My old friend and Fantagraphics co-worker Jess Johnson has released a compilation volume of sketchbooks and “Auto da Fé” zines chronicling the past decade. Based on the description it is safe to say that it makes for some very...
Read moreI surely saw this many times on Sesame Street, but have no memory of it. Maurice Sendak would have been 85 today, as Google reminds us with their somewhat dodgy doodle today. Sendak was the featured interview subject of the most recent print...
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Once upon a time in the mid-late 1990’s Wow Cool published a comic called Pie by mister Steven Cerio. Now, through the magic of tablet-cloud-microransaction technology with a goddamn battle axe you can get the thing magically transported to...
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Michael DeForge has delivered a brand new full-length comic from Space Face Books called The Boy In Question and it is in our shop now. Enjoy.
Read moreOr Beck’s, as the case pretty much is… Maggie is helping us out with something mysterious known as spreadsheets, or something like that. It’s all very timey-wimey strange stuff… data base is possibly the new thing after...
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New Comics by Partick Kyle. Massive Risograph glory. Oh, just go get that.
Read moreErik T. Johnson’s Outliers #1 and Sam Henderson’s Magic Whistle #0 Added to Alternative Comics‘ 2013 schedule. Debuting on ComiXology, and also available direct from the publisher, on June 19, is the free digital-only full-length comic...
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Jen ‘Slowpoke’ Sorensen has won the prestigious 2013 Reuben Award for Editorial Cartoons – presented every year since 1954 by the National Cartoonists Society. Big congratulations to her from everyone at Wow Cool and Alternative...
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The new book from the acclaimed author of Guilty, Whatever, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Lodger, Failure collects Karl Stevens’ beautifully rendered humorous comic strips from the Phoenix, Boston’s recently deceased...
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Contrary to popular belief, Fantagraphics Books does occasionally issue a floppy comic book every now and then. We’re not sure how far and wide this one is being spread, but it would be very nice to see this sort of book from comics’...
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Special guest report from Laura Susong on the 2013 Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). Alternative Comics found itself in a serious last-minute crunch when artist Karl Stevens fell ill and could not attend the show. Like the kick-ass...
Read moreI was looking for links related to Jonny Negron, when I stumbled upon these two unexpected gems. Our customer comicKkrakK has reviewed at great length and depth his experiences with ordering comics from Wow Cool. He seems pleased. Thanks Mr...
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