One reason why Eleanor Davis is such an intriguing cartoonist is because her output is so unpredictable. While she has explored everything from science fiction to kid lit to satire and beyond, there is a constant theme running through them...
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Wow Cool is 30 years old. Founded by Sam Henderson, Tom Hart and Marc Arsenault at the School of Visual Arts dorms in 1988, it is now a bookstore, publisher, distributor & music label. To celebrate we are offering 30% off everything in our...
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This week’s headlines: Franchise Lost: Eleanor Davis’ The Secret Science Alliance Link Hustler This week’s highlights: Descender Vol. 6: The Machine War — the final chapter of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s acclaimed...
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Art We have been surveying the comics works of Eleanor Davis the past few weeks through the eyes of new regular reviewer Rob Clough. The Comics Reporter pointed us towards the archive of Eleanor’s contributions to Psychology Today. Check...
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If Chris Ware were to do a book aimed at preteens, it might look a little like The Secret Science Alliance. As a long-time fan of Eleanor Davis (I still vividly remember the micro-mini-comics vending machine she brought to SPX), I was stunned to...
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Check out this week’s articles and browse the new books at Wow Cool from the last couple of weeks! Derf’s True Stories #4 — the last issue in the series — is available for pre-order until Monday at a discounted price. The...
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From Horse #1 a mini-comic created by Dylan Williams in the early 1990s. Posted on Reporter56.com many years ago, retrieved from the Wayback Machine. All of the Horse covers were based on Black Sabbath album covers. Dylan passed away seven years...
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It’s important to note that Eleanor Davis’ hilarious and mind-bending new book Why Art? was originally a presentation for ICON: The Illustration Conference 9. The first half of the book is a send-up of didactic lectures about the...
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The King! Jack Kirby was born one hundred and one years ago today. Jack Kirby in the Wow Cool Shop Related Images:
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After a stellar track record of getting the link-down posted every week, we missed last Sunday. Now we is back with an epic collection of linkages to fab and funky art, music and thee videos. Art A long time friend to Wow Cool and Sparkplug Books...
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I consider Eleanor Davis to be one of the five best cartoonists working today. I’m going to take a look at some of her older, shorter work here and also contribute new reviews of more recent comics. Libby’s Dad. This 2016 Retrofit...
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We have had a seriously busy couple weeks, not least of all because of our big event last week with March artist and Come Again author Nate Powell. He left us a few signed editions of his books. If you are interested in grabbing one, stop by the...
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