WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH
THIS MONTH I found myself in a staring contest with an owl. (Spoiler: I lost.) It’s not every issue this happens, but then again, it’s not every issue you get to go to Portland, Oregon, for a visit to the stop-motion magic factory that is Laika. Portland itself may have been a bit of a let-down, in that I didn’t encounter a single Carrie Brownstein or Fred Armisen (if you haven’t watched Portlandia, do so immediately), but there was nothing disappointing about the place behind the likes of Coraline, Kubo And The Two Strings and the upcoming Wildwood, the movie that will feature said bird. It was a total treat to get a glimpse of their new animated epic coming together (though the box of tiny puppet eyeballs might haunt me for a while). Head to page 66 for our report.