Rina Ayuyang interviewed at Comics Reporter

Rina Ayuyang has been interviewed by Tom Spurgeon at Comics Reporter. She has a  lot of great stuff to say an it is a joy to read. Take a look:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_rina_ayuyang/

Habitat by Dunja Jankovic! Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival and East Bay Alternative Press Book Fair

Sparkplug will be at two shows in the next couple weeks and we have a new book for you.

 

 

We are premiering Habitat #2 by Dunja Jankovic, the sequel to her Department of Art.

Robert Sergel, Virginia Paine and Zack Soto will be running the Sparkplug table at the Brooklyn

Comics and Graphics Festival  Saturday Dec. 4th, next weekend.  Zack will be presenting the East

Coast premiere of Studygroup 12 #4. They'll be are at table 18. Last year this show was amazing

and this year looks to be even more so, seriously.

They may even have a preview of Austin English's new book, the Disgusting Room.

 

The following weekend (Saturday Dec. 11th) I'll be running the Sparkplug table at the

East Bay Alternative Press Book Fair in Berkeley, Ca. They are going to have a

bunch of great people there like Jason Martin, Susie Cagle and Family Style so

make sure to come visit.

And on Sunday Dec. 12th we'll be at the Sacramento Comic Book and Toy Show in Sacramento, CA!

Habitat #2 is available for purchase on our online store

right now at www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/

And more great news! Gay Genius is funded and will be published in 2011. Annie Murphy

will be co-publishing the book with Sparkplug. It looks amazing: www.kickstarter.com

Lastly, we'll have an old fashioned print catalog available in early 2011. Here is the cover:

 

 Keep an eye out for it.

Renee French at Meltdown TONIGHT!

If you are in LA today make sure to go to Meltdown at 7pm to see Renee French and her Slug Girl (from Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio):

www.meltcomics.com

Three Days till the end of the Gay Genius funding drive.

Annie has reached the goal for complete funding of Gay Genius but any extra will help to print the book (and get you an advance copy if you mention it). So please take a look. Only three more days to go. This book will be amazing.

Rina Ayuyang's Whirlwind Wonderland reviewed at the Stranger!

Seattle's venerable Stranger weekly has reviewed Rina Ayuyang's Whirlwind Wonderland positively. You should check it out:
slog.thestranger.com

Sparkplug at the Portland Comic Book Show

Sparkplug will be in full effect at the Portland Comic Book Show this Sunday November 21st 10am to 5pm. It is at the Portland Memorial Coliseum  If you are in the rainy city make sure you come by. This show has a bunch of long boxes but it also has a pretty unique cross section of Northwest Comics.

http://www.portlandcomicbookshow.com/

Rina Ayuyang on Ink Studs!

Rina Ayuyang just got interviewed on Inkstuds. She is pretty awesome and this interview is one of the few actually adult sounding interviews I've heard in a while. Great stuff. Check it out!
http://inkstuds.com/?p=3221

Rina Ayuyang and Renee French interview Warren Craghead!

It doesn't get much better than a combination like Rina Ayuyang and Renee French interviewing Warren Craghead, which just went up over at Comix Claptrap:

http://comixclaptrap.blogspot.com/2010/11/warren-craghead-season-3-episode-5.html

Zine (and Comic) Fest Etiquette

A great post by Amber from Fight Boredom Distro about Zine (and what could easily be Comic) Festival etiquette.
hello-amber.blogspot.com
Amber is a great writer and really points out a bunch of things that need saying, but she points them out in a way that most people wouldn't. Meaning, with skill and insight.

Renee French on Pop Candy

A great interview with Renee French over at Pop Candy.
www.usatoday.com

David King on Inkstuds!

This is worth seeing:
http://inkstuds.com/?p=3210
You're going to love this interview.

VOTE BALTIMORE!

A really cool gallery in Baltimore is asking for big corporate dough to expand. Normally I'd be down on Pepsi but this is a case where their money would go to a good cause:
http://www.refresheverything.com/openspacebaltimore

http://www.openspacebaltimore.com/

New in the Store Today: Study Group Twelve #4 and more!

