Choo-Choo! 🚂 The Sprocket train is coming around with our convention and fair list of 2026! 🤩 ✨ So far at least.... 👀 more to be announced soon~ Illustration by a very sleepy Rachel Dukes @mixtapecomics.bsky.social 💖

Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Weekend! 💖💖 Here are a few Witch Hazel Valentine's cards to send to your loved ones ❤️‍🔥, even if the day has already past 😤. Plus a stinky love potion comic. ✨

This has been a winter of hard fortification and new alliances... 💪 🎉 We are delighted to announce that Silver Sprocket’s comics and graphic novels will now be distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West/Ingram.

Good Boy Magazine is the only magazine you need in your life 😌 ✨ and today is the bookiversary of #2 releasing 4 years ago today! 😱 🌟 2022 Ignatz Award Winner for Outstanding Anthology 👀

Drawing on Indigenous Taíno culture and the stylings of 20th-century manga, THE CHANGELING by Rhode Island-based tattoo artist Tina Lugo is a fantasy adventure that follows Luth, a young lycan entering the trials to become Heketi, an elite warrior hand-picked to serve as defender and peacekeeper.

FANLEE AND SPATZLE MAKE SOMETHING PERFECT by Pseudonym Jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social released 6 years ago today! 😆 🎉 It collects the slice-of-life comics from 2014 to 2019 of Pseudonym Jones' characters Fanlee and Spätzle.🐻 🐥

NOTHING NICE TO SAY: COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY by Mitch Clem is celebrating its 7th birthday! 🥳 That's like 800 years in punk time! 🔥 Step back to a bygone era where making fun of Nekromantix looking like Vanilla Ice zombies made sense. ⏳🪦

A message from your friendly neighborhood Silver Sprocket store manager! ✨ ✨

Happy 2026 everyone! 🥳 We are incredibly proud of all the talented artists and their amazing work we published together this past year. We truly had the best time doing it! Here’s a roundup of all the wonderful titles we released throughout 2025! 🤩

And a Happy New Year!! 🥳 🎉 💥

🎄 ❄️ Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Silver Sprocket! 🥰

🎁✨ RUNNING OUT OF TIME? GIVE THE GIFT OF SPROCKET! ✨🎁 Let your favorite people pick exactly what they want from our huge selection of comics, zines, merch, and more with our Silver Sprocket Gift Cards! 💳💥.

🎄 🎅 No better way to get into the holiday spirit than with this amazing 2018 Santa rendition by James the Stanton creator of GNARTOONS! The rad collection of Stanton’s beloved Gnartoons comics!

6 years ago on December 18th we came out with BIG PUNK by the amazing Janelle Hessig @janelleblarg! 🎉 How time flies!

Crime fans rejoice! 💥💥 THE COLLECTED CRIMEHOT: VOLUME 1 by Alec Robbins @alecsrobbins turns 1 today! 😘 🎉 A sexy sci-fi comedy about the three hottest criminals in the universe. Haze: shapeshifter/galaxy’s greatest thief. Rat: angel/bombshell hacker. Blue Lick: catman/brawny getaway driver.

👊 💥 Jenn Woodall's @funeralbeat.bsky.social has been slaying this year! Everything from creating fantastic art, co-editing anthology Pulping Volume 2: REALITY, attending and speaking at fairs, to finding any opportunity to use her platform & art to make a statement and help out her community. ❤️‍🔥 ✨

👁️ Oldie but a goodie! From Ferin Fick's 2012 Sprocket Seasonal Illustration 🎅 ❄️ We just screen-printed a few hundred vinyl stickers of this banger so grab one for free at the Sprocket HQ in San Francisco! 💥 They are also going out to all of our subscribers for the holidays! 🎁

BELLY FULL OF HEART by Madeline Mouse! 🌟 Turning 1 today, this Ignatz nominated comic is an ode to ooey-gooey homosexual lovers of the past, present, and future. 💓

🪄 🐟 Witch Hazel Fishmas Wednesday 🐟 🪄 As you can see, Hazel was struggling a tiny bit this season, but nothing reels you back into the Fishmas spirit quite like some cozy time with friends and loved ones. 💞🕯️☃️

If you haven't read SAD GIRL SPACE LIZARD by Iggy Craig yet, then today is the perfect day 😌 since it just turned 3!! 🥳 store.silversprocket.net/products/sad...

