⚡ ELECTRIC COWBOY by ansel kite @anselkite is almost here!⚡
But it turns out even androids need a little extra time. 🤖 Due to shipping issues, this dazzling debut is now arriving one week later than planned, in shops October 22nd with pre-orders shipping next week. But trust us, it’ll be worth the wait!
Now you have an extra week to pre-order and receive a FREE holographic sticker!! 🤩
And what better way to get you excited then this amazing animated trailer ansel made! 💥 So get ready, this amazing tale is coming very soon!
Don`t forget! ansel will be hosting a release party on October 24, 7-11 PM @the.hunt.vintage, so make sure to check it out!! 🥳
💥Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 10: DAYGLOAYHOLE Collection # 1-3 by Ben Passmore @daygloayhole 🧟
First! Big congrats to Ben for BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP: A HISTORY OF BLACK RESISTANCE with Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks making The New York Public Library’s @nypl Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025! 🎉
Now did you ever wonder what the end of the world looks like? DAYGLOAYHOLE Collection # 1-3 is here to show you, in all its mutant, gory, and gloriously absurd glory. 😎
How’s your post-apocalypse going? In Ben’s, there are irradiated deserts, clouds of sentient porn magazines, mutant cops, hipster demons, and just enough heartbreak to keep it real. 🫠 💔
Equal parts social satire, punk nonsense, and fluorescent gore, DAYGLOAYHOLE is a no-holds-barred comic trip through the end times, unromantic, unhinged, and utterly unforgettable. 😈
Get all 3 issues of DAYGLOAYHOLE in one easy bundle today! --- Make sure to see if Ben will be in your city for his book tour!! 🎉 NYC --> Oct 16 - 7 pm Reading @desertisland BLT --> Nov 12 - (time TBA) Reading @charmcitybooks BUR --> Nov 15 - Speaking @nonfictioncomicsfest OR --> Dec 3 - Museum Tour @uoregon BOS --> Dec 6 & 7 - MICE LA --> Dec 13 & 14 - Comic Arts LA
🌕 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 9: THAT FULL MOON FEELING by Ashley Robin Franklin @arfranklinstein 🧙🐺
Thought we were done? Nope! We’ve got another gem from Ashley Robin Franklin. 😏✨
A witch and a werewolf walk into… three very disastrous dates. 😅
Follow Suzy & Jada as they navigate online dating, hungry monsters, jealous exes, rude skeletons, boring movies, and all the messy feelings in between. Magical mishaps, queer romance, and laugh-out-loud chaos collide in this charming comedy romcom. 💞
Perfect for spooky season, or anytime you’re craving a little love with your chaos. 👌 💜 Get THAT FULL MOON FEELING today!
Swipe to the end to check out Ashley in costume! 🍝 All ready for Halloween 👻
🖤👻 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 8: THE SKIN YOU’RE IN + FRUITING BODIES by Ashley Robin Franklin @arfranklinstein 🖤
Today we’re celebrating a double treat: the 3rd bookiversary of FRUITING BODIES, now collected in THE SKIN YOU’RE IN! 🎉
For better or worse, the bodies we inhabit are our homes… but home isn’t always safe. 👀
Across eight haunting horror comics, Ashley Robin Franklin leads you through the corridors of the uncanny, where desert flowers offers an intoxicating balm to grief, a group of friends invoke an old tale by the campfire, and outside a remote farmhouse, something miraculous and terrible falls from the night sky. 🌙
Queer horror at its finest! These stories get under your skin and don’t let go. 💀
Perfect for reading with the lights on… if you dare. 🕯️ Get FRUITING BODIES + THE SKIN YOU’RE IN today!
Scroll to the end to check out some throw-back pics from the release of THE SKIN YOU’RE IN!!