Today we added to the store Corinne Mucha's whimsical travelogue My Alaskan Summer; Damien Jay's The Natural World #1-4, a brooding comic about human nature set in the Dark Ages; and the very local, very excellent anthology Study Group Twelve #4!

Coming soon: Black Shapes by Phillip Barrett, Doodle Daze by Rina Ayuyang and Estrus Comics #6 by MariNaomi.

Gay Genius Is 21 Days From Being Funded!

An update, Gay Genius will be done done on Kickstarter in 21 days. They still need about 1,000 to be completely funded so make sure to take a look:

From Hell It Came

This animation is pretty intense and bizarre and awesome:


James Michael Williams' (no relation) new animation endeavor. James is also a pretty radical comics artist. Not for the weak.

jamesmichaelwilliams.net

Heavy Hand Release Party!

In combination with Tim Goodyear's FACE MELTERZ show this Thursday at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR they'll be having a Heavy Hand release freak out. Make sure to be there. I mean if you like hard partying.
http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/nov-4-facemelterz-w-chris-cilla-study-group-12/

Lemon Styles and Flesh & Bone reviewed.

 A good review of David King's Lemon Styles and Julia Gfrörer's Flesh & Bone at Bookgasm, thanks to Rod Lott:
http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/serious-issues-11-2-10/

Vote Sparkplug

Flesh & Bone, Lemon Styles and the Heavy Hand get the Homemade Komics treatment in this review by Larned Justin:
http://homemadekomics.blogspot.com/2010/11/three-new-books-from-sparkplug-comics.html

Austin English Art Sale!

Austin English's new book "the Disgusting Room" is done (Sparkplug'll have a preview of it at the Brooklyn Comics Fest in December) and he is selling artwork. The book itself will be out in early 2011. If you are interested in buying art or checking out more about Austin's work, take a look at his blog:
windycornermag-austin.blogspot.com

Austin says:

• "Almost everything I've posted from the book I'm willing to sell for about half of what I would normally charge for the pages. So right now I'd let the work go for around 100 to 150 dollars per page. Some of the pages I've posted have already been bought in advance but most of them are available. Let me know if you're interested in any of the stuff that's up. I also have high quality scans of the enitre book, if you wanna see more.
  
  Write to me at: austin.robertson.english@gmail.com"

Twin Peaks Art Show in Portland this Friday!

Sean Christenson has orchestrated a wonderful art show in Portland this Friday!

SUBJECT: Ghostwood Forest: a Twin Peaks themed Art Show 

WHERE: Guapo Comics & Coffee 6350 SE Foster Rd, Portland OR

WHEN: Friday, October 29th. Opening reception at 7pm. There will be a screen projection of the  feature length Twin Peaks Pilot Episode at 9pm.

 

October--that magic month of costumes and candy, uneasy walks, and late night fear is upon us. The oncoming cold and colorful fall leaves blowing through the air evoke thoughts of death and rebirth, of the layers of the world, and the secrets behind everything, how the world has many disguises as do the people in it. The spreading darkness and growing damp is part of the soul of the Northwest. Nothing better evokes this sense of thrilling mystery, eerie magic, and melancholy abandon than that great, iconic TV show of the Pacific Northwest, David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks; Agent Dale Cooper and his need for a "damn fine cup o' coffee," sultry Audrey Horne, the Log Lady, and a murdered homecoming queen. It's a TV series that exudes all of the colors, smells, mythos and wondrous alien forests of our little corner of the world.

 

Guapo Comics has gathered together some of the Northwest's best and brightest cartoonists and artists to celebrate Twin Peaks and its intensity, fear, joy, and humor in an art show.

 

The Ghostwood Forest show features new pieces by Sean Christenson, Chris Cilla, Jason Fischer, Julia Gfrorer, John Isaacson, Amy Kuttab, Aron Nels Steinke,  Emily Nilsson, Daria Tessler, Dylan Williams, and many more amazing artists. Ghostwood Forest debuts Friday, October 29th at 7pm. Free themed snacks and drinks will be available. At 9pm, the feature length Twin Peaks Pilot Episode will be screened.