Theory 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...
Read moreTaken to the cleaners
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...
Read moreNew Books Making Their Way into the Shop
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...
Read moreJe Suis Charlie
Art by John Derf Backderf. Click to make big. Share widely.
Read moreHappy New Year!
Image from the Punch 1915 Almanac. Available to view or download on Archive.org.
Read moreSupport the Sequential Artists Workshop
Twenty 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...
Read moreWe Was Robbed
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...
Read moreI Saw A Thing… Punk Rock and all that…
fumbling 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...
Read moreKickstart This: Smilin’ Ed Comics
It 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...
Read moreMarc Arsenault Profiled in Content Magazine
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...
Read moreDavid Lasky’s All Monster Comics
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...
Read moreNew Books in The shop From Yam, Hic & Hoc, Ryan Cecil Smith and More
The 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...
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