The books keep showing up at Wow Cool. The following are now in stock online and in the Cupertino shop. We are continuing to add older back issues as well. Highlights this week include the long-awaited X-Men: Grand Design #1, Head Lopper #8 by...
Read moreNew Arrivals December 15
As we ease into the new Wow Cool online shop we are also working out how to best announce new books each week. This inaugural post in the new format covers the last two weeks of books new to the Cupertino and online stores. You can now order...
Read moreJim Rugg on the AltComics Podcast
Jim Rugg makes comics, books, drawings, illustrations, and designs. His books and comics include Street Angel, Afrodisiac, the PLAIN Janes, Rambo 3.5, Notebook Drawings, and Supermag. He has exhibited drawings at iam8bit, Gallery1988, Mondo, and...
Read more*Ahem* Is This Thing On?
Hello, everyone. My name is Peter and I draw comics. The amazing and generous Marc Arsenault, proprietor of these here parts, has offered me a soapbox on the official Wow Cool blog. How cool is that? I’m going to explore some topics here...
Read moreSomething Good To Read On A Sunday
Art: The Politics and Weirdness of Shade the Changing Girl Cecil Castellucci tells us about what informs the strangeness of Young Animal’s Shade the Changing Girl. Music: The great The Pop Group has re-released their debut LP Y digitally...
Read moreReview: The Short Con
The Short Con by Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald Pete Toms’ and Aleks Sennwald’s graphic novella The Short Con is on its surface the first of what hints at a larger series of children’s comics, but beneath that lies an examination of the power of...
Read morePeter S. Conrad on the AltComics Podcast
Peter S. Conrad is a cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist based in the South San Francisco Bay Area – AKA Silicon Valley. He is responsible for the long-running “Attempted Not Known” series in all its many forms. You...
Read moreSomething Good To Read on A Sunday
Art Follow Alex Norris. Farel Dalrymple’s serialized Proxima Centauri is now getting some momentum. Go read. Music K.I.S.S. Tyke via Cool Tools.
Read moreSomething Good To Read On A Sunday
Art The Mega Builder of Garry’s Mod. Vioxtar aka Michael Efraim does some amazing things with the Source engine sandbox. Derf on the demise of the Village Voice. I interviewed Derf last week for the AltComics podcast. Music “Sam...
Read moreNew in the Cupertino Store September 27
New in the Wow Cool shop September 27 – Saga 47, Royal City, Slasher, Oasis, My Little Pony, Baby Sitters Club, Pashmina, Over the Garden Wall, Graveyard Shakes and much more.
Read moreDerf and Bruce Simon & Mark Badger from the Jack Kirby Museum at APE 2017 on the AltComics podcast
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Read moreOn CNN’s Boom or Bust 1994
Cable news program talking about how the Baby Busters were going to crack the spines in half of the pathetic and lowly Baby Boomers. Featuring lots of mid nineties zines like Cometbus, King Cat and Dylan Williams Horse. This segment visits the...
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