Actor George Takei made a surprise early visit to the Denver Comic Con yesterday, signing autographs for fans — he was actually the last celebrity to leave his signing booth.
Here’s a bit more from a 90-minute interview we had with him where he talks about being gay, Asian and an actor in the ’60s and ’70s, and how today he’s become a social media guru.
Denver Comic Con co-founder Charlie La Greca got picked on in high school and college for being a self-described nerd with a deep love of comic books.
He doesn’t anymore. Being a nerd is a badge of honor in 2013. The kids who grew up reading comic books and playing video games are now the driving force behind broad and valuable swaths of popular culture and technology.
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(Charlie La Greca (top), Yoda at Denver Comic Con, Denver Comic Con attendees. Photos by Cyrus McCrimmon and Hyoung Chang The Denver Post)
Chickens have long been a source of passion and politics, ranging from campaign promises of a “chicken in every pot” to animal-rights protesters donning chicken costumes at rallies.
Today, along Colorado’s Front Range, chickens are at the heart of a boiling debate — call it backyard politics, if you will.
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(Source: The Denver Post)
Colorado is opening its first new state park near metro Denver in 35 years Saturday, a protected patch of nature 36 miles southwest of the city.
The absence of a commerce-oriented visitor center at Staunton State Park emphasizes the natural assets of the place, such as Elk Creek Falls plummeting 100 feet over granite cliffs and views of the snow-packed north face of Pikes Peak.
The 3,828-acre park — a habitat for wild animals from tufted-eared squirrels and yellow-bellied marmots to black bears — also is expected to become a mecca for rock climbers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and hikers
Check out a photo gallery of Colorado’s newest state park.
(Source: The Denver Post)
James Holmes wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity to the killing of 12 people and the wounding of 70 others in the Aurora movie theater attack.
In a filing Tuesday, Holmes’ lawyers wrote they intend to “tender a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.” Holmes would need a judge’s permission to change his plea.
UPDATE: Because a judge entered a standard not guilty plea on behalf of Holmes — and over the objection of Holmes’ attorneys — at arraignment, Holmes’ attorneys will have to show “good cause” why they should be allowed to change the plea to insanity.
When community activist Greg Rasheed first heard about tiny libraries popping up in front yards across America, he wanted to spark the trend in Denver.
He bought a bread box at Goodwill, filled it with books, put it in the front yard of his North City Park home and waited for folks to partake of his Little Free Library.
Soon enough, sanitation crews, construction workers and neighborhood kids were all grabbing books.
Read more about how these hyperlocal libraries are exciting book-lovers across Colorado
View snapshots of history from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal to 1966 suburbia life in Englewood, Colorado.
Check in with our Archive Picture of the Day photo gallery to see some pictures from The Denver Post’s past.
Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive.
The billboards in this northern Colorado city show three men dressed in traditional Native American attire and the words “Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you.”
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A recent study shows marijuana-related toxicity cases among pets in Colorado has quadrupled between 2005 and 2010.
Raw Video: Two people were reportedly shot during the annual 420 Rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Shots were reportedly fired just after 5 p.m.
WARNING: LANGUAGE
(Source: The Denver Post)
Silo and Barn at Sunset.
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golden hour in steamboat, colorado
Sunrise over Manitou Springs after several days of below-freezing temperatures.
Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak, once again.
Echo Lake, Colorado
