Portland River Loop Comic

Made for CityLab's "Your Maps of Life Under Lockdown." How has your relationship with your neighborhood changed? Well, I can intimately describe the minutiae of this four-mile river loop.

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Here are a bunch of articles I wrote:

Stef Chura's New Record Messes - A California Surf-Rock Update on ’90s Feminist Grunge

The IPRC Needs A New Location—and A New Executive Director

Movie Review Your Name: This Is All You Should Read Before You Go See Your Name

Scenes From The Hollywood Transit Memorial

Men Without Women’s Dick Lit - Men’s Insecurities Are Exposed in Murakami’s Latest

Comics Artist, Cyclist, Activist - Eleanor Davis Took a Bike Ride That Awakened Her to Injustice

The Body Horror of Illness, Poverty, and Time - I Should Have Listened to Anne Elizabeth Moore

Wonder Woman Is a Thrilling Start - Now Bring on the Sequels

Fear Will Never Conquer Us - Scenes from This Weekend’s Hollywood Transit Vigil for Three Heroes Who Stood Against Hate

Pitch, Please! - Carolyn Main Kickstarts Her Hilarious Movie Pitch Card Game

Let's All Go to the Lobby! -  Which Portland Movie Theater Has the Best Snacks?

Let's Discuss Twin Peaks - Dougie Jones and the Enduring Power of Toxic Masculinity
Pop Gun War’s Magic Explosion-ism - Farel Dalrymple’s Surrealist Comic Book is Action-Packed as All Hell

Scorpiono Rising - Portland’s Very Own Broad City

Valerian Is the Fifth Element Follow-Up You've Been Waiting For - Luc Besson’s Latest Is a Surreal Delight

Nicole Georges’ Dog Star - Fetch Is For Anyone Who’s Ever Really Loved A Dog

Tongues’ New God Flow - Portland’s Anders Nilsen Debuts a New Comic, With Greek Drama, God Drama, and Strange Wars

Stumptown Improv 2017:

The Stumptown Improv Fest’s Triumphant Return

Stumptown Improv Festival, Day 2: Curious Comedy, the Right Now, and HVAC Snakes!

Stumptown Improv Festival, Day 3: Big Bang, Border Disputes, and Introducing the Imports

When Cats ATTACK! - They Are Probably Just Scared, Says Horror Cartoonist and Attack Survivor Julia Gfrörer

Treat Yourself with Girls Gone Mild - Presenting The Siren’s New Brunch Comedy Show

In This Corner of the World Is a Cute Movie About Hiroshima - The Latest Animated Film from Sunao Katabuchi

My Pretty Vampire’s Cartoonish Violence - Katie Skelly’s Love Letter to ’70s Woman-Centric Vampire Cinema

Carmen Maria Machado’s Writing Lit Me on Fire - Couple Fights, Fucking, and SVU in Her Body and Other Parties

The Hip-Hop Fairy Tale of Patti Cake$ - The Bling Was in Her Heart All Along!

Staying Mild with Tops - The Québécois Band Talks Positive Breakups and Perfect Pop Songs

In Sleeping Beauties, It’s Ladies’ Night! - Here Comes Stephen King and Owen King’s Father-Son Magical Feminist

The IPRC’s Narrow Escape - How the Publishing Organization Faced Portland’s Rental Crisis—and Survived

TBA 2017: They, Themself, and Schmerm - A Delightful, Humorous Show About Abuse and Gender Transition

TBA 2017: EMA - EMA Delivers An Unfuckwithable Rock Set

Don’t Get Caught - Artists Rep’s New Play Has a Super Dumb Secret

Halloween Theater! Spooky! Scary! - Nesting: Vacancy Makes For a Frightening Binge-Watch

Hello, Christopher Sobbin’ - Goodbye Christopher Robin Is Stylish and Sad

Gentrification, Evil Pugs, and More at the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival - The Well-Curated Fest Enters Its 44th Year

We Saw Louis C.K.’s I Love You, Daddy. You Aren’t Missing Much - A Review of Louis C.K.’s New, Unreleased Movie

Tori Amos Is Still Banging on Her Piano - With Native Invader, the Singer/Songwriter Interweaves Politics and Mythology

Live Review - Tori Amos at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Wed Nov 22

Bloody Beautiful - The Guts, Gore, and Ill-Advised Surgeries at the PDXtreme Fest

John Mulaney: Just a Humble Yarn Boy - Long-Form Stand-Up Is What the "Kid Gorgeous" Comedian Does Best

The Mercury's Favorite Movies of 2017: Blade Runner 2049

Short-Form Comics You Will Love - Things of Beauty from Kevin Budnick, Anne Pomel, and More

My Life as a Zucchini Review: FINALLY, a Stop-Motion Animated Movie About Orphans and Sex Jokes!

