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 […]
Joe Streckert
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.
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Game of Thrones Recap: PG-13 Edition
Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was very front-loaded. The most exciting thing to happen in the whole hour transpired in the first ten minutes. Not too much else in the way of action or excitement ended up transpiring. We didn’t even get any nudity. I’m so disappointed in you, Game of Thrones. You’re […]
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Game of Thrones Recap: Joffrey’s Presidential Dildo Edition
Monarchies are stupid. Say what you will about democracies, at least they never invest power with juvenile little micro-sadists who command people to torture each other. Joffrey’s monstrosity was on full display in last night’s Game of Thrones episode, and it was kind of awkward to watch, to say the least. Spoilers upon spoilers, after […]
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Game of Thrones Recap: “Do you want my brother to come in and help?” Edition
Well, how about that. You know? THAT. I was kind of surprised by that thing near the end of Game of Thrones last night. As much as I love the book (LOTS), I’ve so far approved of the additions and re-jiggers that HBO has made. Last night, a certain non-character from the dead-tree version got […]
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Game of Thrones Recap: “Let’s do it on the giant Risk board” Edition
Ned Stark was a good ruler, a good military leader, and a good man. He was not, however, good at politics. In Westeros, it’s abundantly clear that if you want to be good at the game of thrones, it helps to be kind of a prick. Season one was all about Ned losing the game […]
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Recaps For the Mildly Interested: We’re Done Here
Picture Sylvester and Tweety Bird. Now picture them married. Now picture Sylvester abusing Tweety Bird by strapping him to a machine from one of the Saw movies and force-feeding him worms. Now picture Tweety Bird with Stockholm syndrome. Now picture Tweety Bird birthing a big golden rock out of his trachea for some reason. That […]
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Portland Creators and Publishers Drop Big Announcements at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon
Portland comics creators and publishers drop big announcements at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon.
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Dispatches from From the Emerald City Comicon: Day Three, and Cosplay Gallery
The Sunday of any con is a descending tail of activity. People gradually percolate out of the proceedings, try to beat traffic, and things usually wrap up in the late afternoon or early evening. I spent Sunday mostly just wandering about and indulging in my fanboy proclivities on the show floor and going to a […]
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Dispatches from From the Emerald City Comicon: Day Two
The Saturday of any convention is pretty much the main course. On Friday, people have jobs, people are in traffic, people are late. On Saturday, though, everyone’s there. The second day of the Emerald City Comicon was a sizable tide of humanity. When I got to the Washinton State Convention Center, a man in a […]
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Recaps For the Mildly Interested: Sex, Drugs, and Massive Attack.
While gluing my eyes to Twitter yesterday I was somewhat surprised to see this tweet from the Portland Police Bureau. I’m not opposed to the cops promoting a show that’s kinda-sorta about them (except with magic fairy tale powers) but it was a far cry from the normal fare that gets put up on their […]
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Dispatches from From the Emerald City Comicon: Day One
Unlike that thing in San Diego, the Emerald City Comicon is actually about, you know, comics. You know- sequential art and all that. The show is not about movie or TV studios promoting their next giant project or making huge, Hollywood-level announcements. It’s more of a giant nerd party that actually cares about the book, […]
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Roller Derby Recap: High Roller vs. Heartless Heathers
MASONITE BURN (AKA SHARKEY) The Hearthess Heathers’ star jammer Blast Unicorn weaving her way through enemy lines. I had every expectation that Saturday’s sold-out bout at the Oaks Park hangar was going to be a blowout, as the struggling Heartless Heathers went up against the undefeated High Rollers. The High Rollers defeated the Heathers 155-102, […]