Words and Pictures

The work of Portland-based artist Anders Nilsen defies categorization.

 Themes of anatomy, geography, and mythology intertwine in his minimalist

artscapes.  The New York Times notable book Big Questions brought the realm

of ancient gods down to earth.  The wordless A Wal...

Charles Brownstein is the Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense

Fund, a non-profit advocacy organization which recently moved its

headquarters from New York to Portland.  The CBLDF provides aid to artists

and publishers facing legal threats such as censorshi...

Underground USA is a symposium at the University of Oregon's Portland campus

on October 15th, paying tribute to great underground artists of the Pacific

Northwest.

Joining us in the studio to talk about the event is Underground USA keynote

speaker Patrick Rosenkranz, au...

In this extended version of our interview with Oregon artist Maximilian

Uriarte, we talk more about his graphic novel The White Donkey, which has

been hailed for its frank depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder in

young veterans.  Max hopes to adapt the graphic nov...

Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte signed up with the U.S. Marine Corps at the

age of nineteen and served as a gunner in the Iraq War.  His early comic

strip Terminal Lance offered a sardonic view of military life in an

occupied land, but his new graphic novel The White Do...

Oregon Historical Society Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk joins S.W. Conser

to preview the special Comic City USA exhibition which runs at the OHS

Museum from August 2016 through January 2017.  The exhibition spotlights

comics art creators from throughout the Pacific No...

In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and

filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the

technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated

imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot...

Kathy Zielinski is a pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been

called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such

characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in

Aladdin.

Wbile visiting Portland for an ASIFA event, she sat down...

The Northwest Animation Festival has quickly grown to become the largest

animation festival in the country, showcasing features and short films from

around the world while focusing on local industry and talent.  During this

year's festival, we're joined in the studio by ...