We made it to the second installment of the Sunday reads. I can now claim this is a regular feature along with New Books in the Shop on Wednesdays and the always irregular The Stupid Pages. If all goes well we should have the first full altcomics...
Read moreJack Kirby 100 @ Wow Cool
Every day at Wow Cool Alternative Comics in Cupertino is a celebration of the life and work of Jack Kirby, but for three days in August, 2017 we commemorate the centennial of this great artist’s birth. Jack ‘King’ Kirby was born...
Read moreNew Books at Wow Cool August 23 2017
New books in the shop this week include, but are not limited to: Art Sex Music by Cosey Fanni Tutti Black Hammer #12 by Jeff Lemire & David Rubin Edge of Venomverse #5 by Clay Chapman & James Stokoe Fantasy Sports vol. 3: The Green King...
Read moreSomething Good to Read on a Sunday
Welcome to the new weekend reading column. We’re still re-arranging the deckchairs for the re-launch of the Wow Cool blog and launch of the altcomics podcast. Hopefully things will be more regular soon. The title of this feature takes its...
Read moreNew Books at Wow Cool August 16 2017
New in the shop this week: Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father by Jonathan Hennessey & Justin Greenwood Border Worlds by Don Simpson Calexit #1 2nd Printing Cannabis Works 2 by Tatsuyuki Tanaka Cave Carson...
Read moreIntroducing Wow Cool’s alt.comics Podcast
What mad forces compel comic artists to chain themselves to drawing tables day and night? The new altcomics podcast tracks down cartoonists from all ends of the funny book business—graphic novels, comic strips, gag cartoons, web comics—and tries...
Read moreNew Comics at Wow Cool August 9, 2017
New in the shop this week: A Castle in England by Jamie Rhodes The Customer is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond The End of the F**king World Hardcover by Charles Forsman Heavy Metal #287 Killian Eng cover by Grant Morrison & co I Hear the Sunspot by...
Read moreMaybe The Clash Were The Only Band That Mattered
This old TV clip is incredible. It’s clear that Mick Jones was the man with the plan. But it was these four people that made the magic.
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 40: Nothing On TV Today
Was not easy to squeeze in the “a drawing every day” thing today. Had more insane plans for this NYT from a few days ago. The Sharpie is always magic. Well, maybe less so this time out. Don’t expect much for Sunday either.
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 39: Star Trek Discovery
This one was done the old fashion way with a Sharpie Pen on the back of a dinner receipt. Star Trek: Discovery Premieres September 24
Read moreJawbreaker Played Their First Show Since 1996 Last Night
Jawbreaker reunited last night, Thursday August 3rd at the Ivy Room in Albany, CA (NOT Oakland, music blogs of the world please take note). They opened up with a demonic incantation written by Adam and read by Blake while fire shot out of...
Read moreThree Jack Kirby Avengers Panels
I unexpectedly had the chance to catch up on some reading last month and for some unknown reason read the first few issue of the Avengers that were drawn by Jack Kirby. These are screen grabs from the ComiXology editions I read. Note the...
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