Zack Soto has been a friend to Wow Cool and Alternative Comics for longer than I am even sure of. He was a Wow Cool mail-order customer back in our golden days during the zine explosion of the 90s. He sent me and Jeff Mason comics at various times. His comics were published by Alternative
Read moreWow Cool wants you to join us in supporting the Share the Safety initiative this Independence Day. BUY A GUN, GIVE A GUN TO AN AMERICAN IN AN AT-RISK NEIGHBORHOOD. The National Rifle Association and corporate ally Smith & Wesson have partnered to level the safety playing field in our...
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Presented without much further comment or help are “New Identity” from Jerry Goldsmith’s 1968 Planet of the Apes soundtrack and “Echohce” by FM Einheit, Jamie Lidell, David Link & Co, 2007. Both use the same bass pattern for a little bit. I’ve listened to...
Read moreSonic Youth have a new record out on Friday. That’s far out man. It’s the 30 year old never before released rehearsal sessions for the Made in USA soundtrack they did. Sounds pretty good so far. Craziness. Brooklyn Vegan has the scoop.
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After a little hiatus, new Magic Whistle comics every Monday and Thursday has returned. More info at MagicWhistle.com. Magic Whistle 3.2 will be in stores later this month.
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After a little hiatus, new Magic Whistle comics every Monday and Thursday has returned. More info at MagicWhistle.com. Magic Whistle 3.2 will be in stores later this month.
Read moreThis little music recommendation project for the long weekend grew out of hand. Here are the four additional picks – each of which should have had their own posts, but sometimes you have to move on. Tom Ravenscroft has been sitting in on another show on BBC 6 Music this week and he played...
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After a few years break. After three members of the band left the greater San Francisco bay area. After Marc got Alternative Comics somewhat set up and Mike got the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in San Fransisco somewhat set up. We finally got back together and re-started the band we started 15 years...
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Second in a series of highlights of music that has been released in recent months that you probably missed. The Ghost List – EP by Girls Against BoysThe Ghost List – EP by Girls Against Boys I have some seriously strong feelings about GVSB… like I do with SPBT and not a whole...
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First in a series of highlights of music that has been released in recent months that you probably missed. Unwound Peel Session. yeah, I’d listen to that. YouTube bootleg version above. The official release on Numero Group is easily findable at most streaming or download places...
Read moreIt’s the real panic. With Jack Klugman & Henry Silva. More info than you need.
Read moreSomeone (whom I could not find again) posted something to the effect of “I’m voting for the presidential candidate who nominates Don DeLillo for the Nobel Prize” on thee face books. I’m not quite sure it works that way, but I echo the sentiment. Don DeLillo is surely on...
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I got some exciting mail from John Porcellino today — an official King-Cat Comix Fan Club membership card. Hand inscribed by John P himself to me. You too can get yours by supporting John’s work on King-Cat Comics and Stories and the Spit and a Half publishing imprint and distro on...
Read moreThis is some crazy lovely (possibly seizure inducing) eye candy. I don’t exactly have a folder on my hard drive containing only non-Euclidean Portal and HL2 mods… but near enough. I’m excited for this game. Check out this update on the game in progress from Rock Paper...
Read moreWhatever with Pet Sounds. Have you listened to Surf’s Up? That one will change you.
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Seth Kushner left us one year ago today. Some four months before his book Schmuck would finally be released to the world through Alternative Comics. An event that was to have taken place many months earlier, but was delayed due to his illness. I just found this piece on The New York Observer...
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and The New Intern Starts on Tuesday We are so not ready And I get on a plane Thursday morning to go to Portland, Oregon to work at Linework NW and move Sparkplug Books down here. But that’s OK We’ll make it through somehow What is not OK Is that we are based in Cupertino,
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After a heavy duty couple of weeks that included Free Comic Book Day and two comic book artist signings at the Wow Cool Alternative Comics shop, it was time to take a day off and head to the beach. The high winds and barely 60º temperatures cut into the beach time as it cut into
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Unbelievable news today: first, this morning, that comic book artist and animator Darwyn Cooke had gone through a very serious battle with cancer; and then, this evening, that he was dead. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually properly met or talked to Darwyn, but we’ve stood very...
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I made a happy surprise discovery today. The 2011 Psycho Nurse Calendar is actually good again this year! From March 1st right through New Years Eve. The dates will be the same for the whole year next in 2022. The calendar was a collaboration between Wow Cool and Silicon Valley’s favorite...
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Malachi Ward will be doing a Bay Area Double Header this Saturday, May 14th from 7pm. He will be signing copies of his brand new books From Now On (Alternative Comics) and Island #7 (Image Comics) at Mission Comics in San Francisco at 1PM and at our home base in Cupertino from around 7pm. There...
Read morePKD by Zak Sally from zak sally on Vimeo. Zak Sally has been many things over the years… an artist, a musician, a publisher at La Mano 21, a printer, the cover model for Peter Bagge’s Hate, a roadie for Wow Cool… OK, that last one is probably not a big deal to very many
Read moreThe very first Tennessee Tuxedo, 1963. Forgotten. Neglected. Brilliant. Some Educational content.
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