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Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator Book Launch

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a chat about the book, virtual book plate signing, and more! Bring your own refreshments. Book is great for kids 8 and up, and they're welcome at this party, too. ABOUT MASON MOONEY: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR Paranormal Investigator Mason Mooney is heartless, both figuratively and literally. He’s on a mission to prove to the Paranormal Society that he’s the best paranormal investigator around, but they’re not so sure. And they’re not the only ones. Join Mason as he tackles ghosts, witches and grumpy teenagers to prove once and for all who the REAL talent in the world of paranormal creatures is. If anyone can take on the ghosts in the Grimbrook’s haunted house – it’s him. And no one else. But with an…

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Sarah Mirk With Omar El Akkad, Kane Lynch & Hazel Newlevant

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantánamo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780 prisoners who would be held there — and 40 inmates still remain. Eighteen years later, very few of them have been ever charged with a crime. In Guantánamo Voices (Abrams ComicArts), journalist Sarah Mirk and her team of diverse, talented graphic novel artists tell the stories of 10 people whose lives have been shaped and affected by the prison, including former prisoners, lawyers, social workers, and service members. Mirk’s collection of illustrated interviews explores the history of Guantánamo and the world post-9/11, presenting this complicated partisan issue through a new lens. Mirk will be joined in…

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Sunday Parkways x IPRC: Virtual Summer Zine Workshop for Youth

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The IPRC is working with Sunday Parkways to make September a month of zine making for all of Portland! Each week will feature a different workshop facilitated by a local artist. We’ll be making a community zine called Portland’s Got Talent with submissions that will be printed and bound at the IPRC. Workshop Description: Let’s make a collaborative zine about summer! In this 45 minute virtual workshop facilitated by Marissa Perez, we will learn about zines, draw together, and start working on our zine pages. You can expect: self portraits, eyes-closed drawings, and art prompts! Bring paper and whatever kind of art materials you like to use! Open to youth ages 15 and under. Tune in live on the Sunday Parkways Facebook page. RSVP on…

Free – $20

DC Tuesday! Final THREE JOKERS & more!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

ACTION COMICS #1026 CVR A JOHN ROMITA JR & KLAUS JANSON BATGIRL #50 CVR A JOSHUA MIDDLETON BATMAN BEYOND #48 CVR A DAN MORA BATMAN THREE JOKERS #3 (OF 3) CVR A JASON FABOK JOKER BATMAN THREE JOKERS #3 (OF 3) CVR B JASON FABOK RED HOOD VAR BATMAN THREE JOKERS #3 (OF 3) INC 1:25 JASON FABOK PURPLE VAR (Note: Incentive variant, this will be $19.99) DARK NIGHTS DEATH METAL RISE OF THE NEW GOD #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A IAN BERTRAM DETECTIVE COMICS #1029 CVR A KENNETH ROCAFORT FLASH #764 CVR A BERNARD CHANG HARLEY QUINN #75 JOHN CONSTANTINE HELLBLAZER #11 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #27 CVR A YANICK PAQUETTE LAST GOD SONGS OF LOST CHILDREN #1 (ONE SHOT) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #10 CVR…

Free

Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver & Rebecca Kirby Ticketed Event

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In The Sacrifice of Darkness (Archaia), Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times bestselling short story, “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness,” as a full-length graphic novel, expanding and further developing the unforgettable world where the sun no longer shines. “When I was a young girl, my husband’s father flew an air machine into the sun. Since then, the days have been dark, the nights bright.” Follow one woman’s powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. As she challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival, she’ll find that no matter the darkness, there remains sources of hope that can pierce the veil. Please note:…

$24.99

Portland Book Festival: Opening Day

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Literary Arts for the annual Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, taking place online November 5-21, 2020, with digital events streaming at different times throughout the day. The digital festival will feature author events for all ages, pop-up readings, and writing classes. Come together with your community and celebrate our shared passion for books. Subscribe to our monthly e-news and continue to check online for the latest news. The schedule is here! You can RSVP to events to receive reminders and add to your calendar. Be sure to register at PDXBookFest.org, our custom live streaming site, and tune in starting November 5. The 2020 Festival is free to attend, no passes are required. Register to watch at PDXBookFest.org. If you’d like to support the work we do…

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Jonathan Hill in Conversation With Lisa Ko

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Three siblings search for their missing mother across a ruined America in Ignatz Award nominee Jonathan Hill’s new original graphic novel, Odessa (Oni Press). Eight years ago an earthquake — the Big One — hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes and Harry. But when a mysterious package arrives for her 18th birthday, her life is shaken up yet again. For the first…

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Comics Adventure: Local Comic Shop Day (LCSD)

Comics Adventure 15705 Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard Suite A, Milwaukie, OR, United States

Celebrate your local comic shop (hey, Comics Adventure!) on Wednesday, November 25th at 11 a.m. We'll have some LCSD variants as well as the usual assortment of new comics, old comics, graphic novels and many other things.

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Local Comic Shop Day at Cosmic Monkey Comics

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

Local Comic Shop day is going to be a little different this year. It's going to be on a Wednesday and titles won't be any limited editions. We'll keep updating the list of books as the day gets closer. Let us know if you want us to get any of these titles for you. BOOM LCSD 2020 MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 POWER RANGERS #1 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 LUMBERJANES #75 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 DUNE HOUSE ATREIDES #2 (OF 12) FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #1 FOIL VAR DARK HORSE SEP200259 LCSD 2020 WITCHER FADING MEMORIES #1 (OF 4) CVR A IMAGE LCSD 2020 ICE CREAM MAN #20 LCSD 2020 INVINCIBLE #1 GOLD FOIL LCSD 2020 MONSTRESS TALK-STORIES #1…

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Celebrate Local Comic Shop Day at Comic Cave!!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

Placeholder: This is a fun Black Friday-type event (except it's Wednesday of course!), celebrating your scrappy brick & mortar comic shops. Shops across the country will be involved. There will be numerous collectible covers offered by the various companies which I'll post here, and it's also a good week for new comics & books from what I can tell! Stay tuned.

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