🦇 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 7: THE CONFESSIONAL by Paige Hender @paigudoodle 🦇
Huge congrats to Paige for THE CONFESSIONAL making The New York Public Library’s @nypl Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025! 🖤
Now we’re heading to New Orleans, 1922, a city pulsing with jazz, sin, and the promise of salvation… or damnation. 💀
Cora Velasquez lives among vampires in a smoky speakeasy, haunted by what she’s become. When she turns to Father Orville Thibodeaux, a charismatic priest and the object of her hidden desires, their veiled courtship ignites into a deadly dance of power, faith, and obsession. 👁️
This gothic debut horror graphic novel, rendered in lush, Art Nouveau–inspired illustrations, is as seductive as it is terrifying. 🩸
🎉📚 We’re thrilled to share that not one, not two, but FOUR Sprocket artists made The New York Public Library’s @nypl Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025! 📚🎉
✨ THE CONFESSIONAL by Paige Hender @paigudoodle ✨ TALKING TO MY FATHER’S GHOST by Alex Krokus @alexkrokus ✨ BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP by Ben Passmore @daygloayhole ✨ SIMPLICITY by Mattie Lubchanski @mattielubchansky
We couldn’t be prouder of these incredible creators, each bringing bold, heartfelt, and fiercely original storytelling to the world of comics.
Massive congrats to Paige, Alex, Ben, and Mattie, and endless thanks to everyone reading, sharing, and championing indie comics! 💫
🚨Announcement! Due to tariffs and inflation (boo 👎💸), we have to raise prices on our stickers, pins, and patches starting Monday, Oct 13th:
✨ Stickers: from $3 → $3.99 ✨ Pins & patches: from $10 → $12
These next few days are your last chance to get them at the old prices. Stock up on your favs before the change kicks in! 🐐💥
Here are a handful of stickers, pins, and patches for our wonderful collection!! 🔥 What are your go-to placements? Jackets? Water bottles? Backpacks? Or do they live beautifully untouched on your desk?? 👀 Show us your favorite spots!
As always, thanks for your support and helping us keep making cool stuff. 💖
🎃 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 6: DONE WITH DEMONS by Dora Grents @doragrents 👻
What happens when the mayor of Hell ends up in a grandma’s oven? Absolute chaos… and maybe even a little heartwarming mischief. 🧁 😈
Boris, recently dethroned from Hell, finds himself living with Granny and her tiny dog, Son, where baking biscuits and prank-calling become his new daily routine. But in time, Boris will have to face a dire choice: return to claim his throne in Hell, or stay and call this new place home.
Hellish laughs guaranteed. 🔥👵🐶 Get your copy today!
And don’t miss the photos of Dora getting spooky at the end! Halloween isn’t as big in Europe, but she still makes it happen in style. 👻✨
🥐👻 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 5: BOTTOM’S UP! by Barbara Benas @illomati 🎃
Equal parts recipe blog and comic book, this surrealist tale whisks together sardonic humor, existential dread, and a pinch of gig economy camaraderie. 🧀
Meet Suzette: an over-kneaded and over-proofed pastry chef running a cooking blog and doing her best to get herself a juicy new job opportunity. Her secret weapon? ✨ Interview tiramisu ✨ a dessert so good it just might change her life. But as she scrambles across the city for the perfect ingredients, she can’t shake the creeping feeling that something is about to go very, very wrong.
A comic best served with dread. 🥀🍴 Pick up your copy of BOTTOM’S UP! today!!
We’re conjuring up some serious seasonal vibes with WITCH HAZEL: VARIETY HOUR by Colton Fox @coltonthefox & Beige Blum @icedtaho 🪄🧹your perfect midweek treat for a little magic, mischief, and mayhem!
PLUS… it’s time for our Draw This in Your Style Challenge!🎨 Show us your twist on the Witch Hazel magic and make sure to tag all of us so we can see your entries. We’ll be sharing entries on our stories as we see them throughout October. 🕷️
The winner will be revealed November 5th, so get those brushes, pencils, tablets, or whatever you’ve got, and show us your magical style!
Get your copy of WITCH HAZEL: VARIETY HOUR today!! ✨
