Free Comic Book Day at Books with Pictures
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCostumes encouraged! Free comics for all ages! Cosplay guests: Jedi in the morning, and Avengers in the afternoon!
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Danielle Corsetto Signing (With Erika Moen & Lucy Bellwood!)
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCome meet Danielle Corsetto and get your sweet, signed copy of her new hardcover collection of Girls With Slingshots. Exciting bonus - friends Erika Moen & Lucy Bellwood will be joining Danielle to sign their books as well! Plus, show Danielle a purchase receipt from that night and she'll give you a unique print only available at her signings.
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Queen of the Sea Launch Party
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesThe FIRST EVENT in our NEW SPACE is heckin DYLAN MECONIS, folks! Which is to say, we are the LUCKIEST. You know her work from Bite Me!, Family Man, Outfoxed, and The Long Con. Now: a big fat book of graphic historical fiction with a whole bunch of nuns. YES. (Official, far more informative marketing copy follows). Cult graphic novelist Dylan Meconis offers a rich reimagining of history in this beautifully detailed hybrid novel loosely based on the exile of Queen Elizabeth I by her sister, Queen Mary. When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But…
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The del Duca Sisters Joint Reading
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesBooks with Pictures presents a joint reading by the del Duca sisters! Leila del Duca is a comic book artist and writer living in Portland, Oregon. She draws SLEEPLESS, SHUTTER and wrote AFAR at Image Comics. She is now working on an autobiographical comic about growing up in rural Montana, being polyamorous, and following her passion of art. She'll be presenting pictures and reading snippets from this currently un-named autobio comic. Rosa del Duca is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and musician. Her debut memoir Breaking Cadence: One Woman's War Against the War chronicles her journey from eager Montana National Guard recruit to conscientious objector during the Iraq War. It's being hailed as a "page-turner," "gripping," "beautifully-written" and "vital." The book is published by…
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Re-Opening Bash
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us to celebrate our three-year anniversary and our rad new space!
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Maia Kobabe: Gender Queer Reading & Signing
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCome meet Maia and join us for a short reading, then signing, snacks, and hangouts. It's gonna be great! In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender…
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Horror Comics with Emily Lewis
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCome venture into the depths of darkness where things creep, crawl, ooze, and uncover your worst fears. Learn how to write and draw horror at our new Horror Comic workshop with Emily Lewis! We will go over examples of different types of horror, common tropes, character design, and how to write and draw a compelling horror story. Sign up here! https://missanthology.wordpress.com/august-3rd-with-emily-lewis/ *Please note this workshop will discuss books ranging from all ages to teen plus. Parental discretion is advised. Emily Lewis is a cartoonist and graphic designer from Houston, TX. She graduated from Texas State University with her BFA and Portland State University with her MFA. She has received a number of grants and residencies for her work, including the Arts Equity Grant from the…
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BwP Book Club: Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesAfter two years off the shelves, PRETTY DEADLY is coming back this September, launching the first issue of arc three (of five), PRETTY DEADLY VOL. 3: THE RAT, on September 4th, 2019. Middle chapter! Quirky literary comic, beloved by academics! In a market that seems, for the moment anyway, to be down for indies! SALES DYNAMITE, AM I RIGHT?!! Lucky for Kelly Sue and Emma, we at Books with Pictures have a huge amount of confidence in this book. The old Hollywood silent film aesthetic looks extraordinary, and DeConnick and Rios are both storytellers at the top of their game. And lucky for US, they are supporting the book's launch with materials for a monthly BOOK CLUB. There will be DISCUSSION GUIDES for each issue…
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Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesCleo, 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.
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Over the Garden Wall: Circus Friends signing with Jonathan Case
Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United StatesIt'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!
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