✨💥 SPROCKET'S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: STICKERS! 💥✨ Perfect as stocking stuffers, secret-Santa add-ons, a little treat for yourself 💓 or just plain old fashion criminal activities, our vinyl stickers remain undefeated.

The Comic Arts Los Angeles Fair @comicartsla.bsky.social is just around the corner and we can't wait to see everyone there! 📖 ✨ We will be at table 18B next Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th from 10 AM–5 PM

If you have been following Hyena @hyenahell you know she has been grinding on the next DEMONS book! 👀 There are tons of great sneak peak drawings on her account you need to check out! 😈🔥 It's been a full year since the release of DEMONS: RISE AND GRIND, the 4th book in the Demons series 🎂

FUNGIRL creator Elizabeth Pich has had just the year you’d expect. Making comics for museums, teaching courses, co-authoring @warandpeas.bsky.social with Jonathan Kunz, and even getting married (!!) – what a year. Huge congrats, Elizabeth!! 🎉💍

Happy Bookiversary to MAKING COMIC ZINES by Eddy Atoms! ✨📚 The Sprocket edition is 3 years old today and still inspiring new creators! 💥✏️ Whether you're a total beginner or a seasoned doodler, this friendly, easy-to-follow guide walks you through every step of creating your own comic zine!

SPROCKET'S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: TIMELESS GEMS!🎁 Looking for the comics that everyone won’t stop talking about? These are only a few of the many titles folks keep gifting, loving, rereading, and screaming about! Perfect for lovers of weird, wonderful comics.💥 Which one do you want for the holidays??🎄📚

📣 THE CONFESSIONAL by Paige Hender @paigumondus.bsky.social is celebrated in NYPL's "Best Books of 2025"! 📚

🎁✨ SPROCKET'S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: POPULAR GIFT ITEMS! ✨🎁 Not sure what to get the readers, artists, punks, or hard-to-shop-for friends in your life? We’ve got you. 🔥 Here are some of our most gift-able , fan-favorite picks 💖 perfect for stockings, Secret Santas, or even yourself!

We will be tabling at the Anti-Fascist Zine Fair this Saturday at the YBCA, November 22, from 11 AM–5 PM and it's FREE to attend!! 📚 💥 We will be giving away free Jenn Woodall "Smash Fascism" screen printed vinyl stickers while supplies last!! 😆

✨ Witch Hazel Wednesday ✨ We’re still totally obsessed by all the incredible Witch Hazel art out there, from fan art to commissions, every piece captures a little bit of the magic found in Witch Hazel! 🧹💫 Have your own take on Hazel, Noot or the rest of the cast of characters?

🎉✨ Bookiversary part 4 PEEPEE POOPOO #80085 by Caroline Cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social!💥 We’re diving into chaos, comedy, and queer brilliance! ✨💋

🎉✨ Bookiversary part 3 for 🥘 COOK LIKE YOUR ANCESTORS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO INTUITIVE COOKING WITH RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD by Mariah-Rose Marie @mariahrosemarie.bsky.social store.silversprocket.net/collections/...

🎉✨ Bookiversary part 2 LEFTSTAR & THE STRANGE OCCURRENCE by Jean Fhilippe! 🦇

🎉✨ Happy Bookiversary Part 1 with EVERYTHING SUCKS: FRIENDS FOREVER by Michael Sweater @michaelsweater.bsky.social✨🎉 We’re splitting the love over the next four days to highlight all 4 of these amazing titles that released 2 years ago today!

