A collection of field recordings and field recording based compositions by Marc Arsenault — AKA gritboy — of nickname: Rebel and Brown Cuts Neighbors. Sounds were primarily acquired from 2019 through 2021. Mostly un-touched core samples. But...
Read moregritboy – ‘intanaquaninte’ Single Out Today on Wow Cool
Two gritboy singles in two weeks after 3 years of nothing? A yup! Out today for streaming and download in all the usual places is a new release by gritboy, AKA Marc Arsenault. Intanaquaninte synthesizes – so to speak – all, or at...
Read moregritboy – ‘Amen Tango’ Single Out Now on Wow Cool
Out today for streaming and download in all the usual places is a new release by gritboy, AKA Marc Arsenault. Amen Tango is a drum and bass marathon… No breaks for 11 long minutes. Originally one of many sketches, this is one that was...
Read moreWill Eisner Sequential Art at SVA
Introduction to The Course. This was the 1988 version of the handout given to new students in Will Eisner’s Sequential Art class at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) on 23rd Street in New York City . This happens to be scanned from Sam...
Read moreAlan Moore’s The Show is Happening Now
The long-awaited feature film scripted and guided by the Mage of Northampton Alan Moore is finally here on digital rental and download. The Show is live, and you are invited! DVD and Blu-Ray are expected in November. Tom Burke (Orson Welles in...
Read moreROM Spaceknight is Here
ROM is real. He has arrived. You cannot evade his Analyzer! You cannot escape his Neutralizer! If you are a Dire Wraith he will find you and banish your ass into Limbo! Galador will be free! Visual Merchandising & Store Design. December...
Read moreFree Comics College With Stephen R. Bissette
Wow Cool is proud to welcome Stephen R. Bissette to our roster of contributors this month, and we can guarantee that things will be extra Halloween freaktastic. After that, things might really run off the rails! Look for his first review for us...
Read moreFirst Look at Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman on Netflix
News continues to emerge from The Dreaming on the forthcoming epic Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman and company’s Sandman series of comics and graphic novels. There is now an official preview of Season 1, Episode 1. The Sandman is expected from...
Read moreCowboy Bebop Opening Credits Released by Netflix
And yes, it’s got Ein in it. That’s all I cared about too… It debuts on Netflix November 16. Cowboy Bebop’s bounty hunters are on the run again in this live-action series. Spike Spiegel is played by John Cho (Star Trek, Harold and Kumar)...
Read moreThe Musical Legacy of James Kopta
I lost my great friend and long-time collaborator in Brown Cuts Neighbors and other art, music and writing projects — James Kopta — 19 years ago today. He was only 30. Not a day goes by where I do not miss sitting in a Schenectady restaurant...
Read moreY: The Last Man Official Trailer Released for FX Series on Hulu
After waiting for society to collapse for so very long, it finally did, and a proper screen adaptation for the beloved graphic novel series Y: The Last Man is only a couple years late to the (after)party. Only one remained… The...
Read moreGates of Heck Retrospective Exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
Small, but influential publisher Gates of Heck (1992–2000) is having a retrospective exhibit from Saturday, July 31 through August 11. Gates of Heck was the brainchild of publisher Katharine Gates. Throughout the 90’s, this adventurous...
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