We Have You Surrounded, originally uploaded by slovobooks. The Dirtbombs – We Have You Surrounded In the Red Records, 12 February 2008 Contains “Leopardman at C&A”, written by Alan Moore. Cover art by Gary Panter. I just...
Read moreGay Genius on Autostraddle!
Our fantastic anthology of queer artists and comic folks, Gay Genius, made it onto a gift guide on Autostraddle! Check out the full list here!
Read morePoopsheet’s Best of 2011
Austin English’s The Disgusting Room has made it on Poopsheet Foundations’ Best Mini-Comics and Small Press Titles of 2011 list! Also on the list: Sparkplug artist Julia Gfrorer’s Too Dark to See and Sparkplug co-owner Tom...
Read moreKid Kameleon in The Mix
It’s always really nice when a thing leads to another thing and you discover a whole other world of awesome music and art that you did not previously know existed. The art and science of discovery is something that drives the marketers wild...
Read morePassage, Reviewed!
Justin Giampaoli has written a wonderful review of Tessa Brunton’s Passage on his blog Thirteen Minutes: … Her note perfect details in the pencils lend a sense of authenticity to her quirky upbringing. When you start cataloguing the...
Read morePat Aulisio’s Bowman Signing & Release Party
Manhattanites! Friday December 2nd, join Box Brown, Josh Bayer and Pat Aulisio at Jim Hanley’s Universe! Can’t make it? Get Josh and Pat’s Retrofit books here and pre-order Box Brown’s new book The Survivalist from Blank Slate Books.
Read moreBrooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest
Emily and Tom will be in charge of the Sparkplug table this weekend at Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest. Our special guest star will be Katie Skelly, author of the Nurse Nurse series! Please join us for this super awesome fest! Here’s the...
Read moreNinja Tweets of Doom
The latest in a semi-weekly roundup of the most interesting news from comics, art, music, video, games and more that have managed to reach us in the technological backwaters of Cupertino. Dig deep into this roundup of classic video game magazines...
Read more…and that’s it!, Pat and Mat
Please do watch the above and have your mind gently blown before reading the following. But you might want to wait… I had never heard of the Czech-born International cartoon legends Pat & Mat until today. It’s very likely that...
Read moreMore Random Than Usual Tweet Spew
Monday was the first day of being somewhat set up in the new Wow Cool offices. Got a record number of orders out the door. Got us on the interwebs. Printer is on the network. Still much to do. I am freaking exhausted. Still way too much...
Read moreJason Martin POWER ANIMALS, at Good Kids Party
With music by Burial! Archangel from Untrue, even! Jason used to make fun of me for liking that kind of stuff! Hey!
Read moreMickey Z’s RAV 5 And Much More New Stuff In the Shop
I’ve been pretty terrible about posting new books in the Wow Cool Shop here on the blog, but, I was pretty excited by today’s arrival, and, since I can barely walk after today’s big move to new offices on the other side of town...
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