Lorna Benji Nate Silver Sprocket May 2019 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Lorna is a comic about a girl who loves knives, loves to threaten boys, collects skeletons, and maybe is the reason those skeletons are available to be collected. It is about…
Apocalyptic Blues (and Pinks, and Oranges) in Ben Passmore’s DAYGLOAYHOLE
DAYGLOAYHOLE # 1-3 Ben Passmore Silver Sprocket 2018-2019 In Ben Passmore’s Ignatz-nominated DAYGLOAYHOLE, the apocalypse has already happened. Cities are destroyed, people incinerated … it’s a bad time. But of course it wouldn’t be any kind of time without someone to interpret it, bringing us to the bespectacled and underwear-clad Ben. Passmore’s partial self-insert, Ben is…
Egg Cream #1 Reckons with Life After the Flood
Egg Cream #1 Liz Suburbia Czap Books and Silver Sprocket February 2019 Alexandria, VA, once served as home to an enclave of unsupervised teens, all living a semi-normal life while awaiting their parents’ return—until a catastrophic flood destroyed most of the town. Ten years later, a television special interviews the survivors, finally making their story…
A Little Magical Girl Ultra Violence: A Review of Magical Beatdown Vol. 1 & 2
Magical Beatdown Volume 1 & 2 Jenn Woodall (Art & Words) Silver Sprocket With a longsword, a baseball bat studded in nails, and her trustworthy bloodthirsty motorbike, Jenn Woodall’s eye-patched magical vigilante combats harassment from scumbags with style all while paying homage to classic magical girl manga with her zines published by Silver Sprocket, Magical Beatdown…
No Better Words: A Study in Nakedness Versus Nudity
No Better Words Carolyn Nowak Silver Sprocket 2017 Mallory lusts after Theo so thoroughly she’s taken to creating new metaphors for just how he makes her feel. When Theo throws a party, she gathers her courage and tells him, even though she doesn’t feel she has the right words to express herself. “I—I… had a…
Celebrate Punk Music and Community with Liz Prince’s Be Your Own Backing Band
Be Your Own Backing Band Liz Prince, Hannah Templer (colorist) Silver Sprocket August 2018 Disclaimer: A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher. There’s an incredibly profound short comic in Liz Prince’s new, now fully-colored comics collection, Be Your Own Backing Band. When Prince’s childhood cat passed away, her family was able…
Hell is for Lovers: Pinky and Pepper Forever
Pinky and Pepper Forever Ivy Atoms Silver Sprocket June 18, 2018 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Pinky and Pepper are two artists in love. They’re both students trying to refine their craft and find their audience, but neither one feels like they’re having…
Good Boy! Is Your New Favorite Comics Magazine
Comics are weird. They’re also amazing, but often get stuck in the rut created by the Big Two and the accursed direct market. Luckily, there are some rad creators trying to make fantastic things that will change the landscape of comics and bring more great stories to more people. Two of those comic book heroes…
The Silver Sprocket Take Over Continues
Silver Sprocket have quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the often homogeneous world of comics. So we were super stoked when we heard that they would be working to smash the system from the inside by putting their books in comics notorious direct market monopoly Diamond. We covered their first…
Bunnies, Knife-Fights, and Doom II: A Review of This Must Be The Place: A Please Keep Warm Collection
This Must Be The Place: A Please Keep Warm Collection Michael Sweater (Author) Silver Sprocket Comics (Publisher) Published July 24, 2017 Have you ever read those cute comics on Instagram? Those episodic comics about adorable creatures who do funny things or have the occasional existential crisis? Well, This Must Be The Place is the epitome…
Silver Sprocket Review Roundup
Silver Sprocket is one of the most exciting small press publishers out there, and I’ve been obsessed with them since the first time I read Ben Passmore’s fantastic Your Black Friend. This inclusive comics collective and record label has made a name for itself by putting out radical books that are unlike anything else being…
Get Ready for a Silver Sprocket Takeover
Silver Sprocket is a comic book publisher like no other: they’re a collective of artists and friends who create radical books alongside zines, music, and art. You might have heard of some of their most well known books, such as Ben Passmore’s radical look at microaggressions Your Black Friend and Michael Sweater’s much-shared webcomic Please…