Just in Time for Comic Con, Library Releases Denver Comix
Denver Public Library will release Denver Comix, a newspaper collection of comics by independent Colorado comic artists, on June 30, 2017, just in time for Denver Comic Con. The project was spearheaded...
View ArticleCops, Pols and Reporters Used to Haunt This Jazz Venue
A brief comic history of the Crimson Room.
View ArticleThe Five Points Jazz Destination the Rossonian May Rise Again
A brief comic history of the Rossonian
View ArticleThe 15th Street Tavern Was Once the CBGB of Denver
A brief comic history of the 15th Street Tavern.
View ArticleNew Dystopian Comic Series Acid of the Godz Tackles Eco Crisis
Devastating earthquakes. Unprecedented storms. Life-killing droughts. Unpredictable weather patterns. If these sound like worst-case scenario predictions for climate change, then that’s intentional....
View ArticleHow This Denver Movie Palace Became a Parking Lot
A brief comic history of Denver's Orpheum Theatre
View ArticleRemember This Johnny Cash Mural That's Long Gone?
A brief comic history of the Black Box.
View ArticleHow a Minor Opened a Bar Where Rory's Tavern Now Stands
The legendary Broadway building where Rory's Tavern stands was built in the early 1930s, opening not long after Prohibition ended. By the late ’40s, it was the Red Lantern Cafe, which was purchased in...
View ArticleIf You Didn't Play Cricket on the Hill, You Didn't Play Denver
The original Capitol Hill space at 13th and Downing was built as Betty M. Lauder’s dry goods shop in the mid-1920s and converted to a restaurant in the ’30s. Around 1945, the building became the...
View ArticleLSD, Night Rider and Mad Max: The Story Behind Denver's Own King Rat
The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz.
View ArticleGunshots, Dumpster Sex and Murder: Jonny Barber's First Gig
“At the time, I was living by Silverthorne, so the band all had to drive down for our first gig in the city. On Sixth Avenue, a truck sped up behind us and popped off a couple of gunshots at our van...
View Article100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Sommer Browning
Sommer Browning is primarily a poet and, by day, a librarian, but she’s also a collector and purveyor of one-liners, both in person and in hand-drawn comics, as well as a curious observer of Denver’s...
View ArticlePlaying a First Show in Underwear Can Be Liberating
“It was around Christmas time, and there was a holiday showcase at the Cricket where lots of local punk bands would be playing a song or two each."
View ArticleTen Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Six Free)
Another weekend approaches, and it's time for another weekly inventory of the best events this city has to offer.
View ArticleThe Firsttimers' Andrew Koch Snuck Into a Bar to Play His First Show
“My buddy R. Dammit had called ahead and signed us up for an open-mic set. We humped our gear through the back door and muttered our name to the doorman, who was actually interested in seeing our IDs....
View ArticleFree for All: Five Free Events in Denver This Week
A new and wondrous week is dawning in Denver, and the local entertainment calendar is as lively as ever. With concerts, comedy shows and even a thrift-store-fashion runway, there's a free event to suit...
View ArticleNatasha Maia Fortis on What She Sacrificed to Play Her First Concert
“At the show, I was wearing my most favorite vintage coat that I had picked up in a thrift store in Pennsylvania, where I’m originally from, for $3. It was a delicious rusty brown, with a unique...
View ArticleShelvis Infiltrated a Men-Only Elvis-Impersonator Contest and Won
How Shelvis broke into the Elvis impersonators boys club.
View ArticleTen Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Three Free)
The weekend is nigh, which is generally cause for jubilation – unless a person is too broke to have fun. Happily, the Mile High City's creative community hustles to produce a litany of fantastic ways...
View ArticleErica Brown Fell and Flashed the Crowd at Her First Gig
Erica Brown was singing "Billie Jean" at Basin's Up, when she fell and flashed the crowd.
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