First announced a year ago, it now is official that the legendary FantaCon will be returning in 2013. FantaCon was first launched in August 1979 in Albany, New York by Kevin and Veronica Cahill and Tom Skulan. It was the first comic convention I...
Read moreNew in the Shop – Thickness #3
We have just received a discreet shipment of the last issue of the Ryan Sands & Michael DeForge edited anthology of erotic comics. It was shipped to us in a plain brown wrapper. Thickness #3 Features sexy new comics by Lamar Abrams, Jimmy...
Read moreBreedlove – New York City Rooftop
Featuring Lady Starlight rocking a very different look at 1:40 in. Enjoy! Get on the Starlight Tumblr Machine. Breedlove Home Base.
Read moreJason Martin And Brown Cuts Neighbors Video Explosion
Jason Martin has posted a large selection of videos spanning over 20 years of live performances, music videos and television clips. There are many great rarely seen Brown Cuts Neighbors shows in the set, including several from my time with the...
Read morePassage Nominated for 2 Ignatzes!
Tessa Brunton’s Passage has been nominated for two Ignatz awards (“Promising New Talent” and “Outstanding Comic”)! We’re really proud of this book and of Tessa for crafting such a beautiful, heartfelt...
Read moreRIP Joe Kubert
I was very sad to hear yesterday of the passing of Joe Kubert, one of the true giants of the comics book industry, from near to it’s beginnings until the present day. It’s pretty much impossible to measure the extent of his influence...
Read morePortland Zine Symposium
Hey all! Please join us this weekend for the Portland Zine Symposium! We’ll be tabling with a lot of our distro stock, including some new zines. PZS takes place at Refuge (116 SE Yamhill) and the hours are Saturday 10-6...
Read moreGo To This: Carousel @ SOLOWAY
CAROUSEL @ SOLOWAY Friday, August 3, 2012 8:00 pm Soloway presents the latest CAROUSEL, cartoon slide shows created and presented by a wide array of writers, cartoonists, and other characters.Featuring: Gabrielle Bell, Emily Flake, Myla Goldberg...
Read moreNew In The Shop – Karl Stevens’ The Lodger
New to the Wow Cool shop is Karl Stevens’ excellent LA Times Book Prize nominated book The Lodger. Also available are Karl’s Ignatz award funded debut release Guilty and the Alternative Comics published Whatever. Karl’s Failure...
Read moreSupport This: The Projects PDX
THE PROJECTS: experimental art + comics festival in Portland. A new era for comics art: 3 days of workshops, exhibitions, screenings and collaborative projects with artists from around the world. Oct. 19-21, IPRC (and other venues), Portland, OR...
Read moreCute Minicomic Alert – Turtle Needs Work
Turtle Needs Work by Steve Wolfhard is about the cutest damn thing ever. New from Koyama Press and available in our shop right now.
Read moreOur Shoddy New Office Mates
The news seems to have gotten around that Wow Cool has put up Alternative Comics in the front room like a sketchy relative. This is true. Largely the front room part, where Alternative Comics is now based. The shelves have also arrived...
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