Barbara Bain by Krebstar Available for a mere dollar on Bandcamp today are the fragments that remain in all their noisy glory of the abandoned second CD release (There had been 3 cassettes and several compilation appearances) of my mid-90’s...
Read moreMAGIC IF : Final E.S.P. Live Taping – Museum of Arts and Design – New York, NY – 05/11/13
Alternative Comics @ Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Wow Cool’s noble office-mates Alternative Comics have pushed forth three new comic books on an unsuspecting world that are debuting this weekend up in the worlds most polite city, Toronto, Ontario, Canada at TCAF – The Toronto Comic...
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 moreCelebrate Alternative Free Comic Book Day
We are offering three titles for free comic book day today – none of which are on the official FCBD roster. One of which is a year old now. There is the second book from a group of Portland publishers – Master P’s Theater (Last...
Read moreNew Books in the Shop from Matt Furie, Michael DeForge and Study Group
Dungeon Family by Matt Furie. New from Mt. St. Mtn. I like to imagine that these are all the creatures that would be in bonus levels to Narbacular Drop – the precursor to the popular Valve video game Portal. A quick search reveals that...
Read moreBrown Cuts Neighbors at 2013 New York Electronic Art Festival June 28
Brown Cuts Neighbors “Channel 16” – as presented by Jason Martin, with program materials selected and sequenced by Jason and myself – have been invited to be part of the latest edition of the biennial New York Electronic...
Read moreSupport Andy Ristaino’s Night of the Living Vidiots
Adventure Time designer & storyboarder Andy Ristaino has assembled a 128 pg FULL COLOR book collecting tales of macabre humor that he has written and drawn. Night of the Living Vidiots collects Sci-fi, horror, and comedy melted together and...
Read moreErick Lyle and Josh Bayer on Everything Went Black
Writer Erick Lyle (Scam) and artist Josh Bayer are the guests on the latest Everything Went Black podcast to discuss Erick’s story for the LA Weekly and Scam #9: Damaged: The story of Black Flag’s classic first album about the 30th...
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...
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