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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Read moreGabrielle Drake in JG Ballard’s Crash 1971
Moving together through an elaborately signaled landscape. See Previous.
Read moreBil Keane’s Family-Style Circus at PF Chang’s
In PF Chang’s restaurants around the land there exists something like this… A former pay telephone alcove, with a shelf and an empty phone jack, guarded not by terracotta warriors, but by enlarged Family Circus cartoons by Bil Keane...
Read moreGary Panter New York Stories
Gary Panter‘s autobiographical story of his life lived near music is pretty much the most must-read comic of the season. Features a guest appearance by Ross Goldstein – formerly a member of Jason Martin’s Evolution Revolution...
Read moreWow Cool @25 – Tuna Casserole The Artists Edition
We just got a new scanner here in Wow Cool land, and instead of picking some stunning and masterful piece of art, I chose this crappy jam comic from long ago. Phil Felix stopped by Harvey Kurtzman’s class at the School of Visual Arts (SVA)...
Read moreA Bill of Rights For Comics Creators
Nearly 25 years ago Scott McCloud – creator of Zot! and Understanding Comics – composed a draft of a Creators Bill of Rights for comic book artists. In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day we reproduce it here, and ask, have...
Read morePat Povilaitis in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
In a classic case of ‘It always comes back to comics’ in my life, Pat ‘The Human Vise’ Povilaitis – who was the star of the Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic DVD that I made a few years ago with Atomic...
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