The new issue of the wonderful art newspaper Taffy Hips (#3) has an article about Austin English (as well as Gary Panter and Ron Rege Jr.). Well well worth a look:http://taffyhips.blogspot.com/
Read moreFUTURE INK COMICS ART SHOW AND RELEASE PARTY PHOTO SET!
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Pre-Mocca Future Ink Comic Art Show and Release Party last Friday at BQE Eye Level Gallery in Brooklyn. You can see photos of the art and some live action shots from the scene (taken by the lovely and...
Read moreAuthor & Punisher: Tristan Shone’s Drone Machines
Author & Punisher. Custom machined, big, heavy, sonic machines. Check this guy out. This is the good stuff. many more videos on YouTube. One of the serious musical highlights of this year’s Maker Faire and San Jose’s annual...
Read moreJason Martin Grabs The Mic
Jason Martin Live at Bowery Poetry Club, April 11, 2009 Jason will be doing a rare solo performance at Zebulon in Brooklyn on July 6, 2009. Event details | Event page on Facebook. This is a little experiment using a flash container for QuickTime...
Read moreGo Look: Simon Gane resumes art blog
We don’t really need much of an excuse to post pictures of Serge Gainsbourg, but this is a pretty good one. Simon Gane, artist of Paris (SLG) and Vinyl Underground (Vertigo) and creator of Arnie has resumed updating his drawing blog. It is...
Read moreHellen Jo and Calvin Wong at MoCCA!
Hellen Jo and Calvin Wong made a surprise trip to New York to be at MoCCA. They’ll be sitting at table 810 with Damien Jay and Corine Mucha
Read moreSan Jose – June 5, 2009 – Best Freakin’ First Friday Ever!
The place to be on the planet this Friday is San Jose California. The most insane First Friday event ever. I am totally serious. Here’s just some of the lineup that jumps out at me: The Sub Zero Festival With Free the Robots, Goldenchylde...
Read moreNew Books, New Parties and MoCCA Festival
Sparkplug is premiering Windy Corner #3 and Rock That Never Sleeps this Weekend at the MoCCA festival in New York City. Windy Corner #3 Edited by Austin English. This issue has work and writing by Austin English, Lilli Carre, Sakura Maku, Molly...
Read moreFriday, June 5, 2009, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PMBQE Eye Level Gallery364 Leonard StreetBrooklyn, NYLorimer/Metropolitain Stop off the L Trainhttp://www.eyelevelgallery.com/ Comics publishers Secret Acres, Bodega Distribution, and Sparkplug Books are...
Read morenickname: Rebel Exclusive Session on Dandelion Radio for Mark Whitby. Listen Online All Month!
nickname: Rebel recorded an exclusive five-track session for Mark Whitby’s show on internet radio station Dandelion Radio, and you can hear it all during June, 2009. That’s nearly a half hour of new stuff made by Marc Arsenault, Tom...
Read moreMaker’s Faire 2009 photos are up!
Flaming Lotus Girls Installation, originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. 90-odd photos from this crazy DIY massive are up on flickr. See the whole set.
Read moreDunja Jankovic
Sparkplug has just put out Department of Art #1, by Dunja Jankovic. It’s one of my favorite comics in recent memory…Dunja’s work hits me the same way Ray Johnson’s images do: the right line next to the right shape drawn...
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