OK. To get started. This game looks fun and gruesome. Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole is free to download and play. It’s Windows only, but may run fine on Mac and Linux through Wine. Read the write up on Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Serious funnyman Michael Kupperman is the subject...
Read moreDoctor Mordrid Master of the Unknown
Once upon a time, Charles Band, director of such personal favorites as Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn and Trancers, got the option to produce a film based on Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange… and then the rights expired. He braved on with the project, changing various odd...
Read moreSusie Cagle is my Hero
I’ve been wanting to write something here about Susie Cagle’s coverage of Occupy Oakland for a couple weeks now. But, given the occupation’s escalating nature and Susie’s work on it being ongoing observation and documentation for an eventual full report, there was not an...
Read moreMIX Minneapolis Indie Xpo This Weekend
If you are near the twin cities this weekend – November 5-6, 2011 – you should get down to MIX, the Minneapolis Indie Xpo. Wow Cool distributed artists and publishers Dale Flattum, Koyama Press, Tom Neely, John Porcellino, Sparkplug, Top Shelf, and Anthony Clark, creator of Nedroid...
Read moreMoebius & Jodorowsy’s The Incal
Found via Jeff Newelt on Twitter A movie trailer project inspired by the graphic novel “The INCAL”, from Moebius and Jodorowsky. A while ago, I reunited a bunch of the artists from the original “Heavy Metal” movie, to produce a trailer based upon this great work. Then I got busy building my...
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Read moreMonday Morning Rodan
This week’s Rodan comes from Simon Gane, who shared it this morning via Twitter. Just a little tease of his upcoming issue of Godzilla Legends. It’s starting to look like a bit of a departure from the sytle Simon used in his previous monster book. In non-kaiju news… Today is an...
Read moreGo Halloween Crazy on the Travel Channel with Psycho Donuts
Jason Martin in the New York Times
The New York Times talked to Jason Martin about his Power Animals installations, videos and performances as part of a longer piece on Brooklyn’s Microscope Gallery and the live birth that recently happened there. A version of this article appeared in print on October 30, 2011, on page MB1...
Read moreHidden: New Mini Comic by Graham Annable
I was very excited to receive in the mail today the new 16 page comic “Hidden” by Graham Annable, published by Kabinett. It very nicely drawn and has excellent production values. Oh, and it is classically Grickle scary. And, it’s got the Hidden People. Sadly, it’s...
Read moreOh yeah, we got the Ganges four
And much else as well. At least seven titles by Kevin Huizenga and a few hundred other fairly awesome comics, zines and records. Many more on the way. Do come explore.
Read moreJason Martin’s Power Animal Systems NYC Windows
Power Animal Systems, an installation by Jason Martin will be on view through January 14th, 2012. A solo show in windows on Broadway and Washington Square in Manhattan. Viewable 24/7. Works in photography, video, sculpture, and teleportation. Presented by 80WSE Galleries. Power Animal Systems...
Read moreBack This Project Now – Motherlover – An Anthology of Comics
Just 4 hours to go as I write this. Great rewards for backing. Get over there and pitch in! UPDATE: Project funded successfully by 76 backers. Congratulations!
Read moreMary Blair Centennial
Mary Blair was born 100 years ago today. Even Google noticed. Her shapes and colors still fascinate. Below are a few photos I took earlier this year at the Disneyland Gallery show “The Colors of Mary Blair“. Clicking will make them twice the size. It’s...
Read moreHelp Imagine Rub The Blood on Kickstarter
RUB THE BLOOD is an Art Comix tabloid that explores the lasting influence (for better or worse) of the Early 90’s Collector Boom comics of Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, etc. on today’s most fringe underground cartoonists. RUB THE BLOOD features never-seen-before comix and...
Read moreJeffrey Lewis Rocks the Guardian
A few days ago Tom Spurgeon asked the comics world to name five cartoonists who were still in an ‘establishing themselves‘ phase of their career. I threw Jeffrey Lewis in my list, despite his many years of putting comic books out. I claimed he was virtually unknown in the comics...
Read moreSimon Gane Draws Rodan – Godzilla Legends #2
…and you’ll just have to go find that comic when it hits the streets December 28 to see his art. No preview images available right now. Godzilla Legends #2 was written by Jonathin Vankin and illustrated by Simon Gane. Two covers are available, one by Chris Scalf, the other by Arthur...
Read moreCelebrate All Hallow’s Read
At Wow Cool central in Cupertino, CA, we will be celebrating All Hallow’s Read next week, by giving scary books to family and friends and offering it as an option to trick-or-treaters that come to the door on Monday, October 31. A big thanks to TopShelf publishing for providing many copies...
Read moreThe World Did Not Get Enough Rammellzee
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Read moreThe Links Keep Coming – with Bonus Zak Sally
The tweetstream is humming this morning. Your soundtrack right now should be the Thom Yorke 6Mix. He drops in a cut from former touring partners Low in the mix – it’s one from the days when La Mano Press main man Zak Sally was still thumping bass with that unit. Enjoy the video. Tom...
Read moreMonday Morning Massive Link Dump
Vital nuggets gleamed from Twitter and elsewhere over the past week. This photo set of Michael Kupperman at New York Comic Con 2011 promoting his new book “Mark Twain’s Autobiography 1910-2010” is utterly bonkers. “Twain” is pictured here with Sam Henderson. Me and...
Read moreWatch Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker For Free Online
Stalker is an astounding film that you simply must see. Stalker (Ста́лкер) is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The screenplay was written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, adapting their influential 1972 novel Roadside Picnic. The book and film also inspired the...
Read moreAll Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
Adam Curtis may be the greatest journalist of our age. Yes, whatever, or whenever, that is… He is certainly one of its greatest documentarians. His skilled use of the video medium – in films that demand that you both look and listen to get the full effect – persuasively show...
Read moreI Came to Hollywood To Find Out How They Make Money
Television has had many memorable encounters over the years… David Frost and Richard Nixon; Tom Snyder and Public Image, Ltd.; and, then there’s Groucho Marx and Albert Hall. The whole show is hilarious… although, um, the way Groucho addressed the ladies back then gets almost...
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