We have marked down a selection of books by various artists and from several series that are great ‘jumping on’ or ‘get introduced to’ points.., most of them from Alternative Comics. So, now, for a mere dollar, you can get...
Read moreNew in the Shop Stink Helmet by Otto Splotch
Stink Helmet is Otto Splotch’s brand new 80 page full color graphic novel. True life, SiFi future, people exercising… Real Fun. Dysfunctional people living in a psychedelic world of slime and slime and fart jokes. A classic to share...
Read moreNew in the Store: You Don’t Get There From Here #26 and In Situ #2!
We’ve got two awesome new comics in the shop this week! First up, the long-awaited next installment in Carrie McNinch’s bittersweet zine series, You Don’t Get There From Here #26. In this issue, Carrie goes to Oaxaca to...
Read moreLou Reed and Ren GuangYi Chen Tai Chi
As you have probably heard by now, writer and musician Lou Reed has passed away at age 71. I’d listened to his music for years, but there was a side to him I had not heard about that I became very familiar with through my work for Kung Fu...
Read moreDADA DADA DADA DADA DADA
The late-1960s documentary film of Dada by Helmut Herbst has haunted me for some time and has been an influence both in its form and for its subject. “Germany Dada” or “DADA-Manifest – DA DA – ein Alphabet des...
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: Take a Picture, by Asher Z. Craw
No discussion of work from local artists and writers can possibly be considered complete without including the Craws, and Asher’s Take a Picture is a lovely and thoughtful addition to Portland’s creative body. The first...
Read moreAlan Moore – the Low-Budget Biopic
Jeffrey Lewis tells you all you need to know about Alan Moore. We have just added about 40 of Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics titles to the Wow Cool store, most at discounted prices. Go get yours.
Read moreSparkplug Highlights: The Golem of Gabirol, by Olga Volozova
Olga Volozova’s portrait of the life of the late Solomon Ibn Gabirol mixes ancient Jewish lore with her unique, fluid style of storytelling in The Golem of Gabirol. Originally told by Ibn Yahya in “Shalshelet...
Read moreNew in the Store: Vortex #4!
Welcome to the psychedelic space fantasy cosmos of the Hyperverse, a realm filled with immensely powerful beings who battle over worlds with strange geologies and hoard advanced technologies left by ancient starfarers. The Vortex are...
Read moreGo Listen: Eight Hour Four Tet Mix on Rinse FM
The soundtrack for your day. On Sunday, the 6th of October 2013, Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, took over the Rinse FM airwaves for a very special one-off extended 8 hour show featuring guest mixes from Caribou, Floating Points, Anthony...
Read moreLiverpool FC – Anfield Rap
For those who did not get the full effect, and were left needing more from our last post, here is the entire Anfield rap. You will never walk alone, brother.
Read moreRight Place, Wrong Speed – John Peel Day +1
Yes, we are a day late. Friday, October 11 (or possibly Sunday, the thirteenth, or maybe some other day… we acknowledge the eleventh) was John Peel Day. Digging around this week, nearly nine years after John Peel passed, a number of things...
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