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 podcast on Tuesday August 29 with guest Shannon...
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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 100 years ago. He did more to influence American...
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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 by Sam Bosma Generation Gone #2 by Ales Kot
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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 name from The Clash song The Leader… which...
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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 has a Cybernetic Eye #11 Crafty Cat and the Crafty...
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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 to find out what makes them tick. Your host is...
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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 Yuki Fumino Juxtapoz #200 Kill or Be Killed
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 Chris' eyes. Then Branwyn Bigglestone and Scott...
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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 bright coloring. They looked a lot different from...
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First time using Tayasui Sketches Pro on an iPad Mini. Stylus is the cheapest one they sell in a two-pack on Amazon, and they are easily the best quality/value situation for that type of tool. Soundtrack: Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno, which has just gotten the deluxe re-issue...
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There are tons of great new comics in the online and Cupertino Wow Cool shops this week. Apart from recent releases, we’ve also stocked up the bins with some amazing James Stokoe Marvel comics and variants, and assembled a collection of Dave Cooper books in a wide array of shapes and...
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Oh no, it’s back. Gabrielle Bell has her July Diary, we have the Stupid Pages. Maybe there will be more than two this year.
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Popular New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler will be making an exclusive Silicon Valley visit to sign his new books Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus Plus and Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump at Wow Cool in Cupertino. Fresh from San Diego’s Comic-Con...
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[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/332722971" params="color=e93463" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Listening now. The seas are getting louder… 71% of the Earth is covered by water. And most of us imagine it to be...
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Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 6th! The Wow Cool® Alternative Comics store in Cupertino is having it’s fourth annual Free Comic Book Day event from 10am-7pm on Saturday, May 6th. There will be tons of free comics for kids and adults, arts and crafts activities for kids, a lemonade stand...
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It’s STILL inventory time and we need to clear out hundreds of new and used graphic novels and books at deep discount. Most books 50¢ – $2.00. There will be stacks of free books and comics too. Saturday & Sunday, March 18-19, Noon – 6pm at Wow Cool Alternative Comics...
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The Resist! Free newspaper is now available in our Silicon Valley store. RESIST forces that would divide us. RESIST the normalization of fascism. RESIST! is a free 40-page tabloid newspaper of political comics and graphics by mostly female artists. It is edited by Françoise Mouly, art editor of...
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This is The Challenge – Record an album in 28 days, just because you can. That’s 10 songs or 35 minutes of original material recorded during the month of February. More information | Register It’s a little like National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo.org) where writers challenge each...
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Wow Cool Alternative Comics is having a big boxing week sale. 20% off everything in the Cupertino and Online Wow Cool shops Every order completed from Noon Monday, December 26 through Midnight Saturday, December 31st will be discounted 20%. Discount is applied when you add items to your cart...
Read moreWhere do you draw the line? (full film) from Where do you draw the line? on Vimeo. Please like/share and support: facebook.com/WDYDTL twitter.com/WordSmithProd wordsmithproductions.co.uk Why is the Ecuadorian government proposing to extract oil in an area frequently classified by ecologists as...
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