE Blog
For years NASA has used optical corner reflectors to measure the distance of the moon from the earth. Brown Cuts Neighbors’ photo documentarian and spring chamber manipulator LookSeeSeen uses them to take pictures of himself. MAKE Zine...
Read moreNew in the shop today!
Today we added the anthologies Bound & Gagged and Quiet Human Contact (both of which have contributions from Sparkplug artists), Amy Kuttab’s excellent fairy tale How Dry I Am and Phillip Barrett’s haunting Black Shapes. Check...
Read moreJason Martin Live at TIDE POOL – Sara Meltzer Gallery Tonight
Tonight, January 5, 7PM. Jason Martin will be doing a live music performance for TIDE POOL art show @ Sara Meltzer Gallery – ongoing installation, performances, and a shop curated by Ariel Dill and Denise Kupferschmidt, of the Apartment...
Read moreTwo Top Ten Lists in one!
Kevin McCaighy and Matt D. have posted their top 10s list for last year. Elijah Brubaker’s Reich, Chris Cilla’s the Heavy Hand and Robert Sergel’s Eschew have all made the cut. Check out their blog Exquisite Things...
Read moreThe Beauty of Urban Decay
First, Look at this: Gabba Gabba Hey. OK, hopefully you have now visited your happy place and we can continue with this brief survey of recently-sprung documentation of the 20th century’s monuments in collapse. First up, the Guardian...
Read moreTop 10, 2010
Dylan asked me to make a top ten list of comics for the year. I’m not an expert or anything, and have mostly been too broke to buy books, but these are my favorite things I’ve read in 2010. Not all are strictly comics – some are...
Read moreJulia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone reviewed at Poopsheet!
Justin Giampaoli reviews Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone at Poopsheet. Insightful as always! http://poopsheetfoundation.com/forums/reviews/731-flesh-and-bone-by-julia-gfrorer
Read moreHeavy Hand and Lemon Styles make best of 2010 list.
Justin Giampaoli has created a pretty awesome best of 2010 list (including work by Patrick Keck whom I like a lot). Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla and Lemon Styles by David King both got flattering praise as well as Sparkplug in general. ...
Read morePhilip Barrett’s Matter Summer Special on 365 Zines a year.
One of my favorite blogs just reviewed Philip Barrett’s Matter Summer Special. 365 Zines a Year is a really cool combination of review and personal blog. Take a look: http://365zines.blogspot.com/2010/12/matter-summer-special.html
Read moreHellen Jo in Bust Magazine this month!
Hellen Jo just got a bunch of love from Bust Magazine: Make sure to read about the amazingness.
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