Originally appearing on the DVD set Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series this is the only documentary on the life and work of the great cartoonist Alex Toth that we’ve ever heard of. There is an anecdote involving Jack Kirby...
Read moreWelcome 2019 With Some New Reads
OK, that little holiday break thing is past us now and we’ve got a few treats for you old and new. We are also still taking pre-orders on Rad Erwank/Conspiracy Dog. As you may have heard, online social networks have been a bit of a rats...
Read moreMaximum RockNRoll To Cease Print Publication
Seen Sunday on MRR’s Instagram account and then circulated elsewhere. Wow Cool has been an occasional stockist of Maximum RockNRoll at various times through the years (and still are Right Now!), we were an advertiser for a chunk of the 90s...
Read moreNew Books and Comics This Week
We are taking things easy this week as there appears to be a particularly popular holiday happening. Nonetheless there are new books. And new old books. We are also still taking pre-orders on Rad Erwank/Conspiracy Dog. Wow Cool will be exhibiting...
Read moreHappy Birthday Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock was born on this day in 1939. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and...
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SHIPPING ALERT! If you want it before Christmas choose First Class or Priority mail and order no later than Tuesday, December 18th. Media Mail may not get to you until 2019. We cannot guarantee delivery times. Exclusive Pre-Order Special: Rad...
Read moreWelcome to the Show It is Starting Now
I’m not going to hold your hand on these. It’s been a long week. Go click some links and stare at some stuff. Stop by my shop later today and we can chew the fat about it. Tempeh if you’re vegan. Firstly: Variety has A First...
Read moreSunday in the Shed with Marc
It’s a serious blurring of genres and mediums this time ’round. Much of it is an act of refusal and revolt and shear disgust. You’ll be seeing more of that, in lots of places. Anyway, here’s the cool crap that caught my...
Read moreJack Teagle Speaks
Jack Teagle is a freelance illustrator based in South West England. He has worked in a large variety of fields, including editorial, character design, storyboarding, poster/ product/ textile design, and worked as a cartoonist for Front magazine...
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Art THE WORLD OF UPA will be a three-part film essay series that tells the story of the rebels who made animation grow up. Presented by The Royal Ocean Film Society. This appears to be part one: Music Check out this feature on Bandcamp: A Brief...
Read moreHalloween ComicFest Cupertino Saturday October 27
You visited us for Free Comic Book Day back in May. This event is just like that but with ghosts! It’s a haunted Free Comic Book Day. It’s the Halloween Comic Fest. Wow Cool Alternative Comics is hosting The 2018 Cupertino Halloween...
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Art We have been surveying the comics works of Eleanor Davis the past few weeks through the eyes of new regular reviewer Rob Clough. The Comics Reporter pointed us towards the archive of Eleanor’s contributions to Psychology Today. Check...
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