Out For Coffee With Shannon Wheeler
SHANNON WHEELER KEEPS PRETTY BUSY. His work has appeared in minicomics, newspaper strips, a television commercial, comic books, book collections and an opera. Throughout these various media, his most...
View ArticlePlanning For the Afterlife
Screw Heaven, When I Die I’m Going to Mars By Shannon Wheeler Dark Horse Comics – softcover, $12.95 IF THERE’S ONE CARTOONIST WHO lets you see his work and thought processes evolve as he goes, it’s...
View ArticleIf We Don’t “Read” Comics, How Can You Do A Reading?
I‘VE BEEN INTERESTED FOR AWHILE IN HOW comics authors do live readings of their work. Douglas Wolk is fond of saying that when we “read” a comic book, we aren’t just reading; we’re also looking. He...
View ArticleView From Portland: It’s Comics Month!
MAYOR TOM POTTER SAID SO. If this comes as news to you, you’ve already missed over a half dozen events and are nearly seven hours into missing another. There are dozens more through the month. These...
View ArticleView From Portland: The Portland Comic Book Show
Comics month continues with the semi-annual Portland Comic Book Show! I should start by saying that I have tons of nostalgia for this show. I’ve never had much nostalgia for individual comics, but I...
View ArticleI went to Wordstock to look at Pictures
Not entirely true. I did book things at Wordstock, too. But I took pictures of the comics stuff. The main convention hall Wordstock, for those not in Portland, is an annual literary festival held at...
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