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Hello world. I’m glad to report that we have not one, but two new releases from Mickey Z. Not just the latest issue of R.A.V. – Number six – but also a short horror tale called Sagari. All of it hand produced with the miraculous Risographical technologies. Mickey was both awesome and economical in her shipping practices. All the books showed up at Wow Cool HQ in a stylish Riso ink box. Very appropriately emblazoned with a big Z.
Juxtapox #137 – Brian Chippendale, Wayne White and Killian Eng? Seriously? Best Juxtapoz this year!
Hi-Fructose 23 – Junko Mizuno cover and feature!
Craphound 6: Death, telephones and scissors! Share and enjoy!
Brand new in the shop is the second book release from Space Face Books, an anthology digest by the name of Rat Hex featuring brand new art and comics by Robert Beatty, Clint Colburn, Michael DeForge, Jesse McManus and Matt Lock. Sorry it’s been a slow week in blog-land, the main machine is in the shop at the moment. All should be coming at you quicker again soon. We are scheduled to get the last of our shelving for the too long in developing physical Wow Cool store in Cupertino sometime in June. So look for an announcement no later than July 4th about that opening up. Hours will be limited to start off (likely just Saturdays and by appointment for the summer). Oh, and don’t miss the latest Ant Comic by Michael DeForge. Thanks for visiting. Talk more soon. OK? By Marc Arsenault | May 15th, 2012 |  Leave a comment
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From a 2008 printing of Daniel Pennac’s 1985 novel Au bonheur des ogres (released in English as The Scapegoat). The first installment in La Saga Malaussène. Click to massivfy Free Comic Book Day? Alternative Free Comic Book Day lasts all month! Brad Trip is always intense! In the meanwhile we have several exciting new titles to offer you.
First up are the first three offerings from Austin English’s Domino Books: Dark Tomato #1 by Sakura Maku, Spider Monkey #1 by Jesse McManus & Austin English, and Difficult Loves by Molly Colleen O’Connell.
Sugar Booger! Yes, Kevin Scalzo’s books live and thrive again at Wow Cool! Both issues of Sugar Booger, Aw Nuts and Sweat Book are all in stock. Vital stuff.
And then there’s Nurse Nurse by Katie Skelly, collecting all eight issues of her minicomic in a lovely paperback package. The first new release from Sparkplug since founder Dylan Williams’ passing. Michael DeForge says, “Nurse Nurse is perfect! It is beautiful and funny and deeply weird, and unlike any other comic out there right now”. Celebrate an alternative Free Comic Book Day this Saturday. No Diamond, no superheroes, no Warners, no Disney… Enjoy a weekend where the member of the Avengers who looks good in a leather catsuit is working with John Steed; and all you need that came before Watchmen was published in England in the early 1980s.
Sparkplug, Teenage Dinosaur, Revival House and Floating World join forces to bring you their 2012 FCBD anthology, BRAD TRIP. Eight Portland artists take you on a journey that explores vagaries, innuendoes, dreamscapes and weirdness in narrative form. Featuring all new comics by Virginia Paine (Milkyboots), Annie Murphy (I Still Live), Kinoko Evans (Zine City Comics), Aidan Koch (The Whale), Dunja Jankovic (Department Of Art), and Maria Sputnik (Gazeta) & Connie Hockaday. Covers by Lori D and Brenna Murphy (Oregon Painting Society). Brad Trip is a 32 page black and white comic book with color covers. FREE with any order (or plus postage on it’s own) while supplies last. Any orders placed on WowCool.com this Saturday, May fifth (Cinco de Mayo!) will also receive as many other random free books as will fit in the box. We have all sorts of goodies waiting for you. In Portland, Oregon? Go to the book release and art exhibit Thursday, May 3rd. Then join the artists the following Saturday 12-2pm for Free Comic Book Day. WHO: Lori D, Kinoko Evans, Annie Murphy, Virginia Paine, Maria Sputnik By Marc Arsenault | May 3rd, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Steven Cerio‘s film “The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow” – narrated by Kristin Hersh – will have its screen debut at the MAKING MOVIES 2012 FILM AND VIDEO SERIES curated by Terry Cuddy and organized by the Schweinfurth Art Center and held at the Auburn Public Theatre (108 Genessee street, Auburn NY) tonight, Thursday, May third. Check it! By Marc Arsenault | May 3rd, 2012 | Leave a comment
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After a brief hiatus during the recent troubles, the mighty Injury Comics by Ted May and company has returned. Issue number four is here! The books are in stock and ready to ship to you. Successfully funded as a Kickstarter project, our friends at Alternative Comics have kicked in the extra help to up the print run on this baby and get it out to the masses through the usual channels. The book makes it’s official debut on June 16 at CAKE – The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. Shortly after that it will be showing up in an indie-friendly comic shop near you. Until then you can only get them direct through Ted or from us. Grab ‘em while they are hot, true believer! By Marc Arsenault | May 2nd, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Came out end of last year but new to us. Dense jam comic from Pat Aulisio & Josh Bayer (Bowman, Raw Power, Rub the Blood, etc.). The cover art is printed again on a vellum overlay that lies out of alignment with the cover to create nausea inducing panic in the viewer. Guaranteed to upset Roy Thomas. CONON!!!
