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Sam Henderson Joins The New York Observer
New York City’s weekly newspaper The Observer – which is in the middle of celebrating it’s 25th year of publication – has recently added a comics section with contributors Sam Henderson (who co-founded Wow Cool 25 years...
Read moreNew Books in the Store: Buzz #3 and Yeah, It Is!
We’ve added a couple new books to the store today! Buzz #3, a mini collecting Corinne Mucha’s always hilarious comics and Yeah, It Is!, a tale of angsty adolescence by Leslie Anne Mackenzie Stein. Please check them out and have...
Read moreRyan Gosling Drives to Schenectady – The Place Beyond The Pines
Ben Coccio, who was a major part of the cast and crew on Brown Cuts Neighbors second and third series of TV shows in the early 1990’s co-wrote the story and the screenplay for upcoming film The Place Beyond The Pines – which was shot...
Read moreVery Small Records Makes The Collector Nerd Sweat
Without David Hayes you would not have East Bay punk rock from the ass end of the last century as you remember it (or how it was for that matter). As of a few weeks ago the latest manifestation of his Very Small Records has solidified (or...
Read morePower Animal Systems in Providence This Weekend
Jason Martin‘s Power Animal Systems will be doing two shows this weekend – Saturday/Sunday, March 23/24 – at AS220’s 95 Empire in Providence, Rhode Island. A wolf-human hybrid trio conduct a seance with the help of...
Read moreBrian K. Vaughan & Marcos Martin Deliver The Private Eye
Comic book creators Brian K Vaughan (Y The Last Man, Lost) and Marcos Martin (Batgirl: Year One, The Amazing Spider-Man) have just released the first chapter in their new ten-part series – The Private Eye – using the direct from...
Read moreKeep Williamsburg Beautiful
Sam Henderson has joined the campaign to spread the message that “Only you can stop pollution”.
Read moreDreams Don’t Die
Ike Eisenmann (Witch Mountain films, The Fantastic Journey and others) and Trini Alvarado (Times Square) star is this unusually arty and sympathetic early 80s TV movie on the New York Graf scene. Some more background on the film. Two young kids...
Read moreUpcoming Small Press Comics Goodness
Here’s a brief roundup of some of the great comic books you can expect to come to these shores (or the Wow Cool shop) in the next few months. This list is by no means comprehensive. No sort of favoritism should be inferred, nor is it...
Read moreHappy Pi Day from Wow Cool
Four years ago I released this video for Pi Day from my band nickname: Rebel. I was going to try to get a remix together for this year’s non-event, but with 10 minutes to go by the time I could have gotten started, it seemed pointless. So...
Read moreCaptain Beefheart interviews and texts 1966 – 2001
Readers of this site will occasionally be exposed to coverage of music by Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and, of course, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Since Don Van Vliet’s passing we’ve been a little light on the Beefheart coverage...
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