Two new books added to our online store. Big Plans #4 Aron Nels Steinke and Crime World by David King! Both equally amazing.
Read moreA Resurrected Ken Kesey
The resurrected Ken Kesey is working the drive up window at Rita’s Tacos, filling orders and dispensing cryptic advice. I wouldn’t usually post a link to my El Vocho comics blog here, but maybe some folks in the Portland comics...
Read moreYes Men Fix The World Limited Preview DVD Set
LIMITED-EDITION DVD GIFT PACK OF THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD (2009)! $30 for one, $50 for two, $65 for three, $100 for five, $500 for thirty Whether you’ve already seen the film and are jonesing for a second fix, or haven’t because the...
Read more1883/Crooked Teeth #5 party and fund raiser!
Please join us for a fund raiser benefiting cartoonists Mollie Goldstrom and Nate Doyle (easily two of Sparkplugs favorite people)! Both cartoonists have major new comics in the works—Goldstrom with “1883” and Doyle with...
Read moreThanksgiving Treat: Power Animals at NYU
Recorded at NYU Open Studios, November 21, 2009.
Read moreComics Town?
Oregon Business did an article about Portland, OR. Now known as Comic Town. I wonder if this is what it felt like to be in San Francisco during the improve stand up comedy boomtown of the early 80s?www.oregonbusiness.com I don’t know how...
Read moreOne of Sparkplug's Favorite Stores
Pilot Books in Seattle is an amazing store. The owner has been really supportive to Sparkplug and has a wonderfully unique approach to selling comix. I’m really looking forward to another trip to Seattle. There was an article Pilot in the...
Read moreJason Martin Solo – Zebulon – Brooklyn, NY – 11/23/09
Al Columbia Limited Toyland Print
Portland’s Floating World Comics is selling a magnificent 18″x24″ very limited print of Al Columbia‘s painting Toyland (detail view above). I’m a little late posting this, but they seem to be still available. Go get...
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 27 – Little Dog
This was drawn as part of my entry application for the Art Instruction Schools, probably in the late-80s-early 90s. You know, the draw Tippy The Turtle people that advertise on late night TV. I think they said I had promise. I never did sign up...
Read moreCaptain Beefheart – Sugar’N’Spikes (Famicom flavor)
The hits keep coming! Third in the series of Captain Beefheart classics, rendered in 80s video game soundtrack style, from Japan’s mysterious barismanco. I so want to hear an entire NES style Beefheart record. If you need a US label for...
Read more1883/Crooked Teeth #5 party and fund raiser!
Please join us for a fund raiser benefiting cartoonists Mollie Goldstrom and Nate Doyle (easily two of Sparkplugs favorite people)! Both cartoonists have major new comics in the works—Goldstrom with “1883” and Doyle with...
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