Coilhouse

I have really begun to sink my teeth into culture that is from outside the walls of Portland Oregon. It turns out that I am really enjoying it! But what is really exciting is the incredible intensity of the variety of art and culture out there.

As a continuing part of my education and culturing, I feel as if there is an importance to point out the first destination I ended up at, Coilhouse.

Coilhouse is an amazing assortment of primary authors and contributors whose goal is to be a “love letter to alternative culture, written in an era when alternative culture no longer exists.” Coilhouse, in their own mission statement state,

And because it no longer exists, we take from yesterday and tomorrow, from the mainstream and from the underground, to construct our own version. We cover art, fashion, technology, music and film to create an alternative culture that we would like to live in, as opposed to the one that’s being sold or handed down to us.

But anyone can promise the world, I needed to see if Coilhouse lived up to its hype. Here is what I found.

A tribute to the late Frank Frazetta.

Sad news today as word filters down that artist and illustrator Frank Frazetta passed away at the age of 82, from a stroke. In the years leading up to his death, Frazetta had already suffered one stroke and the death of his wife, Ellie. What will happen to his extensive, and valuable, collection of work — housed at the Frazetta Museum in East Stroudsburg, PA — remains to be seen. A feud between his children had erupted over it in December of last year but has since ended.

Frazetta’s career spanned roughly four decades. He began in comics in the late 40s, doing work for EC and National before landing a job as an assistant to Al Capp in 1952. He worked for Capp for nine years, and worked on Capp’s seminal strip, Lil Abner for seven of those.