Hey Silicon Valley folks! Get yr butts down to the SLG Art Boutiki at 577 S. Market St. in San Jose tonight – Wednesday February 15 – from 6 until 9pm for the NerdMart “Geek Swap Meet”. Wow Cool will be there in the form...
Read moreJeffrey Lewis Anxiety Attack
One of my favorite jokes on the original Muppet Show series is a throw-away comment by one of the Statler and Waldorf duo about how the only papers he reads are the New York Times and the Manchester Guardian. It works on several levels, and seems...
Read moreSupport This: Double Fine Adventure
Double Fine Adventure on Kickstarter. As seen in Forbes. Most successful Kickstarter project ever. Over a million dollars raised in the first 24 hours – $600,000 past the goal. For a new point and click adventure game from two of the people...
Read moreSupport This: CASH Music
CASH Music Platform. You just need to go and read the whole pitch on this one. I imagine if you are not a music maker you might not care. I am very happy to see this happening. Some of the people involved are quite close to things you will be...
Read moreSupport This: Bad Machinery
Bad Machinery (and Scary Go Round, before it) has been my very favorite web comic for several years now. As you may have heard, the gravy days of ridiculous t-shirt sales income and Super Bowl level sponsorships are a thing of the past in web...
Read moreSupport This: Little Heart: A Comic Anthology for Marriage Equality
Little Heart is a comic anthology created to show support for marriage equality, produced in partnership with 2D Cloud & [MN]Love and YOU. The comics included in the volume cover a variety of material, from auto-bio, science fiction...
Read moreSupport This: Suspect Device #2
Suspect Device 2 on Kickstarter Suspect Device #1 was released in August 2011, a 35 page book in black and white with one very good idea; making new comics by taking old panels out of context and drawing a new improvised context around them, a...
Read moreIt’s Andy Time!
Andy Ristaino time, that is. Andy is, of course an artist on Adventure Time, but he has also produced many fine comics. Wow Cool has just this very day acquired fresh stock of his self-published comics The Tunnel and Corporation Earth Needs Our...
Read moreViolence Valley & Object 5 New From Floating World
Brand new from the Floating World Faction of the Press Gang and available in the Wow Cool shop right now are two wonderful books: Object 5 – Works by Killian Eng The first monograph of illustration and graphic design work by Swedish artist...
Read moreMother’s News for that Sunglasses Feeling
We just got a short stack of the January & February issues of the excellent tabloid Mother’s News. They’ll be going out FREE with all orders from WowCool.com that are sent by Priority or Media Mail (while supplies last). Features...
Read moreBits and Bops for Dudes and Debs
Some upcoming blasts you want to check out if they are in a town near you, and a couple online joints. Simon Gane shares a preview of the the cover for the upcoming Halloween Classics edition of the Graphic Classics series. More deets in this...
Read moreMike Kelley: Hero 1954-2012
Mike Kelley, a sure godfather figure to many who have followed, including the likes of Fort Thunder and Brown Cuts Neighbors, has left this world. He will be much missed. I just wanted to share a few images and link to some words about the...
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