Portlanders say the darndest things.

Overheard at MLK and Broadway:"So they had the cabernet and the merlot. I didn't try the cabernet because, you know, life's too short."Missed this, somehow: a great review of Colleen Coover's Banana Sunday. Just to my right, Ron Randall is sighing, unhappy because I reminded him of the song "Hooked on a Feeling." He's leaning over towards his itunes and I suspect he's going to put on some Bob

The comics aren't free anymore.

None of us remembered to bring a camera to FCBD. Fortunately, Aaron Albert of About.com has put up a cool gallery of photos of the day. Here's one:Two Reviews of the FCBD edition of WHITEOUT. Douglas Wolk surveyed the entire slate of titles for Salon. And this one is easily my most favoritest review ever, EVER: Blogger Laura Hudson's momAnd don't miss this interview with Parker, or more

Tender principles.

He took the stuff he was comfortable with, the scientific process, and turned it like a firehose onto the subject of love. The results are fittingly powerful and contradictory -- a set of horrendously chilling experiments which incontrovertibly demonstrated one of the most tender principles of human life.Tom Spurgeon talks with Jim Ottaviani, Dylan Meconis and Janine Johnston.Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day at Cosmic Monkey

Free Comic Book Day: Cosmic MonkeyIf you’re around the Portland, Oregon area, visit us at the new Cosmic Monkey Comics on Sandy Blvd. in East Hollywood from 12 to 3, today!Matt Wagner - Grendel, Mage, Batman & The Monster MenDavid Hahn - Private Beach, Bite Club, Spider-man Loves Mary JaneJeff Parker - The Interman, Agents of Atlas, X-Men First ClassSteve Lieber - Civil War:Frontline, Gotham