Hey all! I hope you had safe and fun holidays! I getting back into my rhythm here at Sparkplug, wrapping up our Kickstarter rewards, adding new distro books to the store and getting together our travel and publishing schedule for...
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Image from the Punch 1915 Almanac. Available to view or download on Archive.org.
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Twenty seven years ago I shared a studio at the School of Visual Arts dorms with Tom Hart — a visionary young artist who showed much potential for becoming a great cartoonist. He did become a great cartoonist. What no one knew then was that...
Read moreWe Was Robbed
The Wow Cool | Alternative Comics shop in Cupertino, California was broken into sometime this weekend by way of a very large rock. Several hundred dollars of comics and books were stolen. We were very fortunate that there was a replacement window...
Read moreI Saw A Thing… Punk Rock and all that…
fumbling about for something to have on in the background while messing around with such esoteric concerns as GS1-128 barcodes and the west coast trucking crisis I stumbled across a pair of what I think were German TV documentaries on punk from...
Read moreA Couple Reminders
Just a reminder: Sparkplug has put out three books this fall! The trippy space epic Vortex, by William Cardini, and the final chapter in the Reich series, Reich #12 by Elijah Brubaker are both up for sale in the store. The third book...
Read moreSparkplug at CALA and the debut of Bird Girl and Fox Girl by Yumi Sakugawa!
Sparkplug will have a table at Comic Arts Los Angeles this weekend! The fest is Saturday, December 6th from 10am-6pm at Think Tank Gallery. It’s free and open to the public. More info here. Our friends Aaron Whitaker...
Read moreKickstart This: Smilin’ Ed Comics
It is very likely that I would not be working in comics now without the influence of Raoul Vezina, the creator of the classic four issue series of Smilin’ Ed Smiley comics that were released more than 30 years ago. Raoul was also the front...
Read moreMarc Arsenault Profiled in Content Magazine
On stands now! The latest issue of Silicon Valley’s “Innovative & Creative Culture Magazine” Content ran a four page color feature on Wow Cool, Alternative Comics and myself. You can get it at the Whole Foods Market and...
Read moreShort Run this weekend! Book Release party Friday!
Hey friends! Sparkplug will be at Short Run in Seattle THIS WEEKEND! Vortex artist William Cardini and I will be holding it down at C12 in the main hall. We’ll have new books Vortex and Reich #12, plus lots of other great...
Read moreBook Release/Signing this Friday!
Vortex and Reich #12 both come out this Friday, November 14th! Please join us for the release party and signing from 5-7pm at Floating World Comics in downtown Portland. More details here!
Read moreSparkplug at CAB!
Just a reminder ~ the Domino Books table will be host to a small selection of books at Comic Arts Brooklyn this weekend! The festival is November 8th and 9th at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Brooklyn. There’s ton of great...
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