Tif von Batsy takes up space as a Black cosplayer, subverts cosplaying norms Standing in a blue striped leotard with large ethylene vinyl acetate foam wings protruding from her back and sharp pointy horns sticking up from her head is a female cosplayer wh ...
29 Dec 2021 - Adrian Michael
‘Mr. Jones’ screenwriter Andrea Chalupa has family ties to Ukraine stretching from the 1930s famine to the Trump impeachment — with ‘Animal Farm’ and Soviet propaganda sprinkled in Ukraine being used as a pawn between super states will come as no surprise ...
7 Feb 2020 - Steven MacKenzie
The Portland comic book author talks to Street Roots about the Timbers, social media, white supremacy and the new ABC adaptation of his private-eye series If you’re not familiar with Greg Rucka’s comic “Stumptown,” you’ve probably seen commercials for the ...
20 Sep 2019 - Jason Cohen
The enigmatic artist and filmmaker has curated a series of events at an English gallery aptly called HOME David Lynch is such an enigma he’s become an adjective. The Urban Dictionary defines “Lynchian” as a “balance between the macabre and the mundane” an ...
26 Jul 2019 - Steven MacKenzie
Writer and TV host Samin Nosrat talks to Street Roots about how she makes cooking accessible to everyone Interviewing Samin Nosrat, even on the phone, is a lot like watching her Netflix show. You can feel her passion and enthusiasm – for life, for food, f ...
8 Mar 2019 - Jason Cohen
Stephen King gave me great advice, says the comic book king – I ignored it Neil Gaiman is an English writer and film producer. This is what he would say to his 16-year-old self if he could go back in time: At 16 it was 1977 and I was a punk. I talked thre ...
23 Feb 2017 - Jane Graham