New in the Store: Sky in Stereo #2!

Sky in Stereo #2 picks up shortly after the incredible first issue left off, plunging the reader back into the tumultuous life of Iris, a teenage girl living in early 1990s Manchester. In this issue, Iris experiments with hallucinogens, pines over her crush, fights with her parents, and...

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Support this: Tangiers – Avant Garde Stealth Game

Imagine a video game that combines a 3D explorable world that has the stealth gameplay of Thief with the ideas of the 20th century avant garde as documented in Re/Search and you still might not having something as great as what Tangiers is poised to deliver. Go read this interview with Tangiers’...

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Josh Bayer’s Raw Power Part Two is Out Now

Josh Bayer’s Raw Power Part Two is Out Now

Josh Bayer’s Raw Power Part Two is now available in the Wow Cool Shop. Noah Van Sciver says, “That shit is intense!!” Go get yours now. Also new to the shop are two of Josh Shalek’s fine books: Falling Rock National Park #1 and Tomb of the Zombies. We have also finally...

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Wow Cool @ 25 Comics FX July 1989

Wow Cool @ 25 Comics FX July 1989

Wow Cool got a whole page in the old small press comics tabloid Comics F/X back in July 1989. The man incorrectly identified as Marc is actually the sculptor Paul Komoda. Sam cleverly altered minor details of Wow Cool history to protect the guilty parties.

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Massive Attack v Adam Curtis

I’m afraid you’ve already missed it. It happened. The Journalist Adam Curtis and Robert Del Naja and his band Massive Attack — with vocalists Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and Horace Andy — staged a show over some nine days at an abandoned railway station as part of...

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Kickstart this: Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows

My good friend and bandmate Nick Carpenter is associate producing this documentary. It launched its Kickstarter a few hours ago. Have a look. Help out. Watch until the end as you will have a laugh. Syl is a super interesting subject, a major part of soul music history, and a volatile person and...

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Maximum RockNRoll #363 August 2013

Maximum RockNRoll #363 August 2013

The latest issue of Maximum RockNRoll will be on newsstands any day now. It contains the expanded print version of the memoriam of Ramones creative director Arturo Vega that I put together with Punk Magazine guy John Holmstrom and photographer Godlis. You should go get that. There is a short...

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Don’t Call Me Crazy On The 4th Of July

Don’t Call Me Crazy On The 4th Of July from Rich Pell on Vimeo. Some holiday viewing for you. Bob Lansberry spent 30 year protesting government mind control and mail censorship on the streets of Pittsburgh. Prior to his death, he acquired a copy of his FBI file that ran over 400 pages in...

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Vodka Soaked Magic Whistle

Sam Henderson would like you to know three things: He has produced a new video of his gag cartoons [above] He is almost completely done building the new MagicWhistle.com Magic Whistle #0 is available to download now and was actually out as a DRM-Free eBook days before whatever this business...

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Jack Kirby Two Page Spreads

Jack Kirby Two Page Spreads

All you need to look at right now. This is it. This is it. Get on the glory boat with this glorious photo set on flickr. Bonus bit: Check out this conversation between Jack Kirby and Carmine Infantino.

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New in the Store: The Big Feminist But Anthology!

The Big Feminist But is the newest anthology in our store, edited by Shannon O’Leary and Joan Reilly. It’s a multi-faceted, thoughtful reflection upon modern feminism that entertains, provokes, and demands attention. Featuring a wide variety of talented artists and writers, including...

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Alternative Comics #4 Now In The Shop

Alternative Comics #4 Now In The Shop

Alternative Comics’ flagship anthology returns as a twice-yearly comic with more pages—showcasing the best indie, web and zine artists of today’s underground. Cover art by Mike Bertino (Trigger). Comics by Theo Ellsworth (The Understanding Monster) & Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi), Sam...

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