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...
Read moreSequart, temporary new home
From Rob Clough: This is a note to let everyone know that since the sequart.com website is down due to server issues, I decided to temporarily move my High-Low column to this url: http://highlowcomics.blogspot.com/ I apologize for any...
Read moreAll-woman autobio apocalypse!
Venus in Blue Jeans, Venus in Furs /All the Ancient Kings- Julia Gfrorer: These two I picked up because the covers looked gorgeous, and then I got home and opened them up and the insides were not as enchanting. Venus has a few pages that show off...
Read moreChris Cilla on Top Drawer
A must read interview with Chris Cilla on Top Drawer, by Luke P.http://10drawerquestions.blogspot.com/2008/12/chris-cilla.htmlChris is one of my favorite comic artists.
Read moreChronic Comix Claptrap
http://comixclaptrap.blogspot.com/Wow, the Claptrap is rolling along. There have been a couple great episodes. And a lot of interesting commentary. In spite of the fact that Thien Pham is now trying to get in my pants like Daniel Meade from Ugly...
Read moreGolden Tissues Rules!
Hey, so I’m part of a GREAT show that is currently up at the Pony Club Gallery in Portland, OR. There are some amazing artists in the show including a lot of Sparkplug published ones and people we distribute. Please go take a look at the...
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Read moreCooking Wine
So, in addition to MK and Nate’s reviews we are going to start a new feature on the Sparkplug Blog: The Book Report. Juliacks and Shannon O’Leary are going to hand-write up old fashioned style book reports on notable independent comic...
Read morenickname: Rebel Listen To Me 2008 finalist on Dandelion Radio
Genius DJ Mark Whitby has placed my band nickname: Rebel in the list of the final 10 nominees in his “Listen To Me 2008“. Tune in to his show on Dandelion Radio to hear who came out on top. Be sure to also check out the nine other...
Read moreMini Comics Reviews by Nate Doyle and MK Reed!
Our pals MK Reed and Nate Doyle have agreed to put their high falutin’ comics know-how to the test and are going to start reviewing Sparkplug distributed mini comics on a fairly regular basis. If you don’t know anything about Nate or...
Read moreNew Book by Floating World
FLOATING WORLD COMICS PRESENTS: DECEMBER 1ST THURSDAY: ‘THE CATERER’ COMIC BOOK RELEASE PARTY & ERASERHEAD PRESS PRESENTS: BIZARRO 30 years after the spectacular collapse of Pearl Comics, a celebration of the cause of that collapse –...
Read moreYou can't tell me some things weren't better back then…
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