ORDERING: Domestic orders are generally shipped USPS Media Mail within a week of receipt. International orders are sent USPS First Class. Sometimes if something you requested is backordered, I'll hold off until I receive that item, so everything ships at once. If that's taking too long though, I'll mail the in-stock items and send the backstocked one(s) later, as soon as they arrive. If there are any problems or questions with your order, please get in touch and let me know!
►Items marked SOLD OUT are out of stock and are unlikely to be restocked-- please do not order these!
►Items marked LIMITED QUANTITIES have limited availablity-- please email first before ordering, and I'll confirm availability and reserve a copy for you.
►Items marked BACKORDERED are out of stock, but will be back in at some point. Feel free to order these items, but understand there may be a delay receiving them.
►By ordering items marked FOR MATURE READERS you are affirming that you at least 18 years of age.
SUBMISSIONS: If you make a zine or draw a comic, I'd be happy to take a look at it to consider it for placement in the catalog. Please understand though that I get tons of mail, and I'm fairly picky and unpredictable as to what I think makes a good fit with what I stock. So please don't take it personally if I decline to accept your work-- there are plenty of other distros out there to try, and I'd still be happy to see new releases from you in the future if you wish. Also, please take a look at the kind of publications that I carry. I have pretty wide-ranging tastes, but that should give you a good idea of the kind of things that I am into. Currently I have
Send submissions to:
John Porcellino
PO Box 142
South Beloit, IL 61080
USA
Please include contact info (email) and cover price.
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WHOLESALE ORDERS: If you're a store or distro, and would like to carry anything from the Spit and a Half catalog, please drop me a line. More info can be found here.
GENERAL QUESTIONS:
What does "Spit and a Half" mean? To tell the truth, I don't remember. When I was in High School I was very into nonsense words and writing. I had a phrase I would sometimes say when something went wrong: "Shit in a hole!" I can only assume "Spit and a Half" was a derivitive of that. I named my High School record label Spit and a Half, and in 1992 when I started the comix distro, I used that name as well.
What were your inspirations for starting the distro? In the early 90's I discovered two mailorder indie music catalogs (when "indie music" really meant "independent music"): the Ajax and K Records catalogs. These two companies inspired me to try something similar for small-press comics and zines (and later music as well). At the time there was nobody doing much along those lines for zines/comix. Along with Spit and a Half there were Puppy Toss and Wow Cool, both in the Bay Area. Spit and a Half soon became a kind of community space for the pre-internet underground comics scene. I quit the distro in 2000, due to health problems, but always missed it. So now I'm back! Look out world!
