Once upon a time in the early 1980s in Austin, Texas, one of the best fucking bands in creation was born. They were called the Big Boys and they are still awesome. Apparently I’m not the only person who believes this, as their first record...
Read moreSupport Black Eye 2 The Anthology of Humor + Despair
Black Eye number one was a sellout success, and now the sequel is nearly ready to drop into your lap. Editor Ryan Standfest needs your help to make it happen. Artists in this edition include Michael DeForge, Brecht Evans, Max Clotfelter, Danny...
Read moreStare in Awe as Euclid Records Moves
St. Louis, Missouri’s Euclid Records is moving from 601 E. Lockwood to 19 N. Gore and are documenting the process on a blog. You must go look. We thought we had problems when we moved 25 pallet-loads of Alternative Comics books here. This...
Read moreDouglas Adams Was Born 61 Years Ago Today
In case you were wondering what all that spaceyship stuff on Google today is about. Douglas Adams, the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is not 61 years old today, he’s over a decade deceased, and we are much poorer for...
Read moreSteven Cerio\’s \”The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow\” – Zero Station – Portland, ME – 03/09/13
Wow Cool @ 25 Tom Hart Comic Strip from 1988
Tom Hart did this strip and another one about zen for me when I was the comics editor at the School of Visual Arts newspaper – Canvas – way back in 1988. So, not technically a Wow Cool thing… also it’s a bit of an in-joke...
Read moreSteven Cerio at The Jack Kerouac Literary Festival – JACK KEROUAC LITERARY FESTIVAL – Lowell, MA – 03/08/13
Wow Cool @ 25 – Slaughterhouse 90210
Sam Henderson drew this back when Beverly Hills 90210 was still pretty new. 20+ years later it’s relevant again! What a world! I don’t remember where – if anywhere – this was ever published before. Sam? I’ve started...
Read moreYou report. We decide. Adam Curtis Lays Down This First Theses
The always great Adam Curtis has begun a new series on his BBC blog with “YOU THINK YOU ARE A CONSUMER BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN CONSUMED“. This first installment focusses on the father of the modern american right – one time...
Read moreSupport The Ditko Public Service Package
Steve Ditko’s longtime publisher Robin Snyder needs your help to publish The Ditko Public Service Package #2 A 112 page, black-and-white collection of Ditko’s recent comics. “This is the 2nd edition of this book and a sequel to...
Read moreGeorges Melies A Trip to the Moon Re-Revisited
My son recently informed me that he wished to learn more about Fiction Science. “Science Fiction?”, I asked. “Yes, that!” After a few weeks of exploring what it was exactly he was interested in learning about Fiction...
Read moreSteven Cerio’s Magnificent Pigtail Shadow In New England This Weekend
Steven Cerio will be presenting his film The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow at two events in New England this weekend – first, at the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts on Friday. Steven will also read from KEROUAC’s...
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