Sparkplug Comic Books is going to both MoCCA Fest and Stumptown Comics Fest and we’ll be premiering new books at each show. The MoCCA Festival is this weekend in Manhattan, NYC Saturday April 9th and Sunday April 10th 11am-6pm. It will be...
Read moreSteven Cerio art on Comedy Central’s Workaholics
Tune in to Comedy Central tonight at 10:30 (9:30 Central) to catch the debut episode of the new 10-part series Workaholics. Word has it that several of Steven Cerio‘s prints and/or posters adorn the wall of the cubicle and/or bedroom of one...
Read moreHello, Gay Genius and Dan Quayl!
We are busy at Sparkplug today! Two more just-printed books for you – the completely amazing anthology Gay Genius (edited by superstar Annie Murphy) and a multi-publisher, Portland-centric collaboration called Dan Quayl (a steal at just...
Read moreIndie Street Radio on Sausage Hand and Windy Corner #3
Indie Street Radio posted two great reviews, one of Sausage Hand and the other of Windy Corner #3. Take a look: Sausage Hand:http://indiestreetradio.com/news/indie-street-reads-65 WC#3: http://indiestreetradio.com/news/indie-street-reads-63
Read moreThe Disgusting Room and Reich #8 out today!
Yes! Today we have two brand new books in the shop! The newest issue of Elijah Brubaker’s fascinating Reich series, Reich #8 and Austin English’s The Disgusting Room.Reich #8 tackles the beginning of Wilhelm Reich’s new life in...
Read moreParallel Strokes Tote Bag Offer
Hello! We’ve just been alerted that Wordshape – publishers of Ian Lynam’s book Parallel Strokes – is all sold out of the book, and it seems that we are the last known outpost to stock this fine tome. So, by way of a...
Read more13 Minutes on Habitat #2
Habitat #2 by Dunja Jankovic just got a great review at 13 Minutes by Justin Giampaoli: http://thirteenminutes.blogspot.com/2011/03/surveying-habitat.html
Read moreMary Anne Hobbs Returns to Radio and Tours US
It has been announced quite recently that Mary Anne Hobbs is going to host a primetime Saturday night slot on Xfm starting this summer on Saturdays from July 9th 2011. Mary Anne had been on BBC Radio One for many years, and was very much the...
Read moreLast Gasp Celebrates 41 Years at 111 Minna Gallery SF
It’s Last Gasp’s 41st birthday, and to celebrate four decades of publishing the art of the underground, 111 Minna Gallery will host the 2nd annual Last-Gasp-curated art show. It’s the perfect after-party for the first day of Wondercon. Last...
Read morePandora’s Box Part 6: A is For Atom
And then it all went to hell. A week ago we were locked inside here on the west coast of America dreading the radioactive plume that had drifted our way from Japan. It was a cold rainy day that did, truly feel odd. Like the radiation made your...
Read moreKFJC Presents Silver Blood Transmissions: The Music of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot
On our local low-end of the dial FM radio sex machine KFJC 89.7 I totally by act of random chance heard a demo version of the song “Souls at Zero” by Neurosis today that was all crisply mastered and such and blew my freaking mind...
Read moreFamily Store on Heavy Hand
The Family Store in LA is carrying The Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla and they’ve written a really thorough discussion of the book on their blog: http://blog.familylosangeles.com/2011/03/heavy-hand.html
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