Almost missed it this week, and I don’t have time to read it, so how about y’all tell ME what looks good!

It’s that time again!

But here’s the skinny… I’m in the process of opening my own bookstore! I get the keys tomorrow.

So if I randomly seem to drop off the face of the planet, I’m OK, I’m just trying to get a bookstore off the ground and bookstores are HEAVY!

So here’s what looks good:

Amazing Spider-Man Spider-Versity #4 (Of 5) - Like Strange Academy, but with the Spider characters.

Assorted Crisis Events #9 - I actually forgot this was still going! Same author as Absolute Martian Manhunter so maybe there was a conflict there!

Good week for Bad Idea!

Banana Number One #1

Olympus Saga Megalith #0 (Of 4)

Tankers Vs. Ancient Aliens #2 (Of 4)

Dark Knights Of Steel II #1 (Of 12) - The first run was fun, the DC universe reimagined through a King Arthur filter. Hope it works!

Department Of Truth #38

DSTLRY:
A Mischief Of Magpies #1 - Seems like, after a long break, the DSTLRY log jam is lifted!

ElfQuest Hidden Years Gallery Edition HC, $149.99 - Woof. I have a hard time reccomending this for anyone but the hardest hard core Elfquest fans. This reproduces the five issue “Hidden Years” series on full size art pages, with color tests and marginal notes from Wendy Pini… but no text. This is purely an art installation… but if you know the art, you know!

Fear Of Death A Rachel Rising Story #1 (One Shot) - Terry Moore has his own little universe going that most people aren’t aware of. Strangers in Paradise is excellent, as is Motor Girl and Serial.

Rachel Rising ran 42 issues and is well worth reading! Rachel Beck wakes up in shallow grave with strangulation marks and finds out technically she should not be alive… And then it gets strange!

Foundations #1 (One Shot) - I have to be honest, I don’t actually KNOW anything about this book, but it looks promising!

Ghost Machine:
Rocketfellers #13 - Glad to see this one back, there was a long break after #11.

Grendel Devil’s Crucible Sedition #1 (Of 4) - Yaaaaaay! New Grendel book! It’s been a minute!

Wagner has been in the middle of a giant epic, it started with the eight issue Devil’s Odyssey where Grendel Prime launched into space, then the four issue Devil’s Crucible: Defiance showing him returning to Earth.

Sedition is the latest 4 issue arc and is due to be followed by Devil’s Crucible: Necrotic.

Space Ghost Volume 2 Annual #1 (One Shot) - Each season of Space Ghost gets bookended by an annual, expect Season 3 any day now!

Wonder Woman #35 - Continuing what I hope is a definitive WW run!

X-Books:

Inglorious X-Force #7

X-Men #33

I’d apologize for losing track of days, but it’s going to get worse! 😉

Some good stuff this week!

Bad Idea: Dingoliath #1 (One Shot) - Sounds like a Roger Corman flick with Ray Harryhausen effects!
Hank Howard Pizza Detective The Inside Job #1

Clayface Celebrity Dirt #1 (Of 6) - Probably to tie in to the upcoming Clayface movie - releases 10/23.

DSTLRY:
White Boat #3 - Been a minute! We got White House Robot Romance, City Beneath Her Feet, and now this, back to back to back!

Fire And Ice Darkwolf #1 - One of those weird properties where I’m like “Wait - Other people remember that movie?”

Future Is ****** #15 - weird how it’s utopian and dystopian all at once.

Rocketeer Infiltrator #1 - No, it’s not Dave Stevens, but who is? 😉

Star-Crossed #1 (Of 5) - New Mark Millar book! Covers by Jae Lee and Stuart Immonen? Yes please!

Witness Point #1 (Of 4) - Nathan Fillion writing a comic? Yes! Please!

X-Books:

Uncanny X-Men #31
Wolverine #23
X-Men '97 Season Two #2

Almost forgot what day it was!

Let’s see here…

Amazing Spider-Man #31 - I don’t typically buy Spider-Man but this is one of those “Stunning Revelations! Nothing Will Be The Same” kind of issues.

