Some vital recent cultural moments you may have missed. The multi-talented Mark Sunshine (singer of Monster Magnet splinter faction Riot God and an artist most awesome) has updated his site again. Minimal, bold, and links to greatness. Sam McPheeters of Vermiform/Born Against/etc. fame has...
Read moreFrom Ed Luce about the upcoming Henry and Glenn art show this Friday: We’re very excited to announce the opening of the Henry & Glenn Forever Gang Bang group exhibition at the legendary La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, California! The Igloo TornadoEd Luce, Dave...
Read moreJason Shiga (author of Bookhunter, Fleep, Meanwhile and Empire State) and Aaron Reiner (author of the Unsinkable Walker Bean, Spiral Bound, and Papercutter contributor) will be at Reading Frenzy this Saturday February 19th at 7pm. You should check it out...
Read moreGenius comic illustrator Mark Martin is funding the creation of his newest comic – Gnatrat Lives – on Kickstarter, and at only 88% funded, he still needs your help. Mark is an old friend and colleague who has most recently contributed to Wow Cool with the cover illustrations for the...
Read moreLes Toil, Kevin Pope, me and Jack Kirby in 1992 at Comic Relief I just read a little about Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA closing. I call it Comic Relief, Berkeley cause I worked there when they split off into two stores. One in Berkeley and one in San Francisco. I worked at both, along
Read moreAustin English just did guested a great article about his new book (coming from Sparkplug for MoCCA festival) and his influences over at Inkstuds. Please take a look: http://www.inkstuds.org/?p=3298
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Simon Gane returns to Paris! Out now on DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint is issue 37 of Brian Wood’s popular Northlanders comic book, the first of a three-parter called The Siege of Paris, with art by Simon Gane. There is a color preview up on Warren Ellis’ Whitechapel site. Preview...
Read moreChris Cilla gets interviewed by one of my favorite comics writers: http://www.comixology.com/articles/434/Manos-The-Hands-of-Fate-Chris-C-Cilla-s-i-The-Heavy-Hand-i-
Read moreYes, it’s true! Sparkplug now has a facebook page and a twitter account! We’d love it if you became a fan or followed us! You can use the linked words or the widgets in the sidebar!
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Just back in town for a few hours now and still catching up, and the first thing that caught my attention as worth giving a listen to is this new interview with Al Columbia on Inkstuds. As is noted in the comments, you will need to crank up your system to hear it properly. Inkstuds
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Saturday February 5th concluded the performances for this trip to the Northwest, with a live broadcast on the What’s This Called show on KPSU 1450am in Portland, Oregon, available for download HERE – February 5, 2011 show. (See Ricardo Wang’s digital photos of the performance...
Read moreThe Portland Zine Symposium is looking for art submissions for the 2011 poster. This year’s theme is “Postmarked 2011.” Your art submission should be your creative interpretation of that theme. The guidelines are simple – We are looking for a 11″ wide x 17″ tall...
Read moreSneaky, Sneaky, Mr. Jason Martin has splattered his SoundCloudness with many the songs over the last couple of weeks. A stranger spread of sound would be hard to assemble, too. We stretch right back to the earliest days of his work with his sister Colleen (AKA Lady Starlight) in the original...
Read moreWinter is the perfect time for curling up with diary comics and a cup of tea. We’ve got a couple new autobio mini-comics in the store today: issues 1 through 3 of Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg’s lovely I Cut My Hair and Susie Cagle’s provocative Nine Gallons #1. Also the newest issue...
Read moreOpening tomorrow Thursday Feb. 3rd at Pony Club 6-10 PM TODAY’S ANOTHER DAY TO FIND YOU: Art based on A-Ha’s seminal Take On Me video! Group Show! 625 NW Everett St., #105 Including art by Emily Nilsson, Chris Cilla, Tim Goodyear, Sean Christensen, Amy Kuttab...
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Joshua Baker is taking the Offset Needle Radius on the road in the Pacific Northwest starting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1, with an appearance on Olympia’s Radio KAOS FM. The eighth installment of the Sun Worship series has also been announced for March 19 at the Buoy Gallery in Kittery...
Read moreDavid King was just interviewed by fellow cartoonist Dustin Harbin here. David also did one of Dustin’s diary comics fill-ins here.
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Yes, Daniel Johnston is walking the cow straight to a spinner rack near you with a full length comic book and accompanying set of songs, and he is financing it with Kickstarter. As of this writing it has already passed its’ funding goal of $10,000 by nearly $7,000 more, and there is over a...
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Should Could Would Goes To Bed On Friday (live 2011) by Jason Martin My sister Colleen (AKA Lady Starlight) joins me onstage to sing a song we wrote when we were kids. Recorded at the TIDE POOL art and performance series, Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY NY, 1/5/11 Read more about Jason, Colleen and...
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