Archive for “February, 2009”

PNCA Graphic Novel Release Party

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Wednesday night, Bridge City Comics in Portland, Oregon, hosted a release party for the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s graphic novel anthology, “Intense.” Since Bridge City is the shop with all my comic subscriptions (my box is on the bottom in the middle), I swung by to say hi and pick up my copy. Five [...]


How I’ll Spend My Summer – Driving and Drag Racing

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The two events I’m most looking forward to this summer (so far) are already penned into my calendar: the Northwest Automotive Press Association’s Run to the Sun and the National Electric Drag Racing Association’s Wayland Invitational IV.
NWAPA’s event involves driving 18 or so sports cars and convertibles through the mountains of Central Oregon for two [...]


Portland Auto Show

Friday, February 6th, 2009

I went to the press day for the Portland Auto Show yesterday — lunch courtesy of Ford, dinner courtesy of GM, and a talk in the middle from Chrysler’s rep and all-around good guy Scott Brown.
I didn’t learn anything at the Portland show that wasn’t said at the Detroit show less than a month ago, [...]