Bad Idea has been on a roll lately!

Olympus Saga Megalith #2 (Of 4)

Concrete Stars Over Sand #1 (Of 5) - Oh, man, Dark Horse is bringing back Concrete!

Back in the day, when Dark Horse was first getting started, they were known for Alien, Dark Horse Presents, Boris the Bear… and Concrete!

Ron Lithgow was an ordinary guy who was kidnapped by aliens and had his mind transplanted into a stony concrete body. Think “Thing” but less orange.

The book is almost meditative. He’s not out superheroing, he’s just trying to live his new life… in a concrete body.

EC Comics:
Catacomb Of Torment #12 - Pretty sure this is the end of this EC book.

Ghost Machine:
Redcoat #18 - Simon Pure - the immortal Revolutionary War soldier lives on!

Trillion Dollar Kid #1 (Of 2) - No, not Musk!

Wonder Man #4 (Of 5) - Did I miss #3? Feels like I missed #3…

X-Books:
Inglorious X-Force #6

Magik And Colossus #5 (Of 5) - Putting a pin in another one!

Uncanny X-Men #30

X-Men United #4

One to look for NEXT WEEK…

X-Men: Elsewhen (Volume 1 of 3) (Hardcover) - Abrams Books

This might be hard to find because it’s coming from Abrams and not Marvel and it’s a $40 hardcover…

John Byrne had an ICONIC run on X-Men from #108 to #143, nearly 3 years. During that time he drew the introduction of Alpha Flight, the Proteus story arc, the Hellfire Club and Dark Phoenix as well as the two-part Days of Future Past.

It turns out, after he left the book, he kept going! Unable to let the characters go, and these stories have remained unpublished FOR 45 YEARS(!)

Abrams has now completed the work as finished graphic novels and is publishing them as a 3 volume set!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47904525

Good story on Packwood from the biography of Governor Tom McCall, “Fire at Eden’s Gate”.

Packwood was a first term Senator and McCall was term limited out of the Governor seat and eyeing the Senate:

"Most of all, Packwood promised an ugly, mean battle, the kind that McCall dreaded. And Packwood made sure McCall knew how nasty he would get. He started by publicly boasting that his style of politics would “make the shootout at the OK Corral look like a duck pond pic-nic.” Then he began spreading word that he intended to drag details of McCall’s private life into public view.

McCall’s thin skin had toughened somewhat over the years, but he could not stomach what Packwood threatened. Packwood announced to associates that he intended to make an issue of McCall’s drinking habits. But what worried McCall most of all were Packwood’s threats to drag McCall’s son Sam and the issue of his drug addiction into the race.

Schmidt first heard about Packwood’s threats through mutual friends—people Packwood had told probably knowing that they would rush back and tell McCall and Schmidt. At first glance, a threat to bring up Sam’s drug addiction seemed prone to backfire against Packwood. After all, the McCalls had been public about Sam’s problems. But Schmidt saw the significance. Packwood, or someone working on Packwood’s behalf, was preparing to leak to reporters the stories about McCall’s staff’s efforts to hush up Sam’s crimes. More damaging to McCall, however, would be the story of the governor accepting thousands of dollars raised in 1967 by Glenn Jackson and others to pay Sam’s medical bills.

Schmidt heard this threat from a businessman who claimed to have talked to Packwood and, as it turned out, was one of those who had helped pay Sam’s medical bills. The donations for the medical bills had remained secret for seven years. Now, the possibility of its exposure could create severe problems for McCall. After all, the money was ultimately to McCall’s personal financial benefit. If he were dealing with the Oregon press, Schmidt knew he could control the story, portraying McCall as a compassionate father trying to help his son. Outside of Oregon and in the Watergate era, however, the national press was casting about for any hint of scandal. Schmidt knew that the media’s love affair with McCall would sour at the first whiff of fund-raising efforts for Sam. He feared the headlines: “McCall Covers up for Law-Breaking Son,” or “McCall Accepts Secret Payments.” The press that had made McCall a star might as easily rejoice in tearing him down."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47188579

Can’t say I’m surprised, they ditched all their back issues years ago and seemed more toy and graphic novel centric since then.

Plus Disney snapping up Fox meant they lost the Star Wars, Alien, and Predator franchises which moved to Marvel.

Probably no surprise to anyone, but here’s how it will break down for the general election:

Gas Tax:
No 83.1% 738,393
Yes 16.9% 150,124

Governor, Republican Primary:
CHRISTINE DRAZAN ® 42.42% 134,976

Governor, Democratic Primary:
TINA KOTEK (D)* 84.25% 283,518

So it will be a re-hash of the last election, only without Betsy Johnson in the race:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Oregon_gubernatorial_election

Kotek 46.96% 917,074
Drazan 43.54% 850,347
Johnson 8.62% 168,431

US Senate, Democratic Primary:
JEFF MERKLEY (D)* 93.36% 332,188

US Senate, Republican Primary:
DAVID SMITH ® 29.88% 82,998

Smith is going to have a hard road, not only because Oregon hasn’t had a Republican Senator since we showed Gordon Smith the door in 2009, but all the Republican primary votes COMBINED were less than what Merkley got. 277,755 to 332,188.

US House, 1st District, Democratic Primary:
SUZANNE BONAMICI (D)* 88.21% 56,441

US House, 1st District, Republican Primary:
BARBARA KAHL ® 71.84% 19,697

US House, 2nd District, Democratic Primary:
CHRIS BECK (D) 34.89% 13,284

US House, 2nd District, Republican Primary:
CLIFF BENTZ ®* 79.95% 67,104

Same problem for Beck as with Smith in the Senate race, district 2 is RUBY Red. Not enough blue voters there to make a difference.

US House, 3rd District, Democratic Primary:
MAXINE DEXTER (D)* 90.01% 60,264

OR 3 Republican Primary was uncontested. Loran Ayles.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/oregon-us-house-district-3-results

US House, 4th District, Democratic Primary:
VAL HOYLE (D)* 77.37% 49,271

US House, 4th District, Republican Primary:
MONIQUE DESPAIN ® 86.72% 44,069

US House, 5th District, Democratic Primary:
JANELLE BYNUM (D)* 83.52% 54,985

US House, 5th District, Republican Primary:
PATTI ADAIR ® 60.03% 34,242

Nothing for the 6th District? 🤔

Found it here, District 6 had 2 uncontested primaries:

Denocratic:
ANDREA SALINAS D 37,590 100.00%

Republican:
David Russ (no results)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/oregon-us-house-district-6-results

Additional “fact” sheets. (Bull sheets?)

“Tariffs Work — and President Trump’s First Term Proves It”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/tariffs-work-and-president-trumps-first-term-proves-it/

"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security "

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/

“Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Closes De Minimis Exemptions to Combat China’s Role in America’s Synthetic Opioid Crisis”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-closes-de-minimis-exemptions-to-combat-chinas-role-in-americas-synthetic-opioid-crisis/

“Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/further-amendment-to-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china-as-applied-to-low-value-imports/

Who benefits? The usual circle jerk:

“President Trump’s Bold Trade Action Draws Praise”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/president-trumps-bold-trade-action-draws-praise/

Had a weird issue 1 week into owning the hot tub where the touch screen became non-responsive.

It might take 20-30 presses on any one icon to get it to do something.

Well today was the weekly maintenance, so I killed the power at the breaker, pulled the filters, hosed them out, put them back in and restored power…

As soon as I did that the touch screen responded normally, wanted me to set the time, everything worked fine.

“Have you tried turning it off and back on again.” Who knew it works for hot tubs too!

First time hot tub owner… well… first time working hot tub owner. ;) We rented a place with a busted one once.

Noticed a distinct lack of hot tub content on Lemmy, so here we go!

Unless otherwise noted, we are all amature hot-tubbers, but our advice may be relevant to your needs!

