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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 19h

Check out Ben's 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

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 19h

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!

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DAYGLOAYHOLE Bundle

Pick up every current issue of Ben Passmore's post apocalypse punk wasteland series DAYGLOAYHOLE in one easy bundle!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 19h

You 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. 😎 There are irradiated deserts, clouds of sentient porn magazines, mutant cops, hipster demons, and just enough heartbreak to keep it real. 🫠 💔

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 19h

💥Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 10: DAYGLOAYHOLE Collection #1-3 by Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social 🧟

First! Big congrats to Ben for BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP: A HISTORY OF BLACK RESISTANCE with Pantheon Books making The New York Public Library’s Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2025!🎉

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

And check out Ashley in costume! 🍝 All ready for Halloween 👻

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

Get THAT FULL MOON FEELING today! 💜

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

A witch and a werewolf walk into… three very disastrous dates. 😅

Follow Suzy & Jada as they navigate online dating, 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. 💞

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

🌕 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 9: THAT FULL MOON FEELING by Ashley Robin Franklin @arfranklinstein.bsky.social 🧙🐺

We’ve got another gem from Ashley Robin Franklin. 😏✨

Perfect for spooky season, or anytime you’re craving a little love with your chaos. 👌

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

Also, check out these throw-back pics from the release of THE SKIN YOU’RE IN!!

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

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!

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Fruiting Bodies by Ashley Robin Franklin

Frances, her brother, and his annoying friend Trent have their Pacific Northwest road trip derailed when a wrong turn strands them in the rain-soaked woods. Luckily, they’re found by a beautiful,…

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

The bodies we inhabit are our homes… but home isn’t always safe. 👀

Across eight haunting horror comics, you are lead through the corridors of the uncanny, where desert flowers soothe grief, friends invoke an old tale by the campfire, and something miraculous + terrible falls from the night sky. 🌙

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 2d

🖤👻 Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 8: THE SKIN YOU’RE IN + FRUITING BODIES by Ashley Robin Franklin @arfranklinstein.bsky.social 🖤

Today we’re celebrating a double treat: the 3rd bookiversary of FRUITING BODIES, now collected in THE SKIN YOU’RE IN! 🎉

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

🦇 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 · 3d

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 · 3d

🎉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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

🎃 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 · 5d

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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 · 5d

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 · 5d

🥐👻 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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