April is Officially Comics Month in Portland!
The current list follows; check back for further information, additional events, and running updates! Events are "all ages" unless otherwise noted.
May Bonus Days!
E-mail stumptowncomicsfest@gmail.com with additions and updates.
April 2, 2008
To champion and support the newly proclaimed Portland Comics
Month, the Stumptown Comics Foundation has catalogued a
staggering number of comics-related events in the Portland metro area for
the entire month of April.The current list follows; check back for further information, additional events, and running updates! Events are "all ages" unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, 4/1
- Bridge City Comics's (3725 N Mississippi) 3rd anniversary celebration and sale, 6-8pm
- Dark Horse Presents #9 goes live on myspace.com/darkhorsecomics
Thursday, 4/3
- 10th birthday celebratory cake-off @ Independent Publishing Resource Center (aka IPRC, 917 SW Oak #218), 7pm judging
- First Thursday gallery shows:
- Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man, Postage Stamp Funnies) show @ Backspace (115 NW 5th), 7ish
- "Portland Draws II" @ Portland City Hall (1221 SW 4th), 5-7pm
- "Masters Reborn" with piece by Christy Road (Indestructible) @ Compound Gallery (107 NW 5th), 7pm reception
- Nicholas Gurewitch (Perry Bible Fellowship) & Tony Millionaire (Maakies, Sock Monkey) show @ Floating World Comics (20 NW 5th #101), 6-10pm
- "The Magik Show" @ Pony Club (625 NW Everett #105), 6-10pm
- "Meanwhile": An Exhibition of Comic Book Art. @ Portland Center for the Performing Arts (1111 SW Broadway)
- Kenny Mencher show @ sequential art gallery (328 NW Broadway #113), 6-10pm
Friday, 4/4
- Too Much Coffee Man Opera: The Refill opens @ PCPA's Brunish Hall Theatre (1111 SW Broadway), 8pm ($24-29). Sponsored by Dark Horse Comics. Info and tickets at www.pcpa.com
- Rose City Rollers comic release party @ Cosmic Monkey Comics (5335 NE Sandy Blvd), 6-9pm
Saturday, 4/5
- 24-Hour Comics Challenge hosted by David Chelsea (David Chelsea in Love) @ Cosmic Monkey Comics, 10am start. Sponsored by Cosmic Monkey and Top Shelf Comics.
Sunday, 4/6
- 24-hour Comics Challenge concludes at 10am
- Lou Rowan (My Last Days) reading @ Powell's City of Books (1005 W Burnside), 7:30pm
Monday, 4/7
- Marjane Sartrapi (Persepolis) lectures @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1101 SW Broadway), 7:30pm ($5-26). Portland Arts & Lectures. Info and tickets at www.literary-arts.org
Tuesday, 4/8
- Discussion of Harvey Pekar's The Quitter @ Hollywood Library (4040 NE Tillamook), 6:30-7:30pm. Session full, but join waiting list at www.multcolib.org/events (18+)
- Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy, My Chemical Romance) signing @ Things from Another World (4133 NE Sandy Blvd), 4-6pm. Dark Horse Comics
Saturday, 4/12
- "Alter Egos: New Recruits" costumed pub crawl, 6pm-late. Heroes start @ R. Palate (219 SW 6th), Villains @ Crown Room (205 NW 4th); no recognizable characters please. Alter Egos Society & Drunken Rampage (21+)
- T Edward Bak (Service Industry) reading @ Guapo Comics & Coffee (6416 SE Foster Rd), 9pm
Sunday, 4/13
- Portland Comic Book Show @ Exhibit Hall in Rose Quarter's Memorial Coliseum, 10am-5pm ($7 for 8+). Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) talks at noon, Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) at 2pm
- Monthly "Comics and Coffee" event @ IPRC (917 SW Oak, #218), 5-8pm
- 4/13-4/19 is National Library Week! Check out www.multcolib.org for events at a library near you.
Monday, 4/14
- "Web Self-Publisher" class @ IPRC, 6:30-9pm ($25-40). Registration info at www.iprc.org
Wednesday, 4/16
- David Hajdu (The Ten-Cent Plague) reading @ Powell's Books on Hawthorne (3723 SE Hawthorne), 7:30pm
Thursday, 4/17
- Monthly Art Spark discussion @ Living Room Theaters (SW 10th & Stark), 5-7pm. RSVP at www.portlandartspark.com (21+)
Sunday, 4/20
- Final performance of TMCM Opera: The Refill @ PCPA's Brunish Hall Theatre, 2pm ($24-29). Info and tickets at www.pcpa.com
- Stumptown Trophy Award nominations close @ Midnight
Tuesday, 4/22
- KBOO's "Words and Pictures" show, featuring Mike Richardson (founder of Dark Horse Comics). Airs @ 9:30am on 90.7 FM
- Zinester Readings @ IPRC, 7pm
Thursday, 4/24
- Art show reception @ Floating World Comics, 7-9pm. Nicholas Gurewitch to attend.
- Sparkplug Comics members Jason Shiga (Bookhunter), Elijah Brubaker (Reich), and Aron Nels (Xeric Grant recipient) reading @ Central Library (801 SW 10th), 4-6pm
Friday, 4/25
- Stumptown Fest pre-party, Maisie Kukoc Award Ceremony, readings, and book release @ Guapo Comics & Coffee, 8pm
- Jen Sorensen (Slowpoke) reading @ Powell's City of Books, 7:30pm
Saturday, 4/26
- Stumptown Comics Fest @ Doubletree Hotel (1000 NE Multnomah, by Lloyd Center), 10am-6pm ($6/day, $10/wknd). Info and tickets at, well, here.
- Stumptown Trophy Awards Ceremony & Comics Art Battle @ Cosmic Monkey, 8pm and 9pm
Sunday, 4/27
- Stumptown Comics Fest @ Doubletree Hotel, 10am-6pm ($6)
- Stumptown "Dead Dog" After-Party and "The Magik Show" closing night @ Pony Club
May Bonus Days!
Thursday, 5/1
- Release party for Daydream #1 @ IPRC, 6-9pm. www.daydreamzine.net
- First Thursday gallery shows:
- Christophe Blain (Isaac the Pirate) reading from 7-8pm, Diamond Comics and Witch Doctor release party @ Floating World Comics, 6-10pm
- Nicole Georges (Invincible Summer vols. 1 & 2) show, book release party, and signing @ Reading Frenzy (921 SW Oak), 6pm
- Devon Devereaux & Sean Hemak show @ sequential art gallery, 6-10pm
- Robopocalypse Comics Collective show @ Tender Loving Empire (1720 NW Lovejoy #109), 6pm
Saturday, 5/3
- Annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY @ your local comics shop! More info at www.freecomicbookday.com
E-mail stumptowncomicsfest@gmail.com with additions and updates.
The reports are plentiful on the Stumptown Comics Fest 2007!
Kindly visit any of the following fine write-ups and photo streams for a look back at the fourth annual Stumptown Comics Fest!
...or visit the 2007 website archive:
Kindly visit any of the following fine write-ups and photo streams for a look back at the fourth annual Stumptown Comics Fest!
- Publishers Weekly
- The Oregonian
- Fantagraphics
- Dark Horse
- Steve Duin
- Comics Reporter Round-Up
- flickr pool
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Reports are in on the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006!
Please visit any of the following fine write-ups and photo streams for a look back at the third annual Stumptown Comics Fest!
...or visit the 2006 website archive:
Please visit any of the following fine write-ups and photo streams for a look back at the third annual Stumptown Comics Fest!
...or visit the 2006 website archive:
