The answer is clear: Chuck Palahniuk would beat Charles Burns in a fight, if the outcome was decided by audience vote. Charles Burns, author of Black Hole is funny, local, and writes and created fantastic, morbid art. But Chuck Palahniuk, author of among other works , a short story famous for making people faint and barf (or pretend to - it's unclear). Chuck wrapped it up by tossing out a dozen latex severed arms and marched to the lobby to sign books for his adoring fans. more ›

Seattlest first heard the legend of the lost ski resort of Mt. Pilchuck way back in 2004 from a man who cut our hair at Rudy's (which, contrary to what you may have heard, is actually a decent and affordable place to get your hair cut in Seattle). The story goes something like this: Back in the 1950s there was a big push to start up a ski resort on the mountain in question, despite the fact that the conditions there sucked even harder than the abysmal snow levels of Suckqualmi Pass. Controversy aside, the resort plans moved forward at taxpayer expense. But by the late 1970s, the suck-ass conditions were as bad as predicted, decimating the usually meager attendance levels to the point where the resort had to close up shop in 1980. Since then, conditions permitting, snow enthusiasts wary of paying the exorbitant lift ticket prices at actually functional ski resorts (or too lazy to make their own fake passes) would venture out to Pilchuck for pseudo-back-country action, sometimes camping overnight in the ruins of a once proud society. more ›

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Seattle native Charles Burns will appear at the Center on Contemporary Art Wednesday to sign copies of and promote the new Pantheon collection of his 12-issue comic book series Black Hole, originally published in stapled pamphlet form by everyone's favorite local funny-book manufacturing concern. more ›