This teaser image has just been released to the world by Image Comics. What does it mean? More King City, perhaps? A collection? Hmmm. We’ll just have to wait to find out. In the meanwhile, will someone please bring Escalator back into print?! In other B.G. news you should check out his...
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Family Circus is an easy target for subversive alteration (quite often mashed with HP Lovecraft), but it managed to be pretty weird on its own and often genuinely funny. The classic “Can I cut things out of People” is one of the best, then there was the crossovers between Family...
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I used to play the shit out of We Got Our Own Thang back in ’89. It was such an amazing time for music and this was a great bridge between hip hop and the emerging House music scene. Godspeed, brother. LA Times: Heavy D dies at 44; singer who shaped rap music
Read moreKevin from Exquisite Things has done a wonderful, in-depth interview with Elijah Brubaker, creator of the Reich series for Sparkplug. Please give it a read!
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The Mac iOS app of Jason Shiga’s Meanwhile is now available for the iPad and The iPhone. More information is available on App developer Andrew Plotkin’s site, including a link to a great photo of Jason with his five foot square story map for Meanwhile. The physical hardcover book...
Read moreOK. To get started. This game looks fun and gruesome. Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole is free to download and play. It’s Windows only, but may run fine on Mac and Linux through Wine. Read the write up on Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Serious funnyman Michael Kupperman is the subject...
Read moreEmily and I will be tabling for Sparkplug this Tuesday at Multnomah County Library’s Small Press Love Fest! This will be a really fun event, with food, raffles and a chance to get a jump on your holiday shopping. It’s free too!The fest is on Tuesday, November 8th, from 5:30 to 7:30...
Read moreOnce upon a time, Charles Band, director of such personal favorites as Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn and Trancers, got the option to produce a film based on Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange… and then the rights expired. He braved on with the project, changing various odd...
Read moreI’ve been wanting to write something here about Susie Cagle’s coverage of Occupy Oakland for a couple weeks now. But, given the occupation’s escalating nature and Susie’s work on it being ongoing observation and documentation for an eventual full report, there was not an...
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If you are near the twin cities this weekend – November 5-6, 2011 – you should get down to MIX, the Minneapolis Indie Xpo. Wow Cool distributed artists and publishers Dale Flattum, Koyama Press, Tom Neely, John Porcellino, Sparkplug, Top Shelf, and Anthony Clark, creator of Nedroid...
Read moreFound via Jeff Newelt on Twitter A movie trailer project inspired by the graphic novel “The INCAL”, from Moebius and Jodorowsky. A while ago, I reunited a bunch of the artists from the original “Heavy Metal” movie, to produce a trailer based upon this great work. Then I got busy building my...
Read moreJust a reminder to come visit Sparkplug at the Minneapolis Indie Expo this weekend! It’s from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday at The Soap Factory. Free admission, hope to see you there!
Read moreHappy Hallowe’en!
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This week’s Rodan comes from Simon Gane, who shared it this morning via Twitter. Just a little tease of his upcoming issue of Godzilla Legends. It’s starting to look like a bit of a departure from the sytle Simon used in his previous monster book. In non-kaiju news… Today is an...
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Tune in to the Travel Channel tonight, Sunday October 30th, 2011, for their new special “Halloween Crazy”, which includes a segment on San Jose’s Psycho Donuts. The spot features photos and videos produced by Marc Arsenault and Wow Cool, largely as part of the Psycho Nurse...
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The New York Times talked to Jason Martin about his Power Animals installations, videos and performances as part of a longer piece on Brooklyn’s Microscope Gallery and the live birth that recently happened there. A version of this article appeared in print on October 30, 2011, on page MB1...
Read moreToday we’ve brought you the newest Steve Ditko books, A Ditko #14. It’s a whirlwind story from this venerated artist, including a new character, The Distorter! And Carrie McNinch has sent us another issue of her endlessly entertaining meditation on her life, You Don’t Get There...
Read moreI’m posting this now because I will be in rural Wisconsin for most of next week, haha. Julia Wertz and I will be behind the Sparkplug table at the Minneapolis Indie Expo next weekend. It’s November 5th and 6th, 10am to 5pm both days, at the Soap Factory. Come out to say hi, chat and...
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I was very excited to receive in the mail today the new 16 page comic “Hidden” by Graham Annable, published by Kabinett. It very nicely drawn and has excellent production values. Oh, and it is classically Grickle scary. And, it’s got the Hidden People. Sadly, it’s...
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And much else as well. At least seven titles by Kevin Huizenga and a few hundred other fairly awesome comics, zines and records. Many more on the way. Do come explore.
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Power Animal Systems, an installation by Jason Martin will be on view through January 14th, 2012. A solo show in windows on Broadway and Washington Square in Manhattan. Viewable 24/7. Works in photography, video, sculpture, and teleportation. Presented by 80WSE Galleries. Power Animal Systems...
Read moreJust 4 hours to go as I write this. Great rewards for backing. Get over there and pitch in! UPDATE: Project funded successfully by 76 backers. Congratulations!
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Mary Blair was born 100 years ago today. Even Google noticed. Her shapes and colors still fascinate. Below are a few photos I took earlier this year at the Disneyland Gallery show “The Colors of Mary Blair“. Clicking will make them twice the size. It’s...
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