Well, besides now having a Sparkplug Office, Tim Goodyear and I have opened a store in the front of the office (6340 SE Foster Rd.) called the Bad Apple. No website but we do have a blog:http://thebadapplestore.blogspot.com/We sell books, dvds...
Read moreSelf Publishing on the rise.
In the midst of a downturn in big corporations publishing, self-publishing has increased. Shannon O’Leary passed this story on to me. I’ve always wanted to look into more Print on Demand places.
Read moreAustin English on Inkstuds
Blaze on the left and Austin on the right. Our favorite radio interview program from Canada presents an interview with Austin English. It is a pretty eye opening show, even if they are way too nice.http://www.inkstuds.com/?p=415
Read moreMust Read Commentary “Artists’ Jobs Aren’t Jobs?” on Create Digital Music
It’s no joke that those of us who work in ‘creative’ fields are seriously undervalued in society. Hey, you like that album! Don’t you think that took some work? I’m convinced that most Americans if asked what is the...
Read moreOffset Needle Radius Live Dates
Wow Cool is pleased to announce it’s affiliation with Kittery, Maine sound machine Offset Needle Radius (ONR MySpace). ONR is the sound system of Joshua Baker – late of Portland, Oregon punk and doom legends God Hates Computers...
Read moreWeird Alien Plant Thing
Found this strange pair taking root in my front yard. What the hell are they?
Read moreTintin in Cambodia
OK, maybe I was a bit more psyched that my 2 year old son to see his grandmother come back from Cambodia with a 2 dollar bootleg Tintin shirt, but he seems to dig it pretty well. Thankfully it wasn’t the well-travelled landmine awareness...
Read moreLet’s Go Bowling!!!
It’s true, I just can’t stop thinking about bowling! Found in the archives, circa Feb. 1995, a portrait of yours truly by Kieron Dwyer! Complete with my beloved old DeKalb hat rendered a little differently. I ditched the hat after I...
Read moreSee-Saw – Sara Edward-Corbett: This is the most genius comic I’ve ever read to use “fartknocker” in almost every other strip. See-Saw plays out the schoolyard antics of four little kids- Chuckie, the bully; Georgie, the...
Read moreAll things Sparkplug at Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet NYC now carries all the Sparkplug distro items—those hard to find minis that you see at our table during SPX and MOCCA…now you can waltz into your local comic shop and buy ’em at your leisure. Forbidden Planet...
Read moreHot Breath of War Review!
The Hot Breath of War by Trevor Alixopulos just got a write up at Newsarama here. Take a look.
Read moreBe Seeing You…
In my declining years I have chosen to perpetually exist in a virtual Portmeirion, where no. 6 still longs for escape (but to what?), Stephen Fry is no. 2 and Siouxsie and The Banshees play Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” on a patio...
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