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...
Read moreFranchise Lost: Eleanor Davis’ The Secret Science Alliance – Review
If Chris Ware were to do a book aimed at preteens, it might look a little like The Secret Science Alliance. As a long-time fan of Eleanor Davis (I still vividly remember the micro-mini-comics vending machine she brought to SPX), I was stunned to...
Read moreWow Cool Round-Up: New Books and Comics September 14, 2018
Check out this week’s articles and browse the new books at Wow Cool from the last couple of weeks! Derf’s True Stories #4 — the last issue in the series — is available for pre-order until Monday at a discounted price. The...
Read more“Are You Crazy” By Dylan Williams
From Horse #1 a mini-comic created by Dylan Williams in the early 1990s. Posted on Reporter56.com many years ago, retrieved from the Wayback Machine. All of the Horse covers were based on Black Sabbath album covers. Dylan passed away seven years...
Read moreA Joke Telling Itself: Eleanor Davis’ Why Art? – Review
It’s important to note that Eleanor Davis’ hilarious and mind-bending new book Why Art? was originally a presentation for ICON: The Illustration Conference 9. The first half of the book is a send-up of didactic lectures about the...
Read moreJack Kirby 101
The King! Jack Kirby was born one hundred and one years ago today. Jack Kirby in the Wow Cool Shop
Read moreSunday Night Links X2
After a stellar track record of getting the link-down posted every week, we missed last Sunday. Now we is back with an epic collection of linkages to fab and funky art, music and thee videos. Art A long time friend to Wow Cool and Sparkplug Books...
Read moreShort Works By Eleanor Davis Reviewed
I consider Eleanor Davis to be one of the five best cartoonists working today. I’m going to take a look at some of her older, shorter work here and also contribute new reviews of more recent comics. Libby’s Dad. This 2016 Retrofit...
Read moreNew Books at Wow Cool for August 24th 2018
We have had a seriously busy couple weeks, not least of all because of our big event last week with March artist and Come Again author Nate Powell. He left us a few signed editions of his books. If you are interested in grabbing one, stop by the...
Read moreEvery Person Is A Story: Mimi Pond’s The Customer Is Always Wrong – Review
Mimi Pond’s follow-up to her 2014 book Over Easy, The Customer Is Always Wrong, takes the best parts of the first book and amplifies them. The story of Pond’s stand-in character Madge, an inspiring artist working as a waitress at the...
Read moreSunday Go To Meeting Links
Art Matt Seneca dives into Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X—the ultra violent re-imagining of Marvel’s Logan/Wolverine’s ‘origin’ story—at the Comics Journal. The Black Panther Party wasn’t just happening in...
Read more2018 Harvey Award Nominees Announced
Winners will be announced at the 30th Anniversary Celebration on October 5th during ReedPOP’s New York Comic Con NEW YORK, NY – August XX, 2018 – The Harvey Awards today revealed the nominees and new categories debuting at the 30th anniversary...
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