There is a nice little writeup of the NEWAVE! Minicomics book by the esteemed Mark Frauenfelder on today’s edition of BoingBoing. Go read that thang. NEWAVE! is now in stock and ready to ship from Amazon. UPDATE: Some photos from the...
Read moreHotwire Comics 3 Out Today – New! Cerio, Hellman, Henderson, Sandlin, Mats?!
An unholy host of New York City-type cartoon art guys (and a couple others and at least one gal), many of whom have been or are currently published or distributed by Wow Cool (and nearly all the rest are old friends from SVA, minicomics or the...
Read moreArt of Zines Show at Anno Domini Announced
Get on down to the glorious DTSJ (that’s Down Town San Jose, folks) for the South First Friday art walk this coming February 5th; and, do not fail to stop in at Anno Domini for their Art of Zines show. Wow Cool will be at a table there...
Read moreNEWAVE! Underground Mini Comix Book Release Event
It’s Official! Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle, Washington will be hosting a release party for this massive brick of a book on January 30, 2010. The event marks the debut of their new Spectacular Saturday series. The show...
Read moreVideo preview of NEWAVE! The Underground Minicomics of the ’80s Book
More previews and info on Fantagraphics site. Get yours today! Newave!: The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s.
Read moreWow Cool at Art of Zines Show in San Jose
Plan to go see Wow Cool’s and about about a bazillion other publisher’s zines at Anno Domini‘s 2009 Art of Zines exhibit. It opens on Friday, February 5, 2010. Reception begins at 8pm. There will be live music and Marc Arsenault...
Read moreThree 2010 WWW Baby New Years
Brand new on the Interwebs, in just the last few days, are the three following, vaguely Wow Cool connected sites that are worth your while to check out. Relevancy and mileage may vary based on your personal preferences and life experience. 1...
Read moreYour New Coffee Table Friend no. 2: Mariscal Drawing Life
I have been an avid fan of Javier Mariscal’s art since first encountering his Garriris comics in Raw Magazine at the age of 12. When I got to visit Barcelona for the first time, apart from the buildings of Guadi and the museums of Picasso...
Read moreYour New Coffee Table Friend no. 1: Comic Book Design
Continuing this informal daily (-ish) holiday series on Wow Cool, that highlights some cultural objects that may have flown under your radar, but are well worth a look for one reason or another, we move on to a few lovely (comic) art books that...
Read moreThe Most Rare Artifact of the 21st Century
Is a porno comic. Yes, Brandon Graham’s 56 page smut comic from 2003 Perverts of the Unknown is that most rarest and sought after of things. Impossible to find in a reasonable condition for less than One Thousand US Dollars! As the sole...
Read moreAl Columbia Limited Toyland Print
Portland’s Floating World Comics is selling a magnificent 18″x24″ very limited print of Al Columbia‘s painting Toyland (detail view above). I’m a little late posting this, but they seem to be still available. Go get...
Read moreNEW: Al Columbia’s Pim & Francie Collected
As Orson Welles and Terry Gilliam have film adaptations of Don Quixote as their great incomplete masterworks; Al Columbia has Pim And Francie. A work over 15 years in the making, and never now likely to be ‘finished’, the pieces of it...
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