APE – Alternative Press Expo – The Concourse – San Francisco, CA – 10/16/10
Get Psycho Nurse! at APE in San Francisco this Weekend
Be sure to pick up Psycho Nurse! The 2011 Psycho Donuts 13-Month Calendar at APE, The Alternative Press Expo this weekend, October 16-17 at The Concourse, 635 8th Street, San Francisco, California. They will be at contributing artist Jared Konopitski’s table number 537. Catch a full...
Read morePsycho Nurse! Photo Outtake 1
First in a series of outtakes from the photo sessions for the Psycho Nurse! Calendar. Nurse Anna in extra-deceased zombie mode ringing in the yuletide cheer. More of these will be appearing in the coming weeks, as well as appearing on the Psycho Donuts Facebook page.
Read moreNew in the Store!
Fresh in the Store today: Carrie McNinch’s You Don’t Get There From Here #16, Vanessa Davis’ Kitchen Conniption and my very own The Warehouse on Poplar. Also check out the revamped pages for Mats?!’s Asiaddict, Ted May’s It Lives #1 and Trevor Alixopulos’ Mine...
Read moreSparkplug Comic Books will be at APE this weekend. Saturday and Sunday October 16th & 17th. There will be a group of us: Julia Wertz, David King, Virginia Paine, Tim Goodyear, Rina Ayuyang, Tim Root, Sophie Yanow, Renee French and Chris Cilla will be in attendance at the table or...
Read moreSparkplug on Poopsheet!
A gang of Sparkplug books just got reviewed at Poopsheet, a great site! Chris Cilla’s The Heavy Hand: http://poopsheetfoundation.com/forums/reviews/115-the-heavy-hand-by-chris-cilla-review-by-justin-giampaoli Elijah Brubaker’s Reich #7...
Read moreZOO, Creature Comforts, Better Maker, Palms Springs – The Stud – San Francisco, CA – 10/11/10
Silicon Valley Ghost Campus: Moffett Towers
For the latest in Wow Cool’s occasional series of holiday weekend posts on obscure travel destinations, I present the very Ballardian Moffett Towers. Located adjacent to Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, California, Moffet Towers has become the poster child of the Silicon Valley’s...
Read moreTen/Ten/Ten, Everywhere, Earth – The Apohadion Theatre – Portland, ME – 10/10/10
Gay Genius is on Kick Starter
Annie Murphy’s visionary anthology Gay Genius is up on Kickstarter. Sparkplug will be co-publishing the book so please take a look and think about helping to cover the other half. The book looks amazing: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2030444721/gay-genius-comics-anthology
Read moreNew in the store: Mardou’s Anais in Paris!
This is a great mini-comic about the life of Anais Nin, told in a darkly factual style and beautifully illustrated. Only three bucks in the store!
Read moreDavid King Media Blitz
The illustrious Comics Reporter has launched a great review of David Kings newest masterpiece: Lemon Styles. Check it out here: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/index/cr_review_lemon_styles/ and there is a sexy Facebook page for David’s Comics as well...
Read moreStickers – Stuck Up Piece Of Crap
Seems I’m a few days late on this, but, just got word from Ian AKA Infinity, who contributed to one of the more stunning pages of the Psycho Nurse! Calendar, that he has a couple stickers reproduced in this book, and that there will be a reception celebrating its release: STICKERS: From...
Read moreI Wrote A Thing
I set out to write a simple, optimistic, pushy, promo hype-even, cover letter for this calendar we just did (seen at left). Instead I ended up pouring my heart out (lies and half-truths mostly) about the history of this here Wow Cool (and that there, as the case may be). You might find it useful...
Read moreTell me about Mini-comix David King.
The Fork Frenzy show interviews David King. The host, Levon Jihanian, is an amazing artist himself so this webisode is like some kind of meeting of the minds. Serious pod-casting going on. http://blog.forkfrenzy.com/
Read moreDisgusting Room Preview
Hey Sparkplug faithfull! I posted some preview images of the book I just finished, The Disgusting Room, over on my blog. Check it out here: http://windycornermag-austin.blogspot.com/2010/10/disgusting-room-preview.html Enjoy. Austin
Read moreDisgusting Room Preview
Hey Sparkplug faithfull! I posted some preview images of the book I just finished, The Disgusting Room, over on my blog. Check it out here:http://windycornermag-austin.blogspot.com/2010/10/disgusting-room-preview.html Enjoy. Austin
Read moreAsk on. Julia Gfrörer in interview with Jason Leivian
The aged Comics Journal presents a fresh new interview with Julia Gfrörer about her methods, Flesh & Bone and metaphysics. A great interview with two of my favorite people: http://www.tcj.com/minicomics/the-julia-gfrorer-interview-conducted-by-jason-leivian/
Read moreNight of the Living Donut Art Show at Psycho Donuts
On Saturday, October 2nd at Psycho Donuts in Campbell, CA from 11pm until 4pm you can help usher in the month of October with a zombie donut art show, featuring your favorite local artists, including: Christine Benjamin, Murphy Adams, Simon Salas, Michael Borja, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar...
Read moreKitty Little/Scientific Maps Split 7″ Release Show Today
Haul your ass down to Valentine’s 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, New York, on Saturday, October 2nd to see Kitty Little and Scientific Maps celebrate their new split 7″ record release on Peterwalkee, with help from Complicated Shirt and Man Scouts. More info and sample tracks on the...
Read moreComix Claptrap is crazy. Happy Birthday!!!!
Comix Claptrap is totally in to Lemon Styles though so check out this episode: http://comixclaptrap.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-30T22_42_52-07_00 Fin totally makes up for Thien.
Read moreRuskoff on small publishers!
Tom Neely sent me this link. The article made me love Douglas Rushkoff and I don’t even know anything about the guy: http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/09/29/rushkoff-why-i-left-my-publisher-in-order-to-publish-a-book/ Anyone read the book? Is it good?
Read morePsycho Nurse! 2011 Calendar. NEW! from Psycho Donuts & Wow Cool
Out Now! From Wow Cool is Psycho Nurse! The 2011 Psycho Donuts 13-month Calendar. This thing is a beautiful monster, at 12-inches square in glorious full color on luscious heavy paper stock. Just the thing you need to shake out of the day-to-day and remind you what day it is! The whole Psycho...
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