Sparkplug Books is pleased to announce the addition of 5 new
titles to the Sparkplug Minis Series in 2015.
The Sparkplug
Minis Series (SMS) is a collection of short run, limited addition mini
comics by up-and-coming and outstanding artists. So far the series has included books by Asher
Craw, Whit Taylor and Yumi Sakugawa. In 2015,
five more excellent artists will join the roster.
·
Ce Ze (SMS #4) by Suzette Smith will debut in
April. Smith is a graduate of the IPRC
comics certificate program. Her work has
appeared in Comics Workbook, Bitch Magazine and the Portland Mercury. Description of Ce Ze: “Honey
Czarny and Amelia Smith are 7th graders who share fragmented memories of past
lives in which they were powerful beings named Ce and Ze. A rival king’s plot
to murder Ze forced her to flee her kingdom. Ce and Ze study and emulate human
behavior but wish to return to their realm. “
·
SMS #5 will be by O Horvath and is
slated to come out in June. Horvath is a
printmaker, comic artist and Xeric Grant recipient from Providence, RI.
·
SMS
#6 by is by Nalleli Sierra,
a.k.a. Naji and is coming out in September. Naji is a graduate of Columbia
College Chicago. Her work has appeared in Linework comics anthology.
·
SMS
#7 is by Portlander Ebin Lee. The
release of this comic will coincide with Short Run Comics Festival in Seattle,
WA this coming October. Lee is a graduate of PNCA and an accomplished
illustrator and self-publisher.
·
SMS #8 is slated for February 2016 and will be
by Solomon Fletcher. Fletcher is a comics artist from
Minneapolis. They are the author of many
minicomics and the sex positive webcomic Goldy
and the Bears.
We hope you are looking forward to these new books as much
as we are!
No comments:
Post a Comment