The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is this Saturday! Go check it out if you are in the New York City area. Sparkplug will be there, run by Austin English and Nate Doyle. Maria Sputnik may be showing up at our table too. Saturday December...
Read moreWesley Willis Joy Rides Documentary coming to DVD
Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides will be released on DVD December 8, 2009 from Eyeosaur. The trailer is above. An underground rock icon and revered artist, the late, great Wesley Willis attracted and offended people the world over. Wesley...
Read moreThe great Gary Arlington
May 10, 1972 in an interview with the amazing Patrick Rosenkranz, Gary Arlington had this to say when asked “What’s new?” Artlington: “Justin Green is coming out with the world’s first underground comic books...
Read moreStrange Bed Fellows!
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...
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