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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2h

This gothic debut horror graphic novel, rendered in lush, Art Nouveau–inspired illustrations, is as seductive as it is terrifying. 🩸

Peep Paige in costume too! 🧛

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2h

New Orleans, 1922. A city full of jazz, sin, and the promise of salvation…or damnation.💀Cora Velasquez lives with vampires in a speakeasy, haunted by what she’s become. She turns to Father Orville Thibodeaux and their courtship turns into a deadly dance of power and obsession. 👁️

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2h

🦇 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 7: THE CONFESSIONAL by Paige Hender @paigumondus.bsky.social 🦇

Huge congrats to Paige for THE CONFESSIONAL making The New York Public Library’s Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025! 🖤

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 9h

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! 💫

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 9h

🎉FOUR Sprocket artists made NYPL's Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025!📚
✨THE CONFESSIONAL by @paigumondus.bsky.social
✨TALKING TO MY FATHER’S GHOST by @alexkrokus.bsky.social
✨BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP by @benpassmore.bsky.social 
✨SIMPLICITY by @mattielubchansky.com

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

Here are a handful of stickers, pins, and patches for our 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. 💖

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

Due to tariffs and inflation (boo👎💸), we have to raise prices on our stickers/pins/patches starting 10/13:
✨Stickers: from $3→$3.99
✨Pins & patches: from $10→$12
Stock up on your favs in the next few days before the change kicks in!🐐💥
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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

And don’t miss these photos of Dora getting spooky! Halloween isn’t as big in Europe, but she still makes it happen in style. 👻✨

Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

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.

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

🎃 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 6: DONE WITH DEMONS by Dora Grents 👻

What happens when the mayor of Hell ends up in a grandma’s oven? Absolute chaos… and maybe even a little heartwarming mischief. 🧁 😈

Hellish laughs guaranteed. 👵🐶 Get your copy today!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

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Bottom's Up! by Barbara Benas

Part recipe blog, part comic book, 100% delicious. 2024 Minicomic Award Winner for Horror! 40 full-color pages; 6" x 8.5"; ISBN: 979-8-88620-049-2; --- Barbara Benas blends forms to create a…

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

Meet Suzette: an over-kneaded pastry chef running a cooking blog and doing her best to get herself a juicy new job. Her secret weapon? ✨ Interview tiramisu ✨ a dessert so good it just might change her life. But, she can’t shake the creeping feeling that something is about to go very wrong.

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

🥐👻 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 5: BOTTOM’S UP! by Barbara Benas @illomati.com 🎃

Equal parts recipe blog and comic book, this surrealist tale whisks together sardonic humor, existential dread, and a pinch of gig economy camaraderie. 🧀

Pick up your copy of BOTTOM’S UP! today!!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 3d

Get your copy of WITCH HAZEL: VARIETY HOUR today!! ✨

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 3d

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!!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 3d

🕸️✨Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 4 + Witch Hazel Wednesday + DTIYS Challenge! ✨🕸️

We’re conjuring up some serious seasonal vibes with WITCH HAZEL: VARIETY HOUR by Colton Fox @coltonthefox.bsky.social & Beige Blum @icedtaho.bsky.social 🪄🧹your perfect midweek treat for a little magic and mischief!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 4d

ELECTRIC COWBOY is releasing soon! So don't forget to pre-order now get your copy and a FREE sticker! ⚡⚡

Also! ansel will be hosting a release party on October 24, 7-11 PM The Hunt Vintage, make sure to check it out!! 🥳

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 4d

Woah indeed! 😍 Are you as obsessed as we are with ansel kite’s (anselkite.com) art in ELECTRIC COWBOY?? Because we can’t get enough!

Check out these stunning close-ups!! 🔥🔥🔥

Tell us in the comments which one is your favorite! 👀✨

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 5d

😨 Longing turns to control, and affection to obsession, as Peter questions what he’s made for, and who gets to decide. 😮

A haunting queer twist on the Pygmalion myth, brought to life through lush, multimedia art. 💘Get PUTTY PYGMALION today!

And check out Lonnie rocking a Halloween costume! 👻

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 5d

Derryl, a lonely radish, decides to take love into his own hands, literally 👀, by sculpting a boyfriend out of a defunct and now illegal children's product. But when his creation, Peter, springs to life, what starts as a dream quickly curdles into something darker.

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 5d

🏆 First a BIG congrats to Lonnie for Putty Pygmalion winning the 2025 LAMBDA Literary Award @lambdaliterary.org for LGBTQ+ Comics! 🌈

💀 Now for Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 3: PUTTY PYGMALION by Lonnie Garcia @sixgills.bsky.social 💔

A twisted story perfect for spooky season. 👻

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 6d

🎙️ And check out Mattie’s recent interview on The Final Straw Radio Podcast @thefinalstrawradio where they talk about her new book SIMPLICITY out from Pantheon Graphic Library and much more!! 📖

 👉head here for the podcast: thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/08...

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 6d

✨News from the Department of Meaningless Distinctions🤪Antifa has officially been labeled a “domestic terrorist organization.” 🙃🤦
Which means… now is a perfect time to brush up on the government’s latest TOTALLY REAL threat with ANTIFA SUPER SOLDIER COOKBOOK by Mattie Lubchansky @mattielubchansky 🕶️💥

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 7d

Couldn’t make it? Don’t worry! The decks are out in the wild now, ready to spice up your own party, date night, or wherever you’re brave enough to bust it out. 😉

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 7d

Huge thanks to everyone who came out, played the cards, and made the night such a blast. And to Twin Cities Leather @twincitiesleather for hosting it!! The photos barely capture the laughter, flirting, and amazing time everyone had! 😏🎉

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