Jenn Woodall’s @funeralbeat.bsky.social POSTCARD BOX SET turns 1 year old today! 🎉 This collection of 30 full-color postcards celebrates Jenn’s fierce and unapologetic feminist artwork 💥 the same bold energy you know and love from MAGICAL BEATDOWN, GIRLS, and SPACE TRASH. ✨

🌈✨ Celebrating Queer & Trans Creators! ✨🌈 We are proud to celebrate trans and marginalized voices in our publishing and retail space. From queer graphic novels & zines to prints & merch, each piece is an honest, empowering creation of artists telling real stories that deserve to be seen. 💜

Book Launch Party for COME OUT AND PLAY: THE QUEER SPORTS PROJECT! 🥳 📖 @queersportsproject.bsky.social Bringing together a dazzling cast of storytellers and artistic styles, this 240-page anthology ranges from stories about rugby to wrestling, basketball to pickleball, swimming to skateboarding.

Happy Bookiversary SNOWBIRD by @erenkwilson.bsky.social!💙❄️ In this magical realist graphic memoir, Eren navigates personal & environmental collapse, racial inequality & internalized racism, & living with mental health. It asks & answers: what would we do if we could counsel our younger self?🤔

✨ Witch Hazel Wednesday ✨ 🧙🧹 Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by Colton Fox @coltonthefox.bsky.social & Beige Blum @icedtaho.bsky.social DTIYS Challenge Showcase!! 🥳 We can't thank everyone enough for drawing our favorite magical duo, Hazel and Noot! 💜

⚡ ⚡ Can you believe ELECTRIC COWBOY by ansel kite anselkite.com has been out for a little over a week??!! ⚡ ⚡ Swipe to see what people are saying about ansel's dazzling debut, and check out some shots from the ELECTRIC COWBOY release party at thehuntvintage.com ! 🥳

🎃👻 Happy Halloween From the Sprocket Crew! 👻🎃 Illustration of the Sprocket crew by the amazing Paige Hender @paigumondus.bsky.social! 🔥 💌

✨🦇 Halloween night is here!! And with it the end of Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights 💀 👻All month we’ve been serving up our creepiest, kookiest, queer-iest titles to haunt your bookshelves. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the ride, it made this season extra fun! 📚

🕯️🦇 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 24: WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CASTLE by E.M. Carroll 🦇 🕯️ Our lone traveler arrives at the Countess’ castle, determined to destroy the horror within… but nothing could prepare her for what hides within its turrets, what unfurls under its fluttering flags.

Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 23: Bloody Mary by Nick Winn @winnstinn.bsky.social 🩸 Deep House is the closest music to a heartbeat. Why wouldn’t a vampire love it? 🎶🧛

🧟Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 22: INFLUENCA by Jade LFT Peters📱 The apocalypse has gone viral...again. Two years ago, the apocalypse started for the seventh time, and as the number of zombies rise, so do the ranks of influencas: pro zombie hunters who post their lives online.🤳

💖 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 21: Pinky & Pepper Forever: Special Edition by Eddy Atoms @eddyatoms 🔥 After Pinky’s lethal performance art piece, her devoted girlfriend Pepper follows her into death, only to find that in Hell, Pinky is… thriving.

🔥😈 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 20: DEMONS collection by Hyena Hell 😈🔥 Welcome to Hell, it’s exactly as you’d imagine: violent bureaucracy, doomed romance, and demons just trying to get by. 🫠

✨ Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 19: GROG THE FROG: THE BOOK OF TAURUS by Alba BG @albabbgg.bsky.social and Davilorium @davilorium.bsky.social 🐸 Meet Grog 🐸 the eternally grumpy wizard frog who always forgets the most important magic ritual of the year: the Perseids harvest.

🎃 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlights Day 18: BE KIND, MY NEIGHBOR by Yugo Limbo @yugsly.bsky.social🩸🧵 Baths, USA 1973. A small town with a dark secret. Traveling musician Wegg rolls in, but when he meets Mr. Neighbor, the disarmingly sweet man made of cloth, Baths starts to look a lot more like home. 💓

Sprocket’s Double Feature Halloween Highlights Day 17 (Part 2!): Skin Deep by Flo Woolley ✨🎃 A queer horror romance comic that pulls you into a world where appearance and performance are paramount. 💃