My Boyfriend Is a Bear is the new graphic novel from the creative team of
writer Pamela Ribon (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Portland artist
Cat Farris (The Last Diplomat, Flaccid Badger). This sweet and surreal
romance between outdoorsy protagonist Nora, who ha...
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Phil Proctor co-founded the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe over
50 years ago, and has never slowed down since. Best known for his
contribution to such groundbreaking albums as How Can You Be In Two Places
at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, he's also a ve...
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Jason Lutes is a dogged comics storyteller. His previous graphic novel Jar
of Fools was serialized for years in Seattle's Stranger newspaper before
being collected in book form. Now comes the 600-page magnum opus Berlin, a
sprawling tale of urban struggle in Germany du...
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Putting the Sin in Cinema is the name of film historian Elliot Lavine's
course about the early days of sound film, when Hollywood addressed social
issues with minimal censorship. Following a series of celebrity scandals
and complaints about lewd content, the studios cre...
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Celebrate Words and Pictures' 15th anniversary on the air with a visit from
Drawn to Berlin author Ali Fitgerald!
Drawn to Berlin follows Ali's encounters with Syrian youth, as
she teaches comics workshops at a makeshift refugee center in Germany and
hears personal stor...
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Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science
fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race
relations, gentrification, and aging.
Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as
Your Black Fri...
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The Northwest Film Center's Ben Popp introduces us to two up-and-coming
directors whose works are screening at the 45th Northwest Filmmakers'
Festival. Edward Pack Davee's narrative feature Lost Division, years in the
making, is inspired by World War II diaries and shot...
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In this extended interview with Quinn Costello, co-director (along with
Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer) of the documentary Rodents of Unusual
Size, we learn more about his travels in Louisiana learning about local
culture and the role of the nutria. We also hear about ...
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