Spa, Swim-Spa, and Sauna owners all welcome!

Remember back the day when the Friday newspaper would come out and you could see all the movies playing in a handy dandy chart all on one page?

Remember newspapers? Sure, there are websites that will show chain theaters, but between chains and independent theaters, there are over FIFTY in the Portland Metro Area alone and I haven’t been able to find a single source that lists all of them (NOT EVEN GOOGLE!)

So went through and made a clickable list. Looking for something to see? Check out what’s local to you! Independent theaters listed first, chains after that, sorted by city.

Portland Independent Theaters
5th Avenue Cinema 510 SW Hall St Portland
Academy Theater 7818 SE Stark St Portland
Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave Portland
Cascade Festival Of African Films 705 N Killingsworth St Portland
Cinema 21 616 NW 21st Ave Portland
Cinemagic 2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland
Clinton Street Theater 2522 SE Clinton St Portland
Hollywood Theatre - Portland Airport 7000 NE Airport Way Portland
Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd Portland
Jubitz Cinema 10350 N Vancouver Way Portland
Laurelhurst Theater 2735 E Burnside St Portland
Living Room Theaters 341 SW 10th Ave Portland
Moreland Theater 6712 SE Milwaukie Ave Portland
Oak Grove 8 Cinema
16100 SE McLoughlin Blvd Portland
OMSI Empirical Theater 1945 SE Water Ave Suite 100 Portland
St. Johns Twin Cinemas 8704 N Lombard St Portland
Studio One Theaters 3945 SE Powell Blvd Portland
Tomorrow Theater 3530 SE Division St Portland

Portland Chain Theaters:
Cinemark Century Eastport Plaza 16 4040 SE 82nd Ave Portland
McMenamins Bagdad Theater & Pub 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave Portland
McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St Portland
McMenamins St. Johns Theater & Pub 8203 N Ivanhoe St Portland
Regal Fox Tower 846 SW Park Ave Portland
Regal Lloyd Center 1510 NE Multnomah St Portland
Regal Pioneer Place 340 SW Morrison St Portland
Wunderland Avalon Theatre 3451 SE Belmont St Portland

Portland Area Independent Theaters:
99W Drive-in Theatre 3110 Portland Rd, Newberg
Cornelius 10 Cinemas 200 N 26th Ave, Cornelius
Lake Theater & Cafe 106 N State St, Lake Oswego
Joy Cinema 11959 SW Pacific Hwy, Tigard
Kiggins Theatre 1011 Main St, Vancouver

Portland Area Chain Theaters:
AMC Progress Ridge 13 12345 SW Horizon Blvd, Beaverton
Cinemark Cedar Hills 16 3200 SW Hocken Ave, Beaverton
Wunderland Beaverton 17235 NW Corridor Ct, Beaverton
Cinemark Clackamas Town Center and XD 12000 SE 82nd Ave, Clackamas
McMenamins Grand Lodge Theater 3505 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove
Regal Stark Street 2929 NE Kane Dr, Gresham
Wunderland Gresham Cinema 140 NW Burnside Rd, Gresham
Regal Evergreen Parkway 2625 NE 106th Ave, Hillsboro
Regal Movies On TV 2929 SW 234th Ave, Hillsboro
Wunderland Milwaukie Cinemas 11011 SE Main St #7684, Milwaukie
Regal Hilltop 325 Beavercreek Rd, Oregon City
Regal Bridgeport Village 7329 SW Bridgeport Rd, Tigard
McMenamins Power Station Theater & Pub 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale
AMC CLASSIC Mill Plain 8 11700 SE 7th St, Vancouver
AMC Vancouver Mall 23 8700 NE Vancouver Mall Dr, Vancouver
Regal Cascade 1101 SE 160th Ave, Vancouver
Regal Cinema 99 9010 NE Hwy 99, Vancouver
Regal City Center 801 C St, Vancouver
Regal Vancouver Plaza 7800 NE Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver