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Portland Comic Book Month 10th Anniversary celebration at City Hall

Portland City Hall 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Portland Comic Book Month, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is honored to host an opening party and art exhibit at City Hall on First Thursday April 4, 2019. Portland City Hall (1221 SW 4th Ave) will be transformed into a mini-convention with more than 20 tables featuring local comic book creators, publishers, educators, nonprofits, and collectives, showcasing the range of talent and diversity in the Portland comics community. Commissioner Eudaly’s office will also host an art exhibit featuring 25 local comic book artists. The opening event, which runs 5pm-9pm, is free and open to all ages. Commissioner Eudaly will make a special proclamation at 6pm, followed by live drawing by local artists. Pizza will be provided by local sponsors Sizzle Pie.…

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Process – Group Exhibit of Local Cartoonists

Sequential Art Gallery + Studio 328 NW Broadway, Apt 113, Portland, OR, United States

Sequential Art Gallery + Studio celebrates April as Portland's Comic Book Month with a group show highlighting the creative process, featuring work by 7 local cartoonists, and guest-curated by Jay Olinger! "Process" will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the comics production process with thumbnails, scripts, inks, and the final product on display, showcasing that there is no one "right" way to make comics! Join the artists for the opening reception on Thursday, April 4th from 6pm-10pm, with additional viewing hours on Monday's from 12pm-7pm. Artists on display: *Jim "Kett" Kettner ( www.Kettnerd.com ) *Emily Lewis ( www.emilylewis.us ) *Andrew Paris ( www.instagram.com/paris_ux ) *Kerstin Anya La Cross ( www.kerstin-lacross.com ) *Riley Pittenger ( www.rileythepittenger.com ) *Audre Grieve ( www.instagram.com/whale.in.a.tree.comix ) *Jay Olinger ( www.olingerillustration.com…

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Leaving Richard’s Valley book reading and signing with Michael DeForge

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

Join Michael DeForge for a reading and book signing to launch Leaving Richard’s Valley, his new graphic novel. Leaving Richard’s Valley documents a group of forest creatures attempting to survive in the big city after being forced out of their cultish community.  What unfolds is an entertaining meditation on the meaning of community and the many forms it takes. WHO: Michael DeForge WHAT: Leaving Richard’s Valley book reading and signing WHEN: Friday April 5th, 6-8pm WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael DeForge was born in 1987 and has written eight books including Ant Colony, First Year Healthy, Big Kids, and Sticks Angelica. He has been a celebrity judge for the Midland Buttertart Festival. He is currently on a treadmill.

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Get That Money: Tips for Comics Artists

Portland City Hall 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Regional Arts & Culture Council awards project grants to artists in Multnomah County in all art mediums. Come to this lunchtime talk in honor of the 10th Annual PDX to hear about what makes a strong comic arts project proposal from RACC representatives and comics artists who have received RACC funding. Get tips to help you design your project and make it stand out! Food and drinks provided.

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Graphic Novel Event with Graham Annabel

Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR, United States

Local artist returns to Green Bean Books with Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths on Saturday, April 13th at 1pm. The unlikely duo Peter and Ernesto are the best of friends and back better and funnier than ever. When a hurricane destroys their favorite tree, they're off on their biggest adventure yet in search of a new home! A signing will follow the reading.

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Michelle Nguyen and Ben Fisher signing

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

Michelle Nguyen and Ben Fisher’s anthropomorphic graphic novel series The Underfoot tells the story of animal kingdoms struggling to survive in the aftermath of the disappearance of the Giants-That-Were. In The Underfoot Volume 1, the Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries journey to support their allies in the badger kingdom struggling to survive a dangerous flood. The hamsters recruit the most ambitious hamster pups to join the mission, a journey that will become a grand adventure complete with heroic battles and dark mysteries as well as a world of deadly threats to their survival.

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Sketchy People Book Release w/ Caesar!

Bridge City Comics 3725 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Bridge City Comics is excited to announce our release party for local artist Jack Kent for the newest installment in his series, Sketchy People Vol. 3 on Sunday, April 14, 2019 from noon-2pm! This event is free to the public. And Caesar the Llama will be in attendance! Caesar makes an appearance in Sketchy People Vol. 3 and has graciously agreed to join in the festivities at the release party! Bridge City Comics will have copies of Sketchy People Vol. 3 (as well as copies of Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) available for purchase at this event for cover price! Come down on Sunday, support a great local artist and hug a llama!

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Gridlords Presents a Collaborative Comics Evening

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Gridlords is a Portland Based comics publisher and event organizer. This event is hosted by the IPRC, on April 15th, from 6:30-8:30 pm. In celebration of Portland’s own Comics Month, Gridlords would like to bring together the larger DIY comics community of Portland for a night of creative mixing and making. The goal is to make a collected anthology of pieces in one night. There will be stations with drawing games, prompts, and templates to follow. It is essentially a comics relay where we are all winners at the end of the race. It’s a time to collaborate amongst friends and peers and make magic happen. It’s a time to celebrate comics among the silliest and the cartooniest of humans.  It is an event to…

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Mage: The Hero Denied release party and book signing with Matt Wagner

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

The last of six volumes collecting MATT WAGNER’s epic, modern-day fantasy trilogy, MAGE—BOOK THREE: THE HERO DENIED is the long-awaited conclusion to the saga of the reborn Pendragon, Kevin Matchstick. After his mystical enemies destroy his home and kidnap half his family, Kevin must return to his heroic path and again draw forth the power of Excalibur. Will the long-prophesied third Mage finally appear at last? Or will the Pendragon’s fear for his family’s safety leave the mysterious Fisher King a victim to the sinister schemes of the Umbra Mother and her Gracklethorns? 35 years in the making, this is a landmark release for local creator Matt Wagner and a milestone in independent comics. We are honored to host this release party and book signing…

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MK Reed and Jonathan Hill ‘Wild Weather’ signing

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

MK Reed and Jonathan Hill release Science Comics: Wild Weather along with fun science activities. Come celebrate the release of the newest book in the acclaimed Science Comics series by First Second, Wild Weather. Join MK Reed (writer), Jonathan Hill (artist) and Nyssa Oru (colorist) as they talk about the making of the book and the importance of climate change. They'll have some giveaways and activities for the crowd! This is an official Portland Comics Month event!

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