P R IN T : Arts & Culture
4 iS» Wednesday, Feb. 27,2013
Raina in her bedroom during the first act helped a gentleman o f the Serbian army hide during the war. She gives him her hand so he can kiss it, but makes sure to be courteous and does not touch
her hand with his dirty hand.
PLAY: A window into Bulgaria
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The play director, Jim Eikrem,
has directed at least 20 plays and is
also the drama instructor at CCC,
Ruhl is also working as Eikrem’s
assistant director for this play.
When asked why he decided
to choose “Arms and the Man”
to direct, Eikrem said, “It has a
good size cast. It has a lot of chal
lenges in terms of language. As
I saw who I had available within
in the school, I thought I could
assemble a good cast, which I
think I have very much. I think the
ideas that Shaw has with his play
are very relevant and worth think
ing about.”
The play also was of interest
because Eikrem could see how
the students would latch onto the
materials and have a good time
with It,
“They’d really understand
how some of this complicated
from over 100 years ago is still
very relevant to what’s happen
ing today. Relationships between
people have not changed much
over the years and that’s why these
plays are still worth doing,” said
Eikrem.
The play is a comedy and will
hopefully get people to laugh.
“It’s fun. I like it. I think it has
a lot of potential to really give a
good show and it has a lot of pos
sibilities to be really funny,” said
Ruhl when asked how she feels
about the play.
The play will open on Feb. 28
and will continue through March
10 at the Österman Theatre locat
ed in the Niemeyer Center at 7:30
p.m with Sunday Matinees at 2:30
p.m. Also, on Feb. 28 from 4:30
to 6 p.m. there will be a behind
the scenes tour when anyone can
discover how it all happens behind
the curtains.
During Act II, the Petkofffamily, along with Sergius Saranoff sit in the
garden o f their house to enjoy breakfast. During breakfast Sergius talks
about his journey at war and a fam ily who hid away a Swiss Mercenary,
which was exactly what Raina and Catherine P etkoff had done.
Cougars get animated
Comic book artist
Jpelle Jones spoke to
an auditorium full o f
students offering
advice and stories o f
career
Sage Niles
The Clackamas Print
“I’ve had to learn how to
decapitate a person in over, like
25 ways now,” said Joelle Jones.
Although that quote might
seem gruesome at first, Jones is
not a particularly sadistic per
son. Jones is a comic book artist
who spoke to a group of students
and former students Feb. 19 in
the McLoughlin auditorium at
Clackamas Community College.
Jones has worked for publica
tions such as Dark Horse, Marvel,
DC, and Oni press. She has been
the artist on Ultimate Spider-
Man issue 150, “Dark Horse’s
Troublemaker” and her new book,
“Helheim” which will be released
March 6.
The event, which was orga
nized for the students, featured
Jones speaking to a full auditori
um of curious comic aficionados.
She offered stories of her rise in
the comic book industry and gave
insights about breaking into it.
“I know a lot of people these
days that are finding their way in
through web comics. Another way
is they have portfolio reviews at
most of the comic book conven
tions,” said Jones.
Jones was an informative
and . entertaining speaker who
answered questions for longer
than she spoke. Most of the stu
dents .found her work interesting
and wanted to check out more.
“I met her a couple of weeks
ago and I’ve just been getting
to know her and her work and
I enjoy it:- I have other favorite
artists but I enjoy her work,” said
former CCC student Jonny Batts.
Although some students were
not aware of her work, they still
appreciated and enjoyed it.
“I’m not too familiar with her
work as I don’t read too much
comics. My main interest is ani
mation and cartoons, but I do find
her work fascinating, fascinating
well-detailed, all of that,” said
student Tom Newton.
The event was a unique and
engaging example of how an on
campus guest speaker can be both
entertaining and offer insights to
students on how to find a job in
their chosen field.
“I just discovered her. I’m
going to look into a lot of her stuff
now, because it was just really
good art.” said student Torsen
vanDyke.
Ultimately Jones is very
pleased with her choice in her
career and expresses joy at fol
lowing through with her passions.
“I get to wear my PJs to work;
that’s awesome. I get lots of free
comics and I get to set my own
schedule and I get to do my dream
job,” said Jones.
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