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Recorded nearly 20 years ago and finally released today is the track Electric Lounge by nickname: Rebel. Guest vocals are by Cindy of Doris zine. This was originally done for a Texas-themed compilation CD that came with zine Cool Beans. The editor liked the instrumental and then rejected it when...
Read moreOut friends the Yes Men have a new movie out. The trailer is above.The Yes Men Are Revolting is available now on Apple’s iTunes and Amazon. Go get that.
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New in the shop this week: Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce, Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Rilly and the first issue of Alan Moore’s new series Providence. New last week Giant Day’s #3, Optic Nerve #14. Get them in our Cupertino store or online at https://wowcool.com?
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The Wow Cool® Alternative Comics store in Cupertino is having it’s second annual Free Comic Book Day event from 10am-7pm on Saturday, May 2nd. There will be tons of free comics for kids and adults, arts and crafts activities for kids, a lemonade stand, and everything in the store will be...
Read moreChainmail Bikini is an anthology of comics by and about female gamers! 40 cartoonists have contributed 200+ pages of all new stories about the games they’re passionate about—from video games to table-top role-playing to collectible card games. Help us pay for the printing costs and reward...
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It’s time for Maximum Rocknroll #383, April 2015, the Comics and Art special issue, guest coordinated by famed MRR columnist Monsieur Alex Simon. Featuring a cover by everyone’s favorite Mexican miscreant, Abraham Diaz, we threw over the written word for a full-on visual extravaganza, featuring...
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The mighty Teen-Beat Records celebrates its 30 year anniversary. Wow Cool’s house band nickname: Rebel has paid tribute to their releases twice in the past; first on the 20th anniversary covers comp Relax Brother, Relax – with a version of a Sexual Milkshake song, and, slightly more...
Read moreTheory of Obscurity – Teaser Trailer #1 from Don Hardy on Vimeo. Theory of Obscurity, the definitive film documentary of San Fransisco-based art/music/performance group The Residents is debuting at South By Southwest in March, and is already making peoples top five lists, like here in...
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Unbelievably, just a month and a half after the Wow Cool | Alternative Comics shop was burglarized we have been hit again by what strongly appears to be the same thief or thieves. The method of entry and pattern of theft are very similar to what occurred before and reveals very OCD traits of the...
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In the build-up to the popular holiday season, Wow Cool added bajillions of new books to our physical shop in Cupertino, CA (Book thieves, take note). We are now finally getting these books added into our online catalog at WowCool.com. Some are New new books… some are just new to us. There...
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Art by John Derf Backderf. Click to make big. Share widely.
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Image from the Punch 1915 Almanac. Available to view or download on Archive.org.
Read moreTwenty seven years ago I shared a studio at the School of Visual Arts dorms with Tom Hart — a visionary young artist who showed much potential for becoming a great cartoonist. He did become a great cartoonist. What no one knew then was that Tom would also go on to become a great educator...
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The Wow Cool | Alternative Comics shop in Cupertino, California was broken into sometime this weekend by way of a very large rock. Several hundred dollars of comics and books were stolen. We were very fortunate that there was a replacement window available. The glass from the window that was...
Read morefumbling about for something to have on in the background while messing around with such esoteric concerns as GS1-128 barcodes and the west coast trucking crisis I stumbled across a pair of what I think were German TV documentaries on punk from the 70s on thee Hulu. It’s always nice to see...
Read moreIt is very likely that I would not be working in comics now without the influence of Raoul Vezina, the creator of the classic four issue series of Smilin’ Ed Smiley comics that were released more than 30 years ago. Raoul was also the front counter guy at Albany, New York’s Fanta Co...
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On stands now! The latest issue of Silicon Valley’s “Innovative & Creative Culture Magazine” Content ran a four page color feature on Wow Cool, Alternative Comics and myself. You can get it at the Whole Foods Market and elsewhere. The article is filled with shocking...
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Back in April, 2013 David Lasky visited the Wow Cool/Alternative Comics offices in Cupertino, California and did a one day artist residency, and he pencilled a mini comic on massive Strathmore board called “All Monster Comics”. The plan was to have the page inked by various other...
Read moreThe biggest stock-up in the 26 year history of Wow Cool continues unabated as we have added dozens more books to the online and Cupertino stores including the latest from Ryan Cecil Smith, Hic & Hoc and Yam Books. Right now the best way to keep up with the newest titles as they are added...
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Argentine artist Sanyú digs into J.G. Ballard’s classic novel of obsession in eight striking pages of comics. Check it out. Sanyú’s home page.
Read moreI posted a few clips from a first draft of a Brown Cuts Neighbors video compilation from a few years ago on YouTube. There is a sizable segment featuring some of my drawings and comic strips. I also did most of the titles and animation parts. It is what it is. More info in the
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No joke! We have added more titles to our online and Cupertino stores at one time then since we launched the new web shop some three years ago. And more are being added every day. Over 30 titles from Top Shelf! Many many more from Koyama, Fantagraphics, Uncivilized, NoBrow, AdHouse, 2D Cloud and...
Read moreThe last of the holdouts of the original underground comics publishers – Last Gasp – is in need of some help to make their Fall publishing season a success, and they’ve turned to Kickstarter, and you , dear reader, to get it. Wow Cool has a long history with Last Gasp, they are...
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