Fresh off the boat from swinging London is issue six of NoBow Magazine. For their first double issue NoBrow asked over 60 artists to contribute work to the theme of Doubles or Doppelgangers. With contributions from Tom Gauld (The Gigantic Robot)...
Read moreKickstart My Injured Skull
There are a couple of Kickstarter projects that are near and dear to us that could use your support as they near the final hour. UPDATED: Crap Hound 6 met it’s goal at the last minute with little to spare. Congratulations! Thanks to...
Read moreThe Prince of Wild Magic: 3 New Books For Spring
As the seasons renew and the days last longer, lo!, there are new books in the shop and I stay up later to tell you about them. We have lifted the curse of a seemingly endless array of books published in 2008, which made up the bulk of additions...
Read moreThe Casual Comic Shop Customer
I wrote this in the comments to an article on The Beat about Image Comics‘ response to questions about the high frequency of their recent titles going back for second and even third printings (they’re not the only ones, other recent...
Read moreMichael DeForge Comics In The Shop
We have just received a very special package from Mister Michael DeForge containing a stack of his most recent self-published comics: Kid Mafia #1 and the first and second installments of Open Country. These are all printed and hand-assembled by...
Read moreSupport This: Secret Prison #666
The mighty tabloid from Philadelphia returns! They met their (way too modest) goal on the first day and have now set a secondary goal of $1,500 to double the print run. From the same team that brought you the mighty Rub The Blood. Get on over and...
Read moreSmoke Signal 12 Out Now
The latest issue of Desert Island’s excellent tabloid comics anthology Smoke Signal is out now and available for free from the store in Brooklyn or for a mere $3 online. It’s 28 pages, color and black and white, printed in an edition...
Read moreSparkplug Books Publishing Fundraiser
Our fine friends at Sparkplug Books are getting set to publish three new titles – the first big batch since founder Dylan Williams’ passing last year – and they need your help to make it happen. There is an excellent array of...
Read moreNew Mother’s News
Howdy folks. We’ve got the newest issue of the excellent Mother’s News in; and, while supplies last, anyone whose order ships out from the Wow Cool shop via Media or Priority Flat Rate mail gets a free copy. The last couple issues...
Read moreSteve Niles, Gary Panter & Co. Present The Lost Ones
From 2008 – but new to Wow Cool – is Microsoft’s Zune Arts sole publishing project: The Lost Ones. We received a stack of these direct from author Steve (30 Days of Night) Niles, who was nice enough to sign them for us. This...
Read moreR.I.P. Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud
The great French Master of Comics Art Jean Giraud has passed away age 73. Kim Thompson has written the definitive English language obituary of Jean Giraud for The Comics Journal.
Read moreSupport Injury Comics #4 by Ted May
Ted May is all done with the fourth issue of his Injury Comics series. The catch is, he’s without a publisher at the moment. The book’s all done – featuring contributions from Jeff Wilson and Mike Reddy – they just need to...
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