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can be,” Brown says. “Indie Game Con is the flashpoint. The
public sees it, investors see it and the government sees it.”
This year, Brown and fellow organizers received $5,000
in sponsorships and a $10,000 economic development grant
from Lane County for Indie Game Con.
“It’s time to move past timber and make some tech,”
Brown says.
Emerald Valley Comic Fest — not to be confused with
Eugene Comic Con (EUCON), which takes place in Novem-
ber — happens the same weekend as Indie Game Con.
The fest is a form of “comic con,” a pop culture event
that celebrates comic books, movies, television shows, art-
ists, writers and more.
John Roach, the fest’s organizer and promoter, says the
event is one of about 10 events he hopes to produce in Or-
egon, Idaho and Washington in the next few years, including
the possibility of an anime show in Eugene.
Roach says when Cherry City Comic Con in Salem fell
through due to bad management last year, he swooped in and
took over this spring. “So many people were telling me that
it was the most fun show they had ever been to,” he says. The
show inspired him to put on more events elsewhere, he says.
Roach, who lives west of Salem in Dallas, says the fest
will feature more than 20 artists and celebrity guests, includ-
ing Nicholas Brendon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Cody Saintgnue from Teen Wolf.
“It’s a place where you can be yourself and you don’t
have to worry about being judged — just go there and have
fun with other people who are there to have fun,” Roach
says.
Royce Myers, producer of EUCON in November, says he
started developing EUCON last year and hopes it has a posi-
tive impact on the local community. “I’m grateful to have the
opportunity to give Eugene its first locally produced comic
FRIED CHICKEN MUSHROOM,
LYOPHYLLUM DECASTES
IT’S
ABOUT
TIME
BY D AV I D WA G N E R
ell, the summer has slipped past the
equinox without much fanfare, as
usual. All we need is for the rainy
season to begin and fall will be here.
When the bigleaf maple loses its
leaves, the licorice ferns uncurl on its branches. Or, as
they say in Alaska, “when the fireweed goes to cotton,
the summer’s soon forgotten.”
The little birds are crowding our feeders as if we
were the only source of suet and finch seed in the
neighborhood. They are molting right now, so they have
fresh flight feathers for safe migration, more fluff for
warmth, and less color to avoid notice by predators. The
sunflower seed chunks seem to be particularly
desirable.
W
There is something similar going on down in the
east side Delta Pond that had so much red Azolla
(mosquito fern) last year. The Azolla has been replaced
by a dense cover of duckweed, both the common
duckweed and tiny water meal duckweed. I counted
over 75 ducks on the day after the equinox, more than
I’ve ever seen in that pond. Mallards were in the
majority but plenty of other species are present. They
were all scooping up the floating feast.
As soon as the rains come, we can plant our winter
greens. They grow slowly but have fewer pests than
spring-planted salad. The rains will bring on the wild
mushroom crop. Only the chanterelles are reliable
producers. Learn about mushroom diversity at the
Mushroom Festival Oct. 25 at Mount Pisgah Arboretum.
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