Location Ensemble – Saratoga Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY – 11/12/11
Short Run Small Press Fest!
Join us this weekend in Seattle! I can already tell that Short Run is going to be a super fun fest, with lots of other great presses and artists involved. Emily and I look forward to seeing you there! Short Run Small Press Fest@ the Seattle...
Read moreSomething Big is Coming From Brandon Graham & Image Comics in 2012
This teaser image has just been released to the world by Image Comics. What does it mean? More King City, perhaps? A collection? Hmmm. We’ll just have to wait to find out. In the meanwhile, will someone please bring Escalator back into...
Read moreRIP Family Circus Creator Bil Keane
Family Circus is an easy target for subversive alteration (quite often mashed with HP Lovecraft), but it managed to be pretty weird on its own and often genuinely funny. The classic “Can I cut things out of People” is one of the best...
Read moreRIP Heavy D – Actor, Singer, Producer Dwight Arrington Myers Gone at 44
I used to play the shit out of We Got Our Own Thang back in ’89. It was such an amazing time for music and this was a great bridge between hip hop and the emerging House music scene. Godspeed, brother. LA Times: Heavy D dies at 44; singer...
Read moreElijah Brubaker interview at Exquisite Things
Kevin from Exquisite Things has done a wonderful, in-depth interview with Elijah Brubaker, creator of the Reich series for Sparkplug. Please give it a read!
Read moreJason Shiga’s Meanwhile App Has Landed
The Mac iOS app of Jason Shiga’s Meanwhile is now available for the iPad and The iPhone. More information is available on App developer Andrew Plotkin’s site, including a link to a great photo of Jason with his five foot square story...
Read moreStealth Bastard & The Monday Links Assassin Squad
OK. To get started. This game looks fun and gruesome. Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole is free to download and play. It’s Windows only, but may run fine on Mac and Linux through Wine. Read the write up on Rock, Paper, Shotgun...
Read moreSmall Press Love Fest!
Emily and I will be tabling for Sparkplug this Tuesday at Multnomah County Library’s Small Press Love Fest! This will be a really fun event, with food, raffles and a chance to get a jump on your holiday shopping. It’s free too!The...
Read moreDoctor Mordrid Master of the Unknown
Once upon a time, Charles Band, director of such personal favorites as Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn and Trancers, got the option to produce a film based on Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange… and then the rights expired. He...
Read moreSusie Cagle is my Hero
I’ve been wanting to write something here about Susie Cagle’s coverage of Occupy Oakland for a couple weeks now. But, given the occupation’s escalating nature and Susie’s work on it being ongoing observation and...
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