Good morning, all! Two new books are up in the shop today- first off, you can order the incredibly cool and incredibly free-except-for-shipping Barrio Mothers Free Comic Book Day comic if you missed it in stores! With such a lovely cover and good...
Read moreSequential Artists Workshop 2014-15 Applications Open
SAW — The Sequential Artists Worksop — in Gainesville, Florida is now accepting applications for the 2014-1015 school year for their single-year program. Full details here.
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Long Legs by Julianna Green!
Long Legs is the first book in a series. What really strikes me about Julianna Green’s comic style is it’s density. Each page is filled with rich blacks and linework. Each character is designed to grab your attention. My eyes scan...
Read moreA Quarter Each or 25 for Five Dollars
In case you hadn’t heard, we are having a big sale on Saturday at our Cupertino, California store and on WowCool.com all weekend. You will have to make it to Cupertino to dig through the 17 longboxes of comics we are selling at a quarter a...
Read moreFree Comic Book Day!
Tomorrow is everyone’s favorite holiday: Free Comic Book Day! This year Sparkplug teamed up with Portland publishers Floating World Comics, Snakebomb Comix and Teenage Dinosaur to bring you BARRIO MOTHERS! With art and stories...
Read moreWow Cool Grand Opening Sale
Come join us in Cupertino on Saturday, May 3rd for our big party at the store; or, online at WowCool.com all weekend for lots of free comics and 20% off everything we sell. All the details you need are here.
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: Moon Between Mountains by Yumi Sakugawa
Moon Between the Mountains by Yumi Sakugawa follows the story of a cat girl as she grows up in a human world. Her sad story begins as she is left at the door of an old couple’s home, dropped off by mysterious figures. She leaves home after...
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 33: Charlie Brown On Acid
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Read moreSparkplug Highlight: ZIRP #4 by Till D. Thomas
ZIRP #4 starts off where #3 ended: Elisabeth and Raoul relaxing together in a stunning penthouse, giggling and splashing in the pool. While all this is going down, Rizzo departs on a sea voyage to find Elisabeth and convince her to take him back...
Read moreNew Books In the Store! 2005, Long Legs, and I Cut My Hair!
Good morning all! Four new books were added to the store today! First: 2005: a Fragment of the Larger Work 4 by Sean Christensen! This book hits close to home when our protagonist gets bummed over some tunes that remind him of a past love...
Read moreATTN Retailers: deadline for Barrio Mothers, a FCBD anthology
Sparkplug, Teenage Dinosaur, Snakebomb and Floating World join forces again to bring you their 2014 Free Comic Book Anthology – BARRIO MOTHERS. Eight Portland artists present new masterpieces guaranteed to take your face on a wild trip...
Read moreSparkplug Highlight: ZIRP #3 by Till D. Thomas
Featuring both beautifully stylized comic pages, as well as painted splash pages, ZIRP #3 is a delight to behold. The story opens with half-baked author Raoul as he lives his loser life, trying to read his own book. After becoming disgusted with...
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