Kickstart my Heart: Dr. McNinja's Radical Adventures!

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Features
Kickstart my Heart is a semi-regular blog series on Portland Kickstarter projects we don't hate.Since 2005, webcomic The Adventures of Dr. McNinja has been regaling readers with tales of a ninja who is also a doctor, fighting evil mimes, space dinosaurs, lobster men, and of course ninjas' natural enemies, pirates. Local start-up game studio Fat Cat GameWorks has taken to Kickstarter to turn ...   More
 
Friday, April 20, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Headout: Comic Con-Versation

The Projects is a European-style comics festival.


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Paint-by-numbers murals, choose-your-own adventure stories and Chinese street art—the Projects is not your little brother’s comics festival. That’s kind of...   More
 
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Jeff Parker and Erika Moen, Bucko

The director’s cut.


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In the age of DVRs, Hulu, Netflix, iTunes and, let’s be honest, BitTorrent, there’s very little reason to buy DVDs of movies and TV shows—unless they come packed with extras. That’s the at   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Pulp Nonfiction

Writer Phil Stanford turns to Dark Horse Comics to get at the truth of Portland’s secrets.


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Phil Stanford made his name in Portland by needling the pompous and powerful with his columns for The Oregonian and the Portland Tribune. But...   More
 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 BRENT WALTH

Willamette Geek: Wizard World Announces Portland Comic Con

The Walmart of comic cons?

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Features
In last week's paper, I wrote about Rose City Comic-Con, a new comic/pop culture convention by a newcomer to the convention world who is nevertheless hoping to grow the event to the size of our northern neighbor's Emerald City Comic-Con. I managed to stick my head in on Sunday afternoon, and was pleased to see a full house, with loads of kids in attendance (as was the organizer's ...   More
 
Monday, September 10, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Rose City Comic-Con

Can Portland build a con to rival the mighty Emerald City?


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Stumptown, Kumoricon, Wonder Northwest, OryCon-—does Portland really need another geek convention?  Ron Brister sure thinks so, and he says he’s got the numbers to prove it. The first Ros   More
 
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 RUTH BROWN

Willamette Geek: Rose City Comic-Con Schedule Released

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Features
Because the weekend of September 8 isn't busy enough between MusicfestNW and TBA, here's another item for the calendar: Rose City Comic-Con. Does Portland really need another comics or pop culture festival? Organizer Ron Brister certainly thinks so—I spoke to him last week, and he told me he thinks Rose City will bring something new to the table:"We didn't have a mainstream pop culture ...   More
 
Monday, August 27, 2012 RUTH BROWN

No Straight Lines

LGBTQ comics 101

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Arts & Books
With some mainstream comic book characters coming out of the closet, it's important to acknowledge those who have been out the whole time. For decades, LGBTQ comics have been relegated to appearing in gay newspapers and bookstores. Cut off from the mainstream, this insular world developed a unique style and provided a forum for addressing and discussing issues within the queer community.No Straight ...   More
 
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 JOHN LOCANTHI

Willamette Geek: Black Friday for Nerds

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Features
Behold the triumphant return of Willamette Geek, WW's virtual clubhouse for nerdy news and events around Portland: gaming, tech, comics, conventions, sci fi, teh interwebs and other pursuits of the intellectually superior.With few events happening around town this week thanks to some holiday or something, we decided to round up some of Portland's best local Black Friday deals for people not interested ...   More
 
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by Ruth Brown

Oil and Water

The Gulf Coast oil spill in graphic detail.


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In August 2010, a project called PDX 2 Gulf Coast took a group of 22 Oregonians to the Gulf of Mexico to get a firsthand look at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that had devastated the e   More
 
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 RUTH BROWN

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