Gary Panter‘s autobiographical story of his life lived near music is pretty much the most must-read comic of the season. Features a guest appearance by Ross Goldstein – formerly a member of Jason Martin’s Evolution Revolution, now the Ross in Gary, Devin & Ross. Go! Go...
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We are offering three titles for free comic book day today – none of which are on the official FCBD roster. One of which is a year old now. There is the second book from a group of Portland publishers – Master P’s Theater (Last year they gave us Brad’s Trip… now...
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Dungeon Family by Matt Furie. New from Mt. St. Mtn. I like to imagine that these are all the creatures that would be in bonus levels to Narbacular Drop – the precursor to the popular Valve video game Portal. A quick search reveals that there are bonus levels for Narbacular Drop. There...
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Brown Cuts Neighbors “Channel 16” – as presented by Jason Martin, with program materials selected and sequenced by Jason and myself – have been invited to be part of the latest edition of the biennial New York Electronic Art Festival. The talk and screening will be on...
Read moreAdventure Time designer & storyboarder Andy Ristaino has assembled a 128 pg FULL COLOR book collecting tales of macabre humor that he has written and drawn. Night of the Living Vidiots collects Sci-fi, horror, and comedy melted together and topped with a Twilight Zone twist in a comic book...
Read moreWriter Erick Lyle (Scam) and artist Josh Bayer are the guests on the latest Everything Went Black podcast to discuss Erick’s story for the LA Weekly and Scam #9: Damaged: The story of Black Flag’s classic first album about the 30th anniversary of Damaged; Erick’s story Can I...
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We just got a new scanner here in Wow Cool land, and instead of picking some stunning and masterful piece of art, I chose this crappy jam comic from long ago. Phil Felix stopped by Harvey Kurtzman’s class at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) one day back in the mid-late 80s to do a
Read moreNearly 25 years ago Scott McCloud – creator of Zot! and Understanding Comics – composed a draft of a Creators Bill of Rights for comic book artists. In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day we reproduce it here, and ask, have things improved in the quarter century since...
Read moreThe new novel by John le Carré is out in much of the world today. Available in the US and Canada on May seventh. Dedicated visitors to this site will immediately know that this much tape player porn makes our boy parts excited.
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In a classic case of ‘It always comes back to comics’ in my life, Pat ‘The Human Vise’ Povilaitis – who was the star of the Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic DVD that I made a few years ago with Atomic Athletic and Tiger Claw Martial Arts – appeared...
Read moreFound in the archives. A Stupid Pages creation. The Survivor Dan portion was drawn by me. Survivor Dan was a very briefly lived character in Brown Cuts Neighbors TV shows and concerts. Although almost impossible to see here, I was wearing the obscenely heavy and hot costume at the left in this...
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We Will Remain by Andrew White is the latest release from Retrofit Comics – whom, if they have not yet stretched beyond their initial promise to deliver 17 comics in 17 months are certainly pushing near to it. We hope to see many more of their olde fasiondey floppy commics pamphlettes...
Read moreBack in the early 00s I used to pass around an audio CD called “Pop” that I made containing “Words Disobey Me” and “We are Time” from the 1978 Pop Group Peel Session, Khalid of Space Part Two by Larry Young (featuring James Blood Ulmer), and either the 1995 or...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 is Record Store Day. Go buy some damn records! You may be surprised to learn that we sell a fine selection of records and related musical media right here on Wow Cool, including many hard to find items by the likes of Steel Pole Bathtub, Helios Creed, Alan Moore, Hail...
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Maverick publisher Space Face Books has delivered three new stellar minis: Patron Saint by Sam Alden (Eighth Grade, Alternative Comics #4), Duck by Joe Kessler, and Foreigners by Patrick Kyle (Black Mass). Go get them.
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Josh Bayer has delivered the latest in his twisted anthology series of mash-up re-interpretations of classic comic strips to us. Delivered in Unibomber-style packaging. God help us all. Wrap-around cover art by Kevin Scalzo (Sugar Booger). Get yours here.
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New to the Wow Cool shop is cartoonist David Lasky’s recent book of drawing-free stories – Science Fiction. David is on tour right now in the Bay Area with an appearance tonight at Mission Comics and on Thursday in Sacramento to promote his Eisner Award nominated book The Carter...
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Once upon a time, Jeff Mason–the founding ringleader at Alternative Comics–had the foresight to send a big box of the otherwise now-hard-to-find Free Comic Book Day Alternative Comics anthologies from 2003-2005 to Ricko from Poopsheet. Many years later, what is left of those has made...
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Newly landed in our shop – mere minutes ago, even – is the first solo US comic from the amazing Boulet: The Noirness (The Darkness was already taken, he tells us), published by the mighty AdHouse Books. He’s been seen previously in print on these shores only in Dungeon: Zenith...
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Michel Fiffe‘s much-acclaimed and fast selling (going through multiple printings, even) Copra series has had the first three issues assembled in one volume by the fine people at Park Slope’s best comic book shop, Bergen Street Comics, in their debut release as a publisher. Go get...
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As mentioned here recently, the film The Place Beyond The Pines, which opened nationwide today was co-written by Ben Coccio (shown above), who was a major part of the cast and crew on Brown Cuts Neighbors second and third series of TV shows in the early 1990s. The film was shot in and around our...
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Jason Martin in a typical structuralist film moment. Jason has been giving talks and conducting workshops at Trans-Q TV and Carnegie Mellon and Youngstown Universities this week. You can make your own screen test while visiting the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
Read moreBerkeley’s own Les Blank – director of Gap-Toothed Women, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe and many other great American documentary films has died at 77. He will be much missed. New York Times Obituary.
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FACIAL RECOGNITION a Three Person Group Exhibition featuring James Kochalka, Matt Furie and Mark Todd opens with a reception from 6:30-10pm tomorrow, April 6 at GR2. The show runs through April 24, 2013. GR2, 2062 Sawtelle Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90025 James Kochalka is a comic book artist...
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