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Joe Streckert is the author of Storied & Scandalous Portland, Oregon: A History of Gambling, Vice, Wits, and Wagers. He writes about books, history, and comics.
The careers of three Oregon political cartoonists reflect how the industry has changed.
Portland has obviously not always been a city filled with bicycles and very nice coffee. It used to be a fairly colorful frontier town with a focus on shipping, mining, and logging. There haven’t been too many good books about Portland history, though. Previously, if you wanted to learn about rowdy loggers, shanghaied sailors, and […]
Joe Sacco and Chris Hedges explore America’s tragedies in Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
Today is a momentous occasion, Portland. One hundred years ago today, a man won glory. Silas Christofferson was an early aviator, and on June 11th, 1912 he made history. Armed with little more than a tiny plane and a jaunty hat, he soared mightily over the streets and citizens of early 20th century Portland. Silas’ […]
Game of Thrones‘ second season ended last night. I’m happy, because it was a good ending to a good season, but I’m also sad because Game of Thrones is over now. The whole thing was kind of a comedown after last week’s immense Battle of the Blackwater, but the finale wrapped up several hanging plot […]
Cartoonist Ted Rall is speaking Powell’s tonight. He’s also going to be on Live Wire, taping live at the Alberta Rose tomorrow evening. If his latest book is any kind of indication, he’s kind of a jerk. When Alison assigned me Ted Rall’s Book of Obama, I was excited, as it contained two things that […]
I was a little worried about Blackwater, last night’s episode of Game of Thrones. The Siege of King’s Landing is no small thing, and I was wondering if HBO was going to be up to the task portraying a gigantic battle filled to the brim with boats and fire and dudes with swords. As much […]
Your summer field guide to donation gatherers.
Last night’s Game of Thrones episode was another hour of setup. There wasn’t much in the way big, important events—it was a lot of anticipation for next week. Stannis’ fleet is on the way to King’s Landing, and this was the calm before the storm. Things are going to go boom, but first all the […]
Change is necessary in adaptations. What works well in print isn’t going to necessarily work well on screen, and any successful adaptation has to make the source material its own. Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was probably the biggest departure from the books so far, and probably caused not a few fans of […]
HOLY SEVERED LIMBS, BATMAN! Things happened! Lots and lots of things! The most recent episode of Game of Thrones made up for last week’s snoozer. This week- things happened, events transpired, and shit went down. It was easily the best installment so far of season two. After the jump, I use way too many exclamation […]
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