HOLLYWOOD TFAW Not long for this world. Things from Another World—the retail arm of local comics publisher Dark Horse—is shutting down its NE Sandy location and opening up a new one on NE Broadway. The new spot’s at 2916 NE Broadway, which, according to my hasty Google Maps search, means it’ll be conveniently located next […]
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Notes from Stumptown Comics Fest 2012
Joelle Jones Who else is cash poor after wandering around Stumptown Comics Fest all weekend? It was a land of milk and honey and paneled pulchritude at the Oregon Convention Center for the ninth annual hullabaloo. Here’s some stuff I saw! I stopped by the Spell Checkers panel on Saturday with writer Jamie S. Rich […]
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Tables To Look Out For
Hey! Tomorrow is the first day of Stumptown! Prepare to wander the aisles and rifle through everyone’s comic books. I’ve been to a few fests and I’ve learned that people who seem like they don’t want you to read their books are just socially hindered (they really want you to read their comic books) and […]
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OH NO! An Avengers Parody Porn, Too?
Why am I surprised about this?? Hot on the heels of the XXX Buffy parody I blogged about this morning, here’s the SFW trailer for Avengers porn. And while Buffy’s sex flick had certain charms—not so much with the Avengers’ dirty doppelganger. ANTI-CHARM #1: Chyna as She-Hulk is FREAKY. ANTI-CHARM #2: Iron Man’s costume was […]
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Webcomics at Stumptown
Tyson Hesse Boxer Hockey It’s generally terrifying and unwise to meet internet strangers in the real world, but comic conventions are terrifying and unwise to begin with. I kid, I kid. Comics are fun! Smaller conventions like Stumptown are pretty low key and a great way to meet fellow fans and generally interesting people. Webcomics […]
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So Good Luck Avoiding The Avengers This Summer
THE AVENGERS “Ha ha ha! Oh god SO MUCH MONEY!” The superhero certain blockbuster doesn’t come out in the U.S. until May 4th. But my sources say early box office estimates are coming out today from 10 of the 42 territories where Marvel‘s The Avengers from Disney was released today for the start of its […]
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This Is What You Are Doing Tonight: Comics Underground!
From the Shameless Self-Promotion Dept.: Mercury Arts Editor Alison and I are putting on an event tonight! You should come! It’s Comics Underground, and it takes place at a magical location where comic books, booze, and performance collide! By which I mean the Jack London Bar in the basement of the Rialto. Here’s the deal: […]
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Webcomics Correspondent: Bucko!
Why look, it’s another fine edition of the Mercury‘s Webcomics Correspondent. There’s been two of these so far, so round three must be the tiebreaker. We’re operating on Street Fighter rules, right? To mix things up, this week features the audacious pairing of Erika Moen and Jeff Parker and their serial adventure comic Bucko. It’s […]
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Former Weatherman Bill Ayers at the Stumptown Comics Fest
Over at Comics Alliance, Mercury pal Aaron Colter has a great interview with Bill Ayers—yes, that Bill Ayers, who has spent the bulk of his career working in education reform (the whole “declaring war on the government” thing was just a blip). Ayers is a special guest at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend, where […]
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You Axed for It: Axe Cop on TV
Axe Cop is coming to your TV! This is nothing short of amazing for fans of baby-hating writer Malachai Nicolle, age 8, and his comic book-drawing brother Ethan Nicolle, age 31! Fox bought the rights to make six 15-minute episodes for its upcoming late-night animation program, scheduled to air early next year. Currently they’re looked […]
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Last Day for Night Shade Books’ 50 Percent-Off Sale
Genre publisher Night Shade Books is having a 50 percent-off sale—one inspired by both a need to clear out inventory, and, sadly/unsurprisingly, to get “caught up after the Publishing Apocalypse of 2011.” Today’s the last day the sale’s in effect, so heads up. Night Shade puts out some good stuff (particularly work by Paolo Bacigalupi, […]
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Daniel Johnston Recruits Portland Talent for His Comic/App/Album
Daniel Johnston‘s new comic book/album features a bunch of Portland guests. Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness—its humble title notwithstanding—was the result of the songwriter’s lifelong dream to make a comic book, and there’s also a fancy iPad game app that goes with it too. Johnston’s accompanying new album, Space Ducks: Soundtrack […]