No, it's not necessary for Sparktober to happen but, you know, I kind of want one. ;)
Also, ehm, I may throw some activities, for those who want to play. So "omg I win at Sparky!" style buttons would be win, along with a handful of 80x80 simple Sparky-related images to be used for nefarious purposes (if you're an icon maker and have some bases kicking around that could do with a tiny bit of shrinking...).
(For any of you worried, as I was before