Colin Winnette’s Gripping Ghost Story of Decaying Civilization - The Job of the Wasp Tackles Orphan Lit, Gothic Mystery, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

Maze Runner: The Death Cure Review: So Long, Murder-Teens! - It’s the Last Time We’ll See These Sweet, Murdering Teens Alive

Orange Thief Makes the Case for Published Sketchbooks - The Unsettling, Imaginative Illustrations of Sophie Franz

Who Likes Sad Shorts? - 2017’s Oscar-Nominated Short Films Will Break Your Heart 

Fresh Art at Grapefruits - It’s an Exhibition Space Where Anything Can Happen

Spring Comes Early to Director Park - Portland Tropical Gardens’ Artsy Cure for Winter

Hold Me Closer Shiny Oprah - A Wrinkle in Time Review: Ava DuVernay Gives the YA Classic a Much-Needed Update

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Comic interview: Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts on Monsters, Vietnam, and Kong: Skull Island

Millennial Tales of Terror: Smooth Exorcist

How to Trick Someone into Letting You Live with Them - Appear to Be a Good Housemate with These Six Simple Secrets

Study Group Mag - The Local Magazine Applies a Critical Lens to the Art Form

One Sad Dad - Unemployment, Fatherhood, and The Measure of a Man

Martha Grover - The End of My Career Author Is the Voice of Portland Right Now

Sex, Politics, and Teletubbies - The Portland Queer Film Fest

Comics, Here Is Your Queen - Dame Darcy's The Meat Cake Bible

Looking for Tiger Lily - Anthony Hudson Deconstructs Native American Identity Assimilation with PowerPoint

Lo-Fi Riches - North Portland Unknown Film Fest

The Ambition of Rolling Blackouts - Sarah Glidden Explores Conflicts in the Middle East and Ethics in Comics Journalism

The Magical Whitewash of Doctor Strange - The Cure for Racism? Sorcery!

David Sedaris - In Defense of David Sedaris

Fred Thomas Still Rents  - His New Video for “Voiceover”

Eagle Huntress - The Very First Eagle Huntress!(Sort Of) (Not Really)

Jill Thompson, Jewel of the Comics Industry - With The True Amazon, She Gets Wonder Woman Right (Finally)

The Siren Theater Gets Its First Artist in Residence - North Coast’s Rachel Rosenthal is Here to Teach Hip-Hop Improv

Our Revolution - Keep the Fires Berning in 2017

Zachary Auburn is No Longer Anonymous -The How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety Author Was in Our Hearts All Along

Drugs, Cults, and Space Suits - The Short Films—and Dark Dreams—of Vu Pham

Shocked, I Am Shocked! - In Substance Peter Hook Reveals New Order Did Lots of Drugs and Sex

Emodóvar - Pedro Almodóvar Riffs on Alice Munro With Julieta

The Space Between Us - In Which Gary Oldman Watches Teens Make Out

Fred Thomas’ Changer - The Songwriter/Producer’s Latest Centers on Immersive Synth Instrumentals

The Lure - Spooky scary, monsters becoming girls, Polish woman director’s startling debut

The Shirley Jackson Project - Portland Comic Artists Share Their Passion for Shirley Jackson, Queen of Gloom

Breaking the Niche - POW Fest 2017: More Inclusive, More Interesting

My Brother, My Brother and TV - The McElroy Brother Fine Family of Podcasts Expands to Internet TV

CHIPS - Good Time Highway Patrol Hedonism Dunked in Dax Shepard’s Signature Style

After the Storm - Explores a Family of Emotional Packrats

Slow Your Roll, Iron Fist - We’re Talking Esoteric Comics With Ron Regé Jr.

The Book of Joan - Lidia Yuknavitch’s Sci-Fi Novel Misses the Mark, and We All Go Flying into the Void

Talking with Dash Shaw - About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Illustrated Guide to Growing Your Armpit Hair

From the Portland Mercury's Madonna Issue

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Here are some articles I wrote in December and January:

Building a Vocabulary - I interviewed performance artist/dancer Allie Hankins about her involvement with the 2015 community project Physical Education.

SoCal Gothic - I reviewed Miranda July's wonderful new book about fighting and ejaculation, The First Bad Man.

Pixie Sticking Points - I interviewed Scott McCloud about his new fiction comic The Sculptor.

I also wrote some film shorts. I like reading film shorts(2) so I'll include them here.

Grapefruits

Preparing for a presentation on grapefruits. i made a little imagery for it. Grapefruits will fuck you up.