David King’s Shortest Interval gets a glorious review from Justin Giampaoli at Poopsheet! http://www.poopsheetfoundation.com/profiles/blogs/the-shortest-interval-by-david
Read moreBound And Gagged (Sept. 3rd)
Eschew #2 reviewed at Exquisite Things
Matthew Dick reviews Robert Sergel’s Eschew #2 in his usual well written and thoughtful style. Seriously well done. http://exquisitething.blogspot.com/2010/08/framing-time-robert-sergels-eschew-2.html
Read moreEschew #2, Neptune, Whirlwind Wonderland and Department of Art #1 reviewed at Bookgasm
Rod Lott just reviewed these four Sparkplug comix for Bookgasm. Really great write ups. http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/eschew-neptune-whirlwind-department/
Read moreConspirastock: Truthblasting the Mean World Syndrome – Shea Stadium BK – Brooklyn, NY – 08/06/10
Denim & Diamonds – Street Medics Unite!
Live! July 24, 2010 at 51 3rd Street. Troy, New York. Many more clips available from Conglomco. We still have a couple copies of the D&D CD from Bloodlink Records available. Go get yours.
Read moreLady Starlight Eats Your Children
I could have picked worse clips, I probably could have picked better clips. Lady Starlight may be best remembered for spreading the Schenectady accent around the globe. For those that missed it, Brown Cuts Neighbors co-founder Lady Starlight is opening for Lady Gaga on this leg of the Monster...
Read moreZine Spelling Bee this Saturday, for serious.
Calling all word-heads, spelling specialists and zinesters! You’re invited to the PZS Zinester’s Spelling Bee at Mississippi Pizza Pub! Who: *The Portland Zine Symposium* What: *Zinester’s Spelling Bee* Where: *Mississippi Pizza Pub*, 3552 N Mississippi Ave Why: To support PZS...
Read moreMovies at Floating World TOMORROW!
This Tuesday (August 3rd) at Floating World Comics we’ll be celebrating the IPRC comics program. Floating World and the IPRC will be showing Steel, Artists & Models and Hooked on Comix 2 (a short film). All comix related, really great and quite funny. The films should start at 6pm...
Read moreBlaise Larmee has started Gaze Books
One of my favorite cartoonists at the moment has started a publishing company which will also be carrying work by other people and putting stuff on their website, including pages like the one above from Austin English’s sketchbook. Really highest recommendations...
Read moreNurse Nurse review!
This great review of Nurse Nurse points out exactly why you should be reading Katie Skelly’s wonderful series: http://www.bros-czap.com/kevinczap/2010/07/colonists-be-safe/ and here is Katie’s site: http://www.calicocomics.com/ http://www.etsy.com/shop/calicocomics
Read moreDark Rain by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane
The long awaited new Vertigo graphic novel Dark Rain by Mat Johnson (Incognegro) illustrated by Simon Gane has been announced for an August 24 release in bookstores and from Amazon and August 18th in Comic Book stores. Cover by Nessim Higson Dark Rain is a graphic novel thriller set in the days...
Read morePower Animals “Field of Dreams” Prospect Park
Our contribution… July 24, 2010. Prospect Park. Brooklyn, New York. JasonMartinWebsite.com
Read moreYou Don’t Get There From Here
I’ve spent most of my first month at Sparkplug scanning and creating pages for Carrie McNinch’s wonderful autobio comic/zine You Don’t Get There From Here. It hasn’t been easy; being prone to depression myself, Carrie’s work reminds me what a struggle it has been...
Read moreDeath by Shooting
Comic Con is Dead, Long Live Comic Con Photo by David King
Read moreCallahan died this week.
A bit of sad news: John Callahan dead at 59 http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/portland_cartoonist_john_calla_1.html
Read moreWhirlwind Wonderland in Giant Robot!
Rina Ayuyang’s Whirlwind Wonderland got a great review in the new Giant Robot (#66). Here it is: Whirlwind Wonderland This compilation of work by Rina Ayuyang is a testament to the fact that honestand transparent storytelling about one’s own life can be as dramatic and grippingas anything...
Read moreWindy Corner #2 reviewed at Poopsheet!
At the Poopsheet site Matt Reints has done a really thorough review of Austin English’s Windy Corner #2. Loads of info! http://www.poopsheetfoundation.com/profiles/blogs/windy-corner-magazine-2-edited
Read moreBrian Allen McCall at TCJ
This is a great blog post about a comic artist that has done some great and rarely seen work, Brian Allen McCall. A giant thank you to Marc Sobel for doing this piece. http://www.tcj.com/interviews/%EF%BB%BFnavigating-the-chaos-a-conversation-with-brian-allen-mccall/
Read moreBrown Cuts Neighbors – Sleigh Bells in Schenectady
Posted in 3 parts to the YouTube by a fan, is this holiday classic. A shorter edit of it was created for, and I believe can still be viewed, in the collection of Buffalo, New York’s Squeaky Wheel. This episode is a bit of a slow starter, but, like an old movie, you need to
Read moreAnalog Underground Studio’s Dave Zagorski Has Died
Dave Zagorski was a dear friend and studio collaborator to Brown Cuts Neighbors and to the late James Kopta. He died far too young and will be much missed. His recordings will live on. Please visit his home site Analog Underground and follow the links there. The published obituary from...
Read moreJason Martin video installation in Group Show – B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo) – North Adams, MA – 07/29/10
Flesh and Bone on the Comics Reporter
Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone is written about with an unusual level of consideration by Tom Spurgeon at the Comics Reporter. Check it out: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_review_flesh_and_bone/
Read moreBike-In Movie Night this Saturday!
Bike-In Movie Night Bike-lovers, movie buffs, and zinesters! You’re invited to the PZS Bike-In Movie Fundraiser presented by the Stumptown Underground and WTFBikes… Who: The Portland Zine Symposium, Stumptown Underground and WTFBikes What: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure...
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