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Books With Pictures Five-Year Anniversary Celebration & Sale!

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

🌟ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND SALE!🌟 To celebrate Books with Pictures' five years in business, we're having our biggest sale ever, from tomorrow, June 2, through Sunday the 6th! We'll have selected books and back issues for sale on the sidewalk for 65% off all week starting tomorrow, plus extra sales in store each day: Wednesday, June 2: Superhero graphic novels are 25% off -- and Pup Tent, the awesome new florist in our lot, will be in costume as... well, it's a surprise. Thursday, June 3: Zines and small-press comics are 50% off, and nonfiction graphic novels are 25% off. Friday, June 4: Single issue comics are 75% off. Excludes books released 5/26 and 6/2. Excludes curated $3 back issue section. Saturday, June 5: Non-superhero graphic…

Free

Super Magic Forest virtual event with Ansis Purins

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Ansis Purins returns to the world of the Magic Forest and Zombre with his latest graphic novella, Super Magic Forest, published by Revival House Press! Join Ansis in conversation with Scott Benson (Night In The Woods) on Tuesday June 15th for a virtual release party on Zoom. Preorder the book here and receive a free signed bookplate by the author! Twit Leaf the Elf’s day job is picking berries in the Magic Forest, deep within a busy national state park. He’d rather be a mighty warrior elf like his grandpa was. One day he wanders into the strange and mysterious picnic area finding a magic glowing box that the evil humans left behind (it’s just a kid’s Nintendo). Suddenly he’s tasked with the heroic quest…

Free

David F. Walker Book Signing

Third Eye Books 2518 SE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

David Walker will be doing a book signing of his graphic novels The Black Panther Party Graphic Novel and The Life of Frederick Douglass.

Free

Teen Comic Workshop

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

This event is aimed at middle school and high school, and it will be held on the patio for CoVID safety. A comic book workshop with the theme of oceans, put on by Groovy Projects, folks who use the arts to engage young people in civic and environmental issues. Please spread the word to interested young people. Registration is required because space is limited. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comic-book-curious-rccc-gathering-tickets-168015243115

Free

Comic Enthusiast Happy Hour

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Join other Comic Book Enthusiasts for a pre-party welcoming RCCC. Event will be based on the patio for CoVID safety.

Free

Cult of! New Mutants: An X-Men Themed Drag Show

Local Lounge 3536 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Cult of! A show for things we are obsessed with returns now at Local Lounge! Our first show we are going New Mutants: An X-men Themed Drag Show!!!! We celebrate everything mutant with this amazing cast. They’ll be bringing their favorite X-men to life in drag❎ Hosted by PhanTomX & Sue From Corporate! Mutant Beats by DJ Aurora ASL interpreting by Fingers Crossed Our New Mutant Cast.. Sue From Corporate as Scarlet Witch PhanTomX as Wolverine Kisses Ash as Storm Papa Stardust as Gambit The Eggboy as Quicksilver Blossom Drearie as Jubilee Babylon Brooks as Magik Femmini as ??? Xero Converted as Domino Radium.Eve as Dazzler And Valerie DeVille as Emma Frost! Tip Tart Audrey Heartburn as Jean Grey🔥 Tickets Presale is $12 - $15…

$12 – $15

Creating the Graphic Novel: Inception to Publication

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a lively panel discussion about graphic novels and their creators. Moderated by Jonathan Hill, author of Odessa, and featuring winners of the Oregon Book Award in Graphic Literature. Jonathan Hill is an award-winning cartoonist who lives in Portland, OR. His comics and illustrations have been featured in publications by Fantagraphics, Lion Forge, tor.com, Powell's City of Books, The Believer Magazine, and the Society of Illustrators. His first two books, Americus and Wild Weather, were created with writer MK Reed and published by First Second Books. Jonathan also teaches comics at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and serves on the board of directors at Literary Arts. Odessa is the first book he has written and drawn himself. Cartoonist Barry Deutsch's 2010 graphic novel Hereville: How Mirka…

Free

Tween Graphic Novel Book Group

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to talk about comics! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. Copies of the books will be provided. This virtual group meets monthly on the First Friday of the month. THIS SERIES IS FULL. Email libraryevents@multcolib.org to be put on the waiting list.

Free

2021 Tin House Virtual Craft Intensive: You Can Do Anything With Words and Images, with Courtney Cook

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In the words of Harvey Pekar, from which this course draws its name, “Comics are just words and images. You can do anything with words and images.” This generative course is designed to spark inspiration by providing an exploration of the nearly endless ways text and image can be combined to create a symbiotic relationship that strengthens work as a whole. Created for writers and artists at every level, this course aims to eradicate self-doubt and the belief that one must embody a certain level of artistic skill to employ utilizing illustrated or visual elements in their own work. Through examining graphic narratives by creators such as Kristen Radtke, Yumi Sakugawa, Kevin Huizenga, Allie Brosh, and Theresa Wong, and participating in a series of generative…

$75

SPOOKY PANEL with Seaerra Miller & Sophie Escabasse

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

With Halloween upon us, graphic novel creators Seaerra Miller of the Mason Mooney series and Sophie Escabasse of the Witches of Brooklyn series sit down with fellow graphic novelist Stephanie Cooke to talk about their newest books & creating ‘spooky’ books for kids. Preorder the books from Floating World here and receive a FREE signed bookplate by the author! Mason Mooney: Doppelgänger Detective Mason Mooney returns for another mysterious adventure in this magical sequel to Seaerra Miller’s Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator! It’s Halloween in Grimbrook, and Mason and his trusty assistant (and only friend) Iris are ready to cut loose at the Grimbrook middle school dance. But when the discovery of a haunted mirror cuts things short, Mason and Iris are on the case, ready…

Free