I seriously can’t I cannot imagine a world that does not have Kim Thompson in it. One of my longest continuos professional relationships in the strange world of American comic books has suddenly come to an end. Nothing I can do about it. A big cosmic fuck you. I think I first dealt with...
Read moreJess Johnson’s Auto da Fé Book Available Now
My old friend and Fantagraphics co-worker Jess Johnson has released a compilation volume of sketchbooks and “Auto da Fé” zines chronicling the past decade. Based on the description it is safe to say that it makes for some very interesting reading. Five sketchbooks are represented...
Read moreHelp Complete Alan Moore’s Jimmy’s End Film Cycle
Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins have turned to Kickstarter to fund the final chapter of five in their film cycle Jimmy’s End. “His Heavy Heart” is in need of £45,000 to complete filming. £30 (currently about $47) appears to me to be the sweet spot with the inclusion of a DVD and...
Read moreSparkplug at CAKE!
Sparkplug will be at CAKE this weekend! This show was really enjoyable last year and I’m looking forward to it. We’ll be at table 2 right near the entrance. There’s no admission fee and a ton of great artists. Hope to see you there!
Read moreParty Like It’s 2006
Three more-or-less animated videos, and one where not much of anything happens. I played the hell out of these some seven years ago. They were all part of the very first Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty in 2006. I forget which ones I voted for, but it’s a safe bet a couple of these were in...
Read moreMaurice Sendak’s Bumble Ardy on Sesame Street
I surely saw this many times on Sesame Street, but have no memory of it. Maurice Sendak would have been 85 today, as Google reminds us with their somewhat dodgy doodle today. Sendak was the featured interview subject of the most recent print edition of The Comics Journal. You should check that...
Read moreSteven Cerio’s PIE available on Kindle and ComiXology
Once upon a time in the mid-late 1990’s Wow Cool published a comic called Pie by mister Steven Cerio. Now, through the magic of tablet-cloud-microransaction technology with a goddamn battle axe you can get the thing magically transported to your trusty PDA, mother box, Slate, or whatever...
Read moreMagnificent Pigtail Shadow screening & Atlantic Drone performance – Dogwood – Beacon, NY – 06/07/13
Steven Cerio in Beacon New York Friday
Steven Cerio will be showing his film The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow and performing with his band Atlantic Drone Friday night, June 7 at the Dogwood in Beacon, New York. Get the soundtrack to the film here.
Read moreOlympia Comics Fest this weekend!
Hey all! Emily will be manning the Sparkplug table at Olympia Comics Fest this weekend. The festival takes place at the Olympia Center on Saturday June 8th. Please join us, we’ll have a ton of books including some new distro stock!
Read moreGreenlight This: INFRA
It’s been too long since we’ve mentioned any video games or deep topography related items here, so, via Rock, Paper Shotgun, we urge you to check out this very interesting game in development that you can help support right now by green lighting it on Steam. Infra is a first-person...
Read moreNew Books in the Store!
We’ve picked up a bunch of new distro books in the last couple weeks and put them in the store! First up, we’ve restocked Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf #0-2 and added Wuvable Oaf #3 and #4. The Portland comics performance group Gridlords released an anthology this spring called...
Read moreMichael DeForge The Boy In Question
Michael DeForge has delivered a brand new full-length comic from Space Face Books called The Boy In Question and it is in our shop now. Enjoy.
Read moreOur Summer Intern covers Scott Pilgrim’s Sex Bob-Omb
Or Beck’s, as the case pretty much is… Maggie is helping us out with something mysterious known as spreadsheets, or something like that. It’s all very timey-wimey strange stuff… data base is possibly the new thing after dubstep. No idea. We hope she sorts it out for us...
Read morePatrick Kyle New Comics
New Comics by Partick Kyle. Massive Risograph glory. Oh, just go get that.
Read moreAlternative Comics Announces Additional 2013 Print and Digital Releases
Erik T. Johnson’s Outliers #1 and Sam Henderson’s Magic Whistle #0 Added to Alternative Comics‘ 2013 schedule. Debuting on ComiXology, and also available direct from the publisher, on June 19, is the free digital-only full-length comic Magic Whistle #0 by Sam Henderson. This newly...
Read moreJen Sorensen Wins Reuben Award for Editorial Cartoons
Jen ‘Slowpoke’ Sorensen has won the prestigious 2013 Reuben Award for Editorial Cartoons – presented every year since 1954 by the National Cartoonists Society. Big congratulations to her from everyone at Wow Cool and Alternative Comics. Alternative published Jen’s first...
Read moreMemorial Music Monday
It seems fitting somehow to present some recent sounds from members of Brown Cuts Neighbors on Memorial Day, since one of our main members – James Kopta – has been gone from us for over a decade. The work lives on, however, and many of our videos will be presented by Jason Martin as...
Read moreJuxtapoz #149 Beastie Boys: A Visual History + Tribute to MCA
I think that’s pretty self-explanatory. You need this. Go get it now from the Wow Cool shop.
Read moreKarl Stevens’ Failure Available Now
The new book from the acclaimed author of Guilty, Whatever, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Lodger, Failure collects Karl Stevens’ beautifully rendered humorous comic strips from the Phoenix, Boston’s recently deceased alternative weekly. His slice of life vignettes and...
Read moreDash Shaw Three New Stories
Contrary to popular belief, Fantagraphics Books does occasionally issue a floppy comic book every now and then. We’re not sure how far and wide this one is being spread, but it would be very nice to see this sort of book from comics’ foremost formalist Dash Shaw come out on a fairly...
Read more33.3 Joy Division – Les Bains Douches Dec 1979
Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, died by his own hand some 33 years and 3 days ago. The recording above (from 18th December 1979: Les Bains Douches, Paris), which I’d never encountered before this evening, sounds – to my audio engineer and former DJ ears – to be...
Read moreAlternative Comics @ TCAF 2013
Special guest report from Laura Susong on the 2013 Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). Alternative Comics found itself in a serious last-minute crunch when artist Karl Stevens fell ill and could not attend the show. Like the kick-ass stormtrooper she is, Laura stepped up to the plate and made...
Read moreWow Cool Comics Order reviews by comicKkrakK
I was looking for links related to Jonny Negron, when I stumbled upon these two unexpected gems. Our customer comicKkrakK has reviewed at great length and depth his experiences with ordering comics from Wow Cool. He seems pleased. Thanks Mr. comicKkrakK! He has many videos up, including a review...
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