New to our shop is the first installment of Gabrielle Gamboa’s ambitious adaptation of Nathanael West’s agony column expose Miss Lonely Hearts. Frank Santoro says: “The tension between the styles builds and the rhythm of the 1,2 of the panels and the page turns is executed precisely and makes you want to read it all again and again. I forgot how intense this story is – it very much lends itself to a comic book treatment. Why it works is that the treatment is rooted stylistically to the time period rendered.” Go get yours now.
You too may have a fit of the vapours after reading and watching this overview of the exploits of this strange twisted man who is far more warped then Jonathan Pryce could have ever portrayed him. Hey, tomorrow never does die, does it?
Slater is a man-dog who is beaten up, de-beagled, tied up and attends group therapy in this harrowing tale of identity and redemption. Go get yours now in the Wow Cool Shop.
Malachi Ward’s new comic is the haunting 29 page tale, “Real Life” that makes up all of the first issue of his new series Ritual. You may know Malachi from his books Utu and Expansion with Matt Sheean. He’s also contributed to Study Group Magazine, NoBrow #6 and Prophet #24. Ritual #1 is in stock and available to you now in the Wow Cool Shop.
All items in our Music section are 50% off until Midnight Pacific Time, April 21/22, 2012 in celebration of Record Store Day. Discount applied when items are added to your cart.
It’s the last weekday of spring break. My family stopped by the office with smoothies after their trip to San Jose’s Happy Hollow. Shortly after recovering from the discovery that there was broken glass in mine, I notice my son flipping through an old issue of Mad Magazine. He loves Spy Vs. Spy, and was explaining the silent series of traps to me. On the facing page I recognized a story drawn by Harvey Kurtzman. Then I saw my name written there. I had totally forgotten about this personalized copy and don’t really remember the exact circumstances. This is from Mad #274, the October 1987 issue ($1.35 Cheap!) I was a student in Harvey’s class at The School of Visual Arts at that time. I imagine that I showed up early to class having just discovered that he was drawing for the magazine, brandishing the thing in one hand like Senator Joe McCarthy going after commies in the State Department. No idea when or how he snuck in there to jot this note. Thanks Harvey! I believe you now! By Marc Arsenault | April 21st, 2012 | Leave a comment
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82 year old American teenager poised for holographic comeback. The original fanboy who leant his likeness to brilliantly packaged nostalgia injections – as pictured above – has joined the aether. His tortured gravely voiced accompaniment to recent annual roll overs in the city that never sleeps served to underline the terminal subtext of such celebrations. We are lesser for his loss.. Lien bearers to an infinitude of continued nostalgias without frontier. Witnesses to an infinity of gloved cartoon feet pressing against our sinuses with the urgency of a bear tainted by the taste for the fruits of the city.
Each and every copy hand made by Zak Sally on his own press as shown below. Go grab yours now. Thanks to Branwyn Bigglestone for remembering. She had the following to say and I couldn’t sum it up any better.
I wanted to just use the Dan Clowes CR logo on this post, but couldn’t find a good version on the web, and running across town to the office to dig up a better one was not going to happen on a Sunday. So… you get the above video. I’d not seen it before. Enjoy. By Marc Arsenault | April 15th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Funny Books, Why We Do This, Wow Cool About the BBC has shared a selection of photographs charting the life of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a department based at Maida Vale Studios in Delaware Road, West London dedicated to producing sound effects and new music set up in 1958 and closed down forty years later. They were freaking awesome. More reading on Sound on Sound. You are also required to watch the Alchemists of Sound. Part one is below. By Marc Arsenault | April 14th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: music, Why We Do This, Wow Cool For those who were without New York public access TV or forgot to steam this last night. It’s Jason Martin on the Chris Gethard Show. Apologies to our Philly friends. The Jason action starts around 21 minutes in with “Alpha Dog”. They return at 45:30 with Mariah Moriah. After that you’re on your own. It’s pretty much an Evolution Revolution reunion with Aaron Smith, Troy Pohl and Jesse Pellerin. Chris knows his history, and he gives a little love to Brown Cuts Neighbors:
In other Jason news, there are some astounding photos up on Brooklyn Vegan of the Andrew W. K. show from a few nights ago which featured Jason’s Power Animals with Aleister X. Get Jason’s songs on his SoundCloud page. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes It’s episode #41. |
      
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