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PROUD BOYS SENTENCED Leaders receive multiple decades in federal prison
by Lindsey Anderson SGN Staff Writer Two years after the January 6 insurrection, federal judges are handing out sentences for some of the most prominent ring leaders. On Tuesday, September 5, Federal District Judge Timothy J. Kelly sentenced the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, to 22 years in prison. His sentence is the harshest any of the 1,100 people charged with participating in the insurrection have faced yet.
see PROUD BOYS page 17
Photo by Paula Bronstein / AP
Nostalgic neon PAX West: A playground for gamers an art form in Seattle’s “glass city” and industry pros Photo by Daniel Lindsley
by Daniel Lindsley SGN Staff Writer The nebulous “gaming community” doesn’t have a great reputation online, partly because of the bile that wells up at the slightest hint of inclusivity, or indeed even the mildest criticism of certain beloved franchises. You might then expect that caustic undercurrent to spill into a real-world gaming
Alleson Buchanan at her all-woman studio, Radiant Neon – Photo by Janette Casolary
convention like PAX West, but you would by Kali Herbst Minino In recent years, the community’s focus be wrong. The event was a pleasant sur- SGN Intern has shifted to a reinvigorated appreciation prise for a first-timer, and it had a lot to for neon bending as art as opposed to sigoffer Queer gamers and devs alike. When she’s not bending glass tubes with nage, Buchanan says. Gaming conventions differ from oth- an open flame to create glowing art pieces, “The art side of the sign-making is ers in the general realm of geekdom, like Alleson Buchanan manages her woman- what’s captured people,” Buchanan said. Comic Con, in that they focus specifically owned-and-operated studio, Radiant Neon. “While we all love signage, transitioning it on playable media. That means there isn’t The studio is part of Seattle’s larger neon into the art world has made people go, ‘Oh, as much of an artist alley to peruse for culture, which is most visible at iconic land- that’s an interesting medium.’” marks, like the Elephant Car Wash sign.
see PAX WEST page 4
see NEON page 7