Destination DIY is an independent radio show about all things DIY. Right now they are doing a Kickstarter campaign for raise funds for their next season aaaaaandd….if you donate $20 you can get a grab bag of great Sparkplug books! It’s an amazing show and deserves support.
Read moreComing Soon: Nelson
This is the one graphic novel you will want to grab this coming holiday season. A truly unique project, that features the cream of the crop of current UK comic artists. Included are Wow Cool’s house anarchist Simon Gane, serious big favorite here, Mr. John Allison (Bad Machinery) and good...
Read moreNew From Wow Cool: Psycho Donuts Postcards
Brand new from Wow Cool and available exclusively at Psycho Donuts is this set of four colorful postcards (They look infinitely better than the crappy phone photo above) They are a mere 75 cents each (or three for two dollars). So, get on down to either PD location in Campbell or San Jose...
Read moreBig Plans Four and a Half
Hello people. I just posted a long story online that you can read if you wish RIGHT HERE. I know it’s been a long time since the last issue of Big Plans, so hopefully this will do for now. Thanks!
Read moreYou Don’t Get There From Here #18
We now have Carrie McNinch’s latest: You Don’t Get There From Here #18! Carrie’s daily three panels never fail to be entertaining, and this mini is a steal at just $2!
Read moreJason Martin\’s UFO EVIDENCE film – Microscope Gallery – Brooklyn, NY – 05/01/11
IPRC Comics Program
We are about to start the production semester of the Comics Program at the IPRC, there is still room for last minute enrollment and a few special classes are open to individual class enrollment: Minicomics and Paste-Up with John Isaacson Image Science with Jesse Reklaw Prepress and Indesign with...
Read moreGay Genius Released! Free Comic Book in Stores!
Hi everyone, We’ve got great news! After a brief hold-up Gay Genius will see its official release this weekend and next. In Portland there will be a release/dance party tomorrow night! Lots of artists and excitement. Saturday, April 30 · 7:30pm – 11:30pm In Other Words 14...
Read moreMore Yumi!
Rounding out our Yumi Sakugawa catalog, we’ve added An Unfilled Circle and There is No Right Way to Meditate to the store. Hooray! Both really gorgeous books with a meditative quality, from an under-appreciated artist who is totally worth your time.
Read morePower Animals – Transmodern Festival – Baltimore, MD – 04/28/11
Enjoy The Fireworks
Hello. WowCool.com is undergoing a massive, and quite public and live, stripdown and rebuild over the next few days. Things will be looking a bit different as they are ripped apart and pasted back up in different order. Most of the content – the posts and pages – will remain...
Read morePete Von Petrin Live on KPSU April 23, 2011
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/14202928″] As mentioned here recently, Pete Von Petrin just did a little West Coast Tour with his noise making springs and such. To close things off he made an appearance on Portland’s KPSU with fellow local sound meister...
Read moreBill Blackbeard
I got some sad news this weekend. An old friend died last month. Bill Blackbeard was a guy like no other I’ve ever met. In this era of trendy books on old comics, second rate scholarship and a sense that the love has gone out of old comics, Bill was and will always abe a
Read moreThe Beauty of Urban Decay 2
As documented earlier, we continue to build with either no real purpose to the buildings themselves or no realistic plan to sustainably maintain these buildings. There is much glorious decay that remains to be explored by the intrepid and the foolish. Infiltration zine has done a great deal to...
Read moreGwenaelle! Yumi Sakugawa!
We picked up Yumi Sakugawa’s new mini, Goodbye Turtle, at Stumptown last weekend. Another fantastic story from this comics artist! And also new in the store today is our Gwenaelle catalog, a total of six zines. I love her two recipe zines, Little Book of Recipes Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. And the...
Read moreA Brief Bit About Comic Book Shows
Last year I didn’t go to MoCCA, Brooklyn Comics Art, TCAF or SPX for Sparkplug. Other people did those shows for Sparkplug. This was noted by a few people as Sparkplug not being at the shows. This year, I’ve gone to MoCCA and will be doing TCAF. But the truth is I’m only...
Read moreThe Center for PostNatural History on We Make Money Not Art
My colleague Richard Pell is profiled on We Make Money Not Art this week and you should go read that. Not convinced? It starts like this: “If you want to see a penguin, you go to the zoo. If you’re curious about dinosaurs and dodos, any natural history museum will enlighten you. But...
Read moreLibrary Talk with Julia Gfrörer, Diana Schutz, Cris Paschild and Dylan Williams
You can now listen to the library talk with Julia Gfrörer, Diana Schutz, Cris Paschild and Dylan Williams on their podcast: http://multcolib.libsyn.com/srsly-big-deal-making-being-comics-in-portland Lots of talking and funny stuff, including a couple great audience members.
Read moreI’ll Miss You Sarah Jane Smith – Doctor Who Actress Elisabeth Sladen Dead at 63
I’ve been watching Lis Sladen play Sarah Jane Smith on TV since Doctor Who first debuted on PBS in the US, beginning with Tom Baker’s first story ‘Robot’ some 30 or more years ago. I didn’t even know she was sick. She will be much missed. The image above is a screen...
Read more(Un) Pleasant Over Drones at Resound Falmouth 2011
Resound Falmouth 2011 was a three day festival of sound art, contemporary audio performance and installations that happened in Falmouth/Penryn in Cornwall UK March 25-27, 2011. The event was centered around the local community radio station Source FM. The event included presentations, talks and...
Read morePete Von Petrin West Coast Tour
I’m writing this right after getting home from the second show on Pete Von Petrin’s West Coast Spring Tour, where I joined him for a special fognozzle reunion. Thank you so much to the super enthusiastic (and freaking huge) West Oakland crew! As one guest told me, “the room is...
Read moreAn Error at the Printing Plant.
We just found out that there was an error in the printing of Gay Genius and so, it won’t be out this weekend. The party will be moved to later in the month (the 30th) and the official release of the book will be at the party/TCAF in Toronto. Keep your eyes out. The book
Read moreRATSKIN EXPLSTICAL #17 – lewcid joosebox – Oakland, CA – 04/15/11
See fognozzle Reunited in Oakland Friday
Mid-1990s noise project fognozzle – a collaboration between Pete Von Petrin and Marc Arsenault (me) – is getting back together for a show on Friday night in our old home base of Oakland, California. fognozzle never really got out of the warehouse, but did appear on the Mandibles in...
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