Steven Cerio has launched a Vimeo page with a few shorts including this homage to Jack Kerouac shot in California’s Big Sur region. Cease-Hounds uv thuh Gold-Tin Eat-Turn-It-Tea (Sea Sounds of the Golden Eternity) by Steven Cerio from...
Read moreNew In the Store: Vantage!
Everyone, listen up, and listen like crazy: we have a new Eroyn Franklin book in the store! Vantage is an incredible addition to both her creative oeuvre and your personal comics collection. This fold-out book documents The Long Walk, a...
Read moreReich #11 Preorders and a Year End Announcement
Sugar Booger Thanksgiving Special
Hello… What’s this? Thanksgiving was last week! That may well be, but Kevin Scalzo’s Sugar Booger #1 didn’t get here until now! But, wait, you say, I thought that came out like ten years ago. Nope this is the new 32 page...
Read moreSupport SAW The Sequential Artists Workshop in 2014
Tom Hart has put all the call. SAW, The Sequential Artists Workshop, needs your support in 2014. All is explained in the video above. Get over to indiegogo and help them out. The rewards are truly...
Read moreNew in the Store: Other Worlds!
Portland’s comics performance collective, Gridlords, has seen fit to grace us with a second anthology, and it’s bigger, slicker, and weirder than we could have hoped for! Other Worlds explores the myriad other dimensions, other...
Read moreA Whole Day Wasted – Sequential Crush
I don’t remember exactly what I was searching for when I stumbled across Jacque Nodell’s excellent Sequential Crush blog… and I don’t care anymore, my heart was swept away for the love of this glorious collection of lush...
Read moreSparkplug at Short Run This Weekend!
We are so excited for our upcoming attendance at Short Run in Seattle! Held on Saturday, November 30, from 11:00am to 6:00pm, Short Run is a one-day free event that showcases makers of art books, zines, comics, and animation. It was founded to...
Read more50 Years in Time and Space – The Music of Doctor Who
Now that the dust has settled a little from Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary celebrations this past Saturday, November 23, I want to point you toward some coverage of the many types of music and sounds that were featured on the show during its...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: The Natural World, by Damien Jay
If you love stories about witch trials, medieval small-town politics, and religious hypocrisy, THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW NOT READING THE NATURAL WORLD?! Seriously — do yourself a favor and pick up the first four issues as soon as...
Read moreNew in the Store: Making Tide and Just Noise!
We have two new additions to the store today from the incomparable Eroyn Franklin: Making Tide and Just Noise. Vastly different in execution, they are both amazing works of art and storytelling. Just Noise is a tiny marvel of intricacy. A...
Read moreNew in the Store: Cavities Sampler!
Please join me in welcoming cartoonist Erin Griffin to Sparkplug’s shop! Her comic, Cavities Sampler, is too cute for words. Showcasing glimpses of Griffin’s life, her round and cheery style is adorable, even if her stories sometimes...
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