I think it’s pretty clear what a bad idea this is… “We’re out of bubble bath” “Hey, I think dad has some in the garage!”
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Wow Cool turns 20
Wow Cool was launched 20 years ago this month by Sam Henderson, Tom Hart and Marc Arsenault in New York. Tonight, a few of those characters and more are gathering in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York for a memorial pub crawl. If you...
Read moreWow Cool gets all historical
It seems that Wow Cool has been around long enough now (20 years this coming January) that it has attained some sort of historical signifigance, or at least our old friend Rick Bradford of the Poopsheet Foundation thinks so. I guess I need to get...
Read morethe Funny Books have been put in their place
If you occasionally check this thing out solely for the comic book related content, and could give a crap about the rest, all that noise has now been stuffed into it’s own category, named Funny Books. I would have just done this quietly...
Read moreThe Comics Reporter interviews Simon Gane
Simon is the subject in the third in this years series of holiday interview by Tom Spurgeon at his Excellent The Comics Reporter site. Tom talks to Simon about everything from his early anarcho-minicomics to his current success with Paris and...
Read moreIn Troy, NY, December 21 – Trojan Implosion!
5 years till the end of days party FRIDAY DEC. 21ST at 51 3rd st. TROY, NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC MAPSROSS GOLDSTEINJASON MARTINWith special guest: DJ JESSE STILES 9pm b.y.o.b. December 21st, 2007 marks the beginning of the 5 year countdown to a 2012...
Read moreStupid Pages 16 – Chicken Boy
Chicken Boy by Marc Arsenault
Read moreKarlheinz Stockhausen – Final Kontakte
I was very sad to hear this evening of the passing of the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. I’ve found he is someone who more people have heard of then have listened to his works. Often, at best, they know of the connection from Holger...
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 15 – Chattanooga Choo Choo
Not entirely true story of meeting Mark Martin and the famous Ben ‘Benny’ Burford at the restaurant at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Benny owns many drawings of mine, which I find bizarre. The unreadable caption in panel five should read...
Read moreHappy Hollow, San Jose, CA
I dragged the fam and friends to the amazing Happy Hollow in San Jose, California today (OK… they dragged me). Despite being months behind on organizing photos, I had to pop these up right away. What a strange and wonderful place. See the...
Read moreSan Francisco Comic Book Shop Experiences Good and Bad
It was long past time I found a new place to buy books when in San Francisco… My local crappy shop in Brooklyn closed up a couple years ago and I finally sucked it up to ride the F out to visit Alex at his excellent Rocketship, and now...
Read moreflickr gets the goods – Schmap San Jose Guide
A photo of mine of the Winchester Mystery House is in something called the Schmap San Jose Guide. I’m in Santa Clara County, California now. If you’re going to be here, this may help you get around. My original photo set on flickr is...
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