The long-awaited feature film scripted and guided by the Mage of Northampton Alan Moore is finally here on digital rental and download. The Show is live, and you are invited! DVD and Blu-Ray are expected in November. Tom Burke (Orson Welles in Netflix’s “Mank”) stars as private...
Read moreFree Comics College With Stephen R. Bissette
Wow Cool is proud to welcome Stephen R. Bissette to our roster of contributors this month, and we can guarantee that things will be extra Halloween freaktastic. After that, things might really run off the rails! Look for his first review for us in just a few hours. In the meanwhile, set your...
Read moreFirst Look at Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman on Netflix
News continues to emerge from The Dreaming on the forthcoming epic Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman and company’s Sandman series of comics and graphic novels. There is now an official preview of Season 1, Episode 1. The Sandman is expected from Netflix in spring 2022. The voice speaking belongs...
Read moreCowboy Bebop Opening Credits Released by Netflix
And yes, it’s got Ein in it. That’s all I cared about too… It debuts on Netflix November 16. Cowboy Bebop’s bounty hunters are on the run again in this live-action series. Spike Spiegel is played by John Cho (Star Trek, Harold and Kumar), Jet Black is a breakout role for Mustafa...
Read moreY: The Last Man Official Trailer Released for FX Series on Hulu
After waiting for society to collapse for so very long, it finally did, and a proper screen adaptation for the beloved graphic novel series Y: The Last Man is only a couple years late to the (after)party. Only one remained… The question is why? Y: The Last Man premieres September 13...
Read moreGates of Heck Retrospective Exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
Small, but influential publisher Gates of Heck (1992–2000) is having a retrospective exhibit from Saturday, July 31 through August 11. Gates of Heck was the brainchild of publisher Katharine Gates. Throughout the 90’s, this adventurous imprint produced idiosyncratic projects by artists...
Read moreJason Martin New Adirondack Power and Light Out Now
Jason “Wolfman” Martin of Brown Cuts Neighbors, The Bunny Brains, Evolution Revolution and Power Animal Systems has a new solo record on the way — The New Adirondack Power and Light. You can get a special digital preview on Bandcamp right now. Full release on limited edition cassette...
Read moreLost Landscapes of San Francisco | December 16
Last year I was very fortunate to be able to attend a one-of-a-kind cinema event. Lost Landscapes of San Francisco by Rick Prelinger at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The carefully curated presentation of mostly home movies dating back over a century has its soundtrack provided by the...
Read moreNorcal Noisefest 2020 with nickname: Rebel
The longest running event for noise and experimental sound art in the United States … the one and only NORCAL NOISEFEST 2020 episode XXIV: ..a virtual hope… has its revenge! As the empire refuses to admit to its weak response to the crisis at hand.. a small band of...
Read moreBring a Box of Donuts to Work Today
OK. More likely than not you are not bringing in a box of anything to share with anyone at anything like an office, but today is the day that I re-release my 1997 cassette LP thing Master of the Pandowdie out into the world. So, that is very special to me. It is a sloppy
Read moreGraphic Content – Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman on BBC 6Music
The British titans of graphic novel writing in our time will be mixing it up on the ones and twos for digital radio station BBC 6Music this month. Alan Moore will be sitting in for Iggy Pop on the Confidential show, Friday October 4; and, Neil Gaiman will be a guest on the Paperback Writers show...
Read moreAlternative Comics’ Book Debuts at SPX Small Press Expo 2019
The exhibitor list is now live for SPX Small Press Expo 2019. Go meet Joel Orff and Robin Enrico at A2 – the Alternative Comics table! Joel will debut his new book Twice Shy. Robin will be hawking copies of the new collection of his classic mini comic series Life of Vice. Other Alternative...
Read morePreorder Dylan Horrocks’ Pickle 11: The Lost Issue
Launched just now! A FundRazr campaign to preorder the long overdue and never before published Pickle #11 by Dylan Horrocks from Black Eye Press. We are hoping to get some copies in the Wow Cool shop when it comes out, but we fully urge you to support this awesome project directly. Now if we...
Read more2019 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest Full Lineup Announced
Wow Cool Alternative Comics will be returning to the PLCAF Small Press Comics Expo on Saturday, February 2, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM, at the Foster City Library. Like the 2018 event we will be bringing a variety of books and zines from Alternative Comics and Sparkplug Books with a variety of other...
Read moreJack Teagle Speaks
Jack Teagle is a freelance illustrator based in South West England. He has worked in a large variety of fields, including editorial, character design, storyboarding, poster/ product/ textile design, and worked as a cartoonist for Front magazine from 2010-2014. He wrote tutorials and worked as a...
Read moreHalloween ComicFest Cupertino Saturday October 27
You visited us for Free Comic Book Day back in May. This event is just like that but with ghosts! It’s a haunted Free Comic Book Day. It’s the Halloween Comic Fest. Wow Cool Alternative Comics is hosting The 2018 Cupertino Halloween Comic Fest from Saturday October 27th through...
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 celebration of the awards. The new award categories...
Read moreD+Q announces 2019 releases at SDCC
Today at San Diego Comic-Con International, Drawn & Quarterly announced the acquisition of numerous new titles, including fall 2019 releases of Making Comics by Lynda Barry and the first volume in a landmark English-language series by beloved Garo cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge as well graphic...
Read moreNate Powell talk and signing for Come Again August 16
Meet the acclaimed artist of Congressman John Lewis’ autobiographic graphic novel of the civil rights movement — March. He will be talking about his work and career, answering questions and signing copies of his books. His latest—Come Again—is One of Publishers Weekly‘s “Top 10...
Read moreAvengers: Infinity War Super Bowl Sunday Trailer
We’re not sure what “An entire universe. Once and for all. #InfinityWar” actually means, but we are sure excited to see the latest Marvel movie. Hopefully the mystery of how Black Widow went from ginger to blonde will be resolved. Everyone is in it. What do we mean by everyone?...
Read moreFree Comic Book Day at Wow Cool Alternative Comics
Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 6th! The Wow Cool® Alternative Comics store in Cupertino is having it’s fourth annual Free Comic Book Day event from 10am-7pm on Saturday, May 6th. There will be tons of free comics for kids and adults, arts and crafts activities for kids, a lemonade...
Read moreThe 2017 RPM Challenge is open for registration
This is The Challenge – Record an album in 28 days, just because you can. That’s 10 songs or 35 minutes of original material recorded during the month of February. More information | Register It’s a little like National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo.org) where writers challenge each...
Read moreWow Cool Boxing Week Sale
Wow Cool Alternative Comics is having a big boxing week sale. 20% off everything in the Cupertino and Online Wow Cool shops Every order completed from Noon Monday, December 26 through Midnight Saturday, December 31st will be discounted 20%. Discount is applied when you add items to your cart...
Read moreAphex Twin Cheetah EP out in one week
It’s been a pretty good year for new music. Here’s the latest. But it is stranger than you think. Mister Richard D. James is about to drop a new record in all the popular formats (including a limited cassette – 2000 copies). It’s called Cheetah. It’s an Aphex Twin...
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