We don’t really need much of an excuse to post pictures of Serge Gainsbourg, but this is a pretty good one. Simon Gane, artist of Paris (SLG) and Vinyl Underground (Vertigo) and creator of Arnie has resumed updating his drawing blog. It is, as always, wonderful stuff. Go Look!
Read moreHellen Jo and Calvin Wong made a surprise trip to New York to be at MoCCA. They’ll be sitting at table 810 with Damien Jay and Corine Mucha
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The place to be on the planet this Friday is San Jose California. The most insane First Friday event ever. I am totally serious. Here’s just some of the lineup that jumps out at me: The Sub Zero Festival With Free the Robots, Goldenchylde, DJ Cutso, (Former Brown Cuts Neighbors labelmates...
Read moreSparkplug is premiering Windy Corner #3 and Rock That Never Sleeps this Weekend at the MoCCA festival in New York City. Windy Corner #3 Edited by Austin English. This issue has work and writing by Austin English, Lilli Carre, Sakura Maku, Molly Colleen O’Connell, Frank Santoro, Gipi, Carol...
Read moreFriday, June 5, 2009, 8:30 PM – 11:00 PMBQE Eye Level Gallery364 Leonard StreetBrooklyn, NYLorimer/Metropolitain Stop off the L Trainhttp://www.eyelevelgallery.com/ Comics publishers Secret Acres, Bodega Distribution, and Sparkplug Books are proud to present some brand new ink of the future...
Read morenickname: Rebel recorded an exclusive five-track session for Mark Whitby’s show on internet radio station Dandelion Radio, and you can hear it all during June, 2009. That’s nearly a half hour of new stuff made by Marc Arsenault, Tom Burre, Michael Keegan and Nick Carpenter. Recorded...
Read moreFlaming Lotus Girls Installation, originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. 90-odd photos from this crazy DIY massive are up on flickr. See the whole set.
Read moreSparkplug has just put out Department of Art #1, by Dunja Jankovic. It’s one of my favorite comics in recent memory…Dunja’s work hits me the same way Ray Johnson’s images do: the right line next to the right shape drawn with the right weight. Powerful compositions that...
Read moreA great English review site has put up two really thought out reviews of Jin & Jam #1 and Inkweed. They’ll also be interviewing Chris Wright (Inkweed) soon, so keep an eye on the site:http://exquisitething.blogspot.com/
Read moreOnce upon a time in the magical land of Amsterdam, New York Jason and Colleen Martin – aged 6 and 4 respectively – started the band and television show Brown Cuts Neighbors. In between then and now things happened. Just recently they have completed some new videos. The first appears...
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Last week I attended the amazing 2009 SanFran MusicTech Summit hosted by the awesome Brian and Shoshana Zisk. Saw several great panels and got to meet many others in this strange world of the music business, including several who I had some pretty unlikely connections to. An interesting...
Read morenickname: Rebel on Wow Cool® Music · Nickname: Rebel …Tears Up The Streets First singles plus a lovely B-Side from The forthcoming nickname: rebel LP New Rock Church of Fire. Recording engineered by Jason Martin in Troy, New York. Production and mix by Marc Arsenault. Share and Enjoy.
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Our good friend and collaborator Ian Lynam is a contributor to the touring Installation Five show sponsored by Scion. He will be appearing at the opening to its local (to us) stop at Anno Domini in San Jose, California. You should swing on by June 5, 2009. For this year’s tour SCION asked...
Read moreFrantasia Fest 2009: August Is Coming! Time To Plan… I discovered Frantasia Fest last year just 10 days prior to it’s happening. A festival of “Out Music” featuring world class performers of improvised sound from New England, Pennsylvania, Georgia, NY. The event is held...
Read moreMore reviews for the runaway hit Danny Dutch: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/humor/danny-dutch/
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Sorry to be so slack this week, dear reader. The last couple weeks were lucky to have a flood of upcoming events coming in. This week has been a complete crunch. I try not to do these bullet pointed, ellipsis heavy drill down type of posts, but that’s all you are gonna get this week.
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The ultra talented Paul Komoda has recently relocated himself to LA and joined up with Artist Proof Studio. Paul was a frequent collaborator and fellow SVA student. He contributed many eye-melting goodies to the old Tuna Casserole comix anthology (issues 5-9), edited by myself and Sam Henderson...
Read moreThe Daily Crosshatch has posted a pretty nice review of the Danny Dutch Comic Book: “The characters … almost treat each other like objects in a room passing time rather than as friends or lovers. It lays a strange mood on the reader, and even though I’ve re-read this book enough...
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I’m a little behind on announcements, but I’d like regular readers to know that me (Dylan), David King and Tom Neely all plan to be at the Toronto Comics Art Festival for the really big show this weekend (May 9th & 10th). If you have a chance, come by and see us and the new
Read moreParamilitary psychedelia in Coordinated Universal Time. In 1955, the caesium atomic clock was invented. This provided a form of timekeeping that was both more stable and more convenient than astronomical observations. In 1956, the U.S. National Bureau of Standards started to use atomic frequency...
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