Sparkplug Highlight: Golem of Gabirol
Set in the Medieval Middle East, this minicomic tells the story of the love triangle between Zuleicha, her cousin Nusret, and Reb Solomon, a poet and scholar who is revealed to be a sorcerer. When Zuleicha and Nusret marry, Reb Solomon...
Read moreComing Soon: A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer by Ebin Lee
We are excited to announce the fifth book in the Sparkplug Minis Series! A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer is by Portland artist Ebin Lee. Lee describes the book as “A Wretch Like Me is my visual journal of...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Fleep by Jason Shiga
Jimmy Yee awakes in a phone booth encased in concrete with no memory of how he got there. What follows is a slow unraveling of the truth as Jimmy puzzles out the preceding events based on his knowledge of scientific principles and the contents of...
Read moreOur Summer Sale Continues!
After a brief break to get our website fixed up, the summer sale continues! Select books, minis and zines are 50% off in the store, including both Sparkplug and distro titles. You can find the complete list here. There’s a...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Tales to Demolish #2 by Eric Haven
While driving around Oakland, ruminating on the history of underground comics in the Bay Area, the main character fatally hits Dan Clowes. After convincing his partner to help him hide the body, he immediately goes on to accidentally kill another...
Read moreTheme For Counting Events New Video by Steven Cerio
“theme for counting events” by Steven Cerio /Magnificent Pigtail Shadow original film soundtrack (wow cool) from Steven Cerio on Vimeo. A video filmed/edited by artsist/filmmaker Steven Cerio to promote WOWCOOL.com’s upcoming cd...
Read moreSmall Press Payday features Vortex!
Vortex was recommended on Broken Frontier’s Small Press Payday last week, along with a bunch of other great small press titles. “Kirby in terms of concepts, Ditko in the sheer otherness of its confines, and yet quite...
Read moreSparkplug will be at Autoptic in Minneapolis this weekend! We’ll have a full stock of our titles, including a bunch of sale books! Autoptic takes place August 8th and 9th at Aria. More details here!
Read moreStory of My Life
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Read moreReich #12 Reviewed by Rob Clough!
Rob Clough wrote a wonderful review of the final Reich issue over at High-Low: “Reich was a fantastic series about the ways in which ego and personality conflict with seeking the truth, and how those conflicts affect those around us.”...
Read moreSparkplug at Portland Zine Symposium!
Sparkplug will be tabling at the Portland Zine Symposium this weekend, July 18 and 19. The event will be held at the Ambridge Event Center at 1313 NE MLK from 11am – 5pm both days. It’s free and open to the public. We’re...
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