See-Saw – Sara Edward-Corbett: This is the most genius comic I’ve ever read to use “fartknocker” in almost every other strip. See-Saw plays out the schoolyard antics of four little kids- Chuckie, the bully; Georgie, the...
Read moreAll things Sparkplug at Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet NYC now carries all the Sparkplug distro items—those hard to find minis that you see at our table during SPX and MOCCA…now you can waltz into your local comic shop and buy ’em at your leisure. Forbidden Planet...
Read moreHot Breath of War Review!
The Hot Breath of War by Trevor Alixopulos just got a write up at Newsarama here. Take a look.
Read moreBe Seeing You…
In my declining years I have chosen to perpetually exist in a virtual Portmeirion, where no. 6 still longs for escape (but to what?), Stephen Fry is no. 2 and Siouxsie and The Banshees play Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” on a patio...
Read moreS. Clay Wilson Benefit Show SF CA – Sun., Jan. 11
Underground comic book legend S. Clay Wilson (Zap, Checkered Demon) suffered a severe brain injury back in November on his way home from the APE ahow. He’s making progress towards a recovery, but he needs much expensive therapy. Tomorrow, Sunday...
Read moreUnderground Sound Series #2 – House of Goings On – Manchester, NH – 01/03/09
A new office place and store!
Sparkplug will be moving to 6340 SE Foster Road in Portland. It is an office space that also has a storefront, where Tim Goodyear and I will be opening a t-shirt, book (no comics) and dvd store called “The Bad Apple” soon. The space...
Read moreGod Hates Computers on You Tube
At the Loft in Sacramento, California. Some visitors here may have seen GHC at Albany, New York’s Loft… a venue much missed. More on this later…
Read moreBrilliant Programming choice on BBC One Christmas Day
Christmas Day in the UK must be something special. There, like nowhere else, it seems to revolve around the day’s television programming. This year is truly something special, for along with the Queens address, Eastenders, Strictly Come...
Read moreBook Publishing is scared.
Shannon just sent me this awesomely scary article from Salon. I haven’t read it all yet. It is interesting that panic is sort of affecting a lot of people. More later.http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/12/23/publishing/index.html
Read moreReich is Killing It!
Elijah Brubaker’s Reich made it onto the Forbidden Planet (the English one) blog, on Dan Goldman’s best of the year! Wonderful news as Elijah is right now wrapping up work on #6.
Read morePoints to keep in mind, by Alex Toth.
Points to keep in mind.As I try to do! (and often fail, I might add!)By Alex Toth Eliminate the Superfluous, the unnecessary. Be lazy! Edit your art continuously, at every stage. Save work! Focus on the remaining (important) picture elements...
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