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Rose City Comic Con

Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Portland’s premier pop-culture event, Rose City Comic Con is produced locally with a focus on creating a fun and friendly event for everyone! While our primary focus is that of comics, comic creators, and the creative process, Rose City Comic Con also provides its attendees with access to gaming, sci-fi, cosplay, anime, fantasy, and everything in between. Our goal is to provide you with a rewarding, fun, and family-friendly event experience. Plans for the 2019 Rose City Comic Con are under way — stay tuned for more details!

$35 – $700

Cult of! Catwoman: A Meow Mix of Drag

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Cult of! Returns with one of its favorite obsessions....Catwoman!!! Catwoman has clawed her way into our hearts over the years in so many different forms. From her classic 1940s debut in the Batman comics to her iconic tv and movie portrayals. We are going to represent them all at Cult of! Catwoman So get ready for some Cat-tastic acts on Sept 17th at Crush Bar Pdx Portland’s favorite bar! Hosted by Wolfgang X Tunes by DJ Aurora Visuals by Violet Hex Cast and special guest star announced soon! Tickets General Admission $10 VIP table (seats 4) $50 tacky-wacky-inc.ticketleap.com/cult-of-catwoman/ Doors at 8:30 Costumes encouraged!

$10 – $50

Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber Signing at Cosmic Monkey Comics

Cosmic Monkey Comics 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber will be signing copies of the first 3 issues of SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN September 21st noon-2pm at Cosmic Monkey Comics. Jimmy Olsen must die! Wait, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Jimmy Olsen lives! Superman's best friend and Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen tours the bizarre underbelly of the DC Universe in this new miniseries featuring death, destruction, giant turtles and more! It's a centuries-spanning whirlwind of weird that starts in Metropolis and ends in Gotham City. And then we kill Jimmy.

Free

From Hell’s Heart Signing – Excalibur Comics

Excalibur Comics 2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

On September 21st from 1 - 3 PM, Excalibur Comics is excited to welcome John Arcudi, Matt Sheean & Brandon Graham for a signing event 100 years in the making! Join editor John Arcudi (B.P.R.D, Rumble) and artists Matt Sheean (Expansion, Ancestor) & Brandon Graham (Prophet, Island) as they celebrate Herman Melville’s Bicentennial with their gorgeous new art book FROM HELL’S HEART published by A Wave Blue World. FROM HELL’S HEART is the new high quality artbook featuring over 50 brand new illustrations commemorating Melville's greatest work including MOBY DICK, BARTLEBY, THE CONFIDENCE MAN, BILLY BUDD and many more.

Free

Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

Cleo, orphaned in the wake of an alien invasion, left behind the life she knew to fight for the future of Earth. Now she and Alex, the shapeshifting rebel alien posing as her father, make a fearsome team in a guerrilla war against the invaders. But Cleo's past is about to come back to haunt her: An adversary she thought she'd seen the last of is out for revenge, determined to ruin Cleo's life and destroy the trusting relationship Cleo has built with her alien "dad." Join creators Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson to celebrate Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds, the second book in their creator-owned Lifeformed series! Snacks, signing, friends, PARTY. Be there! Kids especially welcome.

Free

Comics & Cartoons @Old Town Coffee

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Come one come all the to the GREATEST COMIC & CARTOON SPECTACU- okay well maybe not that epic but pretty epic. But seriously come down to Floyd's Old Town and join three of the coolest cartooning talents around as they spend the afternoon waxing all things comics and sequential. They'll have their books and swag on hand to buy and there will be great coffee and snacks and foods. ALSO, COSPLAY is encouraged! So come on down as your favorite character and let's have a blast! Here's the bios on our guests- Alex Delaney is a Portland, OR based illustrator and cartoonist. He is the creator of The Derelict, Other Side of Town, Swan Song & The Geese of Milwaukie. He is the co-creator of…

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Free

Hazel Newlevant

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. No Ivy League (Lion Forge) is Newlevant’s uncomfortable and compelling graphic memoir – an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity of her life, the power of white privilege, and the hidden story of segregation in Portland.

Free

TERRA FLATS #3 release party and art exhibit with Jason Fischer

Floating World Comics 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR, United States

The highly anticipated third issue of Terra Flats has arrived! Get reacquainted with your favorite best friend duo Pony and Vee (and their cat Tigre) in the best and biggest issue yet! Join Portland artist, Jason Fischer, at Floating World this Thursday October 3rd, for a release party and art exhibit to celebrate the release of Terra Flats #3. “Fried Green Demons”: Pony meets another close friend of Vee’s: the stylish, slithery photographer gorgon named Maddison. They do NOT get along… Later, Pony finds work as a handyperson while Vee puts out fires at Iceburg. Will their mysterious, unfriendly neighbor keep their cat Tigre locked in her apartment forever?! WHO: Jason Fischer WHAT: Terra Flats #3 release party and art exhibit WHEN: Thursday Oct. 3rd,…

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24 Hour Comic Book Day @ I Like Comics

I Like Comics 1715 Broadway St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Bring your own supplies and celebrate 24 hour comic book day with us: a challenge event where we will be completing 24 comic pages in 24 hours! It'll be a potluck, so bring some food or snacks to share! We'll have blow up beds for power naps, and rotating sales on things in the store throughout the event. We have over 50 seats available, so bring your friends!

Free

Over the Garden Wall: Circus Friends signing with Jonathan Case

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's not all laughs and peanuts for Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice when they stumble upon a circus in the Unknown. What starts as good fun with Greg reciting Wirt's poetry for the circus' audience quickly becomes a dangerous situation when the Ringmaster sets his eyes on Beatrice to be his next star attraction. Wirt and Greg must work together with past-his-prime Strongman Frederico and down-in-the-dumps clown Paola to infiltrate the circus and rescue Beatrice. Join Eisner Award-winning writer Jonathan Case (Before Tomorrowland) for a launch party for the latest installment of the Over the Garden Wall series! Snacks! Drinks! Sketches!

Free
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