The mighty Teen-Beat Records celebrates its 30 year anniversary. Wow Cool’s house band nickname: Rebel has paid tribute to their releases twice in the past; first on the 20th anniversary covers comp Relax Brother, Relax – with a...
Read moreThe Reich Bundle is here!
You can now purchase all 12 issues of Reich at once, and save $6 off the total cost of the collection! It’s a steal for this great series. Order here!
Read moreThe Residents’ theory of Obscurity Film coming to SxSW
Theory of Obscurity – Teaser Trailer #1 from Don Hardy on Vimeo. Theory of Obscurity, the definitive film documentary of San Fransisco-based art/music/performance group The Residents is debuting at South By Southwest in March, and is...
Read moreHungry Summer on the High-Low Best of 2014!
Rob Clough gave a nice little write-up of Asher Craw’s Hungry Summer for The Comics Journal. Clough says: “Craw updates the myth of Baba Yaga and puts it in a feminist, modern context without removing an ounce of...
Read moreSparkplug at LA Zine Fest this weekend!
Sparkplug is going to LA! We’ll see you this Sunday, February 15th. LA Zine Fest is free, open to the public, and one of our favorite conventions! More info here.
Read moreSparkplug’s 2015 Publishing Schedule Announcement!
Attention Reviewers!
My list of reviewers is woefully outdated, so I am putting out the call! If you would like copies of Sparkplug titles (pdf or otherwise) please let me know! You can email me at virginia (at) sparkplugcomicbooks (dot) com. We put...
Read moreTaken to the cleaners
Unbelievably, just a month and a half after the Wow Cool | Alternative Comics shop was burglarized we have been hit again by what strongly appears to be the same thief or thieves. The method of entry and pattern of theft are very similar to what...
Read moreSparkplug at Write to Publish in Portland!
Our friends at PSU’s Ooligan Press throw a yearly publishing conference here in Portland, and this year, Sparkplug will be tabling at their book fair! Write to Publish takes place on Saturday, January 31st at Smith Memorial Student...
Read moreSparkplug Tentative Convention Schedule, 2015!
Hello, friends! It looks like 2015 is going to be a pretty busy year. We have a convention planned nearly every month from now until September. Here is the schedule so far: Jan. 31: Write to Publish, Portland, OR (confirmed) Feb. 15: LA...
Read moreNew Books Making Their Way into the Shop
In the build-up to the popular holiday season, Wow Cool added bajillions of new books to our physical shop in Cupertino, CA (Book thieves, take note). We are now finally getting these books added into our online catalog at WowCool.com. Some are...
Read moreJe Suis Charlie
Art by John Derf Backderf. Click to make big. Share widely.
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