Words and Pictures

In this never-before-aired informal conversation with Words and Pictures

host S.W. Conser, award-winning graphic novelist Craig Thompson shares his

thoughts about storytelling, artistic discipline, cultural exchange, faith,

and the fight for a more humane world.

From h...

In this extended conversation with film programmer Elliot Lavine, we take an

even deeper dive into mid-century movie history.

For the past forty years, Elliot has been introducing audiences to vintage

cinema, first in San Francisco and now in Portland.  His regular Film ...

Film programmer Elliot Lavine has been introducing audiences to vintage

cinema for decades, first in San Francisco and now in Portland.  His regular

Film Noir festival I Wake Up Dreaming is a popular event, as are his theme

screenings of subversive science fiction and Cold-...

Aaron Durán is a comics writer, novelist, and creator of the long-running

Portland podcast Geek in the City.  For his debut graphic novel about a

young indigenous sorceress, he teamed up with Spain-based artist Sara Soler

and letterer Jaime Martinez.  Season of the Bruja...

Bill Plympton has spent four decades going against the grain of the animation

industry, self-financing his short films and features and drawing each frame

with pencil and paper.  Nominated twice for Academy Awards and taking home a

Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival,...

Words and Pictures celebrates its 19th anniversary on the air by inviting

back its first-ever guest, Craig Thompson.

Craig took the comics world by storm in 2003 with his epic graphic

memoir Blankets, a poignant recollection of young love and lost innocence,

and cemente...

Ian Sundahl, Tim Goodyear, and Emily Nilsson are deeply committed to the

preservation of physical media — film, video, comics, and underground

newspapers.

Ian is a cartoonist, filmmaker, curator, and the co-publisher of the Vision

Quest free comics newspaper.  His long-...

Dawn Jones Redstone is a filmmaker who believes in mentoring creative people

from underrepresented communities.  Her short films, including Sista in the

Brotherhood and We Have Our Ways, have tackled pressing social issues while

offering opportunities for women of color ...

San Francisco has one, New York has one, Brussels has one, and now Portland

may be home to a cartoon arts museum, if a group of academics, activists and

industry artists get their way.

Dr Mike Rosen, Sean Wynn, Michael Ring, and Katie Pryde are four of the board

members...

Leanne Grabel is an Portland-based author, illustrator, and poet who has

also run a café and performance space and taught in public schools and

treatment centers.  She’s written books and produced spoken-word shows,

including The Lighter Side of Chronic Depression and An...