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...
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Originally appearing on the DVD set Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series this is the only documentary on the life and work of the great cartoonist Alex Toth that we’ve ever heard of. There is an anecdote involving Jack Kirby...
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Reading Chris Cilla’s The Heavy Hand, I felt a tremendous sense of déjà vu. Each page felt like one I had already read somewhere, even though I hadn’t. One reason it may have felt so familiar is that The Heavy...
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If Red Eye, Black Eye was K. Thor Jensen’s version of a comics senior thesis, then his short story collection Cloud Stories was his PhD. dissertation. The former had all that young cartoonist energy, for good and ill, especially as a work...
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OK, that little holiday break thing is past us now and we’ve got a few treats for you old and new. We are also still taking pre-orders on Rad Erwank/Conspiracy Dog. As you may have heard, online social networks have been a bit of a rats...
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Seen Sunday on MRR’s Instagram account and then circulated elsewhere. Wow Cool has been an occasional stockist of Maximum RockNRoll at various times through the years (and still are Right Now!), we were an advertiser for a chunk of the 90s...
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K. Thor Jensen’s Red Eye, Black Eye (Alternative Comics) is the work of a young cartoonist. That is literally true, as the book was published in 2007 after being serialized online, but the tone and content is very much of a man in his...
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We are taking things easy this week as there appears to be a particularly popular holiday happening. Nonetheless there are new books. And new old books. We are also still taking pre-orders on Rad Erwank/Conspiracy Dog. Wow Cool will be exhibiting...
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Michael Moorcock was born on this day in 1939. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and...
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SHIPPING ALERT! If you want it before Christmas choose First Class or Priority mail and order no later than Tuesday, December 18th. Media Mail may not get to you until 2019. We cannot guarantee delivery times. Exclusive Pre-Order Special: Rad...
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I’m not going to hold your hand on these. It’s been a long week. Go click some links and stare at some stuff. Stop by my shop later today and we can chew the fat about it. Tempeh if you’re vegan. Firstly: Variety has A First...
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One reason why I love comics is that I occasionally run into a creator producing art that would only work as comics. I prefer not to use reductive terms like “pure cartooning”, but I have a great appreciation for many artists who...
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