by Site Owner | Jul 22, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Portland Publishers
By Bryan Talbot, Dark Horse Books, $19.99, 102 pages Eisner and Eagle award winner, Bryan Talbot has done it again with Grandville Mon Amour. British speaking animals make up this prose with Sherlock Wolf at the helm. Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard is...
by Site Owner | Jun 27, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels, Portland Publishers
by Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley Dark Horse Books, $7.99, 46 pages With all the movies based on comics, it was interesting to see a comic based on a movie. Your Highness: Knight and Dazed is the prequel of the new movie Your Highness. It shows the prince and his...
by Site Owner | Jun 26, 2011 | Portland Publishers
How to be a Portlander, by Mark Petruska Earlier this year, cable channel IFC aired a series called “Portlandia” that brilliantly spoofed the Rose City. Adored by critics, the series was laugh-out-loud funny and, I believe, a perfect representation of Portland....
by Site Owner | May 22, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Crafts & Hobbies, Home & Garden, Portland Publishers
by Steve Sando Timber Press, $19.95, 179 pages Dry beans are not on everyone’s shopping list — in fact, many dislike them. But those are people who are using canned beans as ingredients. Dry beans are totally different: far more tasty, healthier and very economical....
by Site Owner | May 11, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels, Portland Publishers
by Chris Onstad Dark Horse Books, $16.99, 136 pages Portland-based comics artist Chris Onstad recently announced that his cult-favorite web comic Achewood has gone on indefinite haitus. For fans of this legendary strip, Dark Horse Books has produced a collection: A...
by Site Owner | May 7, 2011 | Portland Publishers
Bridges, Bubblers & Volcanoes: The Iconic Images of Portland, by Mark Petruska Think of New York, and what comes to mind? Chances are it’s the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, London’s got double-decker buses, and in...
