If Chris Ware were to do a book aimed at preteens, it might look a little like The Secret Science Alliance. As a long-time fan of Eleanor Davis (I still vividly remember the micro-mini-comics vending machine she brought to SPX), I was stunned to see her completely reinvent aspects of her visual...
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Check out this week’s articles and browse the new books at Wow Cool from the last couple of weeks! Derf’s True Stories #4 — the last issue in the series — is available for pre-order until Monday at a discounted price. The comic will debut at Small Press Expo 2018 this...
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From Horse #1 a mini-comic created by Dylan Williams in the early 1990s. Posted on Reporter56.com many years ago, retrieved from the Wayback Machine. All of the Horse covers were based on Black Sabbath album covers. Dylan passed away seven years ago today. Dylan’s press Sparkplug Books is...
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It’s important to note that Eleanor Davis’ hilarious and mind-bending new book Why Art? was originally a presentation for ICON: The Illustration Conference 9. The first half of the book is a send-up of didactic lectures about the nature of art, undermining accepted conventions and...
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The King! Jack Kirby was born one hundred and one years ago today. Jack Kirby in the Wow Cool Shop
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After a stellar track record of getting the link-down posted every week, we missed last Sunday. Now we is back with an epic collection of linkages to fab and funky art, music and thee videos. Art A long time friend to Wow Cool and Sparkplug Books – Gabrielle Gamboa has recently posted...
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I consider Eleanor Davis to be one of the five best cartoonists working today. I’m going to take a look at some of her older, shorter work here and also contribute new reviews of more recent comics. Libby’s Dad. This 2016 Retrofit release is further proof of Davis’ versatility...
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We have had a seriously busy couple weeks, not least of all because of our big event last week with March artist and Come Again author Nate Powell. He left us a few signed editions of his books. If you are interested in grabbing one, stop by the shop or call. After Labor Day they
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Mimi Pond’s follow-up to her 2014 book Over Easy, The Customer Is Always Wrong, takes the best parts of the first book and amplifies them. The story of Pond’s stand-in character Madge, an inspiring artist working as a waitress at the colorful Imperial Cafe, takes a bit of a back seat...
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Art Matt Seneca dives into Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X—the ultra violent re-imagining of Marvel’s Logan/Wolverine’s ‘origin’ story—at the Comics Journal. The Black Panther Party wasn’t just happening in Oakland some 50 yers ago. Not even just in the US...
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Winners will be announced at the 30th Anniversary Celebration on October 5th during ReedPOP’s New York Comic Con NEW YORK, NY – August XX, 2018 – The Harvey Awards today revealed the nominees and new categories debuting at the 30th anniversary celebration of the awards. The new award categories...
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Check out some of this week’s content and browse our new books! We are super happy to welcome new regular book reviewer Rob Clough to Wow Cool. He’s starting out this week with Mimi Pond’s double shot of diner fare in Over Easy and The Customer is Always Wrong. This...
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Reading Mimi Pond’s book Over Easy (Drawn & Quarterly), one gets the sense that this is a book that had to be written. As a professional writer and cartoonist for over thirty years (The Simpsons, Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Designing Women are among her credits), Pond has an...
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The summer is just zooming by. How is it August already? The 2019 calendars are in the stores. Next year’s IKEA catalog is in the mailbox. People are firming up Halloween plans. It’s a Sunday. Take a breather with some hot link blogging (see what I did there?). Art There is to be...
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Team Wow Cool made the trip to DTSJ – Downtown San Jose, specifically to SoFA (South of First Area. What? Really, that’s what it stands for?) for the South First Fridays Art Walk last night. The event skipped July, so this was sort of the last hurrah before Fall creeps in… as...
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Check out some of this week’s content and browse our new books! This week’s headlines: Tom Hart is creating and teaching comics on Patreon Something Good To Read On A Sunday for July 29th Nate Powell talk and signing for Come Again August 16 This week’s highlights...
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Art: Take a Trip to the Museum With Cartoonists John Porcellino & Gabrielle Bell. Check out zco.mx, a curated not-for-profit comic-sharing website for self-publishing cartoonists and their readers. The site brings cartoonists together to build and share an audience, and readers can...
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Check out some of this week’s content and browse our new books! This week’s headlines: Tom Hart is creating and teaching comics on Patreon Something Good To Read On A Sunday for July 22nd — Hungry Ghosts Nate Powell talk and signing for Come Again August 16 This week’s...
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Hey everyone, I’m on Patreon! Support my 17+ years mentoring new cartoonists! Spells, sketches and secret sauces in the patron-only feed. I work tirelessly to create an advanced comics pedagogy along with serious mentorship to support comic artists. And all while I create my own kick-ass...
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Art: Starting off this week we have a couple items from new blog on the block Popula. “Popula is a journalist-owned, journalist-run, ad-free publication with nobody to answer to, except you.” They seem to have some serious ambitions. They do have some seriously good content, so we...
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Below is the full list of 2018 Eisner Award Nominees & Winners. The Winners are in BOLD. The awards were presented at a ceremony in San Diego, California on the evening of Friday, July 20, 2018 as part of Comic-Con International. Presenters included Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek’s Lt...
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WowCool.com is back on its feet with regular articles, blog posts, and news updates. Check out some of this week’s content and browse our new books! This week’s headlines: Meet Jim Starlin – The Infinity Architect Something Good To Read On A Sunday for July 15th D+Q announces 2019...
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Today at San Diego Comic-Con International, Drawn & Quarterly announced the acquisition of numerous new titles, including fall 2019 releases of Making Comics by Lynda Barry and the first volume in a landmark English-language series by beloved Garo cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge as well graphic...
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The legendary San Diego Comic-Con International is happening this week. Instead of pissing and moaning about ‘where have all the comic books gone’ we will simply report on the comics news that comes out of the show that we think you might be interested in… bullet-list style...
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