We’re not exactly sure how we got our hands on a second-hand stained copy of “Coffeeshop Crushes“, the 2001 Portland-based ‘zine conceived inside the original Stumptown. But it’s been fun to read ten years after its first printing. Featuring a comic by Stumptown’s incredible Tim Root and over twenty clove cigarette and chai tinged tales of twenty-something woe.
With contributions from folks likeย Too Much Coffee Man’s Shannon Wheeler,ย Brainfagย comix dude Nate Beaty, andย Constant Rider‘sKate Lopresti,ย Coffeeshop Crushesย is one big ball of sexual frustration and nerve-shattering caffeine! As raunchy and graphic as it is sweet and coy,ย Coffeeshop Crushesย is 32 pages of sex, lies, and รผber-embarrassing shoot-downs.ย
It’s still available at Microcosm Publishing for a sliding scale price (we’re not kidding) starting at $2, andย worth every penny for the Tim Root art alone.
