Words and Pictures

In this extended online-only conversation, we hear many more rollicking

stories about

Peter Bagge gained fame as the "grunge cartoonist" during the alt-comics

boom of the 1990's, launching such titles as Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse

Nerd, and Sweatshop.  He took over th...

Portland Cable Access at the end of the 20th century gained a reputation for

creativity and outrageousness, featuring such characters as "Working" Kirk

Reeves, Jim Spagg, and Stephanie ("Where's the Art?") Pierce.  And Oregon's

uniquely strong freedom of expression laws ...

A city-wide celebration of comics first took place in Portland in the spring

of 2009, when then-City Commissioner Sam Adams declared April "Comic Book

Month."  For this 10th anniversary tribute, we'll find out about events, new

releases, and participatory activities thro...

Nora Colie of the Portland Oregon Women's Film Fest joins us in the studio

to preview this year's POWfest, along with filmmakers Marne Lucas (Haute

Flash) and Aubrey Peeples (Decadeless).

We're also joined by actor/director Jerry Bell Jr, whose documentary Red

White B...

Fresh out of college in 1969, Denis Kitchen started publishing underground

comics from a rented office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Fifty years later,

Kitchen is recognized as one of the leading authorities on graphic novels

and alternative media, and has teamed up with per...

In this extended online-only conversation, we hear many more rollicking

stories about the underground comics industry and its

characters from leading authority Denis Kitchen.  Denis sat down

with S.W. Conser in the KBOO studios during a recent Portland visit in

support ...

The Portland International Film Festival is a venue for showcasing not just

visiting directors but local filmmakers as well.  We're joined by two

celebrated Portland documentarians: Irene Taylor Brodsky, the director

of Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, and ...

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...

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...

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...