Nowheresville: The History of Cool

Mark Ricketts and Galen Showman’s Nowheresville: The History of Cool is a single-issue comic from Caliber Press, launched in 1997 and continuing as an ongoing series. It explores the elusive concept of “cool” through a mix of historical analysis and pop-culture commentary, with Showman’s art bringing Ricketts’ witty, offbeat observations to life. A cult curiosity for its ambitious, essay-like approach to a slippery subject.