Sparkplug Books has just put out new of their new mini series, with work by Suzette Smith, Olivia Horvath, Nalleli Sierra, Ebin Lee and Solomon Fletcher. I’m not familiar with most of these, but I’m always interested in whatever Sparkplug is putting out.
Here’s the line-up:
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 inComics 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 Olivia 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!
CE ZE (SMS #4)
By Suzette Smith
April 2015 Ÿ$6.00
Soft Cover
B&W with color cover
TITLE TBD (SMS #5)
By Olivia Horvath
June 2015 Ÿ$6.00
Soft Cover
B&W with color cover
TITLE TBD (SMS #6)
By Nalleli Sierra (Naji)
September 2015 Ÿ$6.00
Soft Cover
B&W with color cover
TITLE TBD (SMS #7)
By Ebin Lee
October 2015 Ÿ$6.00
Soft Cover
B&W with color cover
TITLE TBD (SMS #8)
By Solomon Fletcher
February 2016 Ÿ$6.00
Soft Cover
B&W with color cover
