1883/Crooked Teeth #5 party and fund raiser!

Please join us for a fund raiser benefiting cartoonists Mollie Goldstrom and Nate Doyle (easily two of Sparkplugs favorite people)!

Both cartoonists have major new comics in the works---Goldstrom with "1883" and Doyle with "Crooked Teeth #5."

This is a fund raiser for upstart publisher Sweetheart books to gather some start up funds to put out Mollie's work in the format and volume it deserves....and for Nate to self-publish the latest issue of his beloved comic.

And it'll also be a really fun party! Live music! Cheap drinks! Original art for sale! Supporting the local arts community! How could you miss something like this? Isn't this the reason you live in New York in the first place?? OK we will see you there right? OK cool!

Starts at 9pm on December 4th (that's right...the night before Desert Island/Picturebox's Brooklyn Comix Fest)! $5-10 suggested donation. Yeah, you can come for free but c'moonnnnnn....

take the L train to the jefferson stop. The party will be at:
538 Johnson Ave, Apt. #210

write to
austin.robertson.english@gmail.com
for more info/if you wanna help out

See you there!

Comics Town?

Oregon Business did an article about Portland, OR. Now known as Comic Town. I wonder if this is what it felt like to be in San Francisco during the improve stand up comedy boomtown of the early 80s?
www.oregonbusiness.com

I don't know how much I agree with it. I'd be interested in hearing what anybody thinks about it.

One of Sparkplug's Favorite Stores

Pilot Books in Seattle is an amazing store. The owner has been really supportive to Sparkplug and has a wonderfully unique approach to selling comix. I'm really looking forward to another trip to Seattle. There was an article Pilot in the Stranger about it that I just found. Take a look:
www.thestranger.com

1883/Crooked Teeth #5 party and fund raiser!

Please join us for a fund raiser benefiting cartoonists Mollie Goldstrom and Nate Doyle (easily two of Sparkplugs favorite people)!

Both cartoonists have major new comics in the works---Goldstrom with "1883" and Doyle with "Crooked Teeth #5."

This is a fund raiser for upstart publisher Sweetheart books to gather some start up funds to put out Mollie's work in the format and volume it deserves....and for Nate to self-publish the latest issue of his beloved comic.

And it'll also be a really fun party! Live music! Cheap drinks! Original art for sale! Supporting the local arts community! How could you miss something like this? Isn't this the reason you live in New York in the first place?? OK we will see you there right? OK cool!

Starts at 9pm on December 4th (that's right...the night before Desert Island/Picturebox's Brooklyn Comix Fest)! $5-10 suggested donation. Yeah, you can come for free but c'moonnnnnn....

take the L train to the jefferson stop. The party will be at:
538 Johnson Ave, Apt. #210

write to
austin.robertson.english@gmail.com
for more info/if you wanna help out

See you there!

Beyond the Valley of the Book Trade & Back

I've just updated my online "Steve Lafler" store front, in time for the Holidays. Featured items include my new prose title Self Employment for Bohemians, graphic novels 40 Hour Man and Tranny and the new El Vocho T Shirt.
I'm looking to slowly reissue my back catalog over the next few years on my Manx Media imprint and I'll post it all in the store as it happens.
I went after "book trade" distribution in 2005 and stuck with it for a couple years, working like a demon and investing like a nut. It was sort of fun, but financially it was Hell on Wheels! If I ever run into you I'll give you the sordid details on request.
Thus, grass roots stuff like my own store front and working with outfits like Sparkplug are on the frontburner for this cartoonist.

Rina Ayuyang and Lark Pien Signing This Weekend!

Rina Ayuyang (author of Sparkplug and Tugboat's new book Whirlwind Wonderland) and Lark Pien (author of Long Tail Kitty) at Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA.

Saturday, November 21st, 4pm - 7pm
open to the public, and kid friendly
this event is sponsored by family and friends

Comic Relief is located at
2026 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
510 543 5002
www.comicrelief.net

Please help support your local artists and cottage industries this year!! these books are inexpensive, satisfying reads, and make good gifts for the holidays - so buy one drink less at the bar, and spend that money on some comics! we promise, your copies will be autographed with luv.

Fiona Logusch Show in Boston opens this Friday!

Fiona is one of my favorite artist (thanks to Austin English introducing me to her). Her stuff was in Windy Corner and is totally worth seeing in any form you can:

You are invited to "Tap Tap Tap... From The Inside"
an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings
by Fiona Logusch

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, November 6th, 6-9pm
in participation with First Fridays in the South End of Boston

LOCATION: The Burning Bush Gallery
450 Harrison Ave. Suite 314
South End, Boston MA

ON VIEW: 11/6-11/29/09 by appointment

CONTACT: fionaoksana@hotmail.com

ARTIST WEBSITE: www.fionalogusch.com

DIRECTIONS: The Burning Bush Gallery is located on the 3rd floor of 450 Harrison. 450 Harrison Avenue, AKA "the SOWA building," is brick with a yellow SOWA banner on the front. It is at the corner of Harrison and Thayer Street, a pedestrian street with several galleries and artist studios (that will also be having opening receptions from 6-8pm). The lobby entrance is in the middle of the SOWA building which is about 100 yards off Harrison. Enter the lobby, take the elevator or stairs to the 3rd floor and make a left. The gallery, suite 314, is several doors down on your right.