With a strong connection to music and unwavering support for small businesses, Portland plays a significant role in making sure that even the smallest record stores remain open. The existence of these incredible shops is a fight against the increased demand for lighter, cheaper, faster, and smaller mediums. Typically, these are small businesses that are operated by individuals with a great passion for fidelity and work as stubborn fortresses of culture. While CD chains such as Tower Records and Sam Goody have closed down because they could not endure the profound digital tsunami, the 5 best vinyl record stores in Portland live on.

Even though the perceived limitations regarding both bulk and breadth, records have earned a devoted following that has kept many record stores open.

However, none of them have the same vigor to endure the dynamic nature of the music industry as vinyl. If you have a comic that you’d like to see me review, you can email me at mey autostraddle com.In the past few years, streaming, MP3 players, and CDs have been some of the most popular methods through which we have consumed music. So whether you love to look at detailed personal accounts of other people’s lives, explore new and creative worlds, or you just love to see hot ladies in spandex, we’ve got something for you. Welcome to Drawn to Comics! From diary comics to superheroes, from webcomics to graphic novels – this is where we’ll be taking a look at comics by, featuring and for queer ladies. And CUTE!Ĭheck out a preview of Hi-Fi Fight Club’s first issue below!Ĭaptain Marvel Vol 4 Earth’s Mightiest Hero TP M: If you worked at a record store in the ’90s, which of your favorite musicians would you want to rescue?Ĭ: I’d like to preface this to say that I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to ANY of these musicians, but if they were in peril and fictional teen me could have rescued them, I’d have to say Bjork, Poe, Aaliyah, The Cardigans, Letters to Cleo, Sleater-Kinney, Garbage, No Doubt and - despite being fictional - Josie and the Pussycats.Ĭ: Like, really gay. This would’ve been my ultimate fantasy when I was in high school. M: Is there anything cooler than a teen girl working at a record store and fighting crime?Ĭ: Not really. I think there’s some D.E.B.S., Scott Pilgrim, Josie and the Pussycats and Lumberjanes in there as well.Ĭover by Brooke A. I like to describe Hi-Fi Fight Club as equal parts Empire Records, Sailor Moon and The Baby-Sitters Club. What are some of the reference points in pop culture you want this book to evoke in readers?Ĭ: Oh yes most definitely, Empire Records was a very formative movie for me and my friends growing up. M: This comic is giving off some serious Empire Records vibes, which I love, but it’s like if Empire Records was queer and full of women. The pop culture of the ’90s helped shape the weirdo I am today and I’m excited to get to reference it in this book. So in writing this comic, I’m pulling from my adolescent experiences as well as a sense of nostalgia for that period of my life. Anyway, I had a very intense connection to music and spent a lot of my free time at a local record store, always looking for new artists and music that would help me figure out who I was. I’ll spare you that story (it’s ridiculous and involves the Spice Girls) but you can listen to it on my friend Mo Welch’s podcast, Come Out, Come Out. In 1998, I was a 16-year-old high school student living in New Jersey, on the verge of coming out. Why did you choose that particular era and what kind of fun are you excited to have there?Ĭarly Usdin: I wanted to write something that I felt a connection to. Mey: I love the ’90s setting of this comic. The first issue comes out in comic shops on August 23, but until then, here’s an interview with Carly Usdin and a short preview of the comic. I wish I’d been friends with these girls when I was a teen. When you add in some really, really charming and cute art by Nina Vakueva on pencils, Irene Flores on inks and Rebecca Nalty on colors, it’s a can’t miss comic. It’s so many of my favorite things, and it’s by a creator I love and it’s a comic with a queer main character written by a queer writer. I loved the premise of this comic when I first heard about it and now that I’ve read the first issue, I’m so much more in love with it. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.

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