I’ve been working on a couple of projects for Flux over the last few weeks. The larger — and admittedly more ambitious of the two — is a look at the difference in ideology between urban and rural Oregon, a debate exacerbated by the proposal to build coal shipping facilities in Coos Bay. The other story, although smaller in scope, is nonetheless just as interesting and much more fun to work on. This term I’ve followed the progress of a ragtag group of aspiring comic bookers based in Springfield, all of whom found each other through Craigslist. Multimedia producer Julia Reihs and I had the opportunity to sit down with Mason Welsh, the man behind the effort, and talked shop, discussed his past and hopeful future and, of course, got to nerd out on everything to do with comic book culture.
Mason was gracious enough to let us use some of his art (shown above) as a backdrop for our interview on Saturday and his wife, Pam, has also been extremely accommodating, allowing us to take over her training room at Northwest Christian University where she works as a physical trainer. Read the rest